American Candy Bars
Mar 13, 2007 | 6:44 am
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American Candy Bars
We're wanting to take a little gift basket over to surprise some friends in Europe, they're German. we want to fill the basket with American candy. Last time we were in Germany a porter at the hotel thought we were military and asked us if we could please buy him some Hershey candy bars at the base. We laughed and told him we were just tourists, but he went on about how good Hersheys are and you can't get them in Germany, only on the US bases. Anyhow, from your experiences in Europe what other US candy bars are Europeans fond of that they can't get over there?
Mar 13, 2007 | 7:00 am
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I don't understand why anyone would prefer milk chocolate over dark chocolate. 
Pick up some Ghirardelli chocolates and take them back to Germany. Take a side-by-side taste test and see for yourself. http://www.ghirardelli.com/
If you're in New York, head across the Brooklyn Bridge and buy some Jacques Torres chocolates. So good!! http://www.mrchocolate.com/default.aspx
Pick up some Ghirardelli chocolates and take them back to Germany. Take a side-by-side taste test and see for yourself. http://www.ghirardelli.com/
If you're in New York, head across the Brooklyn Bridge and buy some Jacques Torres chocolates. So good!! http://www.mrchocolate.com/default.aspx
Mar 13, 2007 | 7:02 am
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After visiting SF, I would always welcome See's chocolate brought over! It's not one of the big names, but is excellent. I would agree that Ghirardelli is a good option, particularly if you want the name behind it.
Hershey, though, yeuch, it tastes of soap!
Hershey, though, yeuch, it tastes of soap!
Mar 13, 2007 | 7:08 am
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I had a secretary in London who loved Hersheys with almonds. I never understood this, as Europe has chocolate which is vastly superior.
I take See's nut chocolates to friends, since it was requested by one.
I take See's nut chocolates to friends, since it was requested by one.
Mar 13, 2007 | 7:58 am
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I've been in the UK for the past three weeks. I'm heading home for a week and a half before heading back to the UK. As I was leaving the office, everyone asked me to bring back jelly beans. I also got the jelly bean request when I was living in Spain and would go home to the US for a visit.
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are also almost impossible to get in Europe
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are also almost impossible to get in Europe
Mar 13, 2007 | 8:15 am
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You cant understand or you dont like milk chocolate over dark chocolate?
Thats like saying, I cant understand why someone would live in NY? Its different strokes for different folks.
No reason to be so confused about it.
Ken in Phx
Mar 13, 2007 | 8:16 am
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Hershey is the only request I get when I visit the UK. I usually pick up a box of them on my way to the airport. I forget the name of the box, something like "Golden Assortment". Also well received are Hershey miniatures. If I was visiting children, I might be looking for full size candy bars. Adults seem to prefer their chocolate one bite at a time; they just keep going back for one more and one more and one more. 
I prefer Cadbury's. I guess it's all a matter of wanting what you can't have.
I prefer Cadbury's. I guess it's all a matter of wanting what you can't have.
Mar 13, 2007 | 8:18 am
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Mar 13, 2007 | 8:22 am
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American chocolate has a lot more sugar in it, we also have a lot more variety on the shelves so it's easy to see why someone might be only able to find something they really carve in the US.
Mar 13, 2007 | 8:26 am
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M&Ms are found everywhere in Europe, so don't bother bringing them. Every European I have ever given a Reese Peanut Butter cup LOVES them! As an American who has lived in Europe for the last six years, I still miss them. My kids miss strawberry twizzlers.