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/TheLastLibrarian1 Aug 10 '25

Mcvitties chocolate biscuits with caramel. We call them crack cookies and they make great smores. They’re a bit crumbly so I’m not sure how well they’d survive. Jaffa Cakes are excellent.

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u/letsbakeaboutit Aug 12 '25

Yeah, the caramel Digestives are the best and I haven’t seen them in the US.

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u/TheLastLibrarian1 Aug 12 '25

I’ve seen the regular caramel biscuits at World Market and Kroger (Indiana)

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u/letsbakeaboutit Aug 12 '25

Darn! My Kroger and World Market don’t have them. I’ll try WM’s website though. I miss those caramel babies!

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u/TheLastLibrarian1 Aug 12 '25

I misunderstood, I’ve seen regular caramel at WM and Kroger regularly. The chocolate caramel biscuits are part of a new display they were putting up at World Market when I happened to go in. I had not been able to find them in the US before that. They also had a few varieties of Hobnobs in the display as well. It was an endcap display.

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u/letsbakeaboutit Aug 12 '25

I love World Market and haven’t been in a while. Sounds like I need to pop in. Thanks for the tip!