# Candy from Australia **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 2, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-from-australia/620597 "2012-05-02T02:14:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-from-australia/620597/1 "2012-05-02T02:14:48Z")
On the Dope, several years ago, we did a “candy exchange” and I got some candy from an Australian poster. I really loved all three items, and I’ve only found them one place here in the States, although they’re probably elsewhere, and I haven’t seen them. Does anyone know where to find Jaffas, Violet Crumble, and the Cherry Ripe bar, in the northeast part of Kansas? Failing that, can they be ordered online in packages smaller than those marketed to wholesalers? I’m also going into withdrawal now that Easter is past and my Cadbury eggs are all gone. I went to their website and found mention of Cadbury egg flavors(one with orange fondant!) that are sold in Australia or New Zealand, but not in the US. Makes me want to book a ticket to Down Under. And I wouldn’t mind a general talk about differences in candies between different countries. ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-from-australia/620597/2 "2012-05-02T03:11:08Z")
We call them chocolates and lollies not candies! ebay is probably best bet I would think… Tim Tams although a biscuit are pretty good as well. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-from-australia/620597/3 "2012-05-02T05:05:47Z")
[Whittakers Peanut Slab, K-Bars, Sante bars, Blocks](http://www.whittakers.co.nz/?gclid=CLXR_v3n4K8CFUZNpgodM3eJhA#/products/), all of it. Better (IMHO) than Cadburys, except they don’t do creme eggs. But then, Cadburys doesn’t do a Peppermint Dark Ghana bar so, swings and roundabouts. Get yourself some pinapple lumps if you can. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-from-australia/620597/4 "2012-05-02T06:13:46Z")
> [@sisu](#): > > We call them chocolates and lollies not candies! > > ebay is probably best bet I would think… > > Tim Tams although a biscuit are pretty good as well. Americans call biscuits cookies. What they call biscuits are more like what we call scones. ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-from-australia/620597/5 "2012-05-02T06:27:01Z")
> [@Shakester](#): > > Americans call biscuits cookies. What they call biscuits are more like what we call scones. When I was a kid I heard people asking for “biscuits and gravy” in a movie, I just couldn’t get my head around it at the time! ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-from-australia/620597/6 "2012-05-02T07:16:34Z")
Try Vermont Country Store catalog. Pretty sure I’ve seen Violet Crumble in there. Joe ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-from-australia/620597/7 "2012-05-02T07:36:08Z")
This won’t help any US dopers (including the OP, sorry!), but if you are in the UK, there is a site that sells stuff from South Africa, Australia and New Zealand: > **[South African, New Zealand and Australian Shop](https://www.sanza.co.uk/)** > > SANZA are your one stop food shop that bring Australian, New Zealand, South African foods to ex pats across London and the UK. I recently had a care package of Pinky bars delivered from an NZ friend. They were goooooood! > **[Cadbury Pinky Bar | Chocolate from New Zealand](https://www.sanza.co.uk/Cadbury_Pinky_Bar.asp)** > > Buy Cadbury Pinky Bar 40g now for only £1.75. Cadbury Pinky Bar has a soft pink marshmallow centre that is topped with caramel and covered in Cadbury Diary Milk chocolate. The Cadbury Pinky Bar contains 50% less fat and so is a perfect indulgence... ---
**Author:** ![Imasquare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Imasquare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imasquare)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-from-australia/620597/8 "2012-05-02T11:00:14Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > On the Dope, several years ago, we did a “candy exchange” and I got some candy from an Australian poster. > > I really loved all three items, and I’ve only found them one place here in the States, although they’re probably elsewhere, and I haven’t seen them. > > Does anyone know where to find Jaffas, Violet Crumble, and the Cherry Ripe bar, in the northeast part of Kansas? Failing that, can they be ordered online in packages smaller than those marketed to wholesalers? > > I’m also going into withdrawal now that Easter is past and my Cadbury eggs are all gone. I went to their website and found mention of Cadbury egg flavors(one with orange fondant!) that are sold in Australia or New Zealand, but not in the US. Makes me want to book a ticket to Down Under. > > And I wouldn’t mind a general talk about differences in candies between different countries. If you tell me what you want I will buy it and post it to you. You can pay for it through my PayPal account. Of course you will need to have a bit of blind trust - _I_ know I’m honest but you don’t. I know an interesting and slightly disgusting bit of trivia about Cherry Ripe bars: In the 1970s my step dad worked in the factory where they were made. He said that if glazed cherries were in short supply they would use colored turnip instead. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-from-australia/620597/9 "2012-05-02T11:16:06Z")
> [@Imasquare](#): > > If you tell me what you want I will buy it and post it to you. You can pay for it through my PayPal account. > > Of course you will need to have a bit of blind trust - _I_ know I’m honest but you don’t. > > I know an interesting and slightly disgusting bit of trivia about Cherry Ripe bars: In the 1970s my step dad worked in the factory where they were made. He said that if glazed cherries were in short supply they would use colored turnip instead. Mmm, turnipy. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-from-australia/620597/10 "2012-05-02T11:35:30Z")
> [@Shakester](#): > > Americans call biscuits cookies. Actually, Brits call cookies biscuits. Insane, I know, but hey. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-from-australia/620597/11 "2012-05-02T11:41:00Z")
The best Jaffas are from New Zealand, not Australia. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-from-australia/620597/12 "2012-05-02T11:57:23Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Does anyone know where to find Jaffas, Violet Crumble, and the Cherry Ripe bar, in the northeast part of Kansas? Failing that, can they be ordered online in packages smaller than those marketed to wholesalers? Violet Crumble is just chocolate and honeycomb, so I’m surprised if you can’t find it in the US under a different name or just as a generic candy, just like those little blocks of liquorice. Jaffas are chocolate in an orange-flavoured candy shell, sort of like an M&M with different flavouring. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-from-australia/620597/13 "2012-05-02T12:17:26Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > Violet Crumble is just chocolate and honeycomb, so I’m surprised if you can’t find it in the US under a different name Cadbury’s [Crunchie](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crunchie), maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-from-australia/620597/14 "2012-05-02T12:18:25Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > Violet Crumble is just chocolate and honeycomb, so I’m surprised if you can’t find it in the US under a different name or just as a generic candy, Based on what it says on [wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeycomb_toffee), it’s only sold in a few states as a specialty item, and it’s probably not exactly the same. The link contains the names it’s sold under, which might help you locate it, **Baker**. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-from-australia/620597/15 "2012-05-02T13:06:37Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Actually, Brits call cookies biscuits. Insane, I know, but hey. Actually, Australians and New Zealanders aren’t “Brits” any more than Americans are. (And membership of the Commonwealth of Nations does not equal “British”.) ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-from-australia/620597/16 "2012-05-02T13:21:01Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > The best Jaffas are from New Zealand, not Australia. 😛 Although not JAFAs, it must be said! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-from-australia/620597/17 "2012-05-02T14:07:16Z")
> [@Shakester](#): > > Actually, Australians and New Zealanders aren’t “Brits” any more than Americans are. (And membership of the Commonwealth of Nations does not equal “British”.) Sorry, just havin fun on ya.😉 ---
**Author:** ![jkirkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@jkirkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jkirkman)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-from-australia/620597/18 "2012-05-02T16:28:58Z")
Take at look at Simply Australian: > **[Australian Candy & Food Store USA: Tim Tams, Vegemite, Violet Crumbles...](https://www.simplyoz.com/)** > > Simply Australian imports Australian Food & Candy to the United States, including authentic Tim Tam, Violet Crumble, Cherry Ripe and Vegemite! To buy Australian food online, visit SimpyOz.com or call 1-800-447-1187 today! They carry the items you mentioned. (Note: I am not affiliated with this site in any way. I do order from them a few times a year, though.) ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-from-australia/620597/19 "2012-05-02T17:01:55Z")
I once saw a movie called “Candy From Australia,” but I can’t look it up while I’m at work. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-from-australia/620597/20 "2012-05-02T17:04:52Z")
**jkirkman** , I looked at that Simply Oz site and they do have all that stuff. What I find interesting is that it’s based in Cinncinatti, Ohio. Remember in the OP I said I’d found one place that had the candy? It’s in Fairfield, Ohio, kind of part of Cincinnatti. The store is Jungle Jim’s International Market, simply the best food place I ever shopped in! And I’d planned on visiting Ohio, and Jungle Jim’s, in August. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-from-australia/620597.md?page=2)