Most of those snacks are iconic because they are our childhood treats but honestly we all grew out of pineapple lumps and chocolate fish. Also production moved from NZ to Australia because of cost and tbh they arent as good as they were in NZ
All those things used to made in NZ apart from couple of brands.Jaffas are best to rolled down Baldwin St or wooden floor in old picture theatrs. Jet planes used to look like proper little planes(yummy). Aussies make crap confectionary ie Whittakers compared to Cadbury chocolate.
New Zealand is obviously a small country and creates alot of iconic items, but we adopted alot of traditional food recipes from the English. If anything was once from New Zealand, huge Australian companies will buy it, cause they can afford it. Arnotts and nestle is definitely Australian, but Cadbury was and kinda is still English, then made in New Zealand, but now Australia.
Pineapple Lumps are a New Zealand creation. Not sure if Australia bought the company or if it was a New Zealand side of the company. But production was stopped in NZ and moved to Australia, and the products are not as good.
Hello beautiful couple💖. I love these vlogs where you're together, interacting, trying, and sampling different things. Your descriptions of the products are great! Tx for sharing. Although watching all these snacks makes me gain 5 lbs 🤣🙉. Some of these snacks are very interesting and look delicious. 🤤 Funny thing is, I recently found a forgotten Whittaker's chocolate bar with nuts in my pantry, half-eaten 🤣. Can't remember where we got it from, but it seems this brand is in Ottawa. Really good and tasty!👌 Enjoy the rest of your time in NZ. Lots of love to both of you. 💖
Wow you have Whittaker's in your pantry!!! That is amazing, I am so excited to find it back in Canada now. Thank you for all the kind words, we love making videos like this!! I'm so glad you enjoy watching them 🥰
L & P, Lemon & Paeroa I believe originated in the town of Paeroa south of Auckland. Apparently using spring water from the town, happy to be corrected if I'm wrong, I remember my parents telling me this as a kid.
Correct!! I ended up looking this up while editing the video and was surprised to learn this because I thought for sure it was a fruit haha. Very cool history & delicious drink! Thanks for watching & for the comment :)
So the spring water from Paeroa is no longer used. If you read the ingredients list it says mineral salts supposed to recreate the original spring water constitution.
Put the original cookie time ones in the microwave for 15-20sec. Awesome. how dare you insult pineapple lumps! glad you got the green jet plane eventually. they're the best flavour. also the purple ones. that chocolate fish looked a bit pretentious. just the basic one from the dairy does the trick. best snack when on the run though is a steak n cheese pie, with a perky nana for afters.
First of all paeroa in L&P is said like pie raw say that quickly pie raw and that's the pronunciation of that word and paeroa is the town the drink is made in. Google it and you'll see the giant bottle. Shapes are a NZ company in Australia. And Feijoa is pronounced fee Joe a. Pineapple lumps are best left at room temperature as the are chewy when soft. A great crisp over twisties is Rashins. So rich as are salt and vinegar chips or crisps with Maggi onion dip not needing the vinegar or lemon added. Jaffas are best sucked those jet planes are also known as ducks feet as they look like them too. Moro and snickers are basically the same. Cookie time is best dunked in tea or hot chocolate. And Cadbury luxury flakes are the best most rich chocolate. Hope this helps.
I've seen mackintoshes a lot but haven't grabbed any yet, thanks for the rec! I haven't heard of sparkling duet yet. The pies here are 10/10, same with golden kiwifruit though I think those are from Aussie? I want to try Marmite before we leave too.
Try Lemon and Te Aroha, which was the first fizzy drink in NZ and instead of having carbonated water has naturally fizzy soda water from a spring in Te Aroha, plus naturally flavoured lemon. Went out of business about 50 years ago but had been reopened in last couple years. Soooo good
I love these types of videos 😂 I think I would have to agree with your ratings though. Some of those snacks are iconic or nostalgic but don't taste great. RJs, Cookie Time and Whittakers are amazing though. I found RJs licorice in eastern Canada when I lived there. It was just the plain red licorice and it did taste a bit old/stale... but we were so excited to find it! Hope you enjoy the rest of your time in NZ!
Thank you so much, these types of videos are so fun to film!! I appreciate you watching and the comment 😄 I hope we get as lucky as you did and find RJ's back in Canada!
Twisties, Burger Rings & Rashuns all had a recipe change a few years ago; and are now far inferior products to what they used to be. Its almost as if they changed factories, equipment, cooks and recipes all at once they're so unlike what they used to be.
Oof that sucks!! I really like twisties, much more than I thought I would haha 😅 so to think they used to be much better makes me want to time travel and try to OG recipe!!
Great video! I pretty much agree with you on everything, but you should have had Snackachangi vinegar and salt chips - sooo good. Every now and then I need a pineapple fruju, just because it reminds me of childhood summers at the beach - same with L&P, really (I usually dilute it with 2/3 soda water though, to cut the sweetness 😅). RJs raspberry logs are one of my favourite things in the world - so, so good!
Thank you!! I think we've had Snackachangi before but not the vinegar & salt, I'll have to grab a bag before we leave! So many good snacks here, I'd like to try more flavours of the Fruju blocks too.
I hope you didn't get too sick afterwards Brittany. Most of the stuff you reviewed are just c**p. but I do enjoy Queen Anne & Whittakers & a plug for Potter Brothers. I do feel Donovan was out of his comfort zone & in need of a Craft "Moro" Beer. Thanks
Ahh very interesting! I thought Feijoa wasn't native to NZ either but from Brazil and brought here at some point during colonization? I am so curious to see how Aussie snacks compare.
Man it sucks, you guys missed out on the actual products, all those treats used to be amazing and locally kiwi made with the best ingredients. Now everything has been on sold where they just extract maximum profits and give you utter crap in return. The exception being Whitakers and to some extent RJs. Pretty sure I have eaten my body weight in rjs red licorice logs lol
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascall_(company) Jaffa's are supposed to melt in your mouth, but resisting chewing them is great will power. A bunch of NZ produced packaged foods moved to Australia. Fruju is pronounced perfectly. Popsicle is a brand here, the generic term is ice block. Frujus have tons of flavor.
I think when Mondelez brought Cadbury, they consolidated a lot of manufacturing to Australia, they closed their factory in Dunedin and pascals went overseas who were a subsidiary of Cadburys NZ operation. All of Pascals confectionery once came out of a factory I used to pass all the time on Rosebank Road in Avondale, Auckland.
Wow!! I'll have to try that with jaffas and see what that's like. Sad to hear all these large Kiwi brands were bought out but I guess that's the way of things. Thanks for the coment!
A lot of NZ 🇳🇿 sweet factory have been brought by Australian company and now they are made in Australia now
Most of those snacks are iconic because they are our childhood treats but honestly we all grew out of pineapple lumps and chocolate fish. Also production moved from NZ to Australia because of cost and tbh they arent as good as they were in NZ
The brand is Australian but they are sold in new Zealand Cadbury used to be made in new Zealand until the factory shut down
You should definitely take a look at the classic Crunchie Bar advertisement, just because.
The train robbery one?? I just watched it, absolutely amazing. Catchy tune too! We have Crunchie in Canada and it's pretty popular, yum!
All those things used to made in NZ apart from couple of brands.Jaffas are best to rolled down Baldwin St or wooden floor in old picture theatrs. Jet planes used to look like proper little planes(yummy). Aussies make crap confectionary ie Whittakers compared to Cadbury chocolate.
That explains why so many of them aren't good then!! 😂
New Zealand is obviously a small country and creates alot of iconic items, but we adopted alot of traditional food recipes from the English. If anything was once from New Zealand, huge Australian companies will buy it, cause they can afford it. Arnotts and nestle is definitely Australian, but Cadbury was and kinda is still English, then made in New Zealand, but now Australia.
Pineapple Lumps are a New Zealand creation. Not sure if Australia bought the company or if it was a New Zealand side of the company. But production was stopped in NZ and moved to Australia, and the products are not as good.
Hello beautiful couple💖. I love these vlogs where you're together, interacting, trying, and sampling different things. Your descriptions of the products are great! Tx for sharing. Although watching all these snacks makes me gain 5 lbs 🤣🙉. Some of these snacks are very interesting and look delicious. 🤤 Funny thing is, I recently found a forgotten Whittaker's chocolate bar with nuts in my pantry, half-eaten 🤣. Can't remember where we got it from, but it seems this brand is in Ottawa. Really good and tasty!👌 Enjoy the rest of your time in NZ. Lots of love to both of you. 💖
Wow you have Whittaker's in your pantry!!! That is amazing, I am so excited to find it back in Canada now. Thank you for all the kind words, we love making videos like this!! I'm so glad you enjoy watching them 🥰
L & P, Lemon & Paeroa I believe originated in the town of Paeroa south of Auckland. Apparently using spring water from the town, happy to be corrected if I'm wrong, I remember my parents telling me this as a kid.
Correct!! I ended up looking this up while editing the video and was surprised to learn this because I thought for sure it was a fruit haha. Very cool history & delicious drink! Thanks for watching & for the comment :)
So the spring water from Paeroa is no longer used. If you read the ingredients list it says mineral salts supposed to recreate the original spring water constitution.
Love your videos of our country guys. I really appreciate your honest reviews
Thank you so much!! That means a lot to us ☺️❤️
Put the original cookie time ones in the microwave for 15-20sec. Awesome.
how dare you insult pineapple lumps!
glad you got the green jet plane eventually. they're the best flavour. also the purple ones.
that chocolate fish looked a bit pretentious. just the basic one from the dairy does the trick.
best snack when on the run though is a steak n cheese pie, with a perky nana for afters.
@@user-yb9hi3us4p pies are definitely the best snack in NZ!! ❤️
First of all paeroa in L&P is said like pie raw say that quickly pie raw and that's the pronunciation of that word and paeroa is the town the drink is made in. Google it and you'll see the giant bottle. Shapes are a NZ company in Australia. And Feijoa is pronounced fee Joe a. Pineapple lumps are best left at room temperature as the are chewy when soft. A great crisp over twisties is Rashins. So rich as are salt and vinegar chips or crisps with Maggi onion dip not needing the vinegar or lemon added. Jaffas are best sucked those jet planes are also known as ducks feet as they look like them too. Moro and snickers are basically the same. Cookie time is best dunked in tea or hot chocolate. And Cadbury luxury flakes are the best most rich chocolate. Hope this helps.
@@seanmartinconway5251 great info, thanks so much for sharing all your tips!!
L&P and Jack Daniels!
Good to know! We've got some Jameson's here to finish up so I'll have to try it with that too. Thanks!
Try mackintoshes(wrapped toffee). Sparkling duet ((orange/citrus fizzy). Vegemite. Pies. Kiwifruit. Feijoa (in season).
I've seen mackintoshes a lot but haven't grabbed any yet, thanks for the rec! I haven't heard of sparkling duet yet. The pies here are 10/10, same with golden kiwifruit though I think those are from Aussie? I want to try Marmite before we leave too.
@@brittanymorgan09 you need to try Red Kiwifruit that is the best
They have Whittakers at the Scottish and Irish stores in ottawa…$8.59!
They also have RJ’S but black licorice with chocolate …..
I found a couple spots already in Calgary that carry it!! Just bought a coconut block last night for $5.50 at Safeway. I'm so happy!!
Try Lemon and Te Aroha, which was the first fizzy drink in NZ and instead of having carbonated water has naturally fizzy soda water from a spring in Te Aroha, plus naturally flavoured lemon. Went out of business about 50 years ago but had been reopened in last couple years. Soooo good
Sounds amazing!! Thanks for the suggestion!
GUYS! Have you tried the RJs raspberry licorice easter eggs?! Soo good! 😋 Happy Easter 🐣❤
I haven't even seen those!! I'll have to try and find them today before our flight leaves for Aussie!! Sounds amazing.
NZ will miss you - have fun in Australia, and hopefully one day I'll meet you both in Canada! I'll definitely keep watching in the meantime, though ❤
@@trudimclaren4301 🥰🥰🥰
Most of our chocolate production places got shut down and moved to Australia
I really like L and P
You might want to try the Charlie's feijoa drink.
Thanks! I have seen those in the store so many times but never picked them up. I'll see if I can get my hands on a can before we leave!
shapes are aussie
I love these types of videos 😂 I think I would have to agree with your ratings though. Some of those snacks are iconic or nostalgic but don't taste great. RJs, Cookie Time and Whittakers are amazing though. I found RJs licorice in eastern Canada when I lived there. It was just the plain red licorice and it did taste a bit old/stale... but we were so excited to find it! Hope you enjoy the rest of your time in NZ!
Thank you so much, these types of videos are so fun to film!! I appreciate you watching and the comment 😄 I hope we get as lucky as you did and find RJ's back in Canada!
Twisties, Burger Rings & Rashuns all had a recipe change a few years ago; and are now far inferior products to what they used to be. Its almost as if they changed factories, equipment, cooks and recipes all at once they're so unlike what they used to be.
Oof that sucks!! I really like twisties, much more than I thought I would haha 😅 so to think they used to be much better makes me want to time travel and try to OG recipe!!
They changed the size saving money like Cadbury did with skinny chocolate.
L&P is not fizz, it's a "soft drink". Paeroa is a town in the North Island.
Its a fizzy
@@price5647 no one in New Zealand calls it a fizz or a fizzy.
@MrRobinhalligan its not really used as much these days
Great video! I pretty much agree with you on everything, but you should have had Snackachangi vinegar and salt chips - sooo good. Every now and then I need a pineapple fruju, just because it reminds me of childhood summers at the beach - same with L&P, really (I usually dilute it with 2/3 soda water though, to cut the sweetness 😅). RJs raspberry logs are one of my favourite things in the world - so, so good!
Thank you!! I think we've had Snackachangi before but not the vinegar & salt, I'll have to grab a bag before we leave! So many good snacks here, I'd like to try more flavours of the Fruju blocks too.
Its Lemon and Paroa pronounced paa row a
London Drugs in B.C. caries both RJs and Whittakers, I imagine the Calgary ones probably do to.
Awesome!! I'll definitely be checking London Drugs immediately when we get back!
completely disagree about the cookie time xmas cookie buckets, they're the best!
I'm glad you like them. Ours were rock hard and not worth the money to us.
Rookie mistake to eat a cookie time cookie without putting it in the microwave especially if they're rock solid.
You are awesome. Thanks for sharing your experience in NZ. But please eat healthier. 🫶😄
Hahahaha 🤣🤣 we eat pretty healthy, I cook about 98% of our meals! This was just for fun and we both felt very sick after LOL
I hope you didn't get too sick afterwards Brittany. Most of the stuff you reviewed are just c**p. but I do enjoy Queen Anne & Whittakers & a plug for Potter Brothers. I do feel Donovan was out of his comfort zone & in need of a Craft "Moro" Beer. Thanks
Hahaha 🤣it took a few hours to feel normal again. We went out for a craft beer shortly after this video was filmed which cured all!!!
Feijoas did,nt used grow in Australia, another stolen NZ delicacy kidnapped. I think only other place they grow a lot was in Georgia.
Ahh very interesting! I thought Feijoa wasn't native to NZ either but from Brazil and brought here at some point during colonization? I am so curious to see how Aussie snacks compare.
It isnt native to nz, brought here sometime in the past, like kiwifruit @@brittanymorgan09
Man it sucks, you guys missed out on the actual products, all those treats used to be amazing and locally kiwi made with the best ingredients. Now everything has been on sold where they just extract maximum profits and give you utter crap in return. The exception being Whitakers and to some extent RJs. Pretty sure I have eaten my body weight in rjs red licorice logs lol
Yeah someone else commented that too!! So disappointing that we never got to try the originals 😔 Whittakers & RJs forever though, sooooo good!!
@@brittanymorgan09 forgot to say, here's an undiscovered gem. Heartland Tokyo Tang chips, the Wasabi and mayonaisse flavor. Great with a nice hazy
@@datractor sounds so cool!! I'll keep an eye out for those!
"Pineapple Lumps"? Not a great name. Why not just call them, "Pineapple Tumors".
😂😂
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascall_(company)
Jaffa's are supposed to melt in your mouth, but resisting chewing them is great will power.
A bunch of NZ produced packaged foods moved to Australia.
Fruju is pronounced perfectly. Popsicle is a brand here, the generic term is ice block. Frujus have tons of flavor.
I think when Mondelez brought Cadbury, they consolidated a lot of manufacturing to Australia, they closed their factory in Dunedin and pascals went overseas who were a subsidiary of Cadburys NZ operation. All of Pascals confectionery once came out of a factory I used to pass all the time on Rosebank Road in Avondale, Auckland.
Wow!! I'll have to try that with jaffas and see what that's like. Sad to hear all these large Kiwi brands were bought out but I guess that's the way of things. Thanks for the coment!
Cadbury moved to Australia a fee years ago. But they used to be in Dunedin & Oamaru
Ah very interesting! Explains why it's not so great I guess
The quality of their dairy isn't as good. Grain fed cows produce different milk to grass-fed.