International Candy Exchange
September 22, 2007 3:57 PM Subscribe
What chocolate, candy, sweets, etc, from Canada should I send to my friend in Germany? What do I have here that she would never have tried there?
Chicken Bones might qualify as uniquely Canadian. Invented in New Brunswick in 1885 by, according to their website, Canada's oldest candy company.
posted by CKmtl at 4:20 PM on September 22, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by CKmtl at 4:20 PM on September 22, 2007 [1 favorite]
Maple syrup is likely available. But maple cream is likely not.
posted by Dick Paris at 4:20 PM on September 22, 2007
posted by Dick Paris at 4:20 PM on September 22, 2007
Dill pickle chips???
Or All-Dressed chips (if she's a chip person).
posted by CKmtl at 4:54 PM on September 22, 2007
Or All-Dressed chips (if she's a chip person).
posted by CKmtl at 4:54 PM on September 22, 2007
Does it have to be sweet because ketchup flavoured potato chips are very Canadian. For cheap candy there's Aero bars, Macintosh toffee, Coffee Crisp, Smarties.
Might also want to check out this site and this one for more ideas
posted by squeak at 5:05 PM on September 22, 2007
Might also want to check out this site and this one for more ideas
posted by squeak at 5:05 PM on September 22, 2007
Maple butter maybe?
posted by Camel of Space at 5:10 PM on September 22, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by Camel of Space at 5:10 PM on September 22, 2007 [1 favorite]
squeak, all the ones you listed are UK staples. Guess they wouldn't be impossible to get in Germany.
How about: maple sugar candies, Reese's Pieces (not Canadian, but rather spottily available in Europe) and three comedy items that you should label saying that people actually each these, despite them tasting of soap, barf and poo respectively: Thrills Gum, Lowney's Cherry Blossom, and a Hershey Bar.
posted by scruss at 5:33 PM on September 22, 2007
How about: maple sugar candies, Reese's Pieces (not Canadian, but rather spottily available in Europe) and three comedy items that you should label saying that people actually each these, despite them tasting of soap, barf and poo respectively: Thrills Gum, Lowney's Cherry Blossom, and a Hershey Bar.
posted by scruss at 5:33 PM on September 22, 2007
Seconding maple butter. It's delicious, and will appeal to most people.
posted by sebastienbailard at 5:37 PM on September 22, 2007
posted by sebastienbailard at 5:37 PM on September 22, 2007
Oh, and maple cream cookies.
If they're not allergic to peanuts, Pay Days are the best things ever.
posted by scruss at 5:40 PM on September 22, 2007
If they're not allergic to peanuts, Pay Days are the best things ever.
posted by scruss at 5:40 PM on September 22, 2007
Buttertarts (not so good in the mail, but eh) and Smarties.
Anything maple-y.
If you can find a pre-packaged beavertail, toss that in.
posted by flibbertigibbet at 5:57 PM on September 22, 2007
Anything maple-y.
If you can find a pre-packaged beavertail, toss that in.
posted by flibbertigibbet at 5:57 PM on September 22, 2007
Oh, and if you can find a way to have them keep, nanaimo bars are delicious.
posted by flibbertigibbet at 6:01 PM on September 22, 2007
posted by flibbertigibbet at 6:01 PM on September 22, 2007
Clodhoppers are made in Manitoba, and are probably not available outside North America.
posted by jjb at 6:23 PM on September 22, 2007
posted by jjb at 6:23 PM on September 22, 2007
Smarties are available in any German supermarket.
Maple cream cookies however are great and impossible to find here.
posted by snownoid at 6:44 PM on September 22, 2007
Maple cream cookies however are great and impossible to find here.
posted by snownoid at 6:44 PM on September 22, 2007
If you manage butter tarts, then also send nanaimo bars.
There are these little fizzy hard candies, "Fizz", which come in three colors (orange-red-purple), in individual plastic wrappers but all strung together. Mac's often has them in the cheapy candy area. They are great and I've never seen them outside Canada, even though they're made in Argentina.
Definitely Mr. Big.
Rockets? (which are called "Smarties" in the US)
posted by LobsterMitten at 6:57 PM on September 22, 2007
There are these little fizzy hard candies, "Fizz", which come in three colors (orange-red-purple), in individual plastic wrappers but all strung together. Mac's often has them in the cheapy candy area. They are great and I've never seen them outside Canada, even though they're made in Argentina.
Definitely Mr. Big.
Rockets? (which are called "Smarties" in the US)
posted by LobsterMitten at 6:57 PM on September 22, 2007
Aero. Even the US doesn't get this chocolatey wonder.
posted by Xere at 7:22 PM on September 22, 2007
posted by Xere at 7:22 PM on September 22, 2007
I am fourth-generation Nanaimo. My mother once sent this Nanaimo Bar mix to my sister when she was overseas. It doesn't taste quite the same (use butter only!), but it's an approximation.
posted by acoutu at 7:30 PM on September 22, 2007
posted by acoutu at 7:30 PM on September 22, 2007
scruss: despite them tasting of soap, barf and poo respectively: Thrills Gum, Lowney's Cherry Blossom, and a Hershey Bar.
Hershey's distinctly American. (Also I don't really get the "tastes like barf/poo" remarks about Cherry Blossom and Hershey bars, but to each his own.)
scruss: If they're not allergic to peanuts, Pay Days are the best things ever.
American
posted by loiseau at 7:37 PM on September 22, 2007
Hershey's distinctly American. (Also I don't really get the "tastes like barf/poo" remarks about Cherry Blossom and Hershey bars, but to each his own.)
scruss: If they're not allergic to peanuts, Pay Days are the best things ever.
American
posted by loiseau at 7:37 PM on September 22, 2007
Coffee Crisp! And you can send me some too please :)
Reg
posted by legotech at 7:49 PM on September 22, 2007
Reg
posted by legotech at 7:49 PM on September 22, 2007
Citrus Trident!
posted by SisterHavana at 9:49 PM on September 22, 2007
posted by SisterHavana at 9:49 PM on September 22, 2007
When I moved to Germany as a teenager, two of the things that I absolutely craved were root beer and Jolly Ranchers. I don't know about native Germans and how they react, but they're a sweets-prone nation, so that might work out pretty well.
posted by kdar at 10:59 PM on September 22, 2007
posted by kdar at 10:59 PM on September 22, 2007
I'll ignorantly assume Canada gets American candy and say.. Red Vines, and anything cinnamon-y (Hot Tamales, Big Red, etc).
posted by wackybrit at 3:13 AM on September 23, 2007
posted by wackybrit at 3:13 AM on September 23, 2007
From experience of having Canadaphile colleagues: those maple leaf shaped biscuits you have are yummy, and they are not easy to find here in the UK, so I'm going to assume that they are also hard to find in Germany. Send them!
posted by Helga-woo at 6:27 AM on September 23, 2007
posted by Helga-woo at 6:27 AM on September 23, 2007
Just to note, Smarties in America and Smarties in the UK are different things. I have no clue what they are in Canada, but in the US they are these sugar things, while in the UK (and thus, likely in the rest of Europe) they are like bad M&Ms.
posted by JonahBlack at 8:10 AM on September 23, 2007
posted by JonahBlack at 8:10 AM on September 23, 2007
Response by poster: Great suggestions! Thanks.
posted by arcticwoman at 8:12 AM on September 23, 2007
posted by arcticwoman at 8:12 AM on September 23, 2007
wackybrit: Those are things Canadians bring back when they visit the US.
2nd the Nanaimo bar mix; it's really not bad.
posted by kmennie at 9:36 AM on September 23, 2007
2nd the Nanaimo bar mix; it's really not bad.
posted by kmennie at 9:36 AM on September 23, 2007
Jos Louis. Seriously, my dad would kill for a Jos Louis, and it was one of the few junk foods I had to get on my trip through Western Canada last year. They travel OK if you buy a box, just don't try to ship 'em without a box. ;)
posted by Cricket at 8:56 PM on September 23, 2007
posted by Cricket at 8:56 PM on September 23, 2007
A few years ago, a friend of mine arranged for a special package to be delivered on Christmas Eve. He knew that wild blueberries reminded me of my late grandfather and of the times when I was very young when we used to spend hours picking them in the hills behind his house in Cape Breton.
It was a package containing two tins from the Appleton Chocolate company; who specializes in very fine hand-dipped chocolates created from traditional flavours of the Maritimes such as wild blueberries, cranberries, cherries and maple syrup. All their chocolate truffles feature a luscious maple fondant centre to which they add various fruits and berries and then they are individually double-dipped by hand.
I've even visited their little workshop in the backwoods of Nova Scotia and have watched the truffles being made while my order was assembled. Over the years, I have slowly been addicting both friends and family to the these magnificent chocolates. In fact, during my last visit in July, I had to bring back an order of 6 dozen of them for a single person here in Montreal!!
They are wrapped in colourful foil and come in several styles of gift packages. I have often gifted them to friends and they have always been *very* warmly received. Appleton Chocolates does do mail order, to all of Canada and internationally; however they cannot ship to the US due to current customs bureaucracy.
I seriously can't think of a more appropriate candy that would represent Canada so well; being totally hand-made by a small Canadian company with mostly traditional and local flavours such as blueberries and maple fondant. I think your German friend would *love* them, and you might get hooked on them yourself! ;-)
posted by Jade Dragon at 2:05 AM on September 24, 2007 [1 favorite]
It was a package containing two tins from the Appleton Chocolate company; who specializes in very fine hand-dipped chocolates created from traditional flavours of the Maritimes such as wild blueberries, cranberries, cherries and maple syrup. All their chocolate truffles feature a luscious maple fondant centre to which they add various fruits and berries and then they are individually double-dipped by hand.
I've even visited their little workshop in the backwoods of Nova Scotia and have watched the truffles being made while my order was assembled. Over the years, I have slowly been addicting both friends and family to the these magnificent chocolates. In fact, during my last visit in July, I had to bring back an order of 6 dozen of them for a single person here in Montreal!!
They are wrapped in colourful foil and come in several styles of gift packages. I have often gifted them to friends and they have always been *very* warmly received. Appleton Chocolates does do mail order, to all of Canada and internationally; however they cannot ship to the US due to current customs bureaucracy.
I seriously can't think of a more appropriate candy that would represent Canada so well; being totally hand-made by a small Canadian company with mostly traditional and local flavours such as blueberries and maple fondant. I think your German friend would *love* them, and you might get hooked on them yourself! ;-)
posted by Jade Dragon at 2:05 AM on September 24, 2007 [1 favorite]
I lived there for 5 years. The only candy I remember missing is Glossette Raisins.
posted by lastobelus at 3:34 AM on September 24, 2007
posted by lastobelus at 3:34 AM on September 24, 2007
@loiseau: Man, I can't even find Thrills in Vancouver anymore. But I did find a place that carries Sen Sen
posted by lastobelus at 3:36 AM on September 24, 2007
posted by lastobelus at 3:36 AM on September 24, 2007
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posted by doublesix at 4:05 PM on September 22, 2007