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Hallo! What American novelties would Germans enjoy? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works to c/germany@feddit.de

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Ich besuche meine Familie nächste Woche, und ich will kleine Geschenke mitbringen.

I know American chocolate is inferior, but I assume it's still a novelty. Some kind of candies probably, too. What else? Many years ago they loved to get boxed breakfast cereal and paper napkins, which seems quaint now.

It's been years since I've seen them, and I'm sure everyone there can buy whatever they want on the Internet, but it will still be fun to bring something.

Any suggestions for an Ausländer?

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[–] Loki@feddit.de 4 points 6 months ago (9 children)

Do they like spicy things? If so, maybe bring some really spicy snack. I've been disappointed by everything from the snack aisle that says "hot" on it and I don't handle spice well at all. I suspect the US has much hotter snacks??

[–] viking@infosec.pub 4 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Go to Penny and look for Feuerdrachen (fire dragons). That's the real deal.

[–] Loki@feddit.de 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My limited research (finding a dedicated fan community on Reddit and reading the posts on there lol) leads me to believe I may not find the "real deal"... But I'll give it a shot anyway, thanks!

(Research because Rewe has something called Feuerdrachen and those suck :/)

[–] viking@infosec.pub 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Needs to be the Penny house brand, that's the only one with a decent level of spiciness. One of the rare few cases where someone knocked off a discount product.

[–] Loki@feddit.de 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I went to Penny just now and picked up a bag (the Bravo ones with the Penny logo on the back), but they must've changed the recipe. It's not really hot, tastes like the Rewe ones :/

Edit: I just checked, the Rewe Feuerdrachen and the Penny ones are the same, same ingredients, same manufacturer

[–] viking@infosec.pub 1 points 6 months ago

Hm, crap. That really sucks to hear, those were my favorites :-/

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