Americans first time trying British Snacks and Sweets!

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In this video, my wife and I try British snacks and sweets. As Americans trying British snacks for the first time, we give our opinion and ranking of these snacks. Watch the video if you want to see what we thought!
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@04williamsl 3 года назад

Your son has impeccable taste - immediately choosing the double decker. What a lad.

@richardk.4503 3 года назад

I was thinking the same thing. I love Doubledeckers. Also he loved the Turkish Delight which i love too. Great lad, great taste.

@richardk.4503 3 года назад

@MR Mister Turkish delight is great

@richardk.4503 3 года назад

@MR Mister 🤣🤣 i love Turkish delight. I know it's not for everyone but i love it

@alexg1778 3 года назад

@@richardk.4503 Turkish delight is grim.

@richardk.4503 3 года назад

@@alexg1778 😁

@imarson_404_2 3 года назад

When Americans say pastilles like ‘past-il-ees’ it always cracks me up, we say it like ‘past-ills’

@raphaelperry8159 3 года назад

They're also usually available in much smaller packages.

@crusey99 3 года назад

They pronounced everything wrong 😂

@mattpotter8725 3 года назад

I think it's because that's how you're pronounce it in a Spanish kind of way and it does look a bit like a Spanish word to be fair, may even have come from there, though I think it's probably from French.

@LawfullSpook 3 года назад

Same with nestle that threw me a little because here it's nest-lay not nes-el

@presterjohn71 3 года назад

@@LawfullSpook, it was always pronounced nessles in the UK until the brand wanted to unify the pronunciation back in the 90s.

@bornagaingeek7279 3 года назад

*American adults* " Mmmmmm, this is different but really good" *American child* "I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY'RE CALLED, BRING ME THE NEXT ONE AND KEEP UP LOSERS."

@mikejones5552 3 года назад

The Turkish delight is 'Rose' flavour... your son has a gloriously well-developed palete!

@Hypnobunny1 2 года назад

Love Turkish delight

@TheWiseCollector 3 года назад

the child: likes jaffa cakes brits: you have chosen wisley parents: dont like jaffa cakes brits: so you have chosen death

@tonys1636 3 года назад

Best way to eat a Flake is in a 99 cone, a whipped ice cream cone with a flake stuck in the top. A lot of British sweets tend to be chewie, one burns off the calories whilst eating them.

@MRxPredator002 3 года назад

there not 99 anymore good sir you run after the van "what can i get you" can i have a £1.50 please lol

@robertholmes6348 3 года назад

I once lost a tooth to a toffo. Chewy indeed. Lol.

@PolarBear4 3 года назад

@@MRxPredator002 £1.50? Bargain! I paid £2.20 for one a few weeks ago. Nearly cried.

@Shard3432 3 года назад

@@MRxPredator002 the name 99 predates them costing 99p.

@theshiftybloke4672 3 года назад

@@robertholmes6348 I lost a tooth to a curly wurly... That had been in the fridge. I won it at primary school, but what sort of animal puts a curly wurly in a fridge?!

@magnolia7277 3 года назад

Cadbury were bought by Kraft, they reduced the cocoa content to save money, so the chocolate taste is not as rich as it used to be, we (UK) all moaned when it happened because we really could taste the difference, it used to be REALLY rich, smooth and chocolatey, now it's just slightly better than supermarkets own brands.

@callumpears1523 3 года назад

Yeah pretty sure they changed the Creme Egg recipe too

@benjaminchristianhay 3 года назад

I think they also changed the sugar component too...

@TheArgieH 3 года назад

Also moved production to Europe, I think Poland, after indicating they wouldn't.

@deborahhatcher6214 3 года назад

I won't by Cadburys anymore it tastes yuck

@sitnspin1819 3 года назад

@@deborahhatcher6214 I now only buy Galaxy chocolate!

@derangemeldete 3 года назад

And the kid was awake for the next year! :) But he's really well behaved and so patient getting his pieces! Reflects great on your parenting.

@cabbageplays6710 3 года назад

telling us the hobnobs are dry, when you have a perfectly good coffee to dunk it in right there, silly

@BeExcellent1 3 года назад

Coffee is tolerable but hobnobs are for a cup of tea just like the inferior digestive.

@Debbie76 3 года назад

Yes, Biscotti goes in coffee, everything else is better in tea🙂

@hannahwootton6491 3 года назад

I love a good hobnob

@sarahstrong7174 3 года назад

In England U.K. Biscuits are meant to be dry & crisp. But it is confused by the fact that in America biscuits are more like what we in England call scones. So no wonder they think the Hob Nob/digestive Biscuits are a bit dry.

@sarahstrong7174 3 года назад

Jaffa cakes are not biscuits they are made of cake. The clue is in the name.

@jase6709 3 года назад

Jaffa is a brand of oranges. The jelly in Jaffa Cakes is made from said oranges, hence the name.

@neilconnolly485 3 года назад

Actualy it"s Apricot not Orange

@jase6709 3 года назад

@@neilconnolly485 No, it's oranges.

@acreativename7999 3 года назад

@@neilconnolly485 where did you hear that?

@neilconnolly485 3 года назад

@@acreativename7999 Well known if you google it will tell you

@lastfirst5689 3 года назад

@@neilconnolly485 Googlie tells the truth *all the time* Best way to find out is to read the ingredients list on the packaging. It may not tell you directly but the clue will be in extracts

@bigreddraggin4443 3 года назад

rule of thumb is that biscuits (coming from the Latin bis coctus or twice cooked) are hard usually cooked that way to make them last on long sea voyages ( and as the UK has a long sea faring history might be why the name is used more over this side of the pond.), whereas cookie (coming from the dutch koekje or little cake) are much softer because they use a raising agent in the process.

@cogidubnus1953 3 года назад

I love it when a RU-vid comment teaches me something...At well over sixty years of age I never knew that and am most grateful...Thank you!

@captvimes 3 года назад

Also the German equivalent Kuchen which can be used for biscuits or cake got Marie Antoinette in trouble. She meant biscuit or the biscuit ration but the other meaning was preferred (cant they eat cake) by the starving masses.

@alungwilliams1 3 года назад

also when they go stale biscuits go soft while cakes go hard, which is why they are called jaffa cakes not biscuits

@jazelliott7426 3 года назад

@@alungwilliams1 and they are made of sponge not oats or whatever

@alungwilliams1 3 года назад

@@jazelliott7426 yup, i've always got jaffa cakes in the cupboard, i eat them too fast

@welshcat5781 3 года назад

If it’s green then it’s lime flavour. We don’t really have many apple flavoured things

@MayCorn 3 года назад

most of the green apple things we have were made in America

@AndrewHalliwell 3 года назад

If it's been for fruity things, it's lime. Green for chocolate is mint, most of the time.

@timberwolf5211 3 года назад

For future reference, the same as most green sweets here are LIME flavour rather than APPLE, in the UK most "black/purple" coloured sweets are BLACK CURRENT flavour, rather than GRAPE.

@ben9DB 3 года назад

We’re called limeys for a reason after all 🤣

@sianchatfield3052 3 года назад

Green is lime Black is black currant - which is a flavour you dont get there, because up until recently blackcurrant bushes were made illegal in the states in 1911 because they were carriers of a plant fungus that was attacking indigenous plants. You asked if we have a word for cookies - yep, biscuits. We also have cookies but they're large and soft - like the ones the cookie monster eats

@DylanSargesson 3 года назад

"By appointment to HM The Queen" This is called a 'Royal Warrant of Appointment' that's a special mark that companies can apply to have the honour to put on their products if that company has a long-standing relationship with supplying those products to the royal household. It's an endorsement of high quality.

@sarahfields288 3 года назад

I'm British and I didn't even know that lol

@Danlows1 3 года назад

@@sarahfields288 really?! There’s loads of things that “by royal appointment to” whichever royal they applied to

@sarahfields288 3 года назад

@@Danlows1 yeah I've seen it but didn't know what it ment. So the Queen has her dishes washed in Fairy liquid too?

@gingerbaker4390 3 года назад

@@sarahfields288 British people know what a royal warrant is.

@65darkhammer 3 года назад

Tabasco sauce has a Royal Warrant of Appointment.

@jaysmith2858 3 года назад

Turkish Delight is the 'Marmite' of confectionery. You either love it, or you hate it.

@moopet8036 2 года назад

There are two types of people: those who love Turkish Delight and those who are wrong.

@JamesSmith-zk8gl 2 года назад

Turkish delight is yummy,same as marmite

@SobrietyandSolace 2 года назад

Fry's and other UK brands aren't real Turkish Delight though. I make it at home

@stuartduncan2772 2 года назад

@@moopet8036 I'm nearly 60 and I've been getting a Turkish delight in my Xmas selection box since I was a toddler. I hate it. Fry's have recently introduce a lemon one instead of the rose water one and it is a little better.

@peterdarnell7627 2 года назад

It's all right in small doses😜

@Levi-RoseWilletts4828 3 года назад

I've watched a few of these videos where Americans eat British food. You guys are by far the best I've seen. The fact that you guys had your little boy in the tasting was a great move. Bournville is pronounced 'bornville'. Bournville is an area in the City of Birmingham where Cadbury's chocolate was created. If you ever come over to England, you can visit the factory. Although don't expect it to be anything remotely like Wonka's factory 😉.

@PurpleSpiderwebs 3 года назад

Bournville is one my favourite areas in Birmingham but too expensive to live

@chopchung Год назад

@@PurpleSpiderwebs the Chocolate's not that cheap either!!.

@TheGeneral_LUFC Год назад

They always eat shit we don't eat here.

@milnespetchristo1882 8 месяцев назад

Bourneville, was created by the Cadbury family, as a model village, (possibly for it's factory workers; as we're many other Quaker millionaire family businesses off the 19tg-early 20th century). But, it's now literally a model village as their are so many planning bylaws, that buildings can't be changed, etc etc.

@TheEclecticBeard 3 года назад

Their sweets are so much better than ours. That jaffa though. Those are crack in sweet form.

@alansmithee8831 3 года назад

Alan, you should just apply for a British passport now.

@ruthfoley2580 3 года назад

Hi beardy. When you coming to UK?

@chrislaw3451 3 года назад

Yeah good luck opening jaffa cakes not eating more 🤣 and well done saying sweets and not candy 😂

@elll300 3 года назад

you can buy a meter long tube of Jaffa's usually around Christmas time, never lasts long :)

@bigcheese6212 3 года назад

If I get Jaffa Cakes I tend to eat the whole lot, they are just too good not to

@davenunn7259 3 года назад

There was a long running court case over Jaffa Cakes. The Food Agency claimed that they fell under biscuit rather than cake. The reason for the court case was that biscuit have tax added to them where as cake doesn’t, so it would have been expensive for Mcvities. Mcvities won claiming biscuits are hard and go soft if left out, whilst cakes are soft and go hard if left out

@G1NZOU 3 года назад

Very true, and considering unlike the US the UK has the displayed price on store shelves including tax, it would have either effected profits if they kept the retail price the same and the government got a cut, or they would have had to increase the price to compensate and lost consumers, so it was a big deal to avoid the tax by presenting a solid legal argument for why they were exempt.

@jasongarfitt1147 3 года назад

It is specifically chocolate coated biscuits that have the tax

@christophermonteith2774 3 года назад

yup

@stingersplash 3 года назад

Yep I mean they are cakes. That's just obvious.

@sirderam1 3 года назад

I think it was HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs) that disputed the tax status of Jaffa Cakes rather than the Food Standards Agency.

@-_James_- 3 года назад

The reason Fruit Pastilles have "Can you resist the chew?" on the packet is because a lot of people try to just suck them like boiled sweets. Nearly all of them fail and start chewing after half a minute or so.

@AndrewHalliwell 3 года назад

The advert a few years ago was "I bet you can't put a fruit pastille in your mouth without chewing it! "

@tomboychick 3 года назад

Going even further back to the 90s, anyone else remember their advert with the moose? "There's a moose loose aboot this hoouse!" I can't remember the rest of the rhyme, but I do remember me & my sister singing it.

@-_James_- 3 года назад

@@tomboychick That was for Maynard's Wine Gums. "There's juice loose aboot this hoose."

@AndrewHalliwell 3 года назад

@@tomboychick The original song was "There's a moose loose aboot this hoose" but the Maynard Wine Gums ad went "There's juice, loose aboot this hoose." It's probably on RU-vid if you try seeking it out.

@neilconnolly485 3 года назад

@@AndrewHalliwell Lord Rockinghams eleven

@harismohammad2005 3 года назад

Interesting fact for you all: Flakes don’t melt, except in your mouth. You can microwave a flake, it will soften but won’t melt.

@GeekBatman 3 года назад

When you ate the flake it reminded me of something I have read before. British chocolate is designed to melt at body temperature but because the temperature in a lot of plcaes in the US exceeds body temperature regularly it is designed to melt higher. That, along with the percentage of cocoa makes a big difference to taste.

@anthonyeast4280 2 года назад

Interesting!

@jtee4501 3 года назад

Biscuit is the word we use for every type of “cookie” so like the “digestives” and the “hobnobs” are all types of biscuits for example. We also say cookie but that is for “chocolate chip cookies” etc. It’s weird to explain i guess. Like a Chocolate Digestive is a biscuit but not a cookie, but a “chocolate chip cookie” is a cookie and also a biscuit. Sort of like a sub-genre of biscuit 😂😂

@lynnhamps7052 3 года назад

Biscuit means 'twice baked' so hard ones are biscuits, soft ones are cookies...prety simple really. Very cute kid by the way )

@terryloveuk 3 года назад

We do say cookies for "Maryland Cookies" (chocolate chip cookies, sometimes also with nuts), but they fall under our biscuit designation... "Do you want a biscuit? I've got some chocolate chip cookies". They are usually crunchy, although soft (often giant sized) chocolate chip cookies are around and often labeled as cookies in bakers and supermarkets that have an in-house bakery section

@MRxPredator002 3 года назад

ill bail you out @jtee lol a biscuit in the UK is normally a hard texture a cookie is more of a soft sticky texture like a chocolate chip cookie is quite soft and sticky like gum thats got hot and a cookie is a lot sweeter

@MayCorn 3 года назад

I'd never call a chocolate chip cookie a biscuit, to me (and my family) biscuits are hard (like digestives or shortbread) and cookies are soft and large or small and hard (chocolate chip cookies are the most common).

@jamesh1758 3 года назад

Usually cookies are bigger than biscuits. U typically get biscuits in tube shaped plastic packets or boxes whereas most of the time cookies come in paper bags like in subway or Tesco. U can still get smaller cookies that come in plastic such as chocolate chip cookies

@cookiesroblox6759 3 года назад

It's lovely to see all your family.. your little boy is adorable.. trying lots of chocolate etc together at the same time can effect to enjoyment.. so hopefully after this video you'll all have more time to retry them at a slower pace .. we do have cookies here they are like biscuits but there normally a much bigger chunkier type biscuits.. with choc chips or fruit etc in x

@internet.doctor 3 года назад

Tunnocks Carmel wafers, Tunnocks snowballs and Tunnocks teacakes are amazing.

@3lli0 3 года назад

The caramel wafers are my favourite

@cogidubnus1953 3 года назад

@@3lli0 Me too, but the other stuff comes very close behind...

@lucie4185 3 года назад

I ate a caramel wafer when watching this because I can't watch other people eating chocolate without eating some. So good.

@scottirvine121 3 года назад

Alba gu brath 🤣

@andrewsimmons9717 3 года назад

The teacakes are the best. But not been able to get them from any supermarket near me for months.

@matthewlee8725 3 года назад

Your "this could be dipped in tea" game is very strong!!!

@michellemclarnon9212 3 года назад

I love laughing at pronunciations of the products it's hilarious.

@julianbarber4708 Год назад

No, it's painful.

@dawnrussell7887 3 года назад

By the way, the biscuit packets have a pull tab on them so you don't need the scissors.

@mathiasosiriswoodhal 3 года назад

I was gunna say the samee thing lol you could see the big red pull open arrow on the packet lol guess they don't have that in the USA lol

@hannahk1306 3 года назад

The large Cadbury bars also have pull tabs on the middle flap bit and the bags have perforated tops to rip off.

@matr1724 3 года назад

Aero is pronounced air-o the idea being its sort of blown chocolate with lots of air bubbles set in it, more surface area = more flavour i guess.

@circus1701 3 года назад

I used to love Aero until I left a bar in the sun and realised how much chocolate I was actually buying - damm all.

@stevieinselby 3 года назад

Also available in orange flavour. I used to live in York where the Nestlé factory is, and on days when they were making Mint Aero you could smell it from a couple of miles away!

@DIGZDIGZDIGZ 3 года назад

I love these, just a few points: 1) jaffa cakes are legally cakes (tax reasons, there was a court case for this) 2) Nestlé has an accent on the e and is pronounced "Nest-lay" 3) Mcvities is pronounced "Mac-vit-tees"

@TonyEnglandUK 2 года назад

Nestlé's themselves used to pronounce the company name as sounding like _"Nessles"_ simply because so many Brits pronounced it that way anyway.

@sockington1 2 года назад

jaffa cakes are cakes as they go hard when stale, biscuits by definition go soft when stale

@anonimous8743 Год назад

@@sockington1 there used to a huge debate over whether they was cakes or bicuits, but personally to me, they are cakes

@klaxoncow 3 года назад

Yes, Digestives were meant to aid one's digestion - hence the name - and, yes, it is absolutely the primary UK tea-dipping biscuit. The "Rich Tea" Digestive biscuits will always be found next to the tea bags, in the kitchen cupboard, for tea-dipping purposes. Mainly because it soaks up the tea into the biscuit, like it's a delicious "tea sponge". (And, yeah, don't worry. Though the Digestive does contain fibre - a bit of "roughage" - and that's why it's claimed to be "good for the digestion", it's not that much and isn't potent. Even if you eat the whole packet to yourself, you won't be rushing to the toilet. It's just a biscuit with fibre in it, not a laxative.)

@PoppyFlux Год назад

They're also delicious dunked in coffee. I know because I (sacrilege) don't like black tealeaves 😁

@ZosiaDabrowski 3 года назад

If you ever find REAL Turkish delight (not the weird chocolate bar), it is delicious. Turkish Delight is a sweet rosewater-flavoured jelly big cube covered in icing sugar, but it should be really soft and light not the chewier jelly that’s in those chocolate bars. I’ve usually seen them in gourmet delis/grocery shops or in kebab shops. It’s what Edmund betrayed his siblings to the White Witch for in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe :)

@stvbee7479 3 года назад

Traditional Turkish Delight comes from the Middle East. It is a rose flavoured jelly, which is cut into cubes and dusted with icing sugar. It is usually eaten around christmas time in the UK. Fry's took the original rose flavoured jelly and covered it in chocolate (well why wouldn't you?) and made it available all year round!!! It is an unusual flavour until you understand what it is.

@djahallam5401 3 года назад

I love Turkish delight.

@samantharichardson6956 3 года назад

I hate it, it takes like soap🤮

@mindexplode5599 3 года назад

I hate it, such a disappointment after the narnia build up, my kids love it

@wilmaknickersfit 3 года назад

I used to LOVE the Turkish Delight advert!

@stvbee7479 3 года назад

@@samantharichardson6956 Why were you eating soap? Lol.

@CliveBilby 3 года назад

Pull the red tab on the Digestives, the packet opens without scissors! Pull the blue tab on hobnobs. Turkish Delight - ROSE Flavour. Biscuits are biscuits, Cookies are called cookies. The British royal coat of arms on products is to indicate that the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, or Her Majesty the Queen has used those goods or services for at least five years.

@susanashcroft2674 3 года назад

The Royal Warrant can be given and also taken away. While many are long standing, sometimes a warrant may be removed if a company does something say for instance reveals things about the Royal Family that are confidential, personal or private which I believe has happened.

@samantharichardson6956 3 года назад

@TheRenaissanceman65 that sounds disgusting🤮 and also scones are cakes, how are they biscuits?

@G1NZOU 3 года назад

@TheRenaissanceman65 Last time I visited the US I got to try bacon, eggs, and biscuits with gravy in a diner in Wisconsin, good combo, especially after jetlag. But for us most scones are a sweeter variety with currants in them, and eaten with jam and clotted cream.

@wadewatts6606 3 года назад

I love the way your son is holding up the packaging, more professional RU-vidr than you guys lol

@blackpoolonabudget6745 2 года назад

Loved this video what a cute family I love dipping original digestives in my tea I'd never dip a jaffa cake though haha

@timtesseliza 3 года назад

Shout out to the Wife. You have me smiling alot! Your reaction to turkish delight was legendary 😂😂😂😂😂

@citizenpb 3 года назад

Half of the comments: "Literally nobody likes Turkish Delight" Other half of the comments: "I love Turkish Delight"

@stingersplash 3 года назад

They are the marmite of chocolate.

@daniel_b1uk088 3 года назад

Turkish nightmare

@jsolloso 3 года назад

Turkish Delight is lovely but prefer the original, as found in Turkey.

@greymore997 3 года назад

You either like Turkish Delight or you're wrong. Nothing else. 😂😂

@dawn5227 3 года назад

It's a bit of a marmite thing. You either love it or hate it.

@xdmodex 3 года назад

Lol... most of the packaging is easy open or open with a tab on the biscuit packs. No need for scissors. 😄😃😃😃

@Anonymous-wq1rf 3 года назад

Ethan doesn't know how to open an envelope, I guess Mrs Innocent American usually does it.

@deb8105 3 года назад

I love a good rose Turkish delight, my absolute favourite, your son has great taste 😁

@Carol-oc7mx 3 года назад

Turkish delight is the devil's food YUK .... my dad loved it and when we were kids and got a selection box at Christmas me and my two brother would take them out of our boxes and stack them on the sideboard for our dad, which always seemed to take ages. Every few years we would raid his stack (when desperate for chocolate) BUT NO it was still awful. I do miss my dad so much. 😁 Were as real Turkish delight is ambrosia 👍👍👍

@SobrietyandSolace 2 года назад

@@Carol-oc7mx *whereas I prefer homemade with traditional recipe for sure- I have no idea what's in Fry's and other UK brands!

@lynnshorrock1098 2 года назад

Your little boy picked one of my favourites Turkish Delight. That jelly that you didn't like is the Turkish delight. It's an acquired taste that usually comes in a box with the Turkish Delight cut into square blocks and sprinkled with icing sugar(powdered) The Flavour is Rose and Lemon. Anyhow great video and lovely little lad. Cheers Folks.

@MackerelCat 3 года назад

Your kid is the best 😂 he had such a good time.

@orwellboy1958 3 года назад

Beautiful wife and adorable son but we need names, Ethan. Bournville is an area of Birmingham where the Cadbury factory is and it's pronounced born-vill.

@stevefrost64 3 года назад

Fruit Pastulls. The Dark Milk Chocolate is a combination of milk and dark chocolate. McVities is pronounced Muc-vitees. The way Ethan said it made it sound like a disease.

@danosverige 3 года назад

The "-vit-" part is pronounced same as "wit".

@Jay92925 3 года назад

@@danosverige yeah you’re right if the person pronouncing “wit” is German so they say it like “vit”. Who the hell pronounces it McWities

@ghughesarch 3 года назад

Turkish Delight is an acquired taste - I'm guessing (from similar reactions to it on other US youtubers' channels) that rose isn't a popular flavour over there (it's not very common over here either). Digestive biscuits were originally marketed as aiding digestion because they contained quite a lot of bicarbonate of soda. Flake is great because the ripples give an increased surface area and it tastes like you're getting more chocolate than you actually are. They are also traditionally served stuck in a cone of ice cream. A less messy version is "Twirl", which is the same thing but coated in smooth chocolate so it doesn't fall apart so much. Bournville (pronounced born-ville) is the name of the company-built town where Cadbury's factory is based, near Birmingham.

@overall1937 3 года назад

I hate Turkish delights

@angievara7355 3 года назад

Not everyone hates it,I love it.

@zami8827 3 года назад

Turkish delight are pretty awful, from salmiakki lover 8)

@Anonymous-wq1rf 3 года назад

The original Turkish Delight is similar to marshmallows, sugar, gelatine and flavouring, but firmer in texture and using starch rather than gelatine. The food scientists at Fry's came up with an inferior version and covered it in chocolate.

@Stephen-Fox 3 года назад

The weirdest thing to me is the bars. I like Turkish Delight... In the context of Turkish delights that come in tins with all the icing sugar. The Turkish delight bars with the chocolate coating they were trying here, though? I really dislike them.

@GaryHayward 3 года назад

You should try some of our old-fashioned sweets, such as teacakes, midget gems, floral gums, cherry lips, etc.

@trevorstuarttrangmar4710 3 года назад

Hi Ethan, I am glad that it all went well and that you enjoyed most of it except the Turkish delight! Still your young son made up for that! Don't worry about putting coffee in the mug you won't taint it. Just regard it as breaking it in ready for hot tea later!

@johnmcaleer7099 3 года назад

Cadbury in the usa is made by Hershey and is not of the same quality as Cadbury in the uk

@robertwoodliff2536 3 года назад

Cadbury is now a US owned company, must be about a decade.

@jpwartist 3 года назад

@@robertwoodliff2536 true but the US still don't get the UK made chocolate. Kraft who now own Cadbury licensed it out to Hershey and their chocolate tastes much sweeter.

@daisybelle1025 3 года назад

You can definitely taste the decline in quality

@peterkendell5214 3 года назад

Cadbury has always been no better than mediocre quality.

@BeExcellent1 3 года назад

The quality and quantity of Cadbury has changed in my lifetime twice, the only remaining good childhood chocolates remaining in the UK in my opinion are Crunchies, Curly Wurly and luckily still Cadbury Caramel(ish). I remember Freddos being 5p... I guess I'm old.

@penningtonlfc 3 года назад

what a beautiful well mannered family you have ethan.good for you!

@midwestamericans3806 3 года назад

Thank you I owe most of it to my wife.

@jimcook1161 3 года назад

You have to watch Peter Kay talking about dipping biscuits in tea!

@jaysmith2858 3 года назад

"Someone get a spoon!!! Me biscuit's fallen in me brew!!! Arrrrggghhh!!! Ya barsteward!!!". 😂

@hypsyzygy506 3 года назад

You're not the only US reaction video maker to be delighted by the wrapped individual bars inside the multipack!

@frag2k12 3 года назад

Just a note, green fruit sweets are usually lime not apple in the UK, purple are blackcurrent not grape, we do often list the flavours on the back too. Also same about white chocolate, not the biggest fan but a Cadburys or Milky bar button is nice. Also most of our packaging is easy to open without scissors or knives, the Cadbury creations has a flap on the back so you can reseal it, most biscuits have a small tab that goes around the packet too.

@abismith5668 3 года назад

The stuff in Turkish delight we'd say was jelly, jam just refers to the stuff you'd spread on toast.

@punjabimundaUK 2 года назад

Definitely not jam. Americans have no idea of good confectionery

@littlemisshappy2002 3 года назад

Your son is adorable. He held the chocolates up so professionally 😍 Just so you know - Mcvities is pronounced macvitees, pastilles is pronounced passtills and Bournville is bornvill 😃

@leanne7243 3 года назад

your son is adorable, he is an excellent tester! You all come across as a lovely family and i really enjoyed your reaction x

@PoppyFlux Год назад

This was fun to watch. Was anyone else pointing to the pull tab whenever he picked up the scissors to open the biscuits 😂 & Omg.. how sweet is their little boy! He's adorable ❤️

@nickgrazier3373 2 года назад

In the uk the bloke who made the Cadbury’s empire made a factory for the chocolate and he called it Bournville. He also made a complete village for the workers there, he was a bit of a philanthropist, it’s still there from the 1800’s, the factory is still there too and is now a tourist attraction. You can taste the original use for the cocoa bean as a drink by the Aztecs (or Myan’s) I think it has chilli in it but you can also buy the broken choc bars by the bag there, and of course it is a museum.

@markrichardson3421 3 года назад

We have cookies in the UK, there usually soft with things like chocolate chips in them.

@ftumschk 3 года назад

We call them that because Chocolate Chip or Maryland Cookies originally came from America. I grew up in the 60s and I can't remember seeing things called "cookies" around when I was young.

@crimsonshadow3089 3 года назад

The way you say McVitie’s just makes me laugh

@MrSkateborder101 2 года назад

I don't really do sweets/chocolate myself but a flake stuck in vanilla ice cream cone on a hot summers day is something to behold. I'd really recommend giving it a try if you get a chance. Also as someone who can no longer eat Jaffa cakes pls take note they are a staple of a simple of a simple afternoon cuppa. Hope y'all enjoyed what was essentially an 'afternoon tea' tasting session. Brittan has a lot to offer id recommend 'moggy, paradise slices and Jamaican ginger cake ' are a staple at my Nans house I cant suggest enough. Email me if you'd like any recipes.

@anonimous8743 Год назад

otherwise known as a 99 lol

@sleepyfox8983 3 года назад

Aw Ethan your son is adorable. Turkish Delight is a very much love it or hate it kinda thing. Loved the family chemistry between y'all.

@Adam-ro3lu 3 года назад

Lmao you guys absolutely obliterated the pronunciation of most of the names 😂🤣❤️

@daveofyorkshire301 3 года назад

Simple rule cookies are soft, biscuits are hard. Jaffa cakes are cakes...

@citizenpb 3 года назад

So what's a fig roll?

@daynegilbey3674 3 года назад

@@citizenpb disgusting!

@justcallmefflower6677 3 года назад

There was a court case about this bc biscuits and cakes have different taxes - really interesting

@robertgoodfellow6056 3 года назад

The court decision was based on when they go stale. If a biscuit is stale, it goes soft; if a cake is stale, it goes hard. Jaffa Cakes are cakes

@smockboy 3 года назад

@@citizenpb a pastry

@scottclayton6709 3 года назад

I love how Americans say "Joffa cakes" and "McVai-tus" 😂 Its funny when things get mispronounced. Tbf though we probably do it with American stuff and definitely Polish or German sweets. It's so bizzare that most of these are considered British because I never thought about it. Then again you mentioned a ton of American products I've never heard of 😂 I love the America section of Tesco though so I'm trying a few at a time.

@iambenjaminwild 2 года назад

Fruit past Tillies 🤣

@BigC1290 2 года назад

😁😆

@terryphillips4292 3 года назад

Jaffa cakes are the best I eat a whole packet to myself. Yummy 😄 🇬🇧

@smilieevie6998 3 года назад

@Terry Phillips have you tried the new black currant ones. They are delicious 🤤 or would that be sacrilege? Better not mention the cherry ones then! 😆

@terryphillips4292 3 года назад

@@smilieevie6998 not heard of those, I'll have to keep any eye out for those. Thanks 👍

@MetalRocksMe. 3 года назад

@@smilieevie6998 I’ll keep a lookout for those to. Never seen them.

@rachelpenny5165 3 года назад

@@smilieevie6998 I love the blackcurrant ones, but not the cherry ones. I bought the last 2 boxes of blackcurrant ones they had in the shops today. They were reduced to clear.

@richardcully4869 3 года назад

The Lime version from Marks and Spencer is fantastic!

@SH-uv6cp 3 года назад

The Turkish Delight is rose flavoured jelly coated in Chocolate. It's an acquired taste. Quite floral as you'd imagine. I love it. Great to see you soon does too.

@TonyEnglandUK 2 года назад

I love how your son constantly has the expression _"ok we've tested that one, let's move on to all these others over here"_

@mickt3390 3 года назад

Our local stores. American section. Has Hershey's chocolate and Reese's bars. + American doughnuts. Made in bradford lol.

@Ryukai-san 3 года назад

Wouldn't surprise me if the original American versions weren't allowed in the UK due to all the chemicals they seem to put in their food being banned. 🤣

@mickt3390 3 года назад

@@Ryukai-san agreed. I don't know why. USA McDonald's Frei's. Have 19. Ingredients. And UK. Have 4 lol

@G1NZOU 3 года назад

Yeah my local store's American section has Hershey's, a ton of Harry Potter branded sweets for some reason even though they stopped being sold in Britain after the movie hype died down, Jerkey, Snapple drinks, Root Beer, Froot Loops for like £5.50 and Twinkes for something like £6 a box.

@G1NZOU 3 года назад

@@Ryukai-san I once tried American cinnamon crunch and hated it compared to the British version, turns out they don't use real cinnamon.

@lynette. 3 года назад

Flake had some of the best ads in the 70s and is great stuck in an icecream cone it is called a 99 then. Hob knobs need to be dunked in tea or coffee.

@carlhartwell7978 3 года назад

Your lad was fantastic, _right next, okay next, this one next..._ 😂

@stevenbeaven1245 3 года назад

Just recently came across your videos - I saw you reacting to one of our comedians, I think. Love what you are doing with your channel. It's great watching you all trying for the first time sweets we all grew up with over here. Really looking forward to watching your upcoming videos. Sending you and your gorgeous family huge British hugs.

@midwestamericans3806 3 года назад

Thank you for the kind words and your support!

@joshsheff7189 3 года назад

The last one, marvellous creations, that's heart attack you eat . It's like every single sweet you had as a kid: chocolate, popping candy and marshmallow, in a single bar!! It's if you were in heaven and God gave you a Chocolate bar. 🤤🤤

@catherinewilkins2760 3 года назад

I went in a shop and they had Hershey bars, picked on up the shop assistant told me your better off with Cadbury, told her I just wanted to try it, good luck she said. Cadbury is better. Glad you little boy likes Fry's Turkish Delight. So you have a bit of a taste of our sweets, there not bad. Flakes with Ice-cream is a must.

@johnclarkAndrew 3 года назад

flake with ice cream called a 99.

@angelahenry1511 3 года назад

I couldn't wait to try Hershey's when it finally arrived here, 🤮 like vomit 🤔

@penningtonlfc 3 года назад

nice to see such wholesome family ethan you must be very happy. :)best us content ive seen.be good be safe! All of you.

@julescantii7236 3 года назад

It's lovely to see children react to sweets & snacks from other countries as a lot of them are aimed at children.

@mintygrey 3 года назад

When that lovely kiddie grabbed the Double Decker, my first thought was "did they jist get that out of the fridge?! He's going tk break his teeth!!" Haha

@G1NZOU 3 года назад

Fun fact, Digestives actually have a small amount of mild laxative in them, sodium bicarbonate. Combined with the fibre in them it's originally intended to aid digestion, hence the name, although the amount of bicarbonate in modern versions is unlikely to actually do anything. Does make for a tasty biscuit though, they're at their best when dunked in a mug of strong milky tea.

@Flipdrivel 3 года назад

I never understood why they were called digestives. I don't imagine you'd be allowed to claim any health benefits for them today, but no doubt it gave people a medical excuse for eating biscuits!

@RVJonah 3 года назад

Jaffa cakes went through a long court battle in the 90s to decide if they were cakes or biscuits as chocolate covered biscuits are subject to VAT but cakes are not!

@incognito96 3 года назад

100% correct

@Shane-Flanagan 3 года назад

Yep def biscuits. That's why they are sold in the biscuit aisle of a shop/supermarket rather than a bakery

@neilcrawford8303 3 года назад

One of the arguments that helped win the case was that a fresh biscuit is crisp and goes soft when it's stale. A cake on the other hand is soft when it's fresh and goes hard when it's stale. Biscuits have a goods tax, VAT (value added tax) as they are a luxury, while cake is zero rated for tax as it's a food item. There was a programme on TV (UK) a couple of weeks ago that mentioned the Jaffa Cake court case.

@incognito96 3 года назад

@@Shane-Flanagan no they are cakes due to tax evasion

@Shane-Flanagan 3 года назад

@@incognito96 They are biscuits just called cakes to avoid the added tax

@matr1724 3 года назад

You need to dunk hobnobs in tea, it will transform the flavour, keep them for when you make a proper brew.

@darrellrichards5142 3 года назад

Definitely. Hobnobs are the king of dunkers, you could probably soak up half a cup of tea with each biscuit without it breaking

@RhysJamesWilliams 3 года назад

Or you could just put them in the bin where they belong and eat a proper biscuit like a chocolate digestive! XD

@kurluk04 3 года назад

@@RhysJamesWilliams you must be American because shots have most definitely been fired 😂

@corringhamdepot4434 3 года назад

In the UK we usually think of cookies as biscuits with a crumbling texture, that imitate the look of being cooked by piping dough onto a flat baking tray. While traditional biscuits are solid, and look like they were pressed out of a mould.

@Anonymous-wq1rf 3 года назад

Latin bis = twice, French cuit = baked, twice baked. The biscuits come out of the oven soft and moist and were than dried in a low o ven so that they would keep longer.

@MrDunkycraig 2 года назад

Firstly your son is a delight and so well behaved. When i was in Florida and tried Hersheys it was so bad it didnt even taste like chocolate to me. On the other hand grape flavoured sweets were lovely,. Both my sons have followed that love as well getting grape soda.

@lewism1847 3 года назад

Everything you eat is my favourites! Love from the UK 🇬🇧

@grizzlygamer8891 3 года назад

Your kid is obviously a genius because Turkish delight is absolutely the best thing EVER

@rachelchamberlain6827 3 года назад

Agree ! 😃

@Freakyman403 3 года назад

I love Turkish Delights but so many people i know hate them.

@AccursedWolves 3 года назад

there like marmite everyone ive met either love them or hate them and im on the hate side

@whovianhistorybuff 3 года назад

@@Freakyman403 most American yuotubers seem to gag when they try them but I love them, I guess it must be an acquired taste.

@minacarroll8867 3 года назад

Trukish delight ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤👍

@donnathomson9097 3 года назад

Turkish delights are my favourite! Although my dad and I are the only ones in my family that like them 😋😂

@krissie8393 3 года назад

If remember correctly Bournville was a Village made for the workers who worked in the Cadbury's factory by the original owner it is now just a normal Village

@carolinequirk6136 3 года назад

And it didn’t have any pubs because the owners were Quakers.

@mindexplode5599 3 года назад

Bournville was named after the chocolate bar. John Cadbury was a quaker and so built a village around his factory for the workers with great houses but no pubs.

@PLuMUK54 3 года назад

@@mindexplode5599 Bournville village was built in the late 1890s. The name came from the Bourne, a small river going through the area, with "ville" from the French for town. The chocolate bar was first sold in 1908 and named after the village.

@stingersplash 3 года назад

@@carolinequirk6136 sounds like my type of village.

@stevieinselby 3 года назад

It isn't even really a village any more, it is part of the suburban sprawl of Birmingham, although it does retain a better sense of community than most suburbs. When it was built, it would have been outside the city and gave factory workers a chance to get away from the smog and smoke of the city and have a decent house with a garden to grow their own vegetables, and they were often built with good parks and other amenities to help workers live healthy and constructive lives (eg social clubs and libraries rather than pubs and betting shops!). That was quite a common idea in the late 19th century; other examples are Saltaire in Bradford (textile mills) and Port Sunlight near Liverpool (Lever Brothers).

@luciferbeelzebubmoloch8724 3 года назад

Lil dude was awesome, laying claim to the Turkish delight. "I do". Much love from Manchester Uk

@midwestamericans3806 3 года назад

He definitely was the star of the video. lol

@iambenjaminwild 2 года назад

We have both Biscuits and Cookies in the UK, Cookies usually refer to the large Chocolate chip variation that would certainly be too large to dip in a tea haha

@milnespetchristo1882 8 месяцев назад

In the UK, I categorised cookies as having a soft texture and not as crisp as biscuits, the word biscuit is Latin via french, =meaning "Twice baked". Therefore by definition harder or crisper.

@Rosebud_XD 3 года назад

Your son is too cute I just can’t handle cuteness

@jarnartharn 3 года назад

Fun fact: Bournville is the name of the area in Birmingham where the Cadbury factory is located. The history of Bournville itself is pretty interesting if you wanted to learn more about the origin of Cadbury’s.

@paulcullen814 3 года назад

Also, you were pronouncing it like burn-ville. It is pronounced like born-ville, imagine it spelt without the letter u.

@nicholasvaughan7080 2 года назад

All the Chocolate and sweet companies were founded by Quakers in Victorian times, and we’re dedicated to the Temperance Movement - promoting abstinence of alcohol, and drinking chocolate was encouraged as a substitute.

@Rosebud_XD 3 года назад

Wait so your telling me in America they don’t have anything like a flake to have in your ice cream?

@user-uq1fq6gs3i 3 года назад

Ikr, it seems like such a normal thing to have. But Cadbury is a British brand so they don’t have much of it over there. There chocolate is not as high quality.

@Shard3432 3 года назад

@@user-uq1fq6gs3i they have a LOT of cadbury's over there now, since cadbury's is now owned by Kraft (an American company) however its a fairly recent thing. P.s. its nothing like the dairy milk here, its that cheap american tasting chocolate that you find in creme eggs.

@Thurgosh_OG 3 года назад

@@Shard3432 The British Cadbury chocolate has been going downhill for many years. No one I know eats it anymore due to them changing the recipes and using poor quality ingredients. However, it still tastes better than Hershey, at the moment.

@Shard3432 3 года назад

@@Thurgosh_OG dairy milk hasn't changed recipe for many a year, however I dunno if the quality of the ingredients has become cheaper. I haven't eaten chocolate in a while tho so.

@Lily-Bravo 3 года назад

@@Shard3432 Dairy Milk used to be hard. Now it has a slightly soft gooiness about it. Still tastes good though.

@casparvonsader4505 3 года назад

!I've got 4 words... What a little angel!! (& thank you, big ppl, always enjoy yr reactions, they brighten my day; I'm entertained, I learn something, & all w/big smiles, wbat more could one ask for?!?!)

@helenw8520 2 года назад

Fry's Turkish delight is an old chocolate bar, (1913) the jelly is rose flavoured hence the 'Turkish'. It's probably for the older generation, my nan liked it, she was born in 1911.

@jamielong8976 3 года назад

I had that particular Turkish Delight as a child and it really put me off it but I’ve since tried Turkish delight (lokum) generally and I’ve really come to like it. The “traditional” is usually like a rose water flavoured jelly with a dusting of icing sugar.

@ianprince1698 3 года назад

in greek Cyprus its called Cypriot delight

@Robert-ug4ub 3 года назад

Jaffa cakes aren't normally packaged like that they are normal stacked on top of each other in rectangular boxes

@newuk26 3 года назад

“Cookies” here are a specific type of biscuit. Also Bournville is pronounced Bornville. It’s the district of Birmingham where the Cadbury factory is located

@charliedaffin4809 3 года назад

i live like 30 minutes away from bournville haha

@ljamestee3358 3 года назад

Its the Town that the Cadbury Brothers built to provide housing for their workforce. They named it and built it.

@brendans2931 3 года назад

It's owned by Kraft now, but we're still waiting on a cheese flavoured Dairy Milk bar.

@cazadon 3 года назад

@@brendans2931 Cadburys is no longer own by craft

@ljamestee3358 3 года назад

@@cazadon well, only because Kraft split into 2 companies

@jacqui1070 2 года назад

Jaffa cakes are names after a type of Arabic orange. Turkish delight can have different flavours and been around for 100’s of years. When you buy in Europe or indeed Turkey it comes in small cubes and usually doesn’t have chocolate on it, sometimes they have nuts inside it.

@Lily-Bravo 3 года назад

There is a history in the UK of philanthropic Quakers setting up companies in the past, where the workforce was provided with more than decent housing and they were treated extremely well. The Cadbury family was one of these, and they built a "model" or ideal village for their workers which is called Bournville. Rowntrees is another sweet manufacturer founded by Quakers and they made the Fruit Pastilles. The also built an ideal garden village for their workers. The Turkish Delight is made by Frys who were also Quakers. Cadburys took over Frys and then Kraft foods took over Cadburys. I somehow think those three original Quakers would be quaking in their graves.

@sputukgmail 3 года назад

Controversial tip for Double Decker - a well timed 10 seconds in the microwave can really make the taste pop ;). No one but me in the U.K. I know of does this, but I started doing it with various chocolate bars many years ago and Double Decker (and out Milky Way) are the best by far. BUT do not over do it - should be just long enough to have the top start to expand and open up the chocolate, but not long enough to actually melt it, and def not melt the outside. :)

@user-uq1fq6gs3i 3 года назад

10 seconds???? Your microwave must be incredibly weak, I tried it and my twirl chocolate was a melted bubbling puddle. You ruined my evening :(

@wilmaknickersfit 3 года назад

Melt anything like that and put on top of ice cream!

@toker6664 3 года назад

Just keep it in your trouser pocket for a hour thats my top tip the nougat gets all gooey

@sputukgmail 3 года назад

@@user-uq1fq6gs3i I didn’t suggest trying it with a twirl - and specifically warned against over doing it to avoid complete melting. Anything that’s solid chocolate wouldn’t have the same effect - I’m sorry, but your bad evening is on you.

@sputukgmail 3 года назад

@@toker6664 not the same effect. The equal warming also ‘melts’ the chocolate, and your body is not going to make the soft filling warm enough to start expanding. Trust me, completely different experience.

@alanas6217 3 года назад

Your family is adorable! Your wife has such a lovely vibe. Those peppermint ones are pronounced 'air-o', McVities actually rhymes with McTitties instead of Mc-white-tees (sorry I can't think of a word to rhyme that one with) and Turkish Delight is really not the one for me either. I'm basically a child in an adult's body then because that Marvellous Creations choccy is my weakness.

@stevechitty5861 3 года назад

The chocolate flake is good to put in vanilla ice cream

@captgaming2134 2 года назад

Ethan, your son looks so much like you. Has good taste in chocolate especially the way he just picked up the double decker.

@midwestamericans3806 2 года назад

Yea hes a mini me with blond hair.

@kumasenlac5504 2 года назад

McVitie's is the origin of Rich Tea, HobNob, Ginger Nuts and Digestive biscuits as well as Jaffa Cakes, Penguins and Chocolate Digestives. So basically they are biscuit gods. Originally from Edinburgh, their biscuits and cakes are still predominantly made in the UK.