Mailbag: Giant Bomb Mailbag: Not for Girls Edition

never saw a Yorkie bar in my entire life, but man I want some Ringolos now
 
and that was some really really really bad french lol  "Affichez vos couleurs!"

I always thought those candies were popular North American wide, it's good to see other Canadian listeners.

Yorkie bars are fantastic.  I especially recommend the Raisin and Biscuit variety.  And no Jeff, there isn't a direct counterpart.  Though as someone mentioned, the Galaxy bar is marketed towards women more than men.  The Mirage bar sounds like an Aero, and those Humpty Dumpty things are clearly Hula Hoops.  To fully appreciate them, put as many as you can onto your fingers and pretend you're an English chav.

So a Yorkie bar is apparently from Britain, not Canada, which leads me to ponder why no one has sent in some spotted dick from Britain yet. And for those of you who do not know what it is, look it up, it's like a raisin pastry.. thing.

Mmm...Coffee Crisps are good. I used to find them at the Dollar Tree occasionally. 
 
It was ok for me to watch the video, right? It's just the weirdo chocolate bar that's not for girls? Men's Pocky is silly like that too.

" @Cube said:

" Canada rules.  Smarties > M&M's. And they came before M&M's.  It seems like Ryan just doesn't like anything. "

No... Smarties aren't very good in many peoples opinions. It's not just Ryan not liking anything. :P 
 
@Milkman said:

" @Sinnix said:

" Whoa whoa whoa... what the hell do Smarties look like in the States??? They're not cheap M&M rip-offs down there? "

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Weird... coulda sworn they were called Rockets down there when I bought those, but maybe I'm getting mixed-up memories. Thanks for clarifying, though! "

As a Canadian, I approve of this commentary of candy.

I almost pissed myself when Jeff was talking about the Smarties.

Apparently, I'm a passion to reach your goals.

As a person who is no longer allowed in Canada, I rate that country "Not bad."

lol canadian box

" Whoa whoa whoa... what the hell do Smarties look like in the States??? They're not cheap M&M rip-offs down there? "

speaking of tasting like whiskey i should send some chocolate tequila candy

" @Sinnix said:

" Whoa whoa whoa... what the hell do Smarties look like in the States??? They're not cheap M&M rip-offs down there? "

According to Wikipedia, what the USA call Smarties, Canada call Rockets and England calls Fizzers.  A sort of fruit-flavored sugar puck thing. "

We have Yorkie bars in the UK and there isn't a female counterpart. It's kind of a joke behind it really is that it's only for manly men because it's chunky. With that said, I do remember a limited edition where they changed the packaging to pink and as someone else said, the raisan and biscuit ones are awesome, they come in a purpley type packaging from what I remember.

The crisps(potato chips) look a lot like hula hoops to me which is where that you said they're like pringles as in the UK they're curved.

Smarties in the UK are also called Smarties. They're similar to m&ms I guess but bigger and I don't find the chocolate in them as nice nor the sugar coating.

nigguh those are the REAL smarties, american smarties are just ROCKETs

I'm pretty sure Yorkie IS British. I'm Canadian and I've never heard of Humpty Dumpty or Mirage. Weird. Also, I never knew that your guys smarties were actually just rockets....

Ringolos are awesome!
 
And quit mocking our bilingual packages :[

" I'm pretty sure Yorkie IS British. I'm Canadian and I've never heard of Humpty Dumpty or Mirage. Weird. Also, I never knew that your guys smarties were actually just rockets.... "

I like the Candy franchise. And how theres already 9 images. Sweetness

As a Canadian, it's weird seeing you guys look at this stuff like it just fell out of a UFO. Although I've never heard of those Yorkie things. o_O
 
Ringolos are awesome! 8D

Should of given them Kinder Surprise. Make them build the cheap ass toy inside. But, damn that chocolate egg is good.

Oh how I love Ringolos, and Coffee Crisp, and Smarties.  Smarties are so much better than M&M's, could go for some now actually.

Canada is great.

Pretty sure it's the law that food products have both English and French on their packaging.  ...  Maybe I'm wrong and they just do it out of courtesy, though. "

" @Sinnix said:

" Whoa whoa whoa... what the hell do Smarties look like in the States??? They're not cheap M&M rip-offs down there? "

According to Wikipedia, what the USA call Smarties, Canada call Rockets and England calls Fizzers.  A sort of fruit-flavored sugar puck thing. "

Why has canada stolen all of our stuff?
 
First you open a giant bag of hula hoops
Then some kind of whisper/Aero chocolate bar
Smarties, that is all.
And then...a Yorkie bar.
 
Ughhh

 
@ 0:22 the sound of a XBL Achievement?  Did someone earn a achievement during the filming of this video?! or was it just a message/friend?

yummy

LOL, Those Canadians stole our Brittish food!

" LOL, Those Canadians stole our Brittish food! "

We've been stealing your food for years. Soon we'll have genetically engineered kippers for the Canadian climate! AHAHAHAHA! But Yorkies aren't commonly sold here...that took some special effort......

Dude i've totally been having Yorkies all week on the way home....WEIRD! That has creeped me the fuck out. i've not had one in half a decade.
 
Pringles!? have you americans never seen a "Hula Hoop" before!?
 
Caramel? what happened to Jeff's sense of taste. But yeah, it does totally feel like canada stole our british food but in reality companies are companies. And Nestle like to spread all over the place clearly.

OK, I want some candy...  like now!

those are the real Smarties, in Canada we call those fakes ROCKETS
 
never seen the ringolos here in Vancouver, but they look like Fritos (Ring doritos) which are made by a company you may have heard of Frito-lay

haha nice job with the french jeff, as another canadian that was amazing, also coffee crisps are delicious!

This makes me think of all the things I have coming in the mail that never seem to arrive:-(
 
PS: gotta get me some sexist ass candy!

" those are the real Smarties, in Canada we call those fakes ROCKETS  never seen the ringolos here in Vancouver, but they look like Fritos (Ring doritos) which are made by a company you may have heard of Frito-lay "

Jeff you are right, it is the same packaging as the British packaging.
I love Yorkies!

"They look like Hula Hoops. "

I could really go for a Coffee Crisp right about now. Or should I say 'a-boot'? No! I have only heard one person actually say aboot, it sounded more like 'a-butt'.

Shoulda sent them a bag of Ketchup flavor chips! That always blows the american's minds.
 
Giant Bomb: Now with 4% more Canadian content.

I found this video funny! As a Canadian, I have never ever seen a Yorkie, the chip brand Humpty Dumpty. Smarties are gross, M&M's are a million times better! Mirage is a like a Areo chocolate bar, super good, and the BEST thing in there was the Coffee Crisp! How does America not have Coffee Crisp?  
 
Why didn't these Canadian's give the GiantBomb guys Ketchup chips!?! KETCHUP CHIPS!!!

" Shoulda sent them a bag of Ketchup flavor chips! That always blows the american's minds.  Giant Bomb: Now with 4% more Canadian content. "

I can't believe they didn't send you Kraft Dinner Macaroni & Cheese.  When my family from Idaho comes up to Canada, they always load up on it.

The not for girls stuff was part of there big advertising campaign here in the UK and possibly Canada as well? I think its because the chocolate chunks are preety damn tough to bite into and so "its not for girls" kinda thing. The ads were actually preety funny.

Dude no counterpart for yorkies, they just aint for girls!

Ringalos are awesome, don't listen to Ryan. They're more like Fritos than Pringles.