Strange Candies and Sweets

When Americans eat gummy bears – we assume that the bear is not an ingredient. Not so with, Percy Pigs in Great Britain – the candy has a smiling pig face and pork gelatin in the candy.

Americans like things sweeter than some other countries. Like beans in Asian sweets. Flowers are used in Madrid, and chili powder in Mexico. Japan has available the Kit Kat bar in flavors like melon, green tea and grilled corn. Scandinavia inserts a morsel of salmiakki (salt licorce) into a champagne truffle.

Some chocolatiers in the U.S. have been adding insects, larvae and scorpions. Americans are enjoying darker chocolate as opposed to regular milk chocolate but most do not indulge in the wilder or strange sweets.