Snacks From Abroad You Wish Were in Ireland

shefellover93 · 22-06-2014 09:48PM #1

Was over in France a few weeks ago and it reminded me of all the things over there I wish we had over here

The proper Orangina, the one that tastes refreshing and not just like Club Orange, and the 'Rouge' one made with Blood Oranges. Oasis, madeleines, Nutella Snack &, Go, and the Poulet Hot Chocolate. Used love these chocolate cookies and Limon Soda you could get in Italy :pac:

Anyways, what snacks from abroad do you wish you could take home everytime you go away?

sh__93 · 22-06-2014 09:52PM

Tim Tams. I've never tasted Tim Tams but I've heard Tim Tams are delicious. It's also fun to say Tim Tams....
Tim Tams.

fussyonion · 23-06-2014 12:11AM

Lays crisps. I know they're the same people who own Walkers but Lays have so many different flavours.
Also Ruffles. Also Cheetos. Readily available, I mean, not for €5 a pop in those fancy import-specialist shops.

HomelessMidge · 23-06-2014 12:14AM

Campino! Those strawberry and cream sweets. Delicious!

dee_mc · 23-06-2014 12:17AM

Chimes ginger chews are amazing. I bought a pack of the ones with peanut butter on the last day of my last trip to the US, so didn't get a chance to stock up for home!

full_irish · 23-06-2014 12:23AM

This cadbury bar that you get in NZ - your normal milk chocolate but with cherry flavoured jellies and biscuit pieces (kinda brownie-ish) through it. Very tasty.

And can I second tim tams aswell.

endacl · 23-06-2014 12:26AM

sh__93 wrote: »

Tim Tams. I've never tasted Tim Tams but I've heard Tim Tams are delicious. It's also fun to say Tim Tams....
Tim Tams.

Same as Penguins. Only not as Penguiney. Penguins are like TimTams, only not as TimTammy.

Hope this helps.

endacl · 23-06-2014 12:27AM

Fresh durian fruit.

Just to see what all the fuss is about.

Faith · 23-06-2014 08:16AM

Peanut butter M&Ms.

jacksie66 · 23-06-2014 08:18AM

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whiskeyman · 23-06-2014 01:23PM

Peppermint patties.
All the different types of Milka and Haribo on the continent... so many to chooooose.
Marabou Chocolate (you can get some in Ikea). The stuff is gorgeous!!

Crumpets · 23-06-2014 04:53PM

sh__93 wrote: »

Tim Tams. I've never tasted Tim Tams but I've heard Tim Tams are delicious. It's also fun to say Tim Tams....
Tim Tams.

I cannot recommend these enough! Little bars of heaven!!

drumswan · 23-06-2014 04:56PM

+1 on Lays.

Salted crisps in general too, there are no oily, crunchy salted crisps available here

Amalgam · 23-06-2014 07:32PM

endacl wrote: »

Fresh durian fruit.

Just to see what all the fuss is about.

They're in season at the moment. Pricey, but nice and big Durian for sale on Moore Street, Dublin. Impressive to behold, visually, if nothing else.. *ahem*

..the fuss, heh, well.. imagine filling a very pungent gym sock with bits of old rubber, then using the sock as a 'straw', to suck up the inner thigh sweat from a very obese person in a state of perspiration, with more than a hint of ammonia, sulphur and just a tiny sensation of old lemons, thrown in, for a laugh.

I can send you a few Durian boiled sweets, they are vile, you'll suck one, get very distressed.. and bin the rest.

Zaph · 23-06-2014 07:45PM

Sugar free Oreos, sugar free Pettermint Patties and Cherry Coke Zero, for starters. The range of sugar free goodies you can get in America is huge and unfortunately we can't get any of it here.

palmcut · 23-06-2014 07:52PM

Cha dan.

Chinese snacks from the side of the road and in small food stalls. These are eggs boiled in tea.

Pang · 23-06-2014 08:16PM

Everything Milka especially the cookies and the Champiolada bar that is coconut flavoured. So yum.

Also Casali's Schokobananen. They are delicious.

born2bwild · 23-06-2014 08:18PM

Italian soft drink 'Chino' - tastes like tonic water mixed with coca cola - love it.

Amalgam · 23-06-2014 08:45PM

born2bwild wrote: »

Italian soft drink 'Chino' - tastes like tonic water mixed with coca cola - love it.

For sale in Dublin, Hipster-like pricing though. I love it too.

TeaBagMania · 23-06-2014 08:49PM

Let me know if I can Post you anything

Zaph · 23-06-2014 08:58PM

born2bwild wrote: »

Italian soft drink 'Chino' - tastes like tonic water mixed with coca cola - love it.

Saw that last week in La Corte in the IFSC, if you're ever in that neck of the woods.

nervous_twitch · 23-06-2014 10:20PM

Get wicked bad cravings for these.

born2bwild · 23-06-2014 11:27PM

Zaph wrote: »

Saw that last week in La Corte in the IFSC, if you're ever in that neck of the woods.

Ah you can get it but it's 1.50 - 2 eu for a can!!!!
1 Euro for a 2 litre bottle in Italy - I don't like it that much.

The Pheasant2 · 23-06-2014 11:29PM

Salmiak liquorice

sh__93 · 24-06-2014 06:15AM

jacksie66 wrote: »

White chocolate tim tams are unreal. Eating a pack now actually.

Where are you located? Thet sound delicious. Almost too good to be true. Like oreos. Oreos were so hyped up when I eventually tasted one I was so disappointed I lost the ability to turn left for a whole 2 months.
TimTams better not be oreos 2.0.

supremenovice · 24-06-2014 09:02AM

Dont know if youd call them a snack, but my God I wish they were here...

irish_goat · 24-06-2014 09:09AM

supremenovice wrote: »

Dont know if youd call them a snack, but my God I wish they were here...

https://www.facebook.com/KrispyKremeIreland

supremenovice · 24-06-2014 11:52AM

irish_goat wrote: »

https://www.facebook.com/KrispyKremeIreland

No update in over a year on that page. Looks like a hoax

mel.b · 24-06-2014 12:07PM

sh__93 wrote: »

Tim Tams. I've never tasted Tim Tams but I've heard Tim Tams are delicious. It's also fun to say Tim Tams....
Tim Tams.

A lot of Tesco shops actually sell TimTams if you look.

For me i'd love...
Violet Crumbles
Picnics (the ones without the raisins in them)
Summer Roll & Honey Logs
Arnotts Savoury Shapes
Red rock Deli salted crisps
Thins Chicken Chips
All the bags of Allens sweets like Chicos and strawberries and creams
Clinkers

Mmmm...think I'm going to head of to the sanza online shop and stock up now!

Oh and Cheezels and Twisties....i think i have a junk food problem!

MissFlitworth · 24-06-2014 01:19PM

Sweet & sour filled Twizzlers, I can get them but only in €2.50 packs of 4 in novelty American sweet shops. I want big bags.

Orsons Guimauve - Little chocolate cover marshmallow bears. I can also get these but am completely at the mercy of the stock levels in Chez Max

Peanut Flips, Spanish style salted crisps and paprika crisps (I can get all of these here too but it's an effort, I miss just walking into any random shop and picking them up)

Milka Tuc (the Cadbury's ritz cracker version is a poor imitation)

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Ovomaltin Crunchy Cream - like nutella but instead of hazelnuts it has malt in it. So essentially a jar of malteasers you can spread on toast. Also Ovomaltin bars.

A wider variety of salty-sweet sweets, Salt caramels, chocolate covered pretzels and a wider variety of chocolate bars with marshmallows in them.

Espresso pads - like teabags but with coffee. So much less messy than using ground coffee in an espresso machine and also are around €2 for 20 in Germany. (Spose these aren't snacks really! You wouldn't chew on one)

Pang · 24-06-2014 02:08PM

I must have Ovolmaltine spread. It sounds amazing!

Snacks From Abroad You Wish Were in Ireland

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