21 British Snacks That Americans Are Seriously Missing Out On

    It's not freedom if you can't buy a Mint Aero.

    Flo Perry
    by Flo Perry

    BuzzFeed Staff, UK

    1. In the USA you cannot buy an Aero in a regular shop.

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    This is chocolate filled with air bubbles and it comes in various flavours and it's amazing. The mint one is vividly green and it's the best.

    2. You will not find Flakes gracing the aisles of their famous "grocery stores".

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    Flakes are just chocolate but they fall apart more in your mouth. We have a tradition of sticking it in soft serve ice cream. This is called a 99 or a Mr Whippy, and it's amazing.

    3. In fact, you won't find any PROPER Cadbury chocolate.

    4. "Well that's alright I could just have Galaxy." Nope.

    5. Kinder Surprise eggs are literally illegal over there.

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    Americans think these dangerous weapons are a choking hazard.

    6. And you can't get any other Kinder products over there, either.

    7. Americans can never casually pick up a packet of prawn cocktail flavour crisps to have with their lunch.

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    A crisp flavour based on an average 1970s dinner party starter shouldn't be a success, but it is.

    8. And good luck finding any cheese and onion or Worcester sauce flavour crisps either.

    9. They can't get wine gums over there.

    10. Children in America some how manage to grow up without Ribena?

    11. And for all their love of artificial cheese flavoured things, they don't have Mini Cheddars.

    12. There is no Monster Munch in the USA.

    13. America, land of all things full of sugar and fat, does not have Mars bars.

    14. They do not have the most versatile of biscuits: The Digestive.

    15. "Never mind, I'll have a Hobnob instead." Oh no, you won't.

    16. Scotland's most popular drink is pretty hard to find in the rest of the world, and you won't find it in the US either.

    17. And you can't get anything made by Tunnock's.

    18. You don't think of Lilt as a particularly British drink but actually it's only sold here, Ireland, Gibraltar, and in the Seychelles.

    19. There isn't a hotel mini-fridge in the US with a Bounty bar in it.

    20. Smarties in America aren't chocolate at all, they taste a bit like refreshers.

    21. The KitKat Chunky does not exist in the USA.