American Foods

gmogames

Howdy There,

I'm looking for a place that sells American Food like cereals, sweets, etc...

I've only found a couple of really old threads here in the forum, so I was wondering if anyone knows a current place near/in Dublin that sells those.

Thanks!

skibum

Candy Lab in temple bar
https://www.facebook.com/CandyLabDublin?fref=ts

Gloomtastic!

Fresh in Grand Canal Dock has an American food section.

whiskeyman

Avoca and Donnybrook Fare sell some candies, cereals and other stuff.

dudara

The Food Hall in Harvey Nichols, and I think Fallon & Byrne does also

Polka_Dot

Dealz have a few American sweets in at the minute.

JohnK

Some Tescos have a (very) small american section now but I can't remember if I saw any sweets in mine; pretty sure I saw things like cereals, pop-tarts, marshmallow fluff, tinned pumpkin, and some drinks in my local one.

ElleEm

The Country Market in Howth village sells some American food- sweets and cereals and stuff.

gmogames

Thanks guys,

I went to Candy Lab and Fallon & Byrne today. They do have some stuff. I was able to buy a couple of things, but unfortunately they didn't have most of the stuff I was looking for and they were very expensive.

I'll try the other places.

Thanks!

katydid

gmogames wrote: »

Howdy There,

I'm looking for a place that sells American Food like cereals, sweets, etc...

I've only found a couple of really old threads here in the forum, so I was wondering if anyone knows a current place near/in Dublin that sells those.

Thanks!

I saw a shelf of American food in Tesco today. Lucky something or other cereal. Other stuff as well, but I can't remember what.

whiskeyman

gmogames wrote: »

Thanks guys,

I went to Candy Lab and Fallon & Byrne today. They do have some stuff. I was able to buy a couple of things, but unfortunately they didn't have most of the stuff I was looking for and they were very expensive.

I'll try the other places.

Thanks!

What exactly are you looking for?
Probably best post that up and anyone here that likes it will know
Expect any US food to be expensive though!

rubadub

Dealz is the only reasonable priced place I have seen.

My tesco has twinkies and sometimes peanut butter m&ms. It was €3 for a small 45g pack of m&ms, twinkies were €9.50 for 10

gmogames

whiskeyman wrote: »

What exactly are you looking for?
Probably best post that up and anyone here that likes it will know
Expect any US food to be expensive though!

What I was desperate to find was american Frosted Flakes, as I find the ones here in Ireland tasting like feet!

But in terms of cereal, Frosted Flakes and Froot Loops. For sweets, skittles and twizzlers (I found twizzlers in Candy Lab).

I actually don't know how the irish regulation is for food, but there is a big difference in taste of foods and even soda from anywhere in the world to here. Maybe they use less sugar, sodium, or the other bad stuff, which is better for your health, but not very tasty.

Which is ironic, because I find that Irish chocolates are way sweeter then in the US. Maybe all the sugar they take out from other food goes in the chocolates

Cheers

gmogames

Oh, and Crunchy M&Ms which I also found in Candy Lab.

gmogames

rubadub wrote: »

Dealz is the only reasonable priced place I have seen.

My tesco has twinkies and sometimes peanut butter m&ms. It was €3 for a small 45g pack of m&ms, twinkies were €9.50 for 10

I usually get my groceries from tesco online, and even though they have the American section under World Foods, there is nothing there. Maybe the stores that deliver to my place do not carry any american items.

They do have polish a lot.

I need to go to a Tesco store and give it a try.

Tks

Speedwell

The new Tesco Sriracha sauce is a reasonable substitute for the Huy Fong Sriracha from California. No, it is not like it, but it is better than Flying Goose, and I can't get Huy Fong anywhere near here.

Cookie_Dough

gmogames wrote: »

Thanks guys,

I went to Candy Lab and Fallon & Byrne today. They do have some stuff. I was able to buy a couple of things, but unfortunately they didn't have most of the stuff I was looking for and they were very expensive.

I'll try the other places.

Thanks!

Hi,

Mr Simms on Dame St have a very small selection of (expensive) American stuff. Also Fresh across from Whelans have a small selection.

Have you tried Planet Candy http://www.planetcandy.ie/ they are also expensive though

pl4ichjgy17zwd

I'm sure you'd find Frosted Flakes on eBay, but you'll pay a pretty penny for them.

sabat

gmogames wrote: »

I actually don't know how the irish regulation is for food, but there is a big difference in taste of foods and even soda from anywhere in the world to here. Maybe they use less sugar, sodium, or the other bad stuff, which is better for your health, but not very tasty.

High fructose corn syrup is banned as a food ingredient in Europe whereas it's used in almost everything in the States.

nicki11

Hey, I'd recommend candyland, they are based in Galway and have cereals, snack, chocolate, jellys and drinks. They have a website; candyland.ie if your interested

Bus Boy

http://www.americanfood.ie/Default.asp

gmogames

gmogames wrote: »

Oh, and Crunchy M&Ms which I also found in Candy Lab.

Are crunchy m&m's the same as crispy m&m's? there might be a taste difference I guess but crispy M&M's are readily available in all shops in a blue bag, I got some yesterday in Supervalue on offer at €1.50 (there my fav M&M's . )

Arbiter of Good Taste

rubadub wrote: »

Dealz is the only reasonable priced place I have seen.

My tesco has twinkies and sometimes peanut butter m&ms. It was €3 for a small 45g pack of m&ms, twinkies were €9.50 for 10

Can you tell us where this magical Tesco is? I needs to get me some of them Twinkies

gmogames

Deleted User wrote: »

Are crunchy m&m's the same as crispy m&m's? there might be a taste difference I guess but crispy M&M's are readily available in all shops in a blue bag, I got some yesterday in Supervalue on offer at €1.50 (there my fav M&M's . )

Almost the same. A long time ago they also had crispy blue pack M&Ms in the US, which was always my favorites.
Then they stopped making them, and early this year they started selling this crunchy M&Ms which is a green bag. It's very similar to the blue one, but still a bit different in taste.

And yes, I tried buying the blue crispy M&Ms here in Ireland, but honestly, I didn't like it's taste, very different then the ones in the US.

Try the green bag crispy M&Ms and see the difference

gmogames

sabat wrote: »

High fructose corn syrup is banned as a food ingredient in Europe whereas it's used in almost everything in the States.

That explains!

I've also read a response somewhere in here from Kelloggs about Frosted Flakes and Froot loops having a different taste, and they mentioned that they are not allowed to use high quantities of sugar and salt and they are not allowed to use some food coloring and that makes the taste different.

Joannie

Candyland in Galway are very good. They also have an online service - candyland.ie, Orders under €50 only cost €50 to get delivered. And they're quick too. I've used them a lot.

gmogames

Joannie wrote: »

Candyland in Galway are very good. They also have an online service - candyland.ie, Orders under €50 only cost €50 to get delivered. And they're quick too. I've used them a lot.

I think you mean €5 to be delivered right?

Joannie

Oops! Yea, €5 for delivery.

rubadub

Arbiter of Good Taste wrote: »

Can you tell us where this magical Tesco is? I needs to get me some of them Twinkies

It was ballybrack, but I was in again yesterday and that section was totally gone, there was an asian supermarket type shelf beside it to which is gone too. It might have moved elsewhere in the shop, I will check next time. The asian section had brands like east end, which are usually only in the asian supermarkets.

None of the products appeared on tesco online for me.

There was marshmallow fluff, nerds, lucky charms.

Twinkies show on tesco uk
http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=281612923

you can actually browse a US section
http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/search/default.aspx?searchBox=peanut+butter+m%26ms&search=Search&N=4294697434&newSort=true&action=toggleProdListSize_4

quaalude

Cookie_Dough wrote: »

Hi,
Also Fresh across from Whelans have a small selection.

Fresh in Grand Canal Dock has lots of American sweets (sorry, candy!) too.

Jessme

Hi, I'm in Cork but the last time that I was in Brown Thomas here I saw a selection of American foods in their little deli/coffee/gifts area by the café. There were a few different cereals but I couldn't honestly tell you what else was there. It might be worth taking a look in BT Dublin.

Cookie_Dough

gmogames wrote: »

What I was desperate to find was american Frosted Flakes, as I find the ones here in Ireland tasting like feet!

But in terms of cereal, Frosted Flakes and Froot Loops. For sweets, skittles and twizzlers (I found twizzlers in Candy Lab).

I actually don't know how the irish regulation is for food, but there is a big difference in taste of foods and even soda from anywhere in the world to here. Maybe they use less sugar, sodium, or the other bad stuff, which is better for your health, but not very tasty.

Which is ironic, because I find that Irish chocolates are way sweeter then in the US. Maybe all the sugar they take out from other food goes in the chocolates

Cheers

Hey, I replied to your earlier post.

I am almost sure Mr Simms on Dame Street have Froot Loops (unsure of the price though)

Also saw these twizzlers on Amazon UK, http://www.amazon.co.uk/Twizzlers-Strawberry-Candy-Twists-Pcs/dp/B0016MN9G8/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1440169521&sr=8-6&keywords=twizzlers Seems like a good price £19.99 for 180pcs

I know you didn't specifically mention them but I was in Fresh today and they had twinkies €1.99..for ONE :eek:
Can also get them on Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hostess-Twinkies-Cakes-13-58-385g/dp/B00F0O8X4G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1440169788&sr=8-1&keywords=twinkies £6.99 for 10.

Amazon offer free delivery with orders over £20.00 which is handy.

rubadub

rubadub wrote: »

It was ballybrack, but I was in again yesterday and that section was totally gone, there was an asian supermarket type shelf beside it to which is gone too. It might have moved elsewhere in the shop, I will check next time.

I forgot about this thread, the section did move and it also got smaller. There are no twinkies anymore. They have lucky charms and marshmallow fluff and a few other US things I had not hread of before.

I think the lucky charms were €8 for a box which is 453g on tesco UK.

I saw dealz are doing single serving 49g pots of lucky charms for €1.49

http://www.dealz.ie/lucky-charm-cereal-pot-49g

XplaygirlX

"Ted, I'll have a pop tart"
Never knew pop tarts were American. Swear

Peig Sayers

Pretty sure I saw Twinkies in Tesco, Merion Centre

XplaygirlX

Peig Sayers wrote:

Pretty sure I saw Twinkies in Tesco, Merion Centre

"drool" I HAVE to try one of these. Are they sell them in every tesco?

Dealz regularly have good priced (€1.49) American candy the last time I was there, there was for example: twinkies, runts, various types of reeses, cookie dough brownie bites, lucky charms, nerds; that's all I can remember

rubadub

eminemlover wrote: »

"drool" I HAVE to try one of these. Are they sell them in every tesco?

I doubt it, not in mine any more and its fairly big. Someone said they were quite disappointed with them and saying to go to dealz instead rather than fork out a fortune for a 10 pack. When you look at what you could get instead it would put me off, like would I want a twinkie or some fancy cream bun for the same price.

Naked Lepper

gmogames wrote: »

I actually don't know how the irish regulation is for food, but there is a big difference in taste of foods and even soda from anywhere in the world to here. Maybe they use less sugar, sodium, or the other bad stuff, which is better for your health, but not very tasty.

its actually the other way around, we actually use sugar whereas in the USA they put tonnes of fructose corn syrup into soda

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