" Must buy" british snacks??

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Patriot

Skips (prawn cocktail chips)
Bovril (not marmite)
Malt loaf
Tea bags
Milk digestives
Gravy (much better than American)
Heinz soup

I can only assume that meat and dairy products are out of the equation completely.

english guy 1985

sausage rolls, cornish pastys, pork pies, steak slices.

all from tesco or asda for under Â£1 normally

edit: didnt realise you meant to take home with you , they're a bit perishable for that.

try our chocolate, especially anything galaxy bar or anything made by CADBURYS! so different to the chocolate in America, not that I would know but thats what every American Iv spoke to says.

heartshapedglasses

Marmite (spread it on toast)
Twiglets
TUC crackers
Scones
Welsh cakes

â™«ELIâ™«

walkers (bacon, vinegar)

Annie M

Jaffa Cakes.
Marmite.
Baked beans.

True_Brit

-Our Chocolate is a must have, as it completely unique to Britain. I suggest some cadburys milk chocolate and some Galaxy chocolate.
-Get some scones (the little cake like things with the raisins or currents in them) as they are a great English tradition.
-Some pork pies and some cheese would go down well if you can get them home fast enough. If you can get Cheddar, nothing beats it.
-And to be modern get them a pack of pot-noodle. I do not know whether it can be found in any other country, but it has become a famous snack.

All these delicacies(pot-noodle does not count) can be found in every supermarket. But I suggest that you buy as much as you can from the markets, they are cheaper fresher and are less likely to come from far-far away.

CuriousJ

Yes Twiglets and Pork scratchings - but they are disgusting. How about Walkers Shortbread or mature cheddar cheese, clotted cream from Cornwall to have with scones and strawberry jam back home. Or proper Cumberland sausage (if you can export it). You could buy some oatcakes from Scotland or bring back a jar of Picalilli or pickled onions. Even a jar of Branston pickle. If you are down south go to a Waitrose supermarket and have a look around. They are a foodies dream and have great stuff.

Swyn J

Crisps in general - they're amazing
Chocolate - again, much better than any other country's! Ok, so I'm biased. But it's very nice.
Beans - must-have. That Branston's stuff in the US doesn't come close.
Bread - totally different to American or European bread because we put something else in it apparently.
Sausages - they're soooooo nice! None of that hotdog rubbish over here!
Pastries in general - sausage rolls, cornish pasty etc. Anything that looks very unhealthy covered in pastry.
Marmite - you love it or you hate it.
Cream crackers - they are so nice.
Cheese - to go on the cream crackers. We've got a wide variety of the stuff.
Fruit squashes - really nice and cheap. Robinsons is the best.
Oven chips - I couldn't even find any in America last time!
Yoghurt - proper yoghurt, with nice chunky fruity bits in.

That's all I can think of. This will be most beneficial if you're from the US, because that's all I have to compare with! That and France.

BugsBunny

GOOD QUESTION...Pork pies

markybartfast

cheddar cheese realy strong and from cheddar for preference!!
pickled eggs!
bath chaps,some kinda pig product.
bath olivers,some kinda bun.
everton mints.
melton mowbray pork pies,

Beastie

Cornish pasties, but don't get them from a supermarket because they don't do them properly
Bridies, Scottish but quite like a pasty.
You'll notice a Scottish theme from here....

Rowies. Northeast Scotland. Bread made with beef fat and once upon a time taken to sea by fishermen because it would keep fresh for ages. But you won't find that anywhere outside Aberdeenshire and the other counties in the Northeast.

Haggis. Just don't tell your mates whats in it. Let them taste it first. They'll like it. Until you tell them what's in it....

Tablet. Think fudge but not as sticky. TONS of sugar.
Scottish pancakes, also known as drop scones. Cooked on a gridle pan rather than in an oven.

Sorry, I know this might not be much help if you're not in Scotland.....

imicola

Depends where your friends are for. My American friends loved it when I brought them chocolate (Galaxy) because it is so different from American chocolate. Also cans of Irn Bru if you can get those.

bobthebrowser

jellied eels

thespoonmachine

Cadbury's chocolate is a must and you will find a wide varitey of bars in any supermarket. Scones and 'shortbread' biscuits are very nice and traditional and are light so wouldn't be too bad transporting back. Bourbon chocolate biscuits are also lovely and very inexpensive and light. Twiglets are good and can come in a sturdy tub that would be good for packing but i would say pork scratchings are definitely an acquired taste so I wouldn't recommend them. There will be a large selection of tea bags in any supermarket so why not get a selection? Twinings (drunk by the Queen) and Tetley tea are safe choices.

shell

dairy milk chocolate cheese and onion walkers crisps pot noodles heinz beans

Weatherman

Twiglets & Pork Scratchings

Helena

Don't forget the Smarties!

Also Marmite, and Twiglets (which taste like marmite).

cece0312usa

jaffa cakes and jelly babies. if they're not good friends then marmite! some of the unusual flavors of crisps. Aunty's spotted dick .

dean v

Scones lol, well i am sure that anything snacky in England probably already exsists from what country you are coming from, or you can buy some British tea biscuits from Asda i don't really know what they like.

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