8 American Snacks UK Shoppers Haven't Tried Yet
Not Every American Legend Wears a Logo You Already Know
Ask anyone to name an American snack and you'll get the same three answers: Reese's, Oreo, Skittles. Fair enough — they're brilliant. But after months of packing boxes and going live, we've noticed something scrolling through our full shop: some of the best stuff we sell barely gets a look in, simply because UK shoppers don't know to ask for it yet.
So consider this your cheat sheet. These are genuine American imports that deserve way more attention than they're getting — proper penny candy, cinema-counter classics and a couple of new twists that snuck onto our shelves without anyone making a fuss. If you'd rather let fate decide, our Mystery USA Boxes are basically built for exactly this kind of discovery.
Tootsie Rolls: The OG Penny Candy America Never Stopped Loving
Before Haribo, before Pick n Mix as we know it, American kids were unwrapping these little chocolatey chews from the corner store. Tootsie Rolls have been made since 1896, which makes them one of the oldest branded sweets still in production anywhere — and they taste completely unlike British chocolate. Dense, chewy, slow-melting, with a flavour that's somewhere between fudge and taffy. They're the sweet American grandparents handed out on Halloween decades before "trick or treat" was even a UK phrase.
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The Classics You've Been Scrolling Straight Past
These three have been quietly sitting near the counter the whole time. They're not flashy, they don't have TikTok virality, but they are exactly what a proper American candy drawer should contain.
Hershey's Kisses
Hershey's Kisses are arguably America's most recognisable chocolate shape — those little foil-wrapped teardrops have been a fixture of US sweet shops, stockings and wedding favours for over a century. This peg bag is proper sharing (or not sharing, we won't judge) size, and the chocolate itself has that distinctive tangy Hershey's milk flavour that UK chocolate just doesn't replicate.
Milk Duds
If you've ever watched an American film and spotted someone necking a little yellow box at the cinema, it was probably this. Milk Duds are chewy caramel centres dipped in milk chocolate — stickier and more stubborn than a Rolo, and all the better for it. This Big Box is a genuinely generous portion, so it's worth grabbing a couple while stock lasts.
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Butterfinger
Butterfinger is the bar that made peanut butter crunchy instead of smooth, and somehow that single idea built an entire fanbase. Crispety, crunchety, and coated in chocolate, it's got a flaky, brittle texture nothing on a UK shelf really matches. One bite and you'll understand why Americans go properly loyal over this one.
Kit Kat Just Got Weird (In the Best Way)
Everyone knows Kit Kat. Almost nobody in the UK has tried these two flavours, both proper American exclusives that never made it to a Walkers-adjacent shelf over here.
Kit Kat Churros
Crispy wafer, cinnamon-sugar churro creme, chocolate coating. It genuinely tastes like a fairground treat squeezed into a four-finger bar, and it's exactly the kind of flavour mash-up Americans do better than anyone.
Kit Kat Vanilla
Swapping the usual milk chocolate for a smooth, properly sweet vanilla creme, this one divides opinion — some say it's basically a posh white chocolate Kit Kat, others reckon it's the best version going. Only one way to settle it.
Snacks That Don't Fit in a Normal Category (That's the Whole Point)
A few of our favourites refuse to sit neatly in "chocolate" or "crisps." Here's why they still deserve a spot in your basket.
Zeffo Marshmallow Cakes with Cocoa
Soft, pillowy marshmallow under a dusting of cocoa — somewhere between a teacake and a campfire treat without the fire. These are the sort of snack you buy once out of curiosity and then quietly reorder forever.
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Coneys Wafer Milk Chocolate
Light, crisp wafer layers running through milk chocolate — think of it as the snack you'd reach for with a cup of tea if your tea break happened to be American. Properly moreish, and criminally underrated.
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Candy Pop M&M's Popcorn
Sweet-shop popcorn studded with mini M&M's — it's the snack mash-up a UK multiplex has genuinely never given you. Equal parts crunchy, sweet and chocolatey, and dangerously easy to finish in one sitting.
👉 Shop Candy Pop M&M's Popcorn now →
Can't Decide? Let a Mystery Box Choose For You
If reading all that has left you wanting to try a bit of everything, that's exactly what our Mystery USA Boxes are for. Every box is a changing, surprise mix of proper American candy, chocolate and chips — the easiest way to stumble onto your next favourite without having to pick.
Quick reasons these snacks earn a permanent spot on our shelves:
- ✅ Genuine US imports — not reformulated or UK-made versions
- ✅ Flavours you can't find in any UK supermarket or corner shop
- ✅ Proper nostalgia for anyone who's spent time watching American films and TV
- ✅ Small batches — once they're gone, the next haul might look completely different
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Shop the Snacks in This Post
- Tootsie Rolls Original 64g
- Hershey's Kisses Peg Bag
- Milk Duds Big Box
- Butterfinger Candy Chocolate Bar
- Kit Kat Churros
- Kit Kat Vanilla
- Zeffo Marshmallow Cakes with Cocoa
- Coneys Wafer Milk Chocolate
- Candy Pop M&M's Popcorn
Fancy digging through the rest of the shelf? Our full range is always changing, and there's always something new landing before most people even know to look for it. And if you want to see the boxes get packed and the mystery stock get picked live, our Whatnot lives are where the real hidden gems get snapped up first.
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