CANADIAN REACTS | Britain's Weirdest Snacks
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- A personal favourite: taste testing the strangest treats I can find at a corner shop! As a Canadian living in the UK, I LOVE taste testing new sweets and today we've got a great haul from a local corner shop and let's react!
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Hey! I'm Alanna - a twenty-something documenting my life as a Canadian living in England.
I share the ups and downs of an expat living abroad and what it's really like living in the UK. It's not always easy, but there's been so many wonderful experiences, too. I post a UA-cam video every Tuesday & Friday plus an additional video every Saturday on my Patreon account. I also livestream every Wednesday and Sunday at 5:30pm GMT on Twitch.
Alanna x
When I was a kid about 70 years ago the 'white sticks' actually had a red tip and were actually called 'candy cigarettes'. It was only after the anti-smoking campaign started that they stopped calling them this. We also were able to buy 'candy tobacco'. Long strings of coconut covered in cocoa powder and sugar.
I also remember the time when they were called candy cigarettes. Although I've never smoked, I do remember having them.
I'm not that old..but still remember both...But you understand why they have changed things like that. As it is my father died from smoking related conditions...he was just 47.
In the UK they were called sweet cigarettes and came in a pack that looked like a pack of 10 cigarettes, even had a 'cigarette card' inside. There was also chewing gum ones wrapped in a 'cigarette' paper. The good old days when PC was a copper and Health & Safety didn't exist. Just common sense.
@@Bodneyblue I must have the lucky gene, smoked for 40 years, gave up 15 years ago (too expensive, 40 a day) and now vape, even two Covid infections were very mild.
@@Bodneyblue I must have the lucky gene, smoked for 40 years, gave up 15 years ago (too expensive, 40 a day) and now vape, even two Covid infections were very mild.
If you look up “Badass” in the dictionary, they’ll be a picture of Alanna in her Skull T-shirt showing off her new ink, whilst chewing on a Camel Bollock at 10am!!!
Next week : Alanna gets fitted for a pair of Doc Martins.😂
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"There's liquid inside!" made me laugh out loud! Thank you for putting yourself through this for our benefit 😝
You are so welcome! 🙏🏻
Does anyone remember Jamboree Bags? Usually containing the most inedible sweets (e.g. flying saucers) and a plastic toy. Happy days!!🍬
I remember. Never liked the flying saucer.
Lucky Bags in my day! Big treat that was often a disappointment.
@@wilmaknickersfit yeah. Lucky bag, what a name. Bloody unlucky more like, some totally shite sweets and a crap toy. Yeah, well Lucky.
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Lucky for the manufacturers!!😄💰
@@johnboy2562 yeah, must have been since they still do um.
There used to be a brand of drink called Top Deck, which was a low alcohol mixer drink, Beer Shandy, Lager & Limeade, Cider Shandy, these were available to buy at corner stores, newsagents etc with a 2% alcohol content, it was marketed primarily to children 😁 And the cans even carried the Royal Warrant of Appointment of the Queen, like Twinings Tea or Cadburys.
That's a blast from the past! Thanks for reminding me of that. Cheers!
I forgot all about top deck , and I would not of remembered it if you did not say !!!!
I loved the cider shandy, miss these so much
@@EaterOfBaconSandwiches I believe they were 0.5% because they were sold as a soft drink to kids. However things may have been different back then (less strict regulations) so I wouldn't fully rule it out. I'm going to investigate this because I used to love them.
Shandy Bass was my `training beer`.
In Australia we used to have a lollie called ‘Fags’ which were the long white sweet with one end coloured red to simulate a lit cigarette. They were changed to’Fads’ and lost the red end colouring.
I remember eating camel balls when I was a kid, they were available at my local corner shop. Surprisingly nice!
Loads of memories there, I used to like Cider ice lollies from the ice cream van as a kid :)
Always appreciate your willingness to be" fair" and give each "product" tested a second shot to make sure that it is truly as disgusting as you thought it was the first time.
😂 Thank you!!
My favorite part is how thorough you are!
You almost always taste twice!
That is a sign of your professionalism and dedication!
The Sticky BBQ Ribs assessment is a classic of the genre!
Shandy on a hot day is a life-saver. Sit in a sunny pub beer garden and just relax. It's my favourite beverage.
When I was young (1960) they actually had a thing called "Candy Cigarettes". They were in a cigarette type packet and one end of the white stick was coloured red I guess to simulate the lit cigarette. This was in BC Canada. Cheers ~ulrich
Speaking of tooth destroying sweets, if you see a pack of rowntrees fruit gums, you should try them to try the traditional "my filling just came out" experience
They were nice though.
The Rowntree range became veggie a while ago, but I have avoided the fruit gums to protect my fillings. But when I was young they were my favourite - probably because they lasted longer!
@@wilmaknickersfit love fruit pastilles
Texan bars were better for that.
Lost for words! Just brilliant! Thanks
Those bobby's crisps are nice ,they do onion rings and all sorts well tasty. That sticks with tattoo blimey that takes me back!the Barr's drink used to be called shandy , didn't know it was now shamdyade , I like it had it for years ! Made me laugh you got two camel balls , I bet you gave the other one to your bloke and wound him up laughing your head off 🤣 Good vid 👍
See if you can hold of a Wham bar.. they were the very definition of chewy and you'll most certainly need the dentist afterwards 😆 x
That was like a bush tucker trial with Ant and Dec with the camel cobblers….
Alanna's authenticity is a big part of what keeps me coming back to this channel. And the humour too of course!
Don't forget the camel balls!
Thank you!!
@@AdventuresAndNaps You're welcome!
Those candy sticks that Canadian bairns pretended were cigarettes? When I was a wee laddie, many, many years ago in Scotland they were actually marketed as 'sweet cigarettes'! They even had one end dyed red for the full effect. It seemed perfectly normal at the time...
Edited just to say that I literally burst out laughing when you discovered the liquid in the camel bollock. Always worth watching an Adventures and Naps video right to the end- that's where the good tuff is!
You are so entertaining Alana, one of the few channels I watch all the way through ! Keep going 😁
Wow, thank you!
You are very young but, when I was a kid the candy sticks were actually called sweet cigarettes and had a red colour on the end to show it was lit. I bought them for the free picture cards inside, usually of footballers.
Those "candy sticks" were originally marketed as candy cigarettes for kids but, of course, they eventually put a stop to that!
They used to have one end coloured red to look like it was alight.
I also remember minty chewy sticks that were covered in paper printed to look _exactly_ like cigarettes with the brown filter on one end.
In my day those candy sticks were called Sweet Cigarettes and the end was coloured red. You could also get Sweet Tobacco, Chocolate Cigars and Liquorice Pipes.
Crazy!
Another great Video Alanna. I just have one teeny gripe. In the U.K. we only really say Cheers when we're down the pub ;)
My wife got a gift from a Canadian friend, it was soap-flavoured gum. That's right, soap-flavoured. Strangely, it wasn't bad.
Those sticky bbq rib snacks are f*****g epic!!
All that taste, for just a quid! 😋😋😋
Bobby's do some nice stuff. Salt and vinegar twists, and a lattice patterned, double sided puffed crisp (best way I can describe it sorry) that comes in Curry or BBQ flavour. They also used to fo a chocolate covered chew bar that kind of reminded me of Texan bars.
Yay, Alana! Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.
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7:10 that seamless edit when you noticed you had a traffic cone on your head. Too much Alcohol makes Allanahanahnahnabanana a burpy girl.
You should try the Malt beer/Malt drinks that are available. The sweet black drink that despite the name is alcohol free, that you usually can only get in corner shops or minimarts. Usually they are in little bottles, but sometimes also in cans. And Malt Loaf, Soreen or another brand. That's a taste experience. Quite nice sliced with butter, and alarmingly cheap for the calorie content.
The candy sticks I too remember pretending they were cigarettes. Some brands were even called candy cigarettes when I was a kid.
Haha brilliant Alanna, the facial expressions say it all. I remember the video with the scampi and lemon Nik Naks and how much you liked them despite the smell from the packet being like "a dirty fish shop"! I've been a follower of your channel ever since...
The Knik-Knax... What a call back!
I remember 'Lucky Bags' back in the 50s and 60s, They were full of stuff like that - plus a toy! - The toy was usually rubbish, but once I got a pack of miniature playing cards. Me and my mates played card games with them for several years, in our dinner time breaks at school.
Barr Lemonade Shandy is great, best chilled before drinking though
You make me laugh out loud sometimes. Wonderful vid as always.
Yay, thank you!
Drinking shandy eating nik naks, and enjoying it you’ve been here too long. you used to be able to get canned shandy (shandy bass) with a the smallest alcohol content possible but as kids you felt so cool!!
Great video, but the blue raz roll...closer to a fruit by the foot and not a fruit roll up. Roll ups were like a rolled up paper looking thing made of fruit puree with shapes kinda cut into it. God...why do I remember this, lol.
Love the video. There's nothing I love more than when a content creator shows their appreciation to their audience, and as a viewer it makes me feel so happy to feel valued just for watching your videos.
Thank you so much!!
Used to love sweet cigarettes and also coconut tobacco
Hey Alanna,
I drank a lot of shandyade as a kid a few decades ago. I think it was the fact it made me feel grown up and felt like drinking beer! lol
Hopefully you got to taste a wham bar? They were big in my secondary school in the 80's! Yes old fart I am!! 😁
The candy sticks I ate as a kid were rolled up chocolate.
Oh my..... There's only one thing I can say after seeing you wade through this minefield of strong savoury seasonings, sugar dripping rainbow coloured "sweets" (that are actually sour) and transfer tattoos: I'm going to give this video 100 out of 50 overloaded digestive tracts!
RIP Alanna's insides - forgotten but not gone....
Barr makes not only Shandyade, but also your "favorite" Scottish drink Irn-Bru
I think Nik Naks are a bit like Marmite, even within their own flavours. You either love them or hate them. I love those Rib 'n' Saucy ones. I have eaten far too many over the years. Scampi and Lemon on the other hand, is like they just put a used nappy in the bag and said, 'That'll do'. ;)
2:45 We used to have a genuine cigarette lookalike that even had a pink colour on the end to simulate being lit ! Busybodies put paid to those. I also seem to recall a chocolate cigarette that had paper wrapped around it like a 'roll up'. God the Seventies were fun.
Just I’d like to say we had those sweets in the late 50s when I was a young lad so there’s nothing new I thought they had gone out of business by now but obviously not
I remember the chocolate ciggies in the 90s. 5 year old me felt like such a badass in my tiny dungarees, sunglasses, nibbling on a choccy cig
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The chocolate ones came in a paper packet, just like a real cigarette packet
Bobby selections are lovely.
Blast from the past! Remember most of these from my childhood. As a youngster I lived for millions! And had almost a twenty a day candy cigarette habit. Being diabetic (can't think why!) nowadays those days are behind me. And your views on Nik Naks pretty much align with mine, keep up the good work, by putting yourself through this sort of thing and taking one for the team the entertainment you provides a much needed lift in today's jolly old world, many thanks.
Whatever happened to dolly mixtures? I know, I know, too old fashioned. Oh yeah, they also used to make "sweet cigarettes" .
The Nik Naks vid took me back to, a great snack!
Surprised you didn't go for the 2nd camel's ball, what could go wrong?!
Thanks Alanna!
😂 Thanks so much for watching!!
Rib 'n Saucy is definitely the best flavour of Nik-Naks, though the Scampi & Lemon comes a close second for me.
When I was a kid those candy sticks were actually called candy cigarettes and came in little replica cigarette boxes. Get em started early!
I remember that too. Really strange marketing that wouldn't happen these days but they were nice. I tried some a few years back and they tasted terrible.
@@Elwaves2925 do you remember that they were even wrapped in paper like a cigarette?!
@@FightingCoward Yep. King's was the brand name on the packet. There was another with a horseshoe on but I can't remember the name on them.
I love the Barr Shandyade and drink it quite often
Not laughed so much for ages! Thanks Allana.
You’re welcome 😊
I remember those early videos! Always remember loving that there was an N64 under the TV (weird thing to remember I know 😂) so glad you’re still making videos
WHEN I WAS A LAD.
The shandy actually said made with real BEER on it. Loved it.
They also did Larger & Lime.
Our candy Cigarettes had FILTERS AND A RED EMBER.
I'm quite new to your channel Alanna and I love it. Gotta say, if someone said 'what are you watching' I'd be a bit sheepish about admitting that I'm watching someone eating cheap, crappy sweets to see how appalled she can be...yet, here I am.
It must be down to the presenter 😁
Apologies if you have already featured any of these on your videos already, but I for 1 would love to see your reaction to a few of our other wierd, though perhaps slightly more well known snacks- Dandelion and Burdock flavoured drink, Rhubarb and Custard or Blackcurrant and Liquorice flavoured boiled hard candies, Sherbert Fountains/ Lemons, Catherine Wheels...
If you go back to the same corner store see if they have Bobby's Onion Rings. Hands down the best Onion Ring crisps in the UK and almost no one outside random corner shops sells them.
The knick knacks are hardly weird you can buy them in Tesco's and ASDA and Sainsbury's, in fact just about everywhere they are and mainstream snack if there is such a thing, the waste candy sticks used to be sold as sweet cigarettes and with marketed towards children as such, the best shandy in a can comes from Bass breweries, it comes from 50s and 60s English culture where children always wanted to try adult things so a whole generation grew up on imitation cigarettes and booze such as shandy and ginger beer
Our gang of lads (only 4 of us ) aged about 8 used to buy the sweet cigarettes back in the Sixties and I'm sure other kids would be doing the same, where to properly look like we were smoking, we would light the end of the sweet cigarettes and you would get a molten glob of boiling hot burnt sugar at the end of the fake cigarette, which , when cool tasted absolutely delicious, but if eaten to soon, you ended up with really nasty burnt lips ! Happy days.
I loved this video and I look forward to it being finished on patreon. Corner shops can be so weird but it’s sad they’re dying out. I hope you have a great week, thank you for the video
we had a school blazer as part of the uniform, and we used to put salted peanuts (from the school vending machine) it the inside pocket to eat in class!! we'd even ask to go to the loo (bathroom to you lol) to get more!
Where did the node 'stud' go to btw?
I bloody love a shandyade! Goes perfectly with fish and chips 😂
I actually once used those candy sticks as prop cigarettes in a school drama lesson 😆
Also, don't know if they still exist, but we used to have Fruit Winders. They had a cartoon strip on the paper, so you'd have to eat the sweet to read the comic. I think there were double flavour ones too (2 half width strips on the same roll).
Still going. My daughter gets them occasionally. (She's 11).
Cheers, lovely Alanna! I have been following you since 2020 and I have learned so much from you and had a really nice “and delicious - with your “eat&drink this” rubric” time! I forgot how I came across your videos but I have never regretted it! Keep it up to 500 000 subscribers! 💖💖💖
It's a sign... Time for a real tattoo!
Love the random stuff you can get at corner shops. Apart from Nik Naks (yum) & the candy sticks (which I obviously pretended to smoke lol) I haven't tried or seen any of these. Might have to hunt down some Bobby's crisps.
Camel balls... WTF! How is that a thing! 😂
Can't wait for part 2! 😄
Thanks so much Gem!!
I can`t believe that I have been watching you for so long!! Was not at the very beginning, but not far off..... You just keep getting better and better.... Long may you be here :-))))) xxxxx
Hi Alanna, that was so funny , Camel Balls 😅 I remember watching that early video when you tried Scampi & Lemon Nik Naks btw. Those white candy sticks , used to be "candy cigarettes" with a red tip ,flip top box and a small card of a cartoon character (real cigarettes often came with a card featuring wildlife or vintage cars etc).
Bass Shandy is the nicest 👍
Thanks so much for watching!!
The mess under that seat of yours :D Well worth another friendly and slightly hoovering comment to help ;)
I love me some shandy. And shandyade DOES have a little beer in it!
You've been here long enough to know that there's nothing weird about any of those snacks 🤣🤣🤣
I watch your channel because it is such a stress reliever. Just chill and pretend I’m eating weird British snacks
When I moved from Scotland to England in the 80s, Barr's drinks were just not a thing down here.
It took years before I could get Irn Bru.
Irn Bru = the liquid that most English people wouldn't clean their drains with. Vile stuff!
Barrs - Go for Dandelion & Burdock drink for the win!
Also Nik-Naks are super great! :-) Enjoy
Great video as always Alanna. 🙂
Thank you! 😃
I've been watching from the beginning and re-watch that scampi Nik-nak video regularly. funniest thing ever. Bar shandyade is the best and I have it often after a hot long day. super refreshing drink.
Rib n Saucy Nik Naks are one of my favourite snacks too. I miss the UK so much and you aren't helping.
You put the dabbity on! Sheer class. Thanks for the laugh.
I recall you used to be able to buy packs of the little tattoos when I was a kid...such when you were young....Now a middle aged adult...I do happen to have a single tattoo which I got in and to remind me of my more youthful days...hahaha!...Thing is I don't wear t-shirts to show it off like most who have tattoos..as I got it for me..not for everyone else. So it stays covered..(Top of left arm).
Aww, Alanna you were "having a moment".
Bless you. I bet so many memories came flooding back. And just look at how far you have come. 😀
Keep up the good work. Loving the entertaining videos. 😂
Thanks so much for watching!!
I always enjoyed a nice bubblegum cigar when I was a kid. It was cigar shaped bubblegum jsyk. Our local grocery used to have them. You can find them on Amazon and some candy shops have them.
I remember the Nik Naks and let me tell you, that video was so funny and original that I almost cried...😂
Thank you so much for making me smile and laugh. My life is so... hard. Much love, Alanna.
Sorry to hear that but thank you so much for watching!
@@AdventuresAndNaps You are so welcome.
That was a fun video. When I was young a long long time ago, the candy sticks had red end so it looked like the cigarette was alight. We also had sweet tobacco, shreds of coconut covered in a brown sugary coating to make it look like rolling tobacco.
Great video. Any video with camel balls in has to be a winner. I'm amazed it wasn't on the thumbnail :)
Great haul, well tested.
And a free tattoo for life!
Hi Alanna, tat's and balls. Nice !!!! Have a great week. 🤘🤘🐫🐫🐫🐪🐪
Loved seeing the various treats/snacks. BTW when I was a kid the candy sticks were actually called Popeye Candy Cigarettes
Thanks so much! I remember Popeye sticks being a thing in Ontario, too!
Don't you just love our girl, tries something weird...pulls the same face you pull when you find something unspeakable on the sole of your shoe, then takes another bite! 🤣 Alanna now knows what 'indelible' means in relation to stick on tatts..arrggghh...they won't wash off! 🤣🤣🤣🤣...I sooo look forwards to these posts. 🥰
OMG, and I didn’t think A+N taste tests could get any better 😂🤣
Thank you!!
This was a lot of fun as usual!
Thanks so much!!
Hi Alana,
Thanks for another entertaining video. The blue raspberry rip roll reminds me of a candy I had when I was a kid called Fruit by the Foot. But if I remember correctly, I think it came in a plastic tape dispenser so it wouldn’t accidentally unroll into a big mess. I also ate Fruit Roll Ups as well. They unrolled into a sheet with perforated shapes like stars on it, that you would pull out from the sheet and eat, then you would be left with a stencil that you could use to draw shapes with, or just eat it. I always just ate it and I didn’t know anyone who actually used it as a stencil even though it was advertised on tv for that use.
Oh lordy I need to try camel balls.
A sentence I never imagined ever saying 😃
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Alana,s face pulling when trying some of the items like or dislike can be quite funny 😆
lmao @ the bbq thing... never saw them, will look for them :P
that blue type of carry bag, just screams cornershop.
Speaking of vintage A+N I remember the one with the Moose Juice, now you've moved up to camel ball liquid. God bless Alanna's taste tests 😁
I luv all Nik Naks, but my fave has to be nice n spicy. With the Bobbys crisps, I usually luv anything bbq flavour, but those sticky bbq ones I am not a big fan of. The bbq mix ones Bobbys do which have different type of shapes in them are amazing though. Also luv the Bobbys prawn cocktail twists.
Was I the only one that used to try to eat the fruit roll type things without using my hands?
Pretty sure it's the childhood equivalent of trying to peel an egg in one piece 🥚
Oh my god 😂
We used to get a shandy drink called Shandy Bass as kids. I was surprised on my last visit that Shandy was still for sale at the local Chip Shop. I had to get one of course. I also tried the bitter shandy version but didn't enjoy that one at all.
Bass Shandy? That's rolling back the years Thess days in the Pub I drink either Lager Shandy or Bitter Shandy Both do look like real Pints with a head on them. My other Tipple is Mild never heard of that being a shandy .When I visited Ireland The bar staff had never heard of "Mild" But were Ok with Shandy 😕
Barrs most famous big selling Soft drinks both do not have the Barrs Tradename and Alanna ? I think you'll enjoy both
They are Tizer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tizer (ex North west England recipe 1924 )
And the legendary Iron-Bru ex 1901 (Motto Made in Scotland from Girders) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irn-Bru
I remember thinking in that video that I was sad for you that you tried the other two flavours but didn't try the rib n saucy cos you thought it wouldn't taste good. It's the best flavour and so I am glad that you finally got around to trying it!