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Sending Chocolate / Sweets Abroad - Recommendations

  • 03-08-2014 9:05pm
    #1
    ironclaw
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    Hi Folks,

    Been thinking of sending a few sweet Irish / UK things to friends in the US, as we often had a conversation or two about the differences. Any recommendations? All confectionary considered!


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  • #2
    Chip Whitley
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    ironclaw wrote: »
    Hi Folks,

    Been thinking of sending a few sweet Irish / UK things to friends in the US, as we often had a conversation or two about the differences. Any recommendations? All confectionary considered!

    I do this once a year with my family in Canada! They emigrated almost 20 years ago and the last couple of years I send over a care package with a 6 pack of Tayto, Animal Bars, Cadbury bars (usually Wispa / Wispa Bites / Freddos / Buttons) and I throw in some cheap stuff like Dib-Dabs, Love Hearts, basically the cheaper stuff that they could never find over there. They love it!

    I usually send it in November and if I can I add some seasonal stuff like the giant Quality Street sweets, Aero Christmas Trees and stuff like that! Could cost the bones of €50 between the goods and postage but I love doing it.


  • #3
    Chip Whitley
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    Now that I think of it, I must send them over some of the Cadbury Marvellous Creation bars, it will be something different for them this year! :D


  • #4
    ironclaw
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    Thanks Hulk. That's a decent amount of suggestions. I just never know as America is sweet central and you don't want to send whats in the shop down the street. Ever any issues with Customs?


  • #5
    amdublin
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    My us relatives like smarties, crunches, fry turkish delight and ginger nut biscuits


  • #6
    Chip Whitley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,464 ✭✭✭Chip Whitley


    ironclaw wrote: »
    Thanks Hulk. That's a decent amount of suggestions. I just never know as America is sweet central and you don't want to send whats in the shop down the street. Ever any issues with Customs?

    No thankfully. I've always avoided putting in teabags just in case! Although maybe a year or two ago a package my cousin sent ME had been opened and put back together by the time it got to me. It was only Canadian tshirts and hockey jerseys and not food, but I thought that was strange!


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