- Oh, Vegemite!
(laughing)
- Oh man, I need a drink or something, whoa!
- Oh my gosh.
- I like that, yep.
- Hello, I'm Tom, I'm from Buzzfeed Australia.
I'm gonna be the resident Aussie today,
and I'm gonna be showing you
all these weird snack,
I'm gonna make these guys try today.
Lets go!
(Upbeat Music)
- [Tom] OK, so we have the Cheezels.
These are an iconic snack.
They're just cheese flavored rings, basically.
The classic thing you do with Cheezels is
put em' all on all your fingers,
like they're rings and then bite them off, one by one.
Or you can pretend to propose to someone.
Anything you do with rings, you can do with these.
- Ooh! What are these?
- Cheezels.
- What are these ? They look like um.
- Cheese Hula-Hoop.
- These are huge !
- Oh my god ! They're like big hula-hoops.
- [Girl] They're like hula-hoops but on steroids.
- [Guy] On steroids, yeah.
- Oh my god, this is my dream.
- I feel like we gotta do the classic UK thing.
Okay, shall we ?
- Cheers.
(quiet chuckling) (chip crunching)
- Oh man!
I wanted there to be a bit more-
- Flavor ?
- I expected way more of like a bam!
But its more of a-
- Yeah, they're very like, dusty.
- Yeah, the weird cheese.
- Its the weird cheese, yeah.
- Yeah, we'll blame your cows.
- The thing is, if this was in front of me,
I would yam a bag.
But I'm not, like, I wouldn't run to grab it off the shelf,
if that makes sense?
- No.
- I don't really wish that this snack was in the UK.
I kind of feel like we have much better versions.
- Yeah.
- I'm not offended.
- Yeah.
- But I'm not happy either, you know?
(agreeable humming, laughter)
- We got Wotsits.
I think I'll stick to Wotsits to be honest.
- [Tom] So Cherry Ripe's have a
cherry filling covered in milk chocolate.
They're not that popular, they're a bit weird,
most people don't like 'em, but strangely some people do.
And they are still sold.
- Yay !
(Clapping)
- Cherry Ripe?
- Cherry Ripe.
- I've heard of these.
I didn't try them when I went there, but I saw them.
- Its a luscious cherry and coconut-
- Oh.
- In Old Gold rich dark chocolate.
- I already know I'm not gonna like this.
(Record Needle Scratch)
I don't like any kind of artificial cherry.
- Yeah, I mean I like cherry and chocolate, yeah.
It's just that coconut's not my favorite.
(wrappers crunching)
- I like it!
- Yeah!
I like them too!
- I like them!
- That was quite nice.
- Yeah its nice.
(relieved laughter)
- Its the consistency of a Bounty,
but with cherry flavor in the middle.
- Yeah.
- It tastes like a Cherry Bounty.
- Is there such thing as a Cherry Bounty ?
- Its like they chucked about
four different flavors together, and actually it works.
- For me, its a keeper.
I'm a Bounty man, so.
- Why wouldn't they sell this in the UK??
- I think we should have this in the UK,
in fact I'm taking one for the road.
- [Tom] Chicken Salt is a super iconic salt.
You put it on hot chips, and it is extremely good.
It's chicken flavor,
but surprisingly is not made of chicken.
(screen swiping)
- [Producer] Open your eyes.
- Uh, Oh !
- Oh, chips.
- Chips.
- Just actual chips.
(Laughing)
We have chips here too, actually.
- Yeah, we love a chip.
- Ah! Okay, okay, okay.
- Oh ho ho!
- Chicken Salt.
Oh my god.
- What is the deal with Chicken Salt ?
What's the hype about?
- Never had this before.
So its like an all purpose seasoning kinda vibes, yeah ?
- So hopefully this will add a personality
that we're looking for.
- It literally smells like chicken.
- I think I need more salt.
- That wasn't enough to be honest.
- Yeah, that was not enough.
I need more.
- Let's do this.
(crunching)
- Oh!
- Mm!
(clapping)
- That is so good!
- That's very good!
- That is really good!
- I like it.
- Oh my God!
- [Guy] I like that, yeah.
Yeah I can get behind that, alright.
- Like this is like the Beyonce of seasonings right here.
- It's vegetarian and it's Chicken Salt.
How can it be vegetarian ?
What lies are being fed ?
(Laughing)
- A thousand percent, I would have this
in my cupboard and use it all day long, approved.
(Ding of Approval)
- I think they should definitely bring this
in the UK though, for sure.
- This country is lacking Chicken Salt.
We're getting a petition going,
we're writing our names on it.
- Yeah.
- We are handing out this petition.
- [Tom] These are Pods.
These are a delicious, little chocolate wafer,
creamy filling snack.
These are the perfect Movie/TV snack.
- Pods! The first thing I think is Tide Pods.
- I hope they are like Tide Pods,
I've always wanted to eat a Tide Pod.
- Yeah, I know right, me too.
- They're like chubby and bitey.
(laughing)
- Pods! Oh, this is a bit of me!
- Really? You a chocolate fan?
- Yeah, I love chocolate.
- We got Twix and Snickers.
- Yeah.
- This looks like, a cereal.
Like it could almost be-
- Oh my God!
Like those Crave things?
- Yeah.
- Do you remember Cookie Crisps?
The cereal?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- That's what these look like.
- Cheers!
- They're nice but, I just wish the middle had
a bit more goo in it.
- It tastes more like a cereal.
- Cookie Crisp.
Oh my God, It's like a Cookie Crisp!
(Laughing)
- That's it, that's like that kind of consistency.
- Although I do prefer Twix and Snickers as they are.
- If somebody offered it to me, I'd still eat it.
But, yeah, its not my fave.
- I wouldn't be offended.
But, I wouldn't grab handfuls of them.
- [Tom] These are small Shapes which is an
iconic biscuit in of itself,
that tastes like Vegemite and cheese.
It is really good,
and they come in the shapes of Australia, and Tasmania.
(screen swiping)
- Ooh ! Oh, Vegemite !
(Laughing)
- It smells like a cracker, um.
(laughing)
I hate Marmite,
and I think Vegemite is very similar to Marmite,
and actually I'm dreading this a little bit.
- Yeah, I'm not a fan either.
- [Tom] What kind of shape do you see there?
- It looks like a Mammoth.
- An animal, of some kind?
- Yeah, yeah, keep going, yeah.
- I think I know what it is.
- Do you know what it is?
- I'm gonna wait until you guess it.
- Is it a Cow?
- That's nothing.
- I can see two little ears, I don't know! What is it?
- I think it's meant to be Australia.
- Is it the shape of Australia? I don't know.
- [Tom] Yeah!
- Is it?
- Yeah!
(clapping)
- It's Australia!
(Laughing)
- Good Geography, I studied it in school.
Yeah, I know the shapes of countries.
- I would've gone through every single animal
at the zoo before I got to Australia, I'll tell you that.
- Lets see what it tastes like then.
- Okay.
- Cheers, guys!
- Cheers, Vegemite.
(sniffing and crunching)
- Okay, that's not bad!
- It tastes, yeah, its amazing.
It's like a Marmite and cheese crumpet.
- That is not as offensive as I thought it was gonna be.
These kind of taste a bit like Twiglets but nicer,
and I am here for it.
- I've not had Vegemite,
but I think this is a good introduction to Vegemite.
Compared to any sort of savory crackers and stuff we have,
this is definitely more on the flavorful side.
- I'd get behind these, yeah. I could definitely-
- Very tasty.
- Yeah.
- These are good! I could eat, I could smash a whole box.
- I think we should have those in the UK, yeah.
I think they're really nice.
- Sign a petition, get 'em over here.
- Okay, this is Kangaroo jerky.
It's a pretty weird one,
and yes we do eat our National Animal.
But, it is pretty good.
I actually do like eating a bit of Kangaroo
from time to time, it's pretty nice.
It's like a typical jerky, a little bit sweeter,
because Kangaroo is normally a little bit sweeter.
(screen swiping)
- Jerky? Kangaroo jerky?
- All I see is Kangaroo meat on the ingredients!
(laughing)
- That's what I just saw.
- Yes!
- I don't even want to look at the front!
- Love it, alright!
- Are you vegetarian?
- Yeah.
- Oh sh-
(beeping out curse word)
- What are you allowed to do?
- I need to talk to the Vegetarian God's
and ask for permission, but I am fascinated.
- It doesn't smell great, I'm not gonna lie.
- Yeah, it smells like pet food.
- Ooh!
- This does not look appetizing at all.
- It doesn't!
(guitar strumming music)
- Oh my God!
- Wow, that's a tough meat.
- Spicy!
- Really spicy.
(coughing)
- I can't even taste it yet
because my teeth are trying to chew through it!
- Oh man, I need a drink or something, whoa!
- It super chewy though, like super chewy!
- It's not something I would eat, personally.
- I would not be eating that ever again, I don't think.
- I think you've had enough for one lifetime.
- I've been scarred.
- Yeah, I'm not.
(plate sliding)
- Keep that one in Australia.
- I think we're happy with the dried meats we have,
thank you.
- There was some interesting snacks on there,
I thought the Kangaroo was, dreadful.
- The Chicken Salt!
- Oh, The Chicken Salt!
- It was so good!
- No!
- If we were having a snack face off,
I think we were picking the Australia there.
But no, thanks Tom for showing us these snacks.
There were some good ones in there.
[The Group] - Bye, bye!
(Laughing)
Love ya!
(upbeat piano music plays)