• owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca
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    19 hours ago

    Yeah, American candy has about the lowest standards. Canada isn’t much better, but there’s a noticeable difference in the quality of chocolate in common chocolate bars. We once did a side-by-side comparison of KitKats (we live right on the border) and the difference was stunning.

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      15 hours ago

      We once did a side-by-side comparison of KitKats (we live right on the border) and the difference was stunning.

      Bad comparison on that one. KitKat brand in the USA is an entirely different company that the rest of the world. So they aren’t even the pretending to be the same recipe.

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        6 hours ago

        At least the US KitKats aren’t Nestle.

        I won’t say I’m boycotting Nestle per se, but I try to avoid their stuff. There’s a bag of strawberry cheesecake KitKats from Japan on my desk, lol. They’re pretty good.

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      18 hours ago

      If you like KitKat, try and see if you can find this one:
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      It’s similar, but better.

      One American candy I actually like is Reeses peanut butter cups.

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        Reese’s is one of my favorites too, but objectively it’s horrible, down there with hersheys chocolate. They successfully made it addictive, rather than taste like peanut butter or chocolate. Try something like a Trader Joe’s peanut butter cup and it’s a world of difference.

        It won’t keep me from my Reese’s but at least I’m aware of it

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          2 hours ago

          Will do once I’m in the US, although I need to figure out an explanation for the vast collection of JD Vance memes on my phone first.

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            18 hours ago

            I love this site! I only order from them once a year because it’s expensive (I usually ask for a gift card for Christmas), but they have so much awesome stuff. The paprika Pringles are to die for.

        • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksM
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          18 hours ago

          Well, it could be (I just grabbed it off of an image search), but the product is real and found all over Norway.