A kind and ambitious UK Santa has hinted to me of the Empire's great bounty, and just today I have received my first sample:

**JAMMIE DODGERS! I love this name. These cookies *are so jammie. But would I call them dodgy? No way, man - they are delicious in a very dependable way. (Oh I see now, they're named for an English comic strip character...)

Thanks so much, UK Santa!

(I will be adding to this page as the deliciousness continues...)

4.7.14 New arrivals! **JAFFA CAKES - soft, thin cake with orange jam and a layer of chocolate. Very delicious. Possibly in my top 20 sweets of all time. *FRY'S TURKISH DELIGHT - block of translucent pink gel all covered with chocolate. The gel tastes very lightly of... rose is it? A pleasant surprise that has turned my usual dislike of flowery sweets on its head. *PRAWN COCKTAIL CRISPS - Like a Salt & Vinegar flavor, but with a deeper complexity of tomato, combining to be almost Thai in flavor palette. Exactly my kind of chip (I mean crisp!)

**TOFFEE CRISP - Chocolate bar with caramel (toffee) and rice. For Americans, essentially a Little Debbie Star Crunch in tubular form - both have that unique chewy texture with the right amount of rice crisp. Really, really excellent.

4.8.14 **JELLY BABIES - I really enjoyed these. Like a well-behaved version of Sour Patch Kids: natural flavors instead of piercing sour, soft powder covering instead of gritty, and a soft jelly center. *MAYNARDS WINE GUMS - I've heard tell of such candies on various British TV shows, and finally I get to try them myself! Like giant JuJuBes perhaps. Pleasant and nostalgic. **CADBURY FLAKE BAR - An absolute classic. Growing up near Canada, I had access to Flake bars as a child, and they have always been an exotic favorite. It's been too long! That unique texture.

4.11.12 ***KINDER SCHOKOLADE - A Deutsche injection into the wave of British sweets. The package came while I was considering a trip to Germany in the next few months: confirmation and encouragement to start practicing German and get myself over to the Black Forest...

Thank you, UK Santa, for this full-on UK snacks experience! An undeniable success!!