We all know British sweets are the best, with many old favourites dating back down the decades that are still available to buy in British sweet shops to this day.
But there’s nothing quite like trying new sweets from around the world – whether they’re new to the market, or just new to your mouth.
In this list we’ve picked five of the most amazing sweets from around the world, to give you a must-try shortlist of imported sweets and snacks, or something to look out for if you go on holiday to any of these countries.
Haribo Goldbears
One of the oldest jelly sweets still in production, Haribo Goldbears were created in Germany in 1922.
Many pages on the internet tell you there are five flavours, but there are actually six: apple, lemon, orange, pineapple, raspberry and strawberry.
Concentrated real fruit juices are used in the present-day recipe, along with extracts of blackcurrant, elderberry, grape, kiwi and passionfruit, making these famous gummy candies even fruitier than ever!
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Hershey’s Kisses
The debate over British vs American sweet treats will go on forever, but Hershey’s Kisses are one of the best examples of USA chocolate .
Launched in 1907, Kisses are small cones of chocolate wrapped in tinfoil and until 1921, each sweet was individually wrapped by hand.
Since 1907, Hershey’s Kisses have been in continuous production, except for during World War II when production was halted by aluminium rationing.
Instead, in 1942-47, the Kisses production line was used to produce chocolate rations for US Military personnel.
Nidar Krembanan
Norwegian confectionery brand Nidar makes Krembanan, a banana-shaped chocolate bar filled with a jelly layer and a banana cream.
You’ll need a sweet tooth for this one and, quite obviously, you’ll need to like bananas, but it’s a quirky must-try treat if you ever visit Norway.
Krembanan launched in 1957 when Nidar bought a machine capable of packing curved chocolate bars – and to this day, that same machine is used on the production line to pack each banana-shaped bar of Krembanan.
Tim Tams
We’ll let you decide whether a chocolate biscuit is a sweet, but Tim Tams deserve their place on this list as one of Australia’s most famous tasty exports.
A Tim Tam is similar to a Penguin: two malted biscuits with a chocolate cream layer in between, all coated in a thin chocolate shell.
The snack is best known for the Tim Tam Slam, where you bite off opposite corners and use the biscuit like a straw for tea, coffee or hot chocolate – a kind of reverse dunk that has to be experienced first-hand.
White Rabbit Creamy Candy
White Rabbit Creamy Candy, made by Shanghai Guan Sheng Yuan Food in China, is a chewy milk candy with a texture similar to Tootsie Rolls (the chocolate taffy sweet sold in America).
As well as being a creamier consistency thanks to the milk-based recipe, White Rabbit is also wrapped in a thin layer of edible rice paper, making these Chinese sweets feel even more like a taste of the Far East.
The original White Rabbit Candy was vanilla, but over the years there have been many new flavours introduced, ranging from fruits to coffee, toffee and chocolate varieties.
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