tinkrbel Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Looking for ideas on yummy holiday flavored/ themed things to send my UK friend in a care package. What's a shelf stable snack seasonal or otherwise that's delicious/ and should be considered? Trinkets accepted too. I know I added one of the foldable battery lanterns from Dollar Tree. Obviously I gotta try and downsize being unemployed but......she's had a hell of a year and I'm not good at picking and choosing. I feel like we forgot to include Combos but did include a box or two or Cracker Jack. Bonus points if they sell individual sized or smaller packages as the shipping is $$$ too. A couple of years ago I did a Christmas one and sent a bunch of Halloween clearance candy from Target, plus the Halloween cereals and fun flavoured candy canes, cotton candy, nerds and pop rocks from Dollar Tree and then filled with non holiday stuff they don't get over there (or is ridiculously over priced) like Funyuns, spicy cheetos, fritos, special flavored m&ms and lucky charms and marshmallows only- Lucky Charms is her favorite. I know I threw in a few different reese's cup options but not sure if there's a list saved somewhere so newer flavors will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berry1014 Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 What about the little debbie snack cakes? They have some cute festive holidays ones. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wittenlover Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 2 hours ago, berry1014 said: What about the little debbie snack cakes? They have some cute festive holidays ones. CHRISTMAS TREE CAKES! YES!!! (I might be a bit of a fan... Heh...) Not sure if they can get them over there but Andes Peppermint Crunch candies usually have festive candy canes molded on the individually wrapped ones and they hold up pretty darn well, flavor-wise (I ration mine out to myself for a few months lol). I'll give this some more thought and let you know if I come up with other good suggestions. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Pam Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 It’s probably early for Trader Joe’s seasonal items, but I know their autumnal offerings should be in full swing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytmomof4 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 Maybe candy cane chapstick. Junior mints have a candy cane one also 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanyon71 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 I say Christmas tree cakes and the brownies. Also some of the various Santa themed candies. Not sure if it’s like it is for our exchange student but she had never had Reese peanut butter cups (don’t have in Spain) so you could do the holiday ones of those. We are sending her a bunch for Christmas this year. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanShotFirst Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 On 9/10/2024 at 9:37 AM, ytmomof4 said: Maybe candy cane chapstick. Junior mints have a candy cane one also i ask for Candy Cane chapstick every year in my stocking 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avsfan Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Hot cocoa mix. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubbalance Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 candy corn or pumpkins. Peppermint Oreos (they still make those I think?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytmomof4 Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 On 9/12/2024 at 11:53 AM, HanShotFirst said: i ask for Candy Cane chapstick every year in my stocking It’s my absolute favorite and only one I will use 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkrbel Posted September 16 Author Share Posted September 16 So many good ideas, keep them coming. Aside from candy corn, and maybe a weird flavor Andes mint package I don't think any of these were included last package. I think I did Twinkies instead of Little Debbie. Hadn't even considered the lipglosses/balms. I've NEVER been to Trader Joe's and my list of things to look at keeps growing. I did see the mini carrot cakes maybe and some fun tortillas on a website recently. Haven't seen the Peppermint Oreos but maybe I can find single serve packets of the Coke release I keep seeing online, I know I sent a FULL package of Halloween ones last time. She went wild over the flavoured KoolAids verified the sugar amount was correct AND let me know she needed to go shopping for more as she didn't have enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubbalance Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 They have pumpkin spice Oreos out now. I miss Trader Joe's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanShotFirst Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 I love Trader Joe’s and Aldi for snacks if you have one or the both nearby. My favorite are the pink and white yogurt covered butter cookies at TJ’s. Aldi also has seasonal flavored pretzels. Now is pu pain spice and caramel apple. I have bags of each flavor but haven’t tried them yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkrbel Posted September 26 Author Share Posted September 26 On 9/19/2024 at 3:44 PM, HanShotFirst said: I love Trader Joe’s and Aldi for snacks if you have one or the both nearby. My favorite are the pink and white yogurt covered butter cookies at TJ’s. Aldi also has seasonal flavored pretzels. Now is pu pain spice and caramel apple. I have bags of each flavor but haven’t tried them yet. Hmmmmm....we definitely have an Aldi's nearby. Trader Joe's is further away and probably still not in my plans. LOL At this rate, they may close before I ever make it there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reinholt1 Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 Was looking online to see if there any posts on what American items are popular in the UK. Ran across an article that talked about candies and items that come from the US that are illegal in the UK. So you might want to take a look at that to avoid those items. Hate to see customs confiscating your package. https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/news/article/4894/illegal-american-candy-warning It looks like Twinkies are very popular item in the UK. You might want to consider sending a couple boxes of Twinkies, maybe even some of the holiday versions, instead of the Little Debbie snacks. I've looked at a few posts and it looks like Reese's and milk duds and jolly ranchers, I also very popular. There's a post that gives a list of what they think is the top 10 American candies for people in the UK. https://ohsweetie.co.uk/blogs/oh-sweetie-central/the-top-10-american-candies-that-are-popular-in-the-uk Hopefully that will help you put your care package together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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