British vs. American Chocolate Bars

Okay, so I wasn't planning to meddle with my blog anymore this week as I've basically been living at the lab, and I leave for France tomorrow; but I just saw the article The World’s Best Candy Bars? English, of Course from the NYTimes and definitely had to comment on it.

The difference between British and American chocolate can be boiled down to milky/creamy versus sugary sweet, respectively. Initially, I wasn't aware of the difference. I had tried Cadbury's in the US to see why it was so popular but was completely disgusted by it, so I was fairly hesitant to try it here in the UK (foolishness??). But when I finally did, I was completely amazed at the difference. My advice: don't try Cadbury's made in America. But this may result from my somewhat lack of affinity towards the original Hershey's because it's so sweet... Still, I can't even say I'm that big a fan of Cadbury's chocolate, *laughs*.

After that, I was keenly interested with trying the popular chocolate bars that only exist in the UK as well as the British versions of American chocolate bars. One interesting note is the relationship between Mars bar, Snickers, Milky Way, and Three Musketeers. First, the Mars bar only exists in the UK while Three Musketeers only exists in the US. In the UK, the Mars bar tastes like the Snickers in the US and the Milky Way like the Three Musketeers. I can't say I really like the Mars bar (nor anything made by Mars...I was shocked when the Galaxy bar curved rather than break when I tried to break a piece off...). Nor do I like the Smarties much as you can kinda taste the milk flavor. I still prefer the American Kit Kat and Twix. But I do have to say that I prefer the British Snickers bar because it's not so sweet. And last but not least, if you love Ferrero Rocher, you HAVE to try Kinder Bueno.