Eva got some maple candy to send to penpals in England and Australia

[conuly]

(We decided the penpal in Ontario probably doesn't need more maple in her life.)

...are you familiar with the idea that I tend to go overboard? Yeeeeeeah. So now I have a question, though ultimately this is all going to boil down to "the maple, grape, and root beer candies we've got sitting in our pantry" anyway: It's easy to find out what American candies you don't have in England and/or Australia. Are there any savory snacks that are lightweight and yummy that you don't have?

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[st_aurafina]

We don't have much in the way of pretzels and crackers of that sort in Australia, or things like puppy chow (is that sweet or savoury, I'm not actually sure?) We don't do a lot of stuff like jerky and rinds beyond the basics.

Oh, and we only have, like, three flavours of Doritos: plain, cool ranch and spicy cheese. And I saw a video on youtube of Emmy taste-testing a bunch of Lays flavoured chips - our chips flavours are basically: salt and vinegar, chicken, bbq, cheese and onion.

You could send breakfast cereals, too - from what I can tell you have approximately a billion cereals over there. (There's this mixed snack pack of cereals you can get here that's six different single serves in one, it's the classic thing you take camping and everyone fights over who has to eat the plain cornflakes.)

[conuly]

Puppy chow? The only puppy chow I know if is for actual puppies...?

Doritos: So no Sweet Chili or Salsa Verde? (Then again, I can't find Salsa Verde Doritos in NYC either, and I loves them, my precioussssss.)

Chips: CHICKEN FLAVORED CHIPS!?!?

(But no Sour Cream and Onion or Onion and Garlic?)

What about cheez doodles? They're puffy and, well, cheezy?

[st_aurafina]

I think puppy chow is some kind of trail mix? With, like, that waffly-looking breakfast cereal mixed in? IDK, I'm going from photos on pinterest, not the best source. (Google is telling me it's chex cereal, with powdered sugar and chocolate chips, so I guess it's a sweet thing? AKA muddy buddies, apparently.)

You can get sour cream and chives, and to be honest, it tastes like cool ranch to me? I'm not entirely sure what cool ranch is supposed to taste like, to be honest. No onion and garlic. No sweet chili or salsa verde doritos that I've seen.

Chicken flavour is totally a thing over here, you need to know about chicken salt. (Buzzfeed on Chicken Salt. Get your penpal to send chicken salt. *nods*

No cheese doodles (doodle is baby talk for penis over here, so that's going to be worth a laugh) but we have twisties which come in cheese and chicken:

[conuly]

I'm not entirely sure what cool ranch is supposed to taste like, to be honest.

It's supposed to taste like ranch dressing.

You got those twists in a puffy variety?

[st_aurafina]

lilacsigil says they look like Cheetos? But I haven't seen cheetos for years, so I'm not sure if they're still a thing, even.

From the ingredients in ranch dressing, I can see why it might taste like sour cream to me.

[conuly]

I guess they do look like Cheetos, but they come in two versions, crunchy and puffy. Crunchy ones are hard. Puffy ones are big and sort of soft.