- Hi Tripsters.
- Hello, welcome back to Trip Bitten.
- So today we are going to be taste testing
an iconic Chinese candy.
- Yes, and that Chinese candy is 大白兔奶糖
- Yeah.
- Or the White Rabbit
Milk candy. - Milk candy.
- So if you guys are Chinese,
there's a good chance that you know this
and I know many people in the audience are Chinese
so you guys probably know this
but for the people that don't know about this candy,
we'll give you a little background.
- [Yvon] So this candy was first developed and designed
in the 1950s, like the late 1950s, in 1959,
here in China, in Shanghai.
- Yeah and it wasn't until the 70s and 80s
when it really started to become a popular candy
but because China didn't have any candy companies
after it was founded,
this was one of the first candy companies
and it became very popular in the 70s and in the 80s
after a few years of operations.
- Yeah and still a lot of the younger people
also say they grew up with these candies, eating them,
like these were the first candies they ever ate.
- Yeah and so even now people still eat this,
it's still a very popular candy.
And it was so popular that the president of China
gave this to the president of The United States,
Richard Nixon in 1972 as a gift from China,
it's that popular
that even presidents have eaten and tried this
and actually Deng Xioaping or was it Mao?
- Oh, yeah I think Deng Xioaping,
he had, there was a saying that the company went with,
like six candies, White Rabbit candies,
will give you one cup of milk,
so Deng Xioaping, when he was in university,
he would like sit in his room,
heat up this cup (laughs) and his candy,
melted candy and have his cup of milk.
- Or so the story goes.
- Yeah, so the story goes.
- There's no, maybe, proof of that
but they do like to talk about their long history
and many people here in China
have actually grown up on this candy,
it's very iconic.
- And not only here in China people eat the candy,
outside of China also a lot of people eat it
because they ship it to mostly the Chinatowns
all over the world, I think in 40 countries or something.
- Yeah about 40 countries where they ship this to, yeah.
- Yeah, the Chinatowns where the Chinese-
- Supermarkets in the Chinatowns,
so a lot of people even outside of China know this candy.
But we are going to try it.
- Yes.
- And this is actually a taste test,
so that's a little bit of the history of the candy.
If you guys know more about it,
feel free to leave a comment
because when we were looking online
there wasn't a whole lot of information
but leave a comment
and also tell us if you like this candy
and give it a thumbs up if you do
because obviously that helps our channel grow-
- Channel, yes.
- And we also want to know what you guys think,
did you grow up on this candy or not?
But for us, we have actually tried it before.
- Yes.
- I've tried it before.
- I think I've had them too, I'm pretty sure I had them.
- I'm pretty sure you've had them before,
but I haven't had them in a long time
because it's not something that you get that often
so we're gonna try them
and we'll give you kind of an updated test, taste test,
if we like it or not.
Because I can't,
I mean I don't really eat-
- I don't remember either.
- Milk candy that often, so we'll see.
And then when you get them out,
here you go.
- All right (speaks in Chinese)
- And there's something very special about these.
- White Rabbit, ooh.
- Most people know that once you open it up,
if it focuses,
nope, focusing on Yvon's face.
- Yep, I'll get the face out.
- Get your face outta here, Yvon.
Forever, there we go. - There we go.
- And so these candies
have actually something really interesting.
When you open it open it up,
for many foreigners,
when you first open it up,
you think that there's, like, a second wrapper,
at least when I opened it up
I thought there was a second wrapper
and I was like what is this?
There's more plastic, this doesn't seem healthy.
But what is it, Yvon?
- It is actually rice paper, that's the second wrapper
and you can just eat that with the candy.
- Yeah, so when you open it up,
you'll see these as they fall, as they fall,
yeah, and they are actually a rice-
- Yeah, rice paper, rice paper.
- Rice paper around it and so you can eat it
but when I first ate, when I first had it,
- Oh, you tried to pull it off?
- I tried to pull it off
because I thought it was more plastic.
- It looks like plastic.
- It looks like plastic, but you can actually eat it, so-
- Mine's super solid, oh no.
- Are you gonna?
- Yeah, I'm gonna bite off a piece.
- You're gonna bite off a piece?
I'll bite off a piece and try it.
Here we go.
I don't think you're supposed to bite 'em.
I think you're supposed to put
the whole thing in your mouth.
Leave a comment below.
How do you normally eat this? - How do you eat this?
- Do you take the wrapping, the rice paper off-
- No.
- and eat that first?
- Do you stick the whole thing in your mouth?
Do you lick it?
(laughs) I don't know.
- It's super chewy.
- Yeah, it's very chewy.
It's almost like a taffy.
- Mmm hmm.
- Do you guys have taffy in The Netherlands?
- We have toffees,
with chocolate.
- Kind of like, almost like a licorice,
some of the softer licorices that you guys have.
- Like flavor-wise or texture-wise?
- No, no, texture-wise, texture,
not flavor obviously, not flavor.
- No, licorice is not that chewy.
- I'm gonna lose my dentures. - Yeah.
- Since, I'm so old (laughs).
- Oh yeah, don't you think you gotta do something
about your gray hair here?
- [Miguel] I think so,
I get a lot of comments about my looks
which is very funny to me,
because I don't think I look that strange.
- I know, you can put a poll up here,
does Miguel look old?
- Do I look old?
Or how old do you think I am?
Leave a comment, how old do you think I am?
Leave a comment below.
Back to the candy though, 'cause we're chewing on it.
- Yeah (mumbles).
- What do you think?
- It's an okay candy, I'd say, it's super-
- It's very sweet.
- Oh, yeah?
- I think it's sweet.
- It's not too sweet,
I was gonna say it only had a little bit of flavor.
- Different taste,
if you watch any of our other taste videos,
you'll see this all the time.
- Yeah.
- We have completely different tastes.
- We never have the same (mumbles) about something we ate.
- I find it sweet,
I mean they put a lot of sugar in it,
it's a milk candy.
- Yeah, well it's really chewy.
- Very chewy.
- The flavor is okay, it's not really sweet,
it's not very strong in a milk flavor either.
- No.
I actually like it.
- It's okay but to be honest a bit too chewy for me.
But maybe when you just leave it in your mouth
and suck on it.
- Yeah, if you just kind of let it sit,
you don't try and eat it in two seconds,
you just kind of suck on it
and kind of leave it in your mouth,
I think that'd be much better.
- But even then-
- Obviously we're eating it very quickly
because we want to keep the video going.
I would say I like it,
I would give it a thumbs up. - Yeah.
- It's a good candy.
- Would you buy-
- Would I eat it often?
Probably not.
- Would you just buy a bag every now and then, in the store?
- I'd just buy a bag, like I just did (laughs).
- No, I probably wouldn't necessarily go out and buy it
but if somebody gave it to me
I would definitely eat it,
there's nothing wrong with it.
- Oh yeah, it's a very neutral flavor, it is sweet.
- It tastes fine.
- I mean don't get me wrong, but yeah,
it's not super strong.
Like (speaks in Chinese).
(laughs)
- Like, it's not a super strong flavor.
- Yeah.
- So if you grew up eating this candy,
give us a story about your favorite memory
of eating this candy.
Was it when you were in childhood?
- Yeah, Chinese New Year?
- What was it - Celebrations.
that made you fall in love
with White Rabbit candy?
If you are in love with it.
If you aren't give us-
- Just tell a story, let us know.
- Tell us a story.
- Yeah, we're happy to hear those.
- And if you liked this video, again, give it a thumbs up.
- Share it with your friends.
- Yeah, share it with your friends
who may also have memories about White Rabbit.
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and then we'll see you in the next video.
- Bye.
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