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Skittles: No, we don't have them. I actually saw them at a gas station here which sold them for a couple of months when the US Army still had a base here, but they stopped selling them because the Army guys could get them at the PX, and Skittles are, IMHO, just not made for German taste buds. Too sweet, too artificial, and what are they, anyway? I had them two or three times during my time in the US, but after I had proofed to myself that they really are like they are, I just never looked at them again.
We do have Jelly beans though, in contrary to what one of the other answerer said. True, not every supermarket has them, and most easily you get them at big department stores, where you can buy the flavors separately (pretty much like in an old fashioned candy store).
In recent years it has become more easy to get Oreos and stuff, and the marsh mellow chicks (which look cute, everybody who bought them said, but which look too artificially yellow to look anything like one would be tempted to eat. And those who did try said they were just sweet, anyways, and... but that's just my clique, I guess. There are numerous people who buy them, or stores wouldn't still have them.)
There are some differences in what we can buy over here vs. what you can buy over in the US. I have never seen Nutter Butters over here (in Germany, that is), for instance. No almond M&Ms', either. Chips flavors are also something I would really recommend for the German industry to research on the American market. What I think is cute to send back home from the US when one is here for a long time are Hershey's Kisses and Hugs (which are not available in Germany), but just because of the gesture, not because the chocolate would "Wow" anyone in Germany. We do have a whole lot of different chocolate flavors, and German chocolate is to die for (as you can see if you research "German chocolate" on Y!A!), and we also have a crazy amount of different "Haribo" gummi sweets.
I do miss the wide variety of "Ben and Jerries" ice cream flavors. While Ben and Jerries is available, not every store has them, and mostly it's only the same 6 flavors, and my favorite is not among them. So I do miss that.
So, just to give you an insight. Most of the US Stuff is sold here, too, and it's nothing special, but some things are just... well, not for the German market, I guess...
Anyway, happy snacking now! (Gee, that made me miss some stuff...) |
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