- Oh swap.
- No
Do we have to swap?
(laughing)
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Hi my name is Melissa and I'm French.
- Hi my name is Capri-Antoine and I'm Canadian.
- Hi my name is Elliot and I'm French.
- Hi my name is Lillian and I'm Canadian.
- Have you tried french snacks?
- Only the Quebecois kind of french
I never did any Paris or French kinda snacks.
- Have you ever have french snacks before?
- I don't thinks so and I'm pretty excited
because I'm gonna go to Paris
in a few days so
this is like my first experience.
- You know I've lived in Vancouver for a little while
but I've never tried any Quebecois snacks.
- Oh okay okay
- So I'm looking forward to that.
- That's fair.
- I don't know I'm expecting maybe some like
maple kind of stuff.
- Yes.
- Maybe that's just like a stereotype.
- It is but we love our maple,
we put it in everything so...
_ Let's bring on the snacks.
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- These are Curly Cacahuètes.
These are a little bit like funky,
they're kind of like Cheetos but a little thinner.
- So these are really like the number one thing in France
that you'll find at parties.
- So this is Hawkins Cheezies.
- Same thing as hers like a party snack
you kinda have it in a big bowl
people eat it out mock it.
- Oh they definitely look thicker than regular Cheetos.
- Oh my god!
That smells very strong.
- Okay I really do smell the peanut.
- It's peanutty.
- Yeah very peanutty.
I thought I don't know why,
because we're swapping so I thought
this would be like cheesy like Cheetos
but definitely not.
- No
- It's not too bad
It doesn't taste as strong as it smells
which is good.
I can feel the cheese.
It's very salty.
- Is a tat bit crunchier.
The cheese isn't as strong as I thought it would be,
but I like it.
It's not bad.
I think I don't know if I like these better than Cheetos.
I think I do,
just cause they're bigger and I like
I like a bigger bite.
- When you first bite it,
there's no real like
Oh my god this reminds me of this.
Is as you keep chewing for a little bit longer
and then you can taste a little bit
the nuts residue at the end.
- I think the more I eat these
the more I'm into it.
Because first I'm just like
why am I just like chewing air.
But the after taste it feels like
you know after you have like a smouth spoonful
of like peanut butter,
that's what I'm experiencing right now.
- I think I would still go with this one.
I'm sorry let me have one too by the way.
- I gonna do this one as well.
- I think I like yours better.
- Yeah I like bolder flavors.
- Okay this is Jos Louis.
So this is like very common in kids snacks.
- My tati she had bunch of these snacks all the time
and I'm not a chocolate person
but this one the cream inside of it
is just so deliciousness.
- Okay these are Calisson d'Aix.
- Might have seen this at airports and stuff like that
cause they do sell them a lot in airports.
- I wouldn't say they're like a staple like
you don't go to the store and you're like
oh I want that candy.
But they're really really good.
- Yeah and there's a paper layer thing on top.
- This is nice.
Kinds is like like a little lemon cake.
- Again very light
- Yeah
- I love how like is so subtle,
it's not overpowering,
you can eat other things too.
- It's interesting because
it's sweet and I don't wanna say sour
but there's like a little hint of you know
fruity it's actually good
I like it.
- This just taste like a hostess cupcake.
Or like the yeah the hostess cupcakes.
But like not as sweet and it doesn't taste as fake.
- For me I would still definitely go with the french one.
- I would pick these,
just because it just ...
This is like this reminds me of my childhood
but it's just like very sweet and overpowering,
and this is just...
- Very light.
- It's just it's so good.
- Yeah.
- I'm na go with these.
Actually I'm gonna take a little piece out if it's okay.
- Sure.
- This is lemonade Lorina.
It's just like sparkling lemonade really,
nothing crazy to it.
It's pretty good though,
it's refreshing I would say like on a hot summer day
like this is really really good to have.
- So Bec Cola this is Quebecois.
This is her kinda fre...
Well no my bad sorry.
Is our french version of it.
- The main thing is that is made of maple syrup.
- Okay so it's gonna be pretty sweet I think.
- Yeah.
- Okay that's unique.
I might like this.
- This smells like lemonade.
- Yeah.
- But like it smells fresheretty.
- It's not as sweet as I thought it would be,
I can taste the maple actually.
That's what it is I was like
what is that taste?
Then yeah I think is the maple syrup.
- Yeah very light.
The smell is actually stronger than the taste itself.
- It's no bad
Oh my god.
- Is it really bad?
(laughing)
- Okay is bubbly lemonade.
It says is bubbly lemonade.
- This is good.
There's a bit of like an after taste
like in aspartame after taste
like diet cokes.
- A little bit.
- It has that taste to it.
- Sorry guys this is really good the lemonade
was really really good.
- Yeah and the packaging is very nice I mean.
- Yeah it's pretty.
- Ding ding ding ding ding
- Yeah sorry maple syrup
- It's weird.
- God try.
Good try.
- This is Prince.
These are like the cookies specially when you're a child
these are in your lunch box,
is a snack time you'll have
two of 'em in a little plastic bag.
- This is what you get when you get out of school
and what you get whenever you're hungry
because is like the best thing ever.
Oh my god I'm in love.
I haven't have...
I know friends like I ask my parents to send me
like deodorants and creams from France.
But most of my friends french friends who live here
ask their parents to ship them those.
- This is a cleanser palette from the coke.
Because this is maple cookies
it's really good.
- Okay.
- I really really recommend these.
Is like this like cause Canada you know
we're known for our maple,
but these cookies I really
Melissa you're gonna love these
like this is like this deliciousness.
- It's a little dry.
I would love to have like a glass of milk right now.
- It's good with a glass of milk.
- Yeah I'm not a chocolate person but
the cookie itself is really good.
- I really the cookie it's a bit buttery
which I like.
Maple's alright I'm not a huge maple fan
- It is really good.
Oh my god yeah it's really good.
It's very sweet
- Very sweet
- Very very sweet but it is quite delicious.
- Back to the basics.
- You already know what I'm thinking.
What?
- There you go.
- Canada we got one we got one.
I finally got one for you guys.
- Every french people would
will back me on this.
- I'm sorry Canada I didn't pick most of your snacks.
The french snacks they were lighter so
you can eat a little bit more without feeling it.
- Parisian people are like fancy and
like their whole packaging is like beautiful
very delicate and what I didn't expect
is that it was very light.
- So ultimately I still prefer French food,
French from France sorry.
Cause they feel like overall it's more subtle
it's more fine.
- Actually I really enjoyed the Canadian snacks,
I knew they would be somewhat similar to American snacks
just because we're so close.
I knew there be some kind of like you know what it's like
like whashover of some sort.
- I wouldn't buy them you know,
but if they were there on a table
I would definitely eat them at a party or something
but I don't think I would go and buy them.
Sorry.
- I'm hurt Melissa.
I'm hurt.
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