For years Americans have traveled abroad to discover the exotic and adventurous
cuisine of other cultures and many of these same American travelers are keen
to explore the wide variety of candy flavors their country's most enlightened
taste bud experts haven't even sought to experiment with welcome again to our
continuing series of 10 candy bars America wished they had well I'm a
peanut bar and I'm here to say Cadbury wunderbar in Canada delicious chocolatey
coating Cadbury has long been the second largest confectionery producer globally
starting in London and spreading throughout the UK Canada Canada
and finally the United States one would expect trade between Canada and the US
to be relatively fluid save for the odd outrageous tariffs here and there but
the Wonder bar is only available to the USS neighbors to the north from the
German for marvelous oh yes for German the wunderbar has been hailed by some to
be the greatest candy bar ever created that's high praised for what is
essentially the Canadian version of the Butterfinger
but it's no secret to anyone who has tasted the simple but perfect milk
chocolate poured over rich peanut butter with the sweetest caramel and rice
crisps lighter-than-air consumers have claimed they found the chocolate sweeter
and the peanut butter much richer when Hershey's considers you tough
competition you know you've got a product that both Canadians and
Americans alike would find common ground to love kinder choco banana UK
Canada may also get some of the nicer kinder imports from the UK especially
around Easter but even their residents are denied access to the glorious choco
bond a trademark of Italian confectionery company Ferrero their
variety of kid-friendly chocolate surprises have long been a tradition
around the time to search for rabbit eggs oddly though it seems America
doesn't trust its kids with chocolate containing plastic prizes it's just not
an appropriate toy for one year olds or 30 year olds making the chocolate eggs
and their bounty illegal due to concerns about choking hazards or potential
weapons perhaps because of this ban the US apparently opted not to carry any
kinder products meaning the only way one could get them is through the internet
or a specialty candy shop alas this is America's loss particularly with the
choco bomb these soft milk chocolate balls are a delightful addition to some
of the softest finest blend of chocolate ever put on the market all poured over a
crunchy hazelnut core so we implore all American children don't play with your
food and it might actually lead to better candy Nestle violet crumble in
Australia for though Nestle has long been associated with chocolate bars
they've never specifically identified with a country so patriotically but for
those outside of Australia the violet crumble has a long reputation of being
something fiercely Australian it's best described as a more extreme version of a
Cadbury crunchy chocolate bar the crumble is a thick hard honeycomb
covered in chocolate it's the honeycomb that makes the
crumble entirely up to matter of taste while some have found joy in eating the
honeycomb based treat others have found it a bit of a challenge to chomp down on
nevertheless it has been a staple of Australian life since its invention by
English migrant Abel Hoadley in Melbourne's
fine how are you the Swiss based Nestle did not acquire Hoadley x-bar' until
1989 when the crumble stopped being produced locally in Australia that is
until two years ago when the family-owned robber men's confectionery
company struck a deal with Nestle to return production to their Adelaide
based operations proud to once again be in the hands of the Australian people
it's high time we all got the chance to dig into this curious confection Cadbury
twirl in the UK made for people like us no longer kids in America here's an
interesting bit of news for America your chocolate is aligned to you while it's
true one can get products labeled Cadbury in the US voguing that famous
white bunny sitting next to a giant chocolate egg wrapped in foil Hershey
has banned the import of the actual chocolate so while the wrapper says one
thing the chocolate is essentially a Hershey bar in Cadbury clothing as a
result there's a long list of other specific Cadbury products unavailable in
the United States but perhaps most egregiously left off the import list is
the Cadbury twirl the twirl itself started out as a lie no released as just
a single bar in the early 1970s but Cadbury soon realized their mistake and
repackaged the bars as twins in 1984 it's long rumored this was a happy
accident that stemmed from an overspill flaw in the process of designing single
flake bars so while English Cadbury bars finally found their true nature there
sadly still fledgling to find themselves in the new country one day perhaps
Hershey's and Cadbury will find some common ground giving rise to a new kind
of candy bar Toro Rudi in Hungary well you don't spell it son
you eat it granted Hungary's favorite candy bars
literal translation doesn't sound all that appetizing something about the
words curd rod or curd bar just don't set the appetite of fire but make no
mistake cheese curds are rightfully popular
outside of the US just north there's a fairly well-known dish called poutine
that will clear up any doubts Americans have about curds oh my god
or they can just try a Trudeau Rudy a Kurd rod in Hungary it comes in a
variety of different flavors and sizes but the dependable natural or nature a
simple 30 gram milk chocolate bar of curd is a favorite the different flavors
come from a variety of jams mixed in with the curd including old standards
like strawberry as well as more exotic flavors such as apricot no matter the
flavor the bar retains the reliably pleasing aromas of coconut and vanilla
it truly stands out as an example of ingredients seemingly foreign to many
until they've tried them and realized they're just like a taste of home Nestle
cara mac in the UK now do be careful my dear children
don't lose your heads venture with us back in the early days of the Industrial
Revolution in the United Kingdom the smokestacks rise high over the streets
of West Yorkshire where John Macintosh is hard at work blending hard
traditional English toffee with the soft richness of American caramel it would
become known as Macintosh celebrated toffee and would lead the inventor and
his creation to fame selling game the Macintosh company was also responsible
for creating the similar in taste but different in concept cara mac the
caramel flavored bar is of a light brown tint shaped much like a KitKat the name
however is one that honors that long-standing tradition of English
chocolate it's a combination of caramel and Macintosh Nestle may now own the bar
but it kept its history Cadbury five-star in Brazil will be ready to
leave the game we've yet to visit South America which has its own brand of
exotic fascinating flavors of chocolate bars completely independent of their
European counterparts the caramel and nougat Cadbury five star may have
started in India in 1969 but it's since spread into Brazil under its sister
company lacta the Brazilian version of the candy bar retains the original
classic golden wrapper covered in gold stars the look and general feel one gets
from the five star packaging is one of empowerment and achievement it's
certainly what their Facebook page is aiming for boasting five stars ability
to be used as an ingredient in any number of recipes including pecan pies
apple loaf and brownies and given Brazil's long association with
soccer Cadbury often launches competitions for consumers to win a
chance to witness a championship game live their marketing tends to be geared
towards a younger demographic making special note to mention that the
delicious bar is surprisingly easy on the wallet fries
Turkish delight in the UK Turkish Delight never quite made it over the
border it's a shame too because fries Rose flavored chocolate bar is the kind
of exotic sweet that Americans tend to go for while traveling is in heaven
or at least tend to order online most UK citizens will instantly be familiar with
the 1950 slogan that Cadbury still employs full of Eastern promise as being
spoken by 60s icon Jain lum-lum appeared uncredited in a hard day's night and
Goldfinger but she was best known as a model in the swinging 60s she would
advertise for the candy while she gallivanting around the UK with the rest
of the British Invasion Americans however are largely out of the loop when
it comes to floral flavored candy a fact a wise entrepreneur may want to make
note of for future ventures maybe it's high time America adopted this euro
trend and paid the same attention to their candy flavors as they do their
wine Nestle Rolo in Canada hmm rich chocolate candies creamy caramel yet
another product marred by a lack of proper distribution the Rolo may well be
seen in the US but it's under the Hershey company name and because of this
Americans will also forever miss out on Britain's ingenious much-loved
ad campaign do you love anyone enough to give them your last role oh there's
something downright malicious about that question almost as though the company
was daring one into a saw-like scenario fortunately Americans don't have to
travel far to get an authentic Rolo the chewy caramel
lights that you can pop like Mentos the very nature of their shape makes them
easy to pluck from their Tower almost ensuring one will grow addicted to
popping them out and into the mouth there's really little that's more
satisfying their caramel Center explodes within the mouth after the first bite
Rolo also holds the distinction of being the only candy on this list or any to
win a major film festival award yes their 1996 short ad film elephant in
which a young boy fools an elephant only for the animal to take revenge years
later given that the award won the Grand Prix at the Kin International
Advertising festival we are going to assume the trick in question was fairly
innocent and involved Rollo's as did the revenge Cadbury flake in the UK the
Cadbury flake like many of the best candies was discovered by accident by a
factory employee in 1920 who've just happened to notice thin streams of
excess chocolate from the molds that cooled into flaky ripples it sounds
delicious ten years later the UK was inserting flake bars into vanilla soft
serve ice cream cones and British citizens never looked back
this ice cream combination also known as a mr. whippy has been a favorite of
English schoolchildren since its inception the very concept of the flake
feels born of early working-class England where every last scrap counted
and rightfully the Cadbury flake has been in every corner store in the UK
since but it's branched out to other countries as well including New Zealand
Australia and South Africa however the flake bar has long been the
subject of controversy in its native land with a long-running ad campaign
that some have labeled as overtly sensual the ads almost always featuring
a woman portray the candy as a secret pleasure
I have to be alone some guilty treats even the finest looking celebrities are
sneaking to enjoy during leisurely activities while the flake girl campaign
has gone under fire it's also been almost impossible to completely
eradicate attempts have been made in 2004 to cancel the ad campaign and 2010
to alter it so that the flake girl is anonymous but it appears the generic
thematic trend of the ad has some staying power after many years the cold
war between Hershey's and Cadbury ended in a stalemate in January 2015 with
Hershey taking over production rights from the latter in the u.s. to most it
was like any other January but to UK expats in the u.s. it was crisis time
one such former subject of the crown told The Telegraph at the time that his
family was stockpiling flakes while authentic Cadbury products have been
banned in the US it's less effective than it sounds smaller importers do
manage to sneak in Cadbury products under the radar that's not as dangerous
it's not next time you pick up a Cadbury egg or bar of some kind take care to
read where it was manufactured shopping at specific candy stores will improve
your odds at finding a legitimate English chocolate sweet if the rapping
doesn't tell you the taste we'll take another bite and tap that screen for
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