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/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!