By country, please? I want to try it all!!! Especially, if it is hard, OR impossible, to find here in the US.

I would say the U K, but that is mainly because I do not have much experience of sweets/chocolate from anywhere else. <BR>Of course, you get good chocolate in Belgium and Switzerland, but this is at the high end of the market. For everyday bars, try a Crunchie - cinder toffee covered in chocolate; Flake - thin strands of milk chocolate woven together which melt in the mouth; Lion Bar - caramel, wafer and nuts with chocolate all around it; Dime (from Sweden, actually) - almond flavour hard caramel coated in milk chocolate; Bounty - moist coconut flakes in either milk or plain chocolate. Try to find our biscuits too. You will not have tasted anything like a Hob Nob, especially the ones coated in chocolate. Likewise chocolate Digestives and Jaffa Cakes. I could go on. Suffice to say, other posters in the past have raved about British confectionery, and I have to agree. I lived in the U S for a while and lost my chocolate addiction easily as I didn't like the taste. But what I lost in chocolate, I made up for in pies and cakes and biscuits (especially Pecan and those lovely Girl Scout cocunut cookies - Samoas or something?) <BR>By the way, chocolate bars are big business here. Whenever there are limited editions of certain brands, like the orange or mint Kit-Kat, or the Champagne Crunchie or the Mint Wispa (aerated chocolate) it's definitely a talking point, at least amongst everyone I know. <BR>Go ahead! Stuff your face! (But remember to brush, floss and rinse afterwards.)

Chocolates from Belgium of course! We call them "pralines" and they are d-el-i-c-i-o-u-s. <BR>You will find chocolates all over the world but our Belgian pralines are definitely the best. <BR> <BR>What I also like very much is the English "fudge" in every variety. <BR> <BR>Enjoy!!

Dave, <BR>Lindt's Kirsch Batons, of course! I can find them only in Switzerland. <BR>suzann

Cadbury Caramel bars in the machines at the tube stops in London! I've missed more than one train while feeding coins into those machines. You can buy Cadbury in the U.S., but not that particular one. I beg friends who are headed to London to bring them to me.

<BR>Belgium for chocolate - specifically Leonides, which some Belgian friends introduced us to some years ago. Available in the US, but it's not the same. Like Godiva, preservatives are added for export to add to shelf life. Leonides purchased in Belgium is so fresh and creamy it won't even keep until you get home. It's a hardship, but you'll have to eat it all within a few days. And try to keep away from heat as it melts very easily.

Hi, Dave. I recommend truffles and pralines from: <BR> <BR>1.) Zurich, Switzerland <BR> Confiserie Sprungli <BR> <BR>2.) Paris, France <BR> La Maison Du Chocolat (also in NY) <BR> Christian Constant <BR> <BR>I think they're the best you can ever find in the world.

<BR>Dave - if it's a chocolate fix you crave, then as a backup plan there's always the online website in which you can buy from around the world. <BR>http://www.chocoholic.com/index.html

Dumle, a chocolate covered caramel from Sweden! I beg my friend to bring or send me some everytime she visits her home-land! There are several flavors, but the best is the regular!!! YUMMMMMM! =)

Bridget: Dumle is actually a Finnish candy but is also sold in other Nordic countries. Sorry about nagging but we Finns are really quite particular when it comes to swedes taking credit for something of ours ;o). <BR>Dave: If you really want to try something hard and delicious try salmiac which is made of ammounium chloride and is salty and sweet at the same time. There are a lot of different brands by especially Nordic manufacturers. Best and hottest is Turkish Pepper by some danish maker (sold by Fazer in Finland). There are a lot of different candies by finnish Fazer and Chymos which are excellent (to my dentists regret...). Milk chocholate (with or without nuts)by Marabou (Swedish ( )is also good. Best wishes from Finland to all of you!!

<BR>I agree with Marty 100%. Cadbury Caramel are to die for!! Whenever I get to Britain, it's the first thing I do, is look for a Caramel bar...Mmmmmm. <BR>Lee

mmmmmmm A 'Lion Bar' which is available in most of Europe.

What about Baci? Candy in Italy is divine!

May the Candy Gods Bless you all! This trip will be so much fun, searching out 'your' treasures! Thanks again! <BR> <BR>Mr. "C"

When in Brugges, Belgium a few years ago I thought I had died and gone to heaven when I tasted Leonidas chocolates. There are shops with many different kinds to choose from. Our favorite had a mocha mousse inside with a whole hazelnut embedded in it and covered with white chocolate. I have actually been able to find them in some of the larger cities, i.e. Toronto, New York, but they taste best totally fresh in Belgium.

I also like the Lion bars and have friends and family bring them back for me whenever we go. They freeze pretty well if you stock up. My husband is even hooked and he's never been to Europe!