Website idea. Join together people who, for a small fee, are willing to ship parcels full of treats to the other side of the globe with people craving such treats. Example: I know guys in Japan who would kill for a box of Paluszki made by Lajkonik. Here we have Canadians craving Knoppers. Etc.
We don't have much in the way of chocolate selection that isn't Mars or Kraft. It sucks. Butterfinger are Ferrero, i think? So Italian owned. Peanut, but not the peanut you're looking for. Who owns Wonderbar? That's closer to a Snickers, I guess.
Milky way is different between the us and everywhere else. In the us it contains caramel. If you want the taste of our milky way in the us you need to buy 3 musketeers.
What is die and milky way in the USA is sold as a Mars bar outside of the USA. The USA Mars bar has nuts which was sold as 'Nuts' over here in the Netherlands (though I think it's discontinued).
Milky way is different between the us and everywhere else. In the us it contains caramel. If you want the taste of our milky way in the us you need to buy 3 musketeers.
What is die and milky way in the USA is sold as a Mars bar outside of the USA. The USA Mars bar has nuts which was sold as 'Nuts' over here in the Netherlands (though I think it's discontinued).
I was happy to learn that the snacks I always liked the most - Knoppers, Ritter Sport, Corny bars, Milch-Schnitte (Ferrero owned) - were European (specifically German minus one), as are many müsli bars! Guess you can tell Germans like hiking, huh?
I love me some Turkish Peber too! Although it's owned by Fazer now, which is Finnish - but it was originally Danish. Whether they still have some production in Denmark though, I don't know
Fazer blue is a good chocolate. Can't get it in Norway where it's mainly Freia (owned by Mondelez) or Nidar (Orkla, so actually Norwegian)
I avoid Mondeleze crap, even if Freia is considered culturally as the flag carrier Norwegian brand
Here in Germany we mostly get them by Trimex, it says it is produced in Denmark and since the company is in Germany I wouldn't be surprised if they are just rebranded Fazer.
It's a specific unicode character, though most keyboards don't just type it for you.
On Linux I use the Cinnamon desktop with Cinnamenu, if I hit the super key and start typing “interrobang” it selects the correct result for me quite quickly, I hit the enter key and it's copied to my clipboard.
On my smartphone I use SwiftKey which has a clipboard manager where you can pin copied text and ads a tag for it; I pinned it with the tag ib so when I type “ib” it suggests that interrobang. This works both on Android and iOS.
Also, on macOS you could use the character picker (hit the fn key on an Apple keyboard) and search it in a similar way.
I actually don't eat chocolates, so it's not something I look for 😅. But one of the few I actually liked and everyone else seems to hate is this one. I would need to check in one of those places, but considering that I'm not in a central european country and we only get a very small sample of products from those supermarkets I'm not so sure. At least considering that it's a fringe chocolate.
How about Rapunzel Kokos Happen / Glücksstücke (same product, two names)? German / Ecological. The bittersweet version is vegan and tastes great, the milkchocolate version isn't.
I was going to give a shout-out to Whittakers of New Zealand, makers of the world's best chocolate, but it seems they don't export to the US. Maybe you could lobby them?
If someone is looking for an alternative that is...
...you can have a look at the products from Kojake.
https://www.kojake.info/c/vegane-schokoriegel-shop
EdKa = Snickers
KaRi = Mars
HaRi = Ferroro Rocher / Hanuta / Küsschen bar
Just at triple the price per Kilo...
What does ecologic mean in this context?
Meant to say organic. ;)
Mogens halb 10 in Deutschland...
knoppers is just awesome
Morgens halb 10 in Europa!
Aye that's what I can get behind.
These things are so good it should be illegal. I wouldn't even compare them to Mars or Snickers, they are in a higher class.
I'd go into diabetic shock for a box of knoppers
I have a snickers problem that needs to be a knoppers problem. Please send the goods to Canada.
Website idea. Join together people who, for a small fee, are willing to ship parcels full of treats to the other side of the globe with people craving such treats. Example: I know guys in Japan who would kill for a box of Paluszki made by Lajkonik. Here we have Canadians craving Knoppers. Etc.
We don't have much in the way of chocolate selection that isn't Mars or Kraft. It sucks. Butterfinger are Ferrero, i think? So Italian owned. Peanut, but not the peanut you're looking for. Who owns Wonderbar? That's closer to a Snickers, I guess.
Ferrero (who own Nutella/Kinder/Tictac) isn't that amazing.
Several health & safety issues in the past and afaik their stance on child slavery for chocolate isn't as different to Nestle.
Wait... Isn't Mars European?
Edit: Oh no. That's just the name for Milky Way in Europe.
What? No, Milky Way is another one, we have Mars over here :)
Milky way is different between the us and everywhere else. In the us it contains caramel. If you want the taste of our milky way in the us you need to buy 3 musketeers.
What is die and milky way in the USA is sold as a Mars bar outside of the USA. The USA Mars bar has nuts which was sold as 'Nuts' over here in the Netherlands (though I think it's discontinued).
That is wild! TIL!
Yeah, Netherlands has both!
Milky way is different between the us and everywhere else. In the us it contains caramel. If you want the taste of our milky way in the us you need to buy 3 musketeers.
What is die and milky way in the USA is sold as a Mars bar outside of the USA. The USA Mars bar has nuts which was sold as 'Nuts' over here in the Netherlands (though I think it's discontinued).
So our Milky Way, with coconut shaving, is very different from US Milky Way?
Cool to know!
Send to Sweden please
You can buy them here!
https://www.willys.se/produkt/Knoppers-101324572_ST
They are cheaper too!
Knoppers are European‽
I was happy to learn that the snacks I always liked the most - Knoppers, Ritter Sport, Corny bars, Milch-Schnitte (Ferrero owned) - were European (specifically German minus one), as are many müsli bars! Guess you can tell Germans like hiking, huh?
And for Sweden I also like me some Kex.
And as a north German I like to buy Turkish Pepper which is made in Denmark
I love me some Turkish Peber too! Although it's owned by Fazer now, which is Finnish - but it was originally Danish. Whether they still have some production in Denmark though, I don't know
Fazer blue is a good chocolate. Can't get it in Norway where it's mainly Freia (owned by Mondelez) or Nidar (Orkla, so actually Norwegian) I avoid Mondeleze crap, even if Freia is considered culturally as the flag carrier Norwegian brand
Here in Germany we mostly get them by Trimex, it says it is produced in Denmark and since the company is in Germany I wouldn't be surprised if they are just rebranded Fazer.
Yes Germany
Yeah, I just looked them up!
Wunderbar!
Howd you do the panicked question mark?
It's an interrobang
It's a specific unicode character, though most keyboards don't just type it for you.
ibso when I type “ib” it suggests that interrobang. This works both on Android and iOS.Also, on macOS you could use the character picker (hit the fn key on an Apple keyboard) and search it in a similar way.
Thanks for posting this ad.
It really doesn't matter if it's posted by a corporation or not. It's an ad either way.
I always get my mom to bring me knoppers when she comes to visit me in Canada from the UK.
Where's the replacement for
Doesn't Lidl or Aldi make copycats for most of these, including bounty? they usually come in multiples in a bag.
I actually don't eat chocolates, so it's not something I look for 😅. But one of the few I actually liked and everyone else seems to hate is this one. I would need to check in one of those places, but considering that I'm not in a central european country and we only get a very small sample of products from those supermarkets I'm not so sure. At least considering that it's a fringe chocolate.
Found them, Lidl product.
Will have to look for those next time I go there.
Not a real replacement but Raffaello does the job.
How about Rapunzel Kokos Happen / Glücksstücke (same product, two names)? German / Ecological. The bittersweet version is vegan and tastes great, the milkchocolate version isn't.
https://auwaldbio.de/products/rapunzel-glucksstucke-kokos-schoko-zartbitter-50g
So does the milk chocolate version not taste great, or is it not vegan, or both?
It's not vegan and I never tried it. ;)
Knoppers coconut of course
That was exactly my thought process recently when looking for a candy bar 😅
Oh yeah, knoppers are fucking delicious.
Are they anything like Double Deckers?
Asking for a friend.
More like a Time-out
Thank-you.
I clearly need to investigate (repeatedly).
Love me some Cadbury. Shame they're not sold where I live (Poland)
Gone downhill since Kraft brought them
They're American owned now. Sad.
They are hands down the best candybar. Closely followed by pigall and kex
I was going to give a shout-out to Whittakers of New Zealand, makers of the world's best chocolate, but it seems they don't export to the US. Maybe you could lobby them?
https://www.whittakers.co.nz/
It is insanely good chocolate. Peanut slabs are sooooo delicious.
Knoppers are so good. The nut wapper wrap around is the best.
Yes they are!
Flipped a few Snickers, Tuc and Milka in the market today, then bought a Knoppers.