What to send to USA

A cousin has sent us a box of sweets etc from USA, things that we don’t get in UK such as candy corn (yuck). It was a very kind thought and I would like to send her some English treats. Can anyone please help with advice on what to send? I hope to find things that she would like which are not too heavy.

Since I am in the USA, I don’t really know what to suggest. Why not find a UK specialty and send that?

I’d like receiving things that would be made locally and can’t be found anywhere else… like a local chocolate factory etc. When I’ve been sent things from other countries, local treats are always a favorite.

The only UK speciality I can think of is Kendal Mint Cake and I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy. The problem is that I don’t know what they have in USA.

I am guessing that they don’t have Twiglets in USA because I have heard that American’s don’t like Marmite. What about Frys Turkish Delight, it is sweet so she would probably like it, but do they sell it in USA?

Send a big bar of Cadbury’s Dairy Milk. Do they get clove balls in USA? I love those.

If it helps, I can say that I’ve never seen Frys Turkish Delight or Twiglets here. I do, however, see Cadbury’s Dairy Milk in stores. Someone told me once that it’s different in the U.S. though. And we put cloves in fruit sometimes, but I’m not sure what a clove ball is.

There are always little things too. When I was in Canada, I remember that Smarties there were way different than Smarties here. Ours are basically just sugar, and theirs were kind of like an M&M. I don’t know what it’s like in the UK.

And I agree, I don’t like candy corn very much. It’s too sweet.

Ours are nicer than M&Ms, just a very fine candy shell over chocolate. Clove balls are a type of boiled sweet, the size of a gob-stopper and clove flavour. They are usually pinkish red with lighter stripes around. You either love them or hate them. Do they get Cola cubes in USA?

Thanks for the ideas, I was wondering if they have sticks of rock in USA? Any other ideas would be much appreciated.

I like clove balls, so it would be nice to send her one of my favourite things.

It was just the closest thing I could think to compare the Smarties too! At any rate, Smarties in the US are basically sugar and artificial flavoring– no chocolate or anything.

The clove balls sound interesting. I’ll have to try them if I get the chance. I think that would be a good thing to include.

I’m not quite sure what cola cubes or sticks of rock are. We have cola-flavored gummy candy that’s shaped like little soda bottles and we have rock candy and various types of stick candy. I don’t know how similar those are.

I don’t know if the UK version of Cadbury is different from the US one. I myself am not that crazy about the American product.

I’ve never tried it myself, it was a friend who studied abroad in the UK who told me.

If I was going to send a care package to someone who lived abroad, I would include See’s chocolate. A little pricey, but it tastes amazing! Anything else would depend on the person.

I have never heard of See’s chocolate, I don’t think we have it here.

Cola cubes are hard (boiled sweets) with a cola flavour, they are rather nice. Sticks of rock are harder to explain. In UK when people go to the seaside (the ocean) it is a tradition to take sticks of rock home for friends. Usually rock is white on the inside and coloured (often pink) on the outside with the name of the place written all the way through it.