Original question by @zachimusprime44@lemmy.world

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[–] 8 points 1 year ago (16 children)

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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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    milk chocolate by any of the big chains, are just trash. at WF, they sell gourmet chocolate imported from outside the US, or they make the ones that are bougie and expensive. dark chocolate, not so sweet is the best. white chocolate seems to have a chemical smell and aftertaste to it, super synthetic, that has no chocolate i never liked the taste.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

    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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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    My first thought was that this is terrible ai lol.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I try to be as anti-Nestle as possible, which meant giving up KitKat, my favorite candy. I found these a few years ago on norwegianfoodstore.com and they're soooo much better.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

    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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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Reese's tasted a whole lot better 20+ years ago. Now it's just gritty sugar with peanut butter flavored 'essence' added. Same goes for Cadbury eggs which are completely inedible now.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I always wondered about that but I don’t eat frequently enough to notice when it changed

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Eating them infrequently is exactly how I noticed the change especially with the Cadbury eggs. It used to have a creamy center that has been replaced with what tastes like a spoonful of gritty Betty Crocker sugar frosting. Reese's are less obvious but also just taste like sugar (or HFCS) to me now and they were my absolute favorite as a kid as someone who's not really into candy.

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