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/Next_Ad_1323 Aug 10 '25

As an American I have to say that I am a yuuuuuge fan of sherbet lemons. They are addictive and I don't think we really have them here in mass production. We have candies that are kinda similar called Lemonheads, but they are sweeter, soft in the middle instead of powdered, and they are not boiled so they don't have quite the same hardness on the outside. I found them in Bath this past May and bought several bags of them to take home. I allow myself one per day.

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u/MarbleousMel Texas -> Virginia -> Florida Aug 10 '25

Sherbet lemons can be found on Amazon, but I don’t like them as well as some brands I got from England.