Even tho Chex now has a wheat chex, and not just the rice and corn ones, its still not the same as Shreddies. They taste different, and the texture is not quite right.

I can't get home again until maybe November sometime (I'm hoping), and I can't afford to order on-line. So I'm just whinging. I Want Shreddies! *sniff*

A few years ago when my husband lived in Lenoir I found an organic brand that was almost just like Shreddies, better than Chex anyway, but I can't find it anywhere here in Morganton and I can't remember what brand it was.

I really miss those good good whole wheat Shreddies!

oooooo, I just thought of something! Cara is coming to Charlotte to visit, I should ask her to bring me some

ah well...I now return you to your regularly scheduled programme.

I ate non stop when I was home...Smarties, coffee crisp......my hubby had his first experience with chips and grav y..he had never heard of that......but of course Timmies was the best...he is now hooked as well

Shreddies live under a different name here but I believe it is the same thing.
http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/HealthyLiving...edded_wheat.htm

Now where can I get a good breakfast sausage.

Cheers

Oh how I miss Smarites !!!!!!!!!!!

nope, Shreddies and Shredded Wheat are two completely different animals. Both made from wheat sure, but they're distant cousins at most.

Why is it Americans don't eat chips with gravy? My husband thought it was the strangest damn thing to put gravy on fries. I made him eat some a couple of times, he even tried poutine. He doesn't like gravy. but then I saw how his Mother used to make gravy....I don't blame him!

Is it November yet?

Nanaimo Bars.........I want some nanaimo bars

OK. there are foods that I miss too. A bit off that topic, can anyone tell me if it is possible to find Inner Science shampoo and conditioner in the US? I love that stuff and can't find it anywhere. It is a drug store shampoo made in Canada.
Thanks
Senka

Thank you for this thread, I was just about to start one.
What is up with American chocolate bars? I miss big turk, Mr. Big, Mars bars, Aero, cherry blossom.....I need some good chocolate!!! :*(

I just found boxes of Honey Maid graham crumbs at the local discount shop. I've been making Nanaimo bars with the Keebler type (which are okay but this felt like home). My biggest problem has been finding unsweetened coconut (which I finally did in speciality but not like in Canada where that's the easiest type to find...).

Of course, I thought I'd prepared well when I moved...I brought 4 cans of Byrd's custard powder with me. At 2 tablespoons needed per pan of bars, I won't be running out very soon...




Mars bars are US-based...you should be able to find them.

www.canadianfavorites.com for the rest.


My hubby CAPS just found another link too...if you don't want to order in cases.

http://www.candyshoppe.ca/shop/Candy_Bars.htm

You just need to follow the simple translation (I'm assuming UK and Canada candy bars have the same names):

Mars Bar(UK) = Milky Way(US)
Milky Way(UK) = Three Musketeers

As far as I can tell, US Milky Ways taste the same as British Mars bars. Also:

Dark Chocolate Bounty(UK) = Mounds
Milk Chocolate Bounty(UK) = Almond Joy (except for the almond on top)

Not sure why the Milk Chocolate Bounty equivalent has an almond on top!


Chex is the weirdest thing to me, I first had them when I came here in Chex Mix. Upon eating them, I immediately called up my mum and told her:

"You'll never guess what they have here! Barbeque sauce flavoured Sheddies in a crisp bag!

Thanks for further explaining it. We actually have them branded as Mars bars here in Washington state, not Milky Way (which we also have). So when I look for the old Canadian Mars bar, I grab a US Mars bar. (Of course I don't, because I don't like them much. )

To my knowledge in Canada (at least west coast) you can't get a dark chocolate Bounty so I always had Neilsen's Coconut bar. Which is happily available on the second link I posted.

I can't find Mars anywhere. Casey said he was sure they had them but can't find them either. Milky Way is not a mars. Totally different.

I got a Milky Way out of the vending machine at work the other day. The label was marked "Made in Canada" I thought that was funny

Noted that all products (except for Nanaimo bars--well you CAN get Robin Hood Nanaimo Bar Mix this way) are available at CanadianFavourites.

Nanaimo bar mix??!? Never heard of it!

I saw Nanaimo bars in a bakery in the Minneapolis / St Paul airport a couple of weeks ago and they were labeled "Vancouver Island bars". It made me wonder if people couldn't pronounce Nanaimo.

I recall a super naniamo bar recipe I found on the net a few yrs back. Was actually on a BC web page!!

I guess Mars Bars in Canada are not the same as in the UK then, because a Milky Way(US) is indentical to a Mars Bar(UK). What are Mars Bars like in Canada, are they not milk chocolate, caramel and nougat?

TIM HORTONS!! TIM HORTONS!! TIM HORTONS!! TIM HORTONS!! TIM HORTONS!! TIM HORTONS!! TIM HORTONS!! TIM HORTONS!! TIM HORTONS!! TIM HORTONS!! TIM HORTONS!! TIM HORTONS!! TIM HORTONS!! TIM HORTONS!! TIM HORTONS!! TIM HORTONS!! TIM HORTONS!! TIM HORTONS!! TIM HORTONS!! TIM HORTONS!! TIM HORTONS!!

You remember an old comic strip "Sgt. Renfrew".

In one case, Renfrew has to inform his GF that her citizenship interview is in Prince Rupert--because the judge couldn't SPELL "Nanaimo".

Yup, you just described a Mars bar in Canada.

Yeah, I thought as much. I wonder what Cristy is on about then?

Maybe they taste slightly different due to chocolate etc, but basically a Milky Way in the USA is exactly the same candy bar as a Mars Bar.

Whatever, my favorite are Dime (Daim) bars, which are thankfully available in IKEA in the USA.

well that's just fine as long as you live somewhere there's an IKEA There's not even one in my entire state. hmph.

NC borders on VA which has IKEA branches.

I am in withdrawl

If it makes you feel better, my nearest is almost 200 miles away!

I stocked up.

I love the twin cities...IKEA and Mall of America in a short drive from my house

Oh Brother.

A Mars Bar in Canada IS NOT THE SAME AS A MILKY FRIGGIN WAY.

They are similar but different. A Milky Way in the US is the same as a Milky Way in Canada.

A Mars Bar, is smaller in length, thicker and is more dense. The taste is in the same family but it is not as light and fluffy.

Woah, it's a chocolate bar. Relax! No need to shout! LOL

I grew up in BC where there are no Milky Way chocolate bars available unless one gets them across the border in Washington. The Mars bar I could get in BC is the same as the Mars bars I get here in Washington...tastes pretty much the same with the exception of the typical differences in the chocolate.

I can't speak to the UK side of the house, nor can I speak to eastern Canadian stuff or where Cristy is now living. However the nougat, caramel, milk chocolate combo is the one I know of as a Mars bar. As for density etc., I don't know; I rarely eat them.

Now, Snickers...that's a chocolate bar.

Can't resist gloating--there are THREE IKEA's within 161 km of my home (Beltsville and Towson in MD; Springfield in VA).

Also, ceriserose your attitude of "it's a chocolate bar" is rather inapt--as the quality of the chocolate makes a massive difference (certainly you can't say that a Tobler bittersweet is the same as a Cursey's "Special Dark" )

OK. Next time I'm up in Canada I'm going to have to try a Mars Bar then.

What is a Milky Way in Canada like then? Milky Ways in the UK don't have caramel in them.

OK. Perhaps this is the issue. In 2002 they changed the Mars Bar in the UK to be lighter, and the chocolate less think. I guess they made it more like a US Milky Way.

Apples and oranges.

I was commenting (and really, just teasing ) on the level of frustration (including all caps "yelling") of cmartyn's post over a chocolate bar.

Now if the "yelling" had been over the difference in quality of the chocolate I could totally see it.

I've never eaten either of the ones you describe in your post, so can't say anything about either. You're right there!

I prefer unsweetened dark chocolate best myself, so most of my chocolate woes are finding quality dark chocolate in this great land of milk chocolate.

I have a hard time believing you haven't seen Tobler.

"Cursey's" -- official name is "Hershey", but it is CURSE of Chocolate world, so I combined the terms.

Exaclty. Thank you. The taste is totally different. I am a chocolate snob lol.

I said I have never eaten the ones you described, not that I haven't seen them. Not having eaten them I can't comment on their taste differences or similarities. (Although knowing that one is European chocolate and the other is from Canada/US I would hazard your point is that the Tobler is superior...which I wouldn't argue as European chocolate tends to be superior to Canada/US chocolate.)

Of course, now that you've explained your making up a whole new word for one of them, I have actually eaten one of the Special Dark bars. Maybe even two. I still can't compare them since the only Tobler I've ever had was the regular kind.

My new chocolate like is Dagoba organic chocolate.

Yeah, I get where you're coming from. Kit Kats in the UK and the US are visually identical, but sadly US Kit Kats taste like crap.

Its just my opinion that Mars Bars/Milky Ways and Snickers are some of the few US candy bars that don't taste that different from their European cousins. I guess the European ones aren't like the Canadian ones.

As soon as I get my GC I'm going up to Canada to find out!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_bar



The only real difference that I notice, is that the Milky Way doesn't have the caramel, like the Mars bars do....

I find the snickers here taste about the same as in Canada....

They also have the ice cream chocolate bars down here... yum yum...

I really like this one... MILKY WAy MIDNIGHT Bar - it is t's dark chocolate, golden caramel and vanilla nougat. yum yum...

Mmmmmmm shreddies with brown sugar and milk! I LIVE in Canada and haven't eaten them in ages. There are a lot of things I miss when I'm visiting the U.S., probably a lot more I'll miss when I'm down there permanently.

Agree that the wrappers are the same for some chocolate bars, but the chocolate itself is...well, ick! Nothing beats Cadbury's...or Neilson's eh?

Carla

I miss Sugar Crisps... those were my favourite.... at least I can get Apple Jacks down here

Are you talking about Milky Ways in Canada or the US, because Milky Way's in the US have caramel, just like Mars Bars do.

Reson for Kit Kat difference is all-too-simple.

UK and Canuck Kit Kat are made by Nestle (Swiss), while US Kit Kat is made by (as you may have surmised) Cursey's.

There is also a Canuck brand Nielsen which produces reasonable candies--such as Jersey Milk and Rosebuds (closest counterpart is UK Dairy Milk bar, no US equivalent).

I just found out that we have a GC appointment on 2006-10-13--so our planned trip to Calgary (where we can stock up Laura Secords) is that much closer.

*drools thinking about Shreddies*

http://www.canadianfavourites.com/store/cereals.html


mmmmm... pricey, but less than plane fare!!!

oooh... that site has all the PC stuff I miss too yummy!!!!

oops, I got Milky way mixed up with 3 Musketeers

Eh? I already mentioned the site on the first page.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...st&p=422298

And my very first post on this thread also gave the link to that, albeit it didn't come through as a URL.

What does it matter if it's posted 3 or 4 times? It's obvious that it's not always seen even when it is!

Lindt Chocolate Truffles. OMG. Talk about heaven in your mouth....*siiiiiiiiiiiiigggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh*

We buy them at WalMart.

Actually I hadn't spotted that, mainly because I have been avoiding US Kit Kats since being given on the flight when I moved over here. Explains everything!

I feel ashamed to live in Pennsylvania, the same state as Hershey's. Especially as I used to live next door to the Cadbury's factory in the UK.

have you tried eating them frozen?? one of my old roommates would do that with her Lindt chocolates... it was really yummy

Aren't Lindt chocolates from Europe?

(I don't remember so am questioning whether it's a good recommendation or a good US recommendation. )

Face it, America actually has no good "processed" food. Its all bad compared it its European and Canadian cousins.

Candy is just a victim of a larger problem. Food here is terrible!