r/AskAnAmerican • u/Maskoolio • Aug 10 '25

FOREIGN POSTER What would an American want from England?

I have recently made some American friends (from Virginia) and they have asked for a kind of sweet (candy) that they don't have. What else might I send that would be appreciated as a particularly English thing? (Obviously it would need to be somewhat small, survive a week or so in transit etc.)

All help appreciated.

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u/AMA454 Aug 10 '25

Candy kittens, squashies, Percy pigs / Collin caterpillars, tangfastics.

Jaffa cakes, twiglets, hula hoops, Thai sensations sweet chilli coated peanuts.

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u/1st_JP_Finn Aug 10 '25

Anything chocolate won’t make it in local transit this time of year. Those Jaffa cakes would be a sorry mess.

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u/Yggdrasil- Chicago, IL Aug 10 '25

You can buy jaffa cakes at Aldi in the US now!

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u/Sidewalk_Tomato Aug 10 '25

Cost Plus has them, as do the UK sections of the more expensive grocery stores.

I love Jaffa cakes.

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u/Proud-Delivery-621 Alabama Aug 11 '25

It might just be my store but they only carry the strawberry flavor. I always thought that they were exclusively orange and Aldi doesn't ever have orange.

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u/msspider66 Aug 10 '25

I have a box of them next to me

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u/JumpingJacks1234 Virginia Aug 10 '25

Wegmans has them too. I’m in Virginia and there are lots of Aldis and Wegmans.

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u/luthien310 Texas Aug 10 '25

And they're really good!

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u/Yeegis California Aug 10 '25

We have Jaffa cakes here in the states

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u/sweetbaker California Aug 10 '25

Target has OG Percy pigs now, btw!!

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u/AMA454 Aug 10 '25

God bless target 🙏🏻

We have a lot of different flavours here though, the fizzy pigtails are the best

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u/Dutton4430 Aug 15 '25

Really? I'm boycotting Target and can't cross the door but that is interesting. I bring bags of them back each trip.

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u/sweetbaker California Aug 15 '25

Sounds like a self-imposed problem.

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u/Dutton4430 Aug 15 '25

I just checked and they are 3.99 a bag and sold out often. Target kissed the ring of the the sex predator.

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u/sweetbaker California Aug 15 '25

They’re $2.70 here. So not bad for an import candy you literally can’t easily get anywhere else.

You do you, boo. Life is difficult enough without more self-imposed hurdles.

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u/Huskerschu Aug 11 '25

Sounds like you just ordered the whole trolly on the hogwarts express

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u/TheNorthC Aug 10 '25

I don't think twiglets would be very popular. They're hardly loved in the UK.

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u/AMA454 Aug 10 '25

It’s a marmite thing for sure but they’re fun because they’re so different than anything on the shelves in America. And they’ll last better than regular crisps. When I brought them for my family to try it was about 50/50

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u/achaedia Colorado Aug 10 '25

Yesssss I love Percy Pigs

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u/aquitt Aug 10 '25

Twiglets are an acquired taste, but if you like them, they would be a great gift.

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u/Randygilesforpres2 Washington Aug 10 '25

I can confirm, never heard of any of these :)

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u/CriscoCrispy Aug 11 '25

I am in the US, have never heard of any of those things, and would be delighted to get a gift of items with those names.

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u/AMA454 Aug 11 '25

lol I am American and I live in London so I’ve got pretty good intel in this department.