SCOTTISH SNACKS: presented by a Scotsman! Sweets, candy, biscuits and more.
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- Опубліковано 5 лип 2024
- What better way to learn about Scottish snacks and confectionery than from a Scotsman! Plenty of sugar, chocolate, coconut and crumbs. Items include Tunnocks Tea Cake, Tunnocks snowball, Tunnocks caramel wafer, fudge, tablet, macaroon, butterscotch, millionaire's shortbread, rock and Edinburgh Rock, Scottish shortbread, oatcakes and that unmentionable item!
No matter where youre from in the UK, I think we can all agree that Tunnocks makes incredible cakes/biscuits
Walker shortbreads are one of the most delicious. Thanks for a tour of another kind Scot.
Tunnock's Caramel Wafers are the best. They allow some to escape over Hadrian's wall ..... thank goodness.
Loved the well presented round up.
I think savoury must be next.
You can show how the haggis are now farmed commercially being fed only on Oat cakes.
I'm obsessed with Scottish sweets. My moms from Glasgow and when I was young and she'd fly back there (we're in the states) she'd come back with a suitcase full of sweeties. I've been to Scotland a handful of times and always look forward to the food..mainly fish suppers and the sweets! A few of my favs: Sour (soor) Plooms, Wispas, Caramel Wafers, Jelly Tots. I make my own tablet and sell it in my Etsy shop. I've gotten quite a number of 5 star reviews from Scottish people who live here in the states. Love your video!
RAF pilots are said to take Tunnock's caramel wafers when they fly, because they are dense and provide condensed energy and can be carried in zip pockets on flying suits. They are excellent at any time. 'MIllionaire's shortbread' - the shortbread with caramel and chocolate topping - always disappears fast if put on plates at group meeting tea and coffee breaks - lovely stuff. Didn't know they are an Australian development of shortbread. Thanks very much for this demonstration and review.
I`ve had caramel shortcake since i was a wee boy ( 70 yrs old now ) and i remember getting it at school dinners smothered in custard Scott.
Ha, ha. I remember as a teenager, having a "Snowball fight" with others in the youth club. What a mess, coconut 🥥everywhere
Awesome to see treats from your part of the world. Thanks for posting this.
Had caramel shortcake in school in the 60s
That was fun
I've actually seen Walkers shortbread biscuits here in Australia sold in supermarkets, both in the tin and in packet form, and I'm sorry to say, I'm addicted to them, they're absolutely scrumptious.
Thoroughly enjoyed this exploration of Scottish confectioneries. To the deep-fried Mars bar, just say NO!
Disclaimer: 'No green vegetables were harmed while making this video.' Cheers!
Where I went to Uni in Wales, I had a deep fried Bounty, it was lovely.
Love Edinburgh Rock it’s delicious
So look what you made me do...buy Tunnocks Snowballs 4/$3...thats all they had at my local British section grocer. They are delish...love your videos especially the food ones Scott....
I love Edinburgh Rock
An absolutely delicious video. Thanks for sharing.
Lee’s macaroon bars 😋 Yum!
Your vlog stirred up some memories my mum loved Callard and Bowser toffee. Callard and Bowser formerly marketed a popular line of English toffees, which was discontinued between 2001 and 2003.
The company was founded by two Scottish brothers, Richard Callard and John Bowser, in 1779 in Maryhill, Glasgow during the Scottish Enlightenment period. Also keiller dundee butterscotch. I love Border biscuits
The sweets/food of my youth. Explains the bad teeth. Add in pie with baked beans on top. Memories of mum making tablet. Brother putting fingers in the molten mess. Happy times
Tunnocks Caramel Logs are amazing. Better than their wafer (😲)
Got to agree, Carmel Logs are the boys! Supreme biscuit of Scotland!
Different snacks awesome video a lot of fun have great week
Now I love sweets however I am am also a diabetic so my mouth is watering and I am so glad this was a video and I can't actually go try the sweets. Lol i guess I will have to be happy you were the one eating and getting a sugar high.
12:15 you're welcome. We call those caramel slices and it was a very popular dessert dish that was homemade for gatherings especially during the 1980's. I guess I can thank you for the deep fried mars bars which are readily available with a piece of shark and chips. 😂
This video is making me hungry
Highland toffee - can you still get that there? Used to eat it as a kid
The Tea Cake are what we call Mellowpuffs here in NZ
Ahh Tunnock's my second favourite Scottish export after single malt whisky
We gave the Aussies AC/DC and they gave us Millionaire shortbread.
Homemade is the best tablet
My mum made homemade tablet
Easy to say but not so easy to do, making tablet is very difficult indeed and doesn't take much for it to turn out as something very different in texture
As someone who was totally against deep frying mars bars. It turns out they are delicious.
Love Tablet but can literally have one bite in a day before feeling like shite 😂
I think you should take a trip to the oldest Sweet shop in Scotland located in Kirriemuir!
Oooo haven't had tablet in years. Or a caramel wafer. Rolling on the floor laughing at "please don't do it" about the deep fried Mars bar. I mean, I've never tried one. Don't want to either. Oh I do miss the Irn Bru bars. The original ones. Not the new ones.
I have just eaten my first ever whole Tunnock’s Tea Cake. Not to shabby.
Grew up in Glasgow and never heard a Tunnocks Tea Cake described as that. Just called it a chocolate marshmallow
Looks like you are enjoying this video 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
It was hard work, but someone had to do it!
tablet reminds me of kendall mint cake
What you called “Tablet” looks similar to Kendal Mint Cake, except not mint flavoured
I agree with you deep fried Mars bars are they real
Yuuuk
Love Tunnocks wafers, millionaire (and all shortbreads) and tablet. I feel a sugar surge coming on! But no soor plooms made the list? :(
So good. I agree with all your reviews except Caramel. I had read on my research but maybe yours is a different source that butterscotch did come from Scotland. It was used as a dessert because all that was available at the time was butter and sugar. Someone mixed the two with some milk but mostly water and voila came this lovely candy that could last in your mouth a very long time. Tunnock's is the best at everything. Nothing like it. It is a treat from my husband that usually comes at Christmas but everything by that company is just awesome. Thank you for your sweetie information. Oh the little teacakes are lovely at a womens tea but not as good as Red raspberry scones filled with cream.
I so agree with over the awful deep fried mars bars. Never tried them, the thought of them was enough to never want to purchase them.
You-ve never tried them, but are sure they're awful? Incomprehensible thought process.
Love Edinburgh rock
Ahh a snowball, yummy but Lees are better. I have my great unclr Harrys tablet recipie, OMG its amazing, i love tablet. Again Lees macaroon ia the best.
Where was the wondwrful Pinnapple tart, very Scottish and yummy, you can get in any M&S.
What a lovely Video. I,ve bin in Scotland Most beautifull Country. Eat the Hannocks teacake, didn,t know they have a snowball to. Gone find It on Internet. Hope you are well After all Those Sweets. Forgot the name but I gone Look also for the chocolatbar with al those seeds on It.
Not so much the Sweet Type I Love Haggish to, but only When I am in Scotland. Thank you so much for showing us.
When you're in Scotland, mind that it is caramel everywhere. And avoid to eat fried mars bars!
Its only half a snowball... so IS it a snowball... *quizzical look* ♥
thank you, Scot - hope no tummy ache developed while filming this video🤣😂🤣
Tunnocks snownballs made famous by one 30 second TV clip on a Scottish tv classic.....
Nice channel, like YT used to be.
Thank God. When I read 'Scottish snacks' I thought you were going to show us a video of people actually eating haggis ...
In my native Flemish those Scottish tea cakes are called 'melocakes' (melo not from melodrama but phonetically 'mellow'). Due to their similarity to a certain part of the female anatomy, more specifically from ladies with a darkish skin colour, they are also called something else, which I won't mention here as it would be very politically incorrect to do so. But thanks for the video. As far as I'm concerned, you have just added one more, be it rather unexpected reason to visit Scotland. :-))
Thanks for the comment. My innocent mind was working overtime with your description :-)
We all know the "real' reason you made the video...nudge, nudge. LOL Thanks again.
Have you ever had a Moonpie?
what year is the thumbnail from lol look at those prices🤩🤩🤩
Sorry to disappoint you but the Tunnocks Tea cake and Snowball aren't typical Scottish sweets. I've eaten them in the 1950's in Germany and while visiting relatives there in 2020 I bought a box containing 45 of those babies.
Oat cakes are also from Staffordshire
Where are the Empire Biscuits.
What happened to the tunnocks caramel log.......,mentioned the rest of Tunnocks treats but not the log.
Interesting about fudge. Regarding UK or USA fudge. I had an American friend and we both loved fudge but neither of us liked the fudge from the other country. Fudge is sweet but American fudge is very very sweet and I don't like it for that reason. By comparison fudge in the UK is less sweet but has more fat content which is probably the reason my American friend didn't like it.
Regarding Mars bars. This year Germany refused to buy Mars bars because they wanted to increase the price in Germany from €1.60 to €2.40 and the German government refused so consequently Mars withdrew all their products. Some German shops still have Mars products because they can get them from other EU countries. The reason I mention the Mars bar because your wrapper proudly announces the price as 60p! A million miles away from what we have!
I meant a Moon Pie from the Chattanooga Bakery, Inc?
Unfortunately not. I checked on Google, and for some reason Moon Pie looked familiar. I might have to venture into Glasgow one day. There's an American candy shop, so might look around. That's where I usually buy my root beer!
While on matters Australian, your Tunnocks tea cakes look a lot like our chocolate royals.
deep fried mars bars are brilliant, but not with chips
Am I right in thinking Tablet has the same kind of texture as mint cake.
A deep fried mars bars is one of the tastiest things you’ll ever eat!
Tablet is the dog’s bollocks
Great video, but I got a touch of heartburn watching it. Just kidding.
How's your blood sugar level?
Any excuse to buy calorific tasty stuff ;)
Scott, you should have went to a traditional sweet shop for proper sweets, not your local Lidl.
Ach come on, youd have a banana fritter so why not mars bar? Actually quite nice but i wouldn't manage a while one...
Ma! Scotia snacks, mi domando perche? Possibly beacos snacks are basis o scottisch cuisine
Basically all the snacks you showed are not Scottish at all, you could have got any of them pretty much anywhere in the world only by a different name! Either way keep eating and don't forget your next dentist check up!
Of course tartan and bagpipes aren't Scottish either, but we did invent the US Navy!
They are all without doubt lovely confectionary but the fact is that every single one of them is bad for you (the deep fried mars bar being simply off the scale in terms of unhealthiest of course) and it's little wonder that Scotland has the highest rate of coronary heart disease in the uk. Yes, in moderation of course a little of what you fancy does you good but I fear that far too many people are simply eating these things far too often to be good for them increasing their risk of type two diabetes, stroke and heart disease. Don't want to be the messenger of doom but there are far healthier options for "snacking" out there and Scotland's tradition of producing these things really could do with a fundamental change but I doubt that it ever will. I'm a former paramedic by the way but even I have been guilty of eating far too much sugar laden stuff like this in the past so I am not without blame either!
Can’t you not show whant you must try to eat when your whiseting scotland
Diabetes anyone?
Predictable response…
You should try Star Rock.
Well worth a trip up to Kirremuir
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_rock