Iceland is a wonderful place that sells candy. So I'm going to review their candy and hope that I develop a strong preference for licorice as I do. More Reviews ► • Markiplier Reviews Stuff Edited By ► / lixiantv
For anyone who is curious where the candy actually is from: nr 1, Jólaköttur (the christmas cat): Iceland nr 2, Grännakarameller -hallonlakris (raspberry liquorish hard candy from Gränna): Sweden nr 3, Trítlar (triples): Iceland nr 4, Sneaky bubbledust: UK nr 5, Stjörnurulla (star roll): Iceland nr 6, Chokolade & Pebermynte: Denmark nr 7, Tyrkisk peber: Finland (extemely popular in all nordic countries, probably the one you're most likely to find at just any supermarket) nr 8, Melody pop: Spain nr 9, Hallonlakrissvampar (raspberry liquorish MUSHROOMS- they're MUSHROOMS): Sweden nr 10, Hockeypulver: Sweden nr 11, Pinballs: Germany nr 12, Súper sett lakkris bitar: Iceland nr 13, Opal -sítrónu og saltlakkrís: Iceland nr 14, Bismarks klumper: Denmark nr 15, Djöflar (devils): Iceland (by the oldest liquorish company in Iceland) nr 16, Tubble gum: France nr 17, Þristur (three): Iceland ("Þ" is a th-sound like in think) nr 18, Skolekridt (school chalk): Finland nr 19, Tyrkisk peber hot and sour: Finland (Mark is right about both of these, while.. intense, they´re not hot) nr 20, Sour UFO: Belgium nr 21, Lakkrisrör: Iceland nr 22, Lakrids by Bülow: Denmark (edit) 15/22 correct guesses for whether the candy was Icelandic or not (I've gone with where the company currently making the candy is from, not necessarily where the candy was invented)
When I stayed in Iceland, every candy somehow had salted licorice in it. As a licorice hater, the most offensive was hidden and coated in chocolate. The betrayal I felt as soon as I bit into it…
@@thend4427 it’s kinda hard to, they’re balls so you have to kinda bite into it, it’s also quite a thin bit of chocolate and mostly liquorice so there’s no point
@@charley5738 i haven't been to iceland since i was a toddler, but i know that freyja is an icelandic candy company, and opal was my favorite when i was little
As a Finnish person this is fun to watch because we have so many salty liquorice which is made out of ammonium chloride, and that's best salty liquorice. We also made something similar as the hokey powder in my chemistry glass in junior high.
Had an ex from the Netherlands. A lot of countries like Sweden, the Netherlands, Iceland, etc. love their salted licorice. It was entertaining to see Mark try the many forms salted licorice comes in.
Yeah it’s what we grow up with. While salmiak isn’t for everyone, I for one love it. I like sweet candy once in a while but not too sweet. I have had candy from the US, you know one of those big boxes of typical US candy. And it’s definitely not my thing. Too sweet haha. Really shows how much your taste buds depend on what you grew up with.
In case anyone is curious some of the reasons why Icelandic candy is so heavy on the licorice are that it is very hard to grow crops in Iceland (shocking, I know) so licorice was one of the few things the early Scandinavian settlers could grow, and at various times in history (mainly during times of economic hardship) the Icelandic government banned candy imports because they produced their own candy. So it's very much a cultural and agricultural product.
Yea many of those candy's looked familiar to me. My family is so all over the place i ended up trying so many candy's as a kid from all over the world. I dont like licorice as much as my mom.
The one at 13:47 was actually known at my school as the “teeth breaker candy”, since there have been around 4 kids who broke their tooth from eating that lmao
@@Hwyadylaw Um I’m not sure where you heard that but it is actually considered one of the most difficult languages to learn. It’s not the number one hardest but it is considered one of.
@@murtazamanzoor8251 Yea those are considered one of the hardest too. And I didn’t say it was the hardest. I said one of. So yea. Go learn the Icelandic alphabet then. Because if you say it’s a breeze then I know you’re lying.
Mark is looking more like a pirate with each passing day. The only things he needs now is a pirate hat and a parrot on his shoulder Edit: Holy crap I didn't know I'd get this many likes. But yeah, he looks like he could be in Barbossa's crew
im icelandic, and i can tell you Þristur (pronounced Thristur ; ''Þ'' makes a TH sound) is one of the most beloved icelandic candy. my friends from abroad always ask me to bring Þristur with me when i visit. Highly recommend trying !
I hate that I know how you would pronounce impössible because I can't unfocus on how weird it sounds and it has ruined all jokes that replace o with ö for me
@@stinathornbratt3594 I used to think that but then I leaned 100% into pronouncing ö There's something viscerally funny about pronouncing LÖÖPS accurately
Lakkrís rör are Icelandic , same company as stjörnurúlla als those chocolate and mint and the regular mint are not icelandic. Bismark is icelandic but it comes in a different packaging
The first candy (Jólakötturinn) is actually named after a cat from Icelandic folklore, said cat would devour anyone who didn't get any new clothes for Christmas (so yeah that part about Icelandic fairytales being dark is pretty accurate) I enjoyed this video a lot as an Icelandic person, it's always entertaining to see people try to pronounce Icelandic words Thank you for the laughs, Mark!
Ammonium Chloride is an odorless, white powder. Solid Ammonium Chloride is used to make dry batteries and Ammonia compounds, as a soldering flux, a pickling agent in Zinc coating and tinning, and a fertilizer. Ammonium Chloride fume, a finely divided particle dispersed in air, is produced in galvanizing operations.
Ammonium cloride is Salmiakki in Finland. It is a thing that gives you high blood preasure and people eat it by bags in here. The powder buck you hated: just salmiak .Turkish pebers, same stuff inside. I don’t like it and it can also be found in icecream. You can buy extra strong salmiak in pharmacies in here. And we made it in chemisty classes and ate it. Welcome to Finland, we are not ok here.
@@amandarescueOriginally it was sold as cough medicine in form of powder. IDK if it ever helped. As for me, it doesnt. Nowdays we know that salty ligourice has no health benefits. In fact it can cause heart problems and high blood pressure if consumed too much
Never really put a lot of thought into it before but seeing Mark turn to talk to lixian while someone else is actually standing in the room watching him talk to empty space puts that whole bit in a funnier perspective. Like I know thats just what he always does but your disbelief is pretty well suspended until you have to picture it from a first person pov
I have a tshirt with Jólakötturin on it 😁 its my Christmas tshirt when everyone else is wearing cute Christmas jumpers, im there with spooky cat on my top 😂
Greetings from Finland! Fazer's Tyrkisk Peber is from here. It's called ''Turkinpippuri'' in Finnish :) it's very popular candy here and I personally love them! They have salty liquorice powder (which is made from ammonium chloride) on the inside.
Ok so, 8 candies on that list are Icelandic, so 14 candies that weren’t, 13 were guessed correctly, 6 of them were actually Icelandic, so 2 Icelandic candies he didn’t identify correctly, Jólaköttur and Stjörnurúlla (1st and 5th candies). The liquorice straw is usually paired with Appelsín, a local orange soda (at Christmas Appelsín is also traditionally blended together with Malt for a blend that is pretty popular here at Christmas time)
@@tatersoup The Icelandic candies were the first one, Jólaköttur (a chocolate covered wafer with caramel and balls of puffed rice). The third one, Trítlar (fruit-flavoured gummies). The fifth one, Stjörnurúlla (a Marsipan Liquorish roll). The twelfth one, Súper Sett (Chocolate covered liquorice bits, a derivetive of a candy called Eitt Sett where it was a seperate bar of chocolate and a small plate of liquorice). The Thirdteenth one, Ópal (flavoured pastilles, usually with some sort of liquorice flavour and some others blended in as well, though never in the same pastille, in this case he got a package with Liquorice and Lemon, the yellow pastilles being the Lemon-flavoured ones). The Fifteenth one, Djöflar (Filled Liquorice, no idea what the filling is unfortunately, but my best guess would be some sort of marsipan, and covered with Salmiak). The Seventeenth one, Risa Þristur (Chocolate covered caramel with Liquorice). And lastly the 21st, Lakkrísrör (A liquorice straw).
At 28:57 when I got an email and it played that default 'doo duu' sound perfectly in time with the two syllable word 'scissors'. Nothing more to add, I just thought that was kind of interesting.
My best friend is icelandic and we watched this together. Before the video started he said "All our candy is just chocolate and licorice". He was going "yep" at the salty licorice candy. I insisted that I try it. He was also saying "I swear to God if he says the peppermint isn't icelandic I'm going to lose it" Mark's next words were "I don't think this is icelandic" and the response was "I'M LOSING IT". Followed soon by cheering when Mark put it on the Iceland side.
@@spinningpeanuti guess the Danes and Icelandic share what type of candy we like. Could relate to a lot of the stuff in the video as well 😅 Us Nordic folks are just crazy with all the liquorice. Especially the "salt powder" is something i have never seen people outside Nordic countries like 😂
The second candy is from Sweden and it says on the front "Very yummy from Gränna" and Gränna is a town in Sweden that is famous for making this sort of hard candy/candy canes :D
Love how we got a little bit of everything in this video: Mark going insane, multiple switching camera angles, Chica AND Henry AND SPENCER screen time, and even Amy commentary!
at first when henry and chica went outside, i was just like "wait, was that a third dog?? did mark get a third dog??? who is that?" then later on we got to see the whole pup, and it was just like "!!! spencer!!!! that's spencer!!!! hi spencer!!!!!!!"
Mark: *opens a bag of candy that literally has the Swedish flag on it* Also Mark: "I'm willing to bet that this is actually authentic." He never disappoints. 😂😂😂
It would be amazing to see Mark try candy from Portugal but actually have Lixian there in person to see his reactions and explain some stuff. That'll be amazing! Or at least have Lixian send stuff over with small notes on them so Mark isn't THAT confused haha
@aazhie Yeah especially because Lixian doesn't do a whole lot that show off who he really is, so it'll be very nice to see more of him in videos like that
@@Porter_323nope salmiaki is literally salted licorice and if your talking about the puck one you're meant to dip licorice into it kinda like a fun dip
I just love the awkward zoom ins on marks face. That and the little candy whistle in between each different type of candy added so much comedic value. Lixian does his job well
So fun fact: there is a popular flavor combination in a lot of Scandinavian countries (which btw is more popularly associated with Finland,) called Salmiakki which consists of licorice, salt, and ammonium chloride. It kinda tastes like you ate a handful of black licorice and salt right before cleaning a not-well-ventilated room with a lot of bleach
I'm convinced it's because none of them have been involved in any heinous situations like other major youtubers have. Minding your business saves a lot of stress
prepare for long read the first one is "christmas cat", the second one is swedish and is called "hearty goodness from the alley" or something similar, the third one is "trills" and the description thing is something like "juggling a good two-layer fruit jelly", the fifth one is "star roll" the sixth one is indeed chocolate peppermint, the seventh one literally translated into "turkish pepper", the nipply one is swedish and its something like "raspberry fades away" i think, the hockey pulver is "hockey powder", maoam pinballs are great, the next one is "super set licorice bits" and the description thing is "ryoma chocolate with licorice pieces" or something, the opal thing is "lemon and licorice", the peppermints are peppermints, the wtf sticks are "demons", the risa thing is "thrice", the things he was afraid of because they looked like the salt demon sticks are danish and theyre called something like "school chalk", then more turkish pepper brought to you by google translate
the "Falling scream" added in anytime something falls or is thrown in these videos. I swear that's my favorite gag and sound effect. Gets me every time
The Nordics and Europe in general share a lot of their candies among each other, hence why it can be difficult to find what's authentic from that certain country. Since I knew the majority of the candy and had time to waste, here's a list for those that wondered the origin of the candies: 1- 2:51 - Iceland(Jóla Villiköttur - Freyja) 2- 4:17 - Sweden(Franssons konfektyrer AB) 3- 6:40 - Iceland(Nói Sírius - but currently owned by Norwegian company) 4- 8:58 - UK(Sweet Bandit - sneaky bubbledust) 5- 11:29 - Iceland(APPOLO LAKKRÌS - Tjörno Rúlla) 6- 13:13 - Denmark(Mols Bolsjer - Chokolade & Pebermynte - Thanks to @Karaleecupcake) 7- 15:00 - Denmark(Tyrkisk Peber - Fazer, originally Danish but owned by Finnish Fazer) 8- 17:59 - Spain(Melody Pops - Chupa Chups) 9- 20:16 - Sweden(Franssons konfektyrer AB - Mushroom nipples) 10- 21:51 - Sweden(Hockey Pulver - Grahns konfektyr) 11- 23:18 - Germany(Pinballs - Maoam) 12- 24:31 - Iceland(Súper sett - Nói Siríus - Norwegian owned) 13- 25:51 - Iceland(Opal - Nói Siríus) 14- 28:27 - Denmark(Mols Bolsjer - Bismarks Klumper - Thanks to @Karaleecupcake) 15- 31:14 - Iceland(Djöflar - Freyja) 16- 33:50 - Belgium(Tubble Gum - Lutti - Currently owned by German company) 17- 35:25 - Iceland(Risa Þristur) 18- 36:28 - Denmark(Skolekridt) 19- 37:43 - Finland(Tyrkisk Peber - Fazer - Made during Finnish ownership) 20- 40:22 -Netherland(Frisia - From Frisian parts of Netherlands) 21- 42:06 - Iceland(APPOLO LAKKRÌS - Lakkrisrör) 22- 45:38 - Denmark(Lakrids by Bülow)
14 - 28:27 is Bismarks Klumper which is from Mols Bolsjer in Denmark. You can see the name of the candy at 28:53 6 - 13:13 is the Chokolade & Pebermynte from Mols Bolsjer as well
Hearing Amy in a video behind the camera is like going to visit an old friend that you haven't seen in a while but you don't actually do much but chill for a while and then leave. I should probably go outside more.
With regards to that sneaky gum, that reminds me of the legend of I believe KitKats? That whatever leftover KitKats are tossed back into the mix and all KitKats therefore have some of the very first KitKats in them? It's something like that. I'm too invested to hit pause and investigate, and by the end I will have forgotten. ^_^
The "nipples" are actually mushrooms, chanterelle to be exact. And they are Swedish. The hockey pulver is also Swedish. The skole kridt is most likely Danish, judging by the spelling. To tell if something is Icelandic, look at the letters. If there's a lot of ´ ` things on the letters it's probably Icelandic.
Hey! I'm so glad you've tried the melody pops at 18:02! I'm not Nordic but this was one of my go-to childhood candies in the Middle East. It's definitely not from Iceland though. I barely blew into it, but man, I did enjoy sucking it off!
@@TwinkleSunnySunHotSif I had to guess it's probably because most Americans don't like licorice flavors especially black, and because it's frequently paired with that they just don't like it
Hope you come back to Iceland to taste more candy! You read the labels real good me and my kids are having so much fun listening to you master it 😂 you get 6/10 and that is a high number for a non Icelandic.
Marks encounter with salmiac was the best thing 😆 Also as a dane when he said our stuff wasnt as sweet, i think it really shows how much sugar america allows in its foods.
