Uniquely American foods/products to give as presents

[madoka]

I may be traveling out of the country. What I wanted to bring some uniquely American foods or products as presents to friends. What can I take them without getting busted at the airport for contraband?

 

[Carson Dyle]

To where?

Home cooked or packaged?

Probably no end to the unique crap you can find packaged that could be found few other places on Earth. Twinkies, different candies, other mostly unremarkable junk.

 

[shortylickens]

I came in here to say Twinkies and sure enough the first responder already beat me to it.

 

[Smoblikat]

Sweet Baby Rays BBQ sauce.
Titos Vodka.

 

[tynopik]

peanut butter

 

[Tormac]

Last year my in-laws from Sweden visited. I gave my brother in law bourbon, and my nephew on his own bought half a dozen boxes of Twinkies to take back with him. So both may be good ideas.

 

[skull]

Bring them cans of skyline chili and make some spaghetti to put it on when you get there. Nothing more american than a 3 way, even if greeks made it and its a Cincinnati thing.

 

[Oyeve]

Mayo, twikies, ding-dongs.

 

[momeNt]

I'll offer some that haven't been mentioned yet.

Sloppy Joes, you can bring just the can of sauce.

Fluff.

Grits

Jello - you can bring the powder boxes.

 

[purbeast0]

 

[sdifox]

 

[FeuerFrei]

Bring them Americanized versions of their native food. Show them how it's done right. They'll appreciate the upgrades.

 

[snoopy7548]

 

[ponyo]

beef jerky and Kentucky bourbon.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Spam

 

[brianmanahan]

Spam

didn't the vikings invent spam?

 

[ponyo]

You can buy spam practically anywhere in non-Muslim part of the world.

 

[tynopik]

maybe you should be more specific about which country/countries you'll be visiting

 

[brianmanahan]

You can buy spam practically anywhere in non-Muslim part of the world.

i heard that in england, you can't even get breakfast that hasn't got spam in it

 

[KMFJD]

peanut butter reese's pieces

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Hot chicken, red eye gravy, biscuits and sausage gravy, Nathan's hot dogs, Chow mein... Use your imagination. Most of what we eat has a uniquely American twist.

 

[digiram]

Buffalo Wings, Omaha Steaks?

 

[Zeze]

Spam

Nowhere near 'unique'.

I grew up eating Spam in Korea. Same goes for Japan too.

 

[dawp]

tin of flavored popcorn.

 

[LevelSea]

Velveeta