Come on America, it’s just [better] chocolate!
Oh I’ve heard it all now! America, you’re banning our far superior chocolate! Why, why, why?! Aren’t there other more concerning, more important, more fundamentally dangerous things being imported to the USA than a lovely, melty, creamy, velvety, delicious piece of chocolate?
I am cursing myself for not bringing back a suitcase load of the stuff when I returned from a UK visit this week. I reckon I’d be a millionaire by now. And if I was, I would have a room made of Cadbury chocolate that i could eat bit by bit, and I’d film myself eating it and people would pay hundreds of dollars just to nibble on my chocolate room.
There’s a petition to get the decision reversed, set up by Nicola Edwards from The Queen’s Grocer, who imports British foods for her USA store. You can sign it too, if you value your taste buds. Her business will be seriously affected with the ban in place, though you can still get your hands on her British bangers, which is good news.
So, what’s it all about? Hershey Co, the American chocolate giant have filed lawsuits against British importers LBB Imports LLC (Let’s Buy British), and Posh Nosh Imports accusing the companies of infringing multiple trademarks.
If, like me, one of your weaknesses comes in the shape of a Toffee Crisp, Maltesers, Yorkie, Cadbury, or Rolo your taste buds may soon be challenged. Most every British person I know will say that Hershey chocolate sucks big time. Including me.
Many Brits who live in America make sure they know where they can buy their comforts from home: decent tea, biscuits (cookies), sweets (candy) – and anything made in Britain by Cadbury. It’s that little slice of home that makes you feel, for a small moment, that you’re back home.
I love me some British Cadbury chocs – that’s just the way my taste buds roll. So, get signing the petition, folks, and let’s get these chocs back in our gobs, as us Brits would say!
Claire Bolden McGill is a British expat who lived in Maryland for three years and moved back to the UK in August 2015. Claire wrote about her life as a British expat on the East Coast and now works in travel and hospitality PR in the UK. She still finds time to blog about her repatriation and the reverse culture shock that ensued – and she still hasn’t finished that novel, but she’s working on it. You can contact Claire via twitter on @clairebmcgill or via her blog From America to England.