Canada gets some good candy and potato chips (1 Viewer)

[NickSo]

they have 7-11s in Hong Kong too... from what i remember 15 years ago :p)

 

[Don Giro]

I was in Toronto about 15 years ago when I saw ketchup flavored chips for the first time. I rejoiced at what I had found, having taken YEARS of abuse from friends because I liked to dip plain chips in ketchup ("It's the same concept as french fries," I would argue to no avail). I felt VINDICATED as I proudly walked up to the counter with my discovery.

Unfortunately, they were horrible...

 

[TonyD]

herr's ketchup chips are pretty good.

 

[MarkHastings]

LOL - My brother used to dip potato chips in ketchup and I would always give him the "Eww! Gross!" routine...He'd then come back with the comment (as Don did) that they were the same as dipping fries in ketchup and my response would be: "No, it's like dipping COLD fries in ketchup, which is GROSS!"

 

[ThomasC]

There are 7-11s in Taiwan, too. It's kinda like their Starbucks. There's one intersection I remember where I could go in three different directions and I'd be at a 7-11 just a block later. One time, a friend bought a Smirnoff Ice and got the cashier to open the bottle for him.

 

[Colton]

The Best Potato Chips In The Universe:

http://www.sterzingchips.com

OH! SO GOOD!

- Colton

 

[Don Giro]

Colton, have you tried these?

www.zapps.com

 

[Ken Chui]

...and mainland China. I bought a cola-flavoured ICEE when I was in Guangzhou (it was 26°C/78°F that one particular afternoon and I wanted something cold that wasn't tea-inspired ).

 

[Jason GT]

There are more 7-11s in Japan than anywhere else in the world.

I have bought and tried green tea KitKat here in Vancouver. Actually still have two sticks as the boxed package is split into two twin packages.

Those in Toronto, Edmonton and I believe Calgary may be able to find Green Tea KitKat at a T&T supermarket.

 

[Greg.K]

I spent three weeks in Toronto earlier this year..

Ketchup flavoured Doritos was the big culinary surprise for me.


In the US, if you have a Cost Plus World Market around you you can find some Canadian candy, etc. Coffee Crisp rules!

 

[TonyD]

i forgot that i have a couple of cans of ketchup blast pringles in the closet.



i do have one of those near me in del.
thnks for the tip.

 

[Tony Whalen]

It always floored me that our Canadian Mountain Dew had no caffeine in it. Never knew the difference growing up.

When they recently started marketing the new "Mountain Dew Energy" my IMMEDIATE reaction was "oh... rebranded American Mountain Dew... 'bout damn time!"

Smarties: I have a friend that became an American citizen many years ago. She lives in Portland. Every time she's up here she loads up on Smarties. I did NOT know that there was a US candy called Smarties that are the same thing as "Rockets" though.

What *I* want to know is why Schweppes, makers of fine ginger-ale, doesn't sell grape gingerale in Alberta. Every time I go to Saskatchewan I load up on the stuff. Weird. (We have lemon and raspberry gingerale, but not the grape.)

 

[Max Leung]

If you go to Welch's Chocolate Shop in Banff, Alberta, you'll see a lot of English candy you don't normally see in North America. Polo is like Life Savers, for example, although not made from the hard corn syrup stuff - but closer to the Life Saver mints.

Mountain Dew Energy? Hmmm...

 

[Joseph S]

Yeah, not only is there the Milky Way vs Mars confusion but also there's the crap, as mentioned above, that it's marketed in US as some sort of Snickers bar which it clearly isn't. I used to like getting the Dark Chocolate (US Style) Mars bars which I guess would now be Snickers with almonds and dark chocolate minus peanuts.

Another one that grew on me were the Cadbury Crunchie that my neighbors always brought back from Ireland. I do know where than can be had in the US though.

 

[Ken Chui]

This is news to me as well. When I head up north sometime during the fall, I'll have to pick up a bottle to see if I can tell the difference.

 

[MarkHastings]

There's so much sugar in Mountain Dew, that the caffeine probably doesn't make much difference if it's there or not.

 

[TonyD]

the world market near me didnt have coffee crisp or any canadian product that i could see.
they did have alot of australian and english candy.

also harribo(sp) all over the place.

 

[Greg.K]

Ah well, maybe you can ask if they can get them.

I just stopped in my local World Market (inspired by this thread), they didn't have (Canadian) Smarties like they have in the past but they did have Coffee Crisp and Aero bars. The girl at the counter said they're a big seller.

 

[TonyD]

i just ate one of the kit kat chunky w/caramel.
that thing was good.
glad they dont have these here.
i'd be eating them all the time.

saving the coffee crisp to be last.

 

[JamesMH]

The sweets we get in the US aren't very good at all. The UK has the best, Canada has good ones, NZ and Oz are great too.

The US thinks everything must contain peanut buttter, YUCK.