canadian snack foods

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http://www.brunching.com/ratings/canadiansnacks.html

I take exception, however, to the reviewer's remarks about Aero bars. They're lovely.

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[fordanglia.livejournal.com]

C-!? Aero is my favourite! Always has been!

BASTARDS!

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

They were available in the US briefly in...oh maybe the early 1980s. They were lovely. You can also get them in 'England' at Epcot, but buying candy in 100-degree heat is a risky proposition. Not much air in my Aero, and my Cadbury Flake mutated into a Cadbury Solid And Kind Of Grainy.

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[fordanglia.livejournal.com]

Not in America? You're sure? wait ... OK, I couldn't remember.

I DO know however, that American KitKats are ... gross in my mind. Same with the Doritos. Made and packaged differently ... there is a difference.

Guess they don't have coffee crisp either? Damn ... those are good.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

I could be wrong and they're available in places I haven't been (I once found a Rowntree's Lion Bar in a Chicago gas station), the way that Orangina is available on the East Coast.*

Kit-Kats aren't bad with milk, but the chocolate is a bit odd and they don't age well. Doritos are too salty. Coffee Crisp sounds lovely.

We're supposed to get Caramel M&Ms at some point. That makes me happy.

Do they still make Royal Crown Sour Cherry?

*Bastards.

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[fordanglia.livejournal.com]

nope. Its gone. history. Here, anyway.

Carmen M&Ms ?? spiffy. I personally prefer Smarties though ... I'm such a sweets critic ... Gah.

Pity, we don't get Cheez-its here. Same with cancer causing fizzy drinks/chewing gum. Its those reasons I like America.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

DAMN!!! I loved those. My favorite form of self-torture was to hold one on the very tip of my tongue until my eyes watered. The orange ones, too.

I have never had Smarties. We have something called Smarties, but they're little things like Necco Wafers or Runts that evil families give out at Halloween.

Cheeze-Its...no. No no no no! Ew! Feh!

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[fordanglia.livejournal.com]

Oh my God ... they don't have Smarties in America? You're joking, right? I never would have guessed ... don't let the monkies decieve you ... they never used to be there.

Oh, and you can um, put the gun to Alicey's head. She sent me the Cheez-Its. Said I was 'deprived' ... ehhh.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Good. Fewer Cheez-Its in America, then.

Nope, no Smarties. m&ms and occasionally Hershey-ettes, plus a few off-brand versions.

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[fordanglia.livejournal.com]

This is ... awful! I'm so surprised! M&Ms and Smarties are very different ... Smarties are peanut-free, and do not enhance your brain power (as the name may suggest). Its just ... candy-coated chocolate ... like Cadbury Mini Eggs, only less sugary.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Not all m&ms have peanuts. They used to come in Plain and Peanut. Now you can also get Crispy (with rice), Mint (usually at Christmas, not terribly good), Almond (expensive but lurvely), Peanut Butter (not at my house!), Minis (teeny and weirdly addictive), and now Caramel in test markets.

Jeez, I'm in total Will Wonka mode now...

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[fordanglia.livejournal.com]

Woah! I only know of plan, peanut, and mini!

Jeez, its amazing how the sweets culture can be so different. Gah.

Thank god the sweetshop sells Sherbet Lemons again ... those are my favourite. I like the traditional stuff ... lollies, ect. ^_^

Bless America and their many sweets. May the youth there grow up feeling satisfied.

How do you like your coffe?

[punka.livejournal.com]

I like my coffe crisp!

*AHEM*

I can’t believe you don’t have Smarties! As a kid I use to put them in my Sprite and wash all the coloured coating fizz off. I did odd things with food as a kid.

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[punka.livejournal.com]

They did! [Well they did in the early 90's I can't see them changing things at this point in time] and than they become white. Since this was the early 90's, much Power Ranger related jokes ensued as the green smartie became the white smartie.

[hooverdam.livejournal.com]

Nope, check the label--all M&Ms, including plain ones, have some peanut content, and so are bad news for those with peanut allergies.

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[fordanglia.livejournal.com]

I never DENIED liking them!! Its YOUR fault for getting me addicted, woman! ALL YOUR FAULT!!! FEH!!

They were called Choco-Lite

[paradisacorbasi.livejournal.com]

for a while too, in the US.

I LOVE Aero bars!

[crantz.livejournal.com]

Huhn. I only know what the ketchup chips taste like.

Are aeros actually any good? I mean, when you get right down to it?

I thought not.

Don't argue with the guy who's never even had one. He'll sulk...

*this has been another drug-induced comment. Please have a nice day*

[fordanglia.livejournal.com]

Hey man, Aeros rock my socks ... I've been addicted since age 4.

[crantz.livejournal.com]

All the more reason to kick the habit.

You've already done the first step, admitting you have a problem.

Be strong! *supportive voice*

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

:: hits John with a bolster ::

[minette.livejournal.com]

Good News: Aero bars now come in peppermint flavor and they're absolutely delicious.

Bad News: If you don't get regular Aero bars in the States, you probably won't get these ones either.

What Lore Didn't Cover

[hooverdam.livejournal.com]

(the stuff I smuggle back on the annual trip to le Festival International de Jazz de Montreal)

-Coca-cola with real sugar instead of corn syrup. Fairly similar to the US product, but noticeably different if you drink Coke as much as I do. Not as sweet as Mexican Coke, and not the enamel-thinning battery acid bottled in Hungary.
-Kraft Dinner Spaghetti. It's like Mac and Cheese, only spaghetti. Also available in creamy tomato flavor. Notable because it serves two rather than one and a half.
-Happy Planet Oh Cranada juice, the only cranberry I like more than Ocean Spray
-Pickle Chips
-Smoky Bacon Chips that may have been downwind of bacon at the supermarket, but no closer
-"All Dressed" Chips

One of the major supermarket chains here has an Irish/British food section, in which you can snag Lion or Flake bars, but usually not Crunchies. There's a gourmet food shop in town that has a massive British Junk Food section, including my favorite British candy bars (Cadbury Fuse and Nestle Yorkie), and Smarties Smarties Smarties. They're overpriced as hell, though. And I've actually been to a gas station near White River Junction, VT, that had Australian candy for some weird reason.

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[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Cadbury Fuse?

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[hooverdam.livejournal.com]

Chocolate bar containing peanuts, caramel, raisins, and cookie pieces. Yorkies, which are more often available in the states because Cadbury dislikes having their stuff imported, can be plain, raisin and cookie piece, or nut (which I've not tried).

And Aero bars also come in orange and dark chocolate.