When we are overseas, or at home, we like to try out different brands of chocolate. Here are a few with their original country of origin, though the wrapper may show that, like Coca Cola and soaps, they may be made locally.
ALBANIA
Fig jam
BELGIUM
Guylian chocolates in shell shapes
Waffles
CANADA
Maple syrup
CYPRUS
Greek
Loukoumi (marketed in the UK as Turkish Delight)
Rose syrup and Rose wine
(not just rose colour, rose aroma from rose petals)
FRANCE
Nougat
German
Stollen (Marzipan centred roll cake sold at Xmas time, Lidl and other supermarkets in the UK)
ISRAEL
Halva
Sweet wines from UK supermarkets such as Tesco, Palwin's No 10.
ITALY
Chocolate in silver wrap
Ferrero Rocher chocolate encased nut with liquid caramel and foil wrapper
PORTUGAL
Mateus Rose wine
SINGAPORE
Sweet red Bean curd stuffed dumplings on sale hot in rotating table top stands in 7/11 and similar conveneience stalls and basement food courts
Durian flavour cakes, toppings for desserts, and ice creams
Kaya toast, jars of kaya (sweet yellow lemon curd)
Mango stick rice
Moon Cakes for the spring (Chinese New Year CNY) and autumn festivals
SINGAPORE
Kaya (jam like lemon curd)
SPAIN
Almond cake
(Served at breakfast buffets in hotels!)
SWITZERLAND
Alprose chocolate (Factory visit)
Toblerone (Made worldwide but when made in Switzerland can show the tringaular Swiss mountain)
UK
After Eights mints
Bronte biscuits
Chocolat
Cadbury's.
Christmas pudding.
Christmas cake and wedding cake - fruit cakes, solid, with topping of yellow marzipan and white icing.
Danish pastries (from supermakets, patisseries).
Fox's chocolates. Fox's Classic biscuit selection. (Tesco and Marks have similar selections including chocolate covered biscuits and in 2024 still some covered in foil)
Thornton\s
Green & Black's
Crosissant
Freshly baked and warm (from frozen?) in Tesco express in the morning, discounted and must be reheated at home evening and at late night
Marks & Spencer
Thick cut marmalade
Summer pudding (dessert of red fruits centre inside bread dome turned red from juice)
Smarties (Like M and Ms)
Whitaker's chocolates such as violet centre
USA
Hershey.
M & Ms. (Like Smarties)
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Updated July 2024
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