Hey, I walked by A Salt and Battery the other day. I'll have to try it!
I think that the country is so damn big and populated that they just can't maintain the freshness thing as easily. Things have to sit in warehouses for a while. And FWIW, there's plenty of imported UK and Irish candy sold in my neighborhood--Aeros, Canadian Smarties, all kinds of Cadbury stuff, etc.--and it's not that great or flavorful. To be fair, maybe it's been sitting around for a while.
Local American candy-makers can be fantastic if you buy it at the source. Wilbur's, mmmmm.
nougat surrounded by milk chocolate = US Three Musketeers
nougat and caramel surrounded by milk chocolate = US Milky Way = UK (etc.) Mars Bar
nougat and caramel and peanuts surrounded by milk chocolate = US Snickers
nougat and caramel and almonds surrounded by milk chocolate = US Snickers With Almonds = UK (etc.) Mars Bar With Almonds
I think the US version of the Mars Bar was just the nougat, caramel, and peanuts, i.e. a Snickers without the chocolate.
I think we've also got a dark chocolate Milky Way.
They used to call these Forever Yours bars.
nougat surrounded by milk chocolate = US Three Musketeers
Nougat? I thought that was a moussy sort of chocolate thing. You know, like that other thing, the one with the stuff.
Going to work now. I'm obviously in the right frame of mind.
It's what's called "nougat" in the strange idiom of chocolate bars, which as we know only vaguely resembles real-world nougat. (Similarly "honeycomb".)
"Noo-gat" is how I pronounce it.
Mmm, candy bars. No, I have nothing else to add to this discussion.
[Edit: Actually, I think I say it "noo-git" like Lady O'Spain.]
Nooo-git. I don't know why.
Nooo-git. I don't know why.
I think that's how they pronounce it in the commercials.
Really? Our commercials say "noo-gah" (which is approximately correct).
I usually hear it as coming close to rhyming with Ted Nugent's surname.