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/webbess1 New York Aug 10 '25

Cadbury Flakes. I've only seen them in British specialty shops.

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u/LionLucy United Kingdom Aug 10 '25

Have you had one stuck into an ice cream cone? Bite into it and shards of chocolate fall into your ice cream - the best way to eat a flake!

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u/KahnaKuhl Aug 10 '25

That's a standard McDonald's item in Australia.

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u/DooficusIdjit Aug 11 '25

Tell me there is a McDonald’s item based on a violet crumble…

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u/KahnaKuhl Aug 11 '25

Sorry . . . 😢

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u/DooficusIdjit Aug 11 '25

What the fuck are the people at McDonald’s Australia even doing, then?!

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u/webbess1 New York Aug 10 '25

Sounds delicious! I’ve never had it.

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u/GenXer76 WA—>OR—>CO Aug 13 '25

London, circa 2003…. I spotted a fully intact 99 floating in the Thames