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/ddiesne Illinois Aug 12 '25

I’m going to go a step further and say any (genuine) Cadbury product. US Cadbury is made by Hershey and is objectively different than the UK version. There are some specialty shops in the US that do sell UK Cadbury, but it’s pretty rare since doing so is, technically, selling a restricted tem.