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Old Mar 14, 2007 | 9:31 am
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grahamb
 
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Originally Posted by davidcalgary29
I brought back a massive stash of Fruit & Nut bars from England last fall -- Canadian Cadbury products are just not the same -- so I can certianly advise that the transcontinental Junk Food Road has other routes, too.
Not just with chocolate - last year, I ferried a 4 pack of Heinz baked beans from Jakarta to Bangkok. One friend in Jakarta had been the UK and picked up some cans and a friend in Bangkok had begged for them to be brought over. Apparently the Asian ones (made in Australia IIRC) are not the same...

I'd say the best American candy to export is See's. We demolished most of a large box on Christmas Day... You can keep the Hershey's though - the comment about them tasting of wax was correct IMHO.
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