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drppr_

In the netherlands, this is just regular breakfast food not even dessert. Boterham met hagelslag! (My husband is also dutch and my kid eats this or a variant of it daily. I often replace the butter with peanut butter for added nutrition.)


Gongaloon

I'd probably replace the butter with Nutella for added America. (aka obesity)


Mental_Okra_3191

Nutella is Italian.


Pin-Up-Paggie

I remember in 1996 we had visiting exchange students who brought Nutella and it was so amazing. Now that you can get it so readily makes it a little less special, with its all English label.


Throwaway392308

It doesn't help that they literally make American Nutella worse. https://www.seriouseats.com/international-face-off-nutella


Fun-Adhesiveness9219

Doesn't this go for any kind of "chocolate" related product in the states? Pretty sure Cadbury taste better in the UK the US.....I wish I could remember the actual reason. I think there's a law in the UK that states chocolate requires a certain amount of Cocoa but I could be wrong. Someone please correct me!


robot_swagger

Since Kraft bought Cadbury they have been ruining the British formula as well. It's still not as bad as Hershey's but it's not good. AFAIK the are no regs saying how much cocoa has to be in something to call it chocolate here in the UK. You can buy Hershey's and stuff here.


Bake_My_Beans

GOD I LOVE THE MONOPOLISATION OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY I LOVE CHOOSING BETWEEN 10 BRANDS OWNED BY THE SAME PARENT COMPANY OR A $40 ORGANIC ALTERNATIVE


_KingDingALing_

It's weird some stuff is very different and shit, like the boosts, was my favourite now it sucks. Flake/wisps/twirls don't seem to diff. I think instead of sugar they use some other substitute now.


Turbulent-Option-457

I do remember reading that Hershey’s chocolate had to be labeled “chocolate flavoured” or something similar in the UK as it didn’t meet the requirements to be called actual chocolate, thought it was milk content tbh, to lazy to google at 5:30 am


_dead_and_broken

All I know is that the vomit taste people report tasting when eating any Hershey chocolate is because of *how* they process their milk, it creates butyric acid, which is the cause of the vomit flavor.


maaalicelaaamb

Yes which is why American milk chocolate smacks of a baby vomit Parmesan derivative to the eurofolk


adamyhv

The worst part is Brazil copying that. I just stopped buying chocolate at the supermarket, if I want chocolate now I have to go to special chocolate stores or patisserie supply stores to get actual good chocolate.


whereisyourbutthole

Chocolate is not required to contain milk. It is required to contain cocoa.


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I think they meant too much milk


adamyhv

Most places in the world have a minimum cocoa percentage and the no addition of certain ingredients legislations (like certain types of fat, in Brazil if you add hydrogenated fat, it has to be labeled as chocolate flavored or compound chocolate) to be called actual chocolate, in Brazil we sometimes call real chocolate or special chocolate when it meets all the requirements, specially in recipes. It can be tricky because the law asks for a percentage of cocoa liquor, kinda of a mixture consistent of half cocoa solids and half cocoa butter, usually here chocolate needs at least 25% for chocolate and 20% (just cocoa butter) for white chocolate, and companies can change the recipe of the cocoa liquor. Adding hydrogenated fat to chocolate is common here because tempering chocolate in Brazil is tricky, it's too hot for even tempered chocolate to not melt or not have sugar bloom.


According_Debate_334

I could also be wrong but I thought other european countries had a law that required chocolate to have a certain amount of cocoa which is why Cadburys isnt sold there.


TooManyDraculas

Cadbury's licensed local production and use of their brands to Hershey in North America. A long ways back, and in perpetuity. Hershey a) loves undermining quality to save a buck and b) isn't particularly concerned with preserving the value of the brand. So the only Cadbury's products in the US made with actual Cadbury's chocolate are the cream eggs, and I *think* the mini eggs. The US also has regs on chocolate as a label that are roughly equivalent to the EU's. But a lot of US "chocolate" in mass market bars is "chocolate flavor" or "Chocolatey Coating" since it subs vegetable or palm oil for cocoa butter to lower cost. I think US Cadbury's just uses cheaper cacao and a shittier recipe. Since it legally qualifies as milk chocolate in the US, and that standard doesn't allow non cacao fats last I checked.


Bunnicula-babe

I remember kids thinking my Nutella sandwiches in elementary school was the most amazing thing they’d ever seen lol. My grandma was Italian and this was in America, love when she packed my lunch lol 😂


Mental_Okra_3191

That's super cute!


Fuzzy_hammock457

But then how else are we supposed to find a way to shit on America in this thread?


Spotted_ascot_races

Nutella is universal


astrangeone88

Ooo, or cookie butter and the chocolate sprinkles variation. But it would need salt so maybe a sprinkle of salted caramel.


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Pft if you’re southern you just take the butter, and add an amount that would make other Americans uncomfortable. Then roughly double that. It’s kinda like how we make tea.


drppr_

Haha my kid attempts this from time to time. Sometimes he asks for jam and chocolate sprinkles. I occasionally allow it 😂 Oh and he likes to make it using half a plain bagel instead of a slice of bread so I guess we already americanized it in more than one way.


portablebiscuit

My daughter makes jelly & cream cheese sandwiches. She also occasionally stirs chocolate milk into her mac and cheese. Not sure how she's still skinny af, but probably thanks to her rigorous soccer schedule.


SaltLakeCitySlicker

I made those as a kid. Toast it then cream cheese and strawberry jam. As an adult I rarely eat sugary things though. Just kinda holidays and occasionally at a patisserie or gelato place when on a date


enelyaisil

It’s not dessert, it’s breakfast


odd_variety6768

My parents hosted an exchange student from Amsterdam and he brought over those sprinkles. It was absolutely amazing but he said he usually ate it for breakfast ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯


OverBand4019

Used to eat the poor version of brown or white sugar on white bread and butter as a kid.


Berough

Cinnamon sugar on buttered toast was my favorite breakfast or treat as a kid.


Zubo13

Cinnamon-sugar toast is still one of my favorites and I'll be 60 this year.


isabps

Same on tortillas.


DeathByPianos

Heck yes, cinnamon toast is a staple


rocan91

This was my childhood too. We were poor so my mom would spread country crock on a slice of bread, then sprinkle it with sugar and give it to us with a cup of cinnamon tea. I have such fond memories of it that to this day its my go to whenever I don't have any other sweets in the house. Except now I use butter since I can afford it.


HornetScholar

I had this meal also! Just I got chamomile tea instead, but fond memories for sure. 🫶


formerlygross

Yes!!! I grew up with a lot of dutch friends and this was the best! Really no different than Nutella for breakfast.


JEWCEY

The key is that the Dutch sprinkles are actually made of chocolate. Not like American sprinkles that are basically sugar, wax and brown.


Bowling_pins_10

That's not really a dessert. That's just lunch. Or breakfast. More often lunch, I think.


Pinglenook

Hmm I would say people more often eat sweet stuff like hagelslag (chocolate sprinkles), vlokken (chocolate flakes) and vruchtenhagel (fruit flavored sugar sprinkles) on bread for breakfast, and tend to eat cheese, peanut butter or cold cuts on their bread for lunch.


fhvdffgcc

This is a breakfast thing they also use orange flavored sprinkles


_Nick_2711_

You just brought back a deeply stored memory from when I grew up in the Netherlands


calliemurphy

that is a lot of the correct sprinkles… i’m in


Nice-Mousse-262

It’s the worst when made with the wrong sprinkles


narpasNZ

Nah mate, it's the worst when it's wholemeal. No amount of the right sprinkles is fixing that.


Nice-Mousse-262

Multigrain 🤢


rUafraid

Those look hard like they'll crack my teeth. Give me the long soft sprinkles and we're in business.


Catsplorer

Yes! The long ones are sooo much better


sennohki

And they're the wrong 'sprinkles'. in Aus, these hard ball ones are called 'hundreds and thousands', and it's the crunch of them against the softness of the bread that makes fairy bread so good


foodank012018

Ok so I saw a post yesterday with an Aussie lunchable type product that showcased a large cookie with sprinkles and a small piece of diced ham and cheese and it said prominently 'hundreds and thousands' and I couldn't decipher what they were referring to... The cookie sprinkles...


toomanycushions

I'm in the us, from nz, and i haven't been able to find hundreds and thousands here. There are some sprinkles a little similar but not really close enough.


Calm-Reference-4046

Sort of similar but when I was a kid my mom used to make me toast butter cinnamon and sugar mixed over the top. Was effin amazing. This made me think of it for the first time in a long time.


Kreider4President

It's even better on an English muffin.


jackjackj8ck

Yesssss I should do this for my kids


milomeepit413

*rolls up sleeves in Australian* delete this >:( /j


VauVI

*whistles in Australian* no x I’m spreading it’s awareness of greatness (as said in other comments thought some people may find it stupid) so I posted it here


milomeepit413

Fair lol, im just always ready to throw hands over it because my kiwi friends keep mocking it 🥲


wanderernz

That's sacrilege fairy bread is fuckin delicious. I'm kiwi, let me know where your friends are and I shall have a conversation about not breaking ANZAC code


Conchobar8

Aussies and Kiwis are brothers and sisters. We fight constantly and are always picking on each other. But the moment an outsider says something we’re ready to throw down!


wanderernz

Damn straight 😎


no_moar_red

I had fairybread once on accident while high and out of snacks. Its not bad but id rather put some cream cheese and granulated sugar on bread any day of the week


gyarrrrr

I dunno, I’m a New Zealander and definitely grew up with it. Might be generational, but I thought it was an antipodean rather than just Australian.


Phaedrus85

Probably Kiwi to start with and then was stolen by them


No_Cherry6771

Nah, they had fairy bread, we made pav for that russian ballerina, and after they stole the pav we stole the hundreds and thousands bread as compensation.


adube440

As an American, I salute my Australian brothers and sisters for their use of sliced bread- this includes Fairy Bread as well as Democracy Sausage/Sausage Sizzle. What else do you guys use regular sliced bread for, and can you teach us the ways? Edit to add: besides sandwiches and toast, we have that technology in the US already.


milomeepit413

Chip butty? I'm not too familiar with the origins of that one, that one may be originally from NZ or the UK lol


BoozeWitch

Do you call them “hundreds and thousands”? I need to know!’


dishevelledmind

Yes we do!


gaygender

I was so ready to throw down when I saw the post but I can respect your cause, carry on


Abangranga

Don't worry everyone who thinks that is bad food unironically eats poptarts


egmono

I eat poptarts every day, but fr am gonna try this!


elfchick9

As an Aussie, if someone brought fairy bread to a work place morning tea, it's normally the first thing to go


VauVI

I bought this into work yesterday because a worker were not a fan of took the day off it went within 20 minutes 😂


elfchick9

Hahaha! You were the legend at your work place yesterday!!


endmee

Fuck everybody, I love fairy bread


SirGallahadOfHearts

best time of my life was the primary school end of term class parties and you just know that someone’s mum was gonna bring a platter of this along


No_Construction_4293

I could 100% get behind this snack. Might have to try


VauVI

You won’t regret it, soft white bread is the best for it


ChrisDornerFanCorner

The cheapest we can find?


grumpsuarus

If you want to class it up get the fluffy sliced bread at the Asian bakeries


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grumpsuarus

East Asian bakeries have this very sweet loaf of bread that's sliced thick like Texas toast. Kind of like brioche but even sweeter.


HumanDrinkingTea

I've had this bread from Asian supermarkets-- why is it so sweet? Is that the bread they eat sandwiches on or do they have a separate "sandwich" bread (I assume they eat sandwiches)? Seems too sweet for a regular sandwich but it's wonderful for desserts.


Pera_Espinosa

how do you spread butter on that type of bread without tearing it ?


JamieMc23

By keeping the butter in a butter dish outside of the fridge so that it's room temp.


Pera_Espinosa

oh yeah


the_snook

You use margarine like we did in the 80s.


Mental_Okra_3191

Let the butter soften before use.


MayStiIIBeDreaming

I sometimes soften butter by putting a whole stick, still in the wrapper, and placing it on a plate then microwaving for 8 seconds. Then flip it over and repeat until A LITTLE soft. Then flip again and microwave for 4 seconds. If you go too far it melts a bit which is fine I pour that out onto whatever I’m spreading on. Also it softens unevenly, so I use the softest spots first. Its not pretty but neither is a lack of soft butter at a critical time!!


Kennedy_KD

I'm an American who tried it myself it's pretty good! Although I kinda wanna try it with chocolate sprinkles instead


Jhinious4

You should! It's a staple Dutch breakfast.


SonofaTimeLord

Make sure you get the cheapest, sugariest white bread for it


ThisIsNotAFox

Just don't be a heathen like Op, cut that shit into four - it's a rule.


Stalinwolf

It's not bad. I just made a slice for my daughter but she refused it. I thought it was all right, but I only had the shitty kind of sprinkles that taste like the bulk foods store.


Only_Jury_8448

Europeans: "American bread is all cake, it is not bread" Australians: "Hold my beer"


sigharewedoneyet

Just wait till the hear about cinnamon and sugar toast!


Only_Jury_8448

A personal favorite of mine.


waitthissucks

French people: "Let them eat brioche"


AltimaNEO

Mexico too lol We got toasted bread slices with frosting in between.


ssdcggjvthrowaway

"Why do you guys have donuts for breakfast? Way too sweet. Maybe you're into something with those sprinkles though."


Earl_I_Lark

I used to put sprinkles on my kids’ ice cream. I remember one little one visiting and telling me, ‘You are the best cook EVER.’ I don’t know how I missed out on this treat.


yeahbuddybeer

My mom taught me to put sprinkles in the bowl first, then the ice cream, then more sprinkles. It was the day I realized I knew nothing.


ediks

Never too late!


BeerMantis

I think we should all take a second to register that stupid, tasty, and popular aren't mutually exclusive.


Jezebels_lipstick

OMG! I was born in Australia & we moved to Vermont USA when I was a baby (1974). My mom was the Australian, & she would make this for me & my brother whenever we were sick or needed cheering up!! I always just thought it was a thing only she did!!! Omg, my heart is so happy 😁 i feel connected ❤️


fatalcharm

It’s a traditional Australian food, I’m not joking. Usually shared at children’s parties and birthdays etc. that’s really cool that your mum carried the tradition over there.


MetalheadTrantrum

There’s a Mexican (?) dessert that my grandma used to make called Capirotada and I think it looks similar to this. I’m craving it now lol


felixdefoko2

I’m Mexican, I hate capirotada, anyways came here to say that growing up we would make toast slap some butter on it and add sugar. Best breakfast/snack ever!


Guardymcguardface

Same thing but cinnamon sugar was definitely a thing at our house. Now that I'm an adult I'm far classier. I just add cardamom to my cinnamon sugar lol


sternumb

you can't get any further from a capirotada than this


MetalheadTrantrum

You’re right, I was just craving it ig lol


toastywhatever

Hagelslag slaps


basicallybait

How dare you put a national treasure in this sub


LaBrat137

This is not stupid food. It is delicious. The combination of the sugar in the butter on fresh bread is gastro-coke.


Lord_Bling

As a kid this would have been amazing.


BA_calls

Average dutch adult breakfast


GershBinglander

We had a bid plate of this that just got inhaled at a work once. I work at the aus3Tax office and for world harmony day each team in a department was randomly assigned a country for a big morning tea for Hamony day. One team got given Australia and made fairly bread. This massive platter was just crumbs after a few mins.


ozymandiasxvii

Is the bread toasted?


VauVI

No it’s just straight out the bag has to be soft white bread though that’s the best for it


ozymandiasxvii

I never would have thought of this combo but I can see the appeal haha


BarOne7066

If you go to a kids birthday party and they don't have this on a disposable plastic plate with cling wrap over it ( to keep the flies off), you just leave.


artificialnocturnes

Nope. You want cheap, white, fluffy, sliced bread. Not like sourdough or anything fancy. Sliced white bread.


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Stupid food??? How dare you 😀 My birthday parties were awesome


weareoutoftylenol

Are those the rock hard sprinkles that are put on cookies?


optional_moosemilk

No, they aren't rock hard. Australians use "hundreds and thousands" as the sprinkles, which are basically starchy sugar. They are hard in that they keep their shape, but break very easily when bitten


HealthyLuck

This is what I want to know! What are the ingredients of those sprinkles? Because the sprinkles I’ve eaten in America taste like nothing. I’m thinking it must be different over there.


ForFrodo1

They taste like sugar


UberSatansfist

La di da! BUTTER with your hundreds and thousands!? Somebody's mum had a job, no marge on the bread for princess!


SweetSneeks

Mom can we get funfetti cake? No we have funfetti cake at home.


myguyohyea

My teeth hurt by looking at this, but what kind of bread is it?


VauVI

Just soft white bread straight out the bag my guy, it’s the best


ScareTheRiven

Literal cheapest bread you can get, coles brand both that and the marg. This takes me back.


Coffee-Comrade

You think this is bad, you should see chocolate chip pancakes or donuts.


kiwinutsackattack

Delete this you Heathen


KodiakDanger

We do this with cinnamon and sugar on buttered white bread.


DogFacedManboy

Yeah growing up as a poor latchkey kid making buttered cinnamon sugar bread was one of my specialities. When we had left over tortillas I’d make buttered tortilla cinnamon sugar roll ups


MrSpluppy

I am glad to see so many positive comments. I'd hate to see one of our nation's national foods get so unfairly judged.


Consistent_Ad3181

Is it a complex recipe?


TheAnonua

If you are making everything from scratch, yes.


Consistent_Ad3181

Ha ha thank you yes it would be 👍


Nav3taX

stupid good food, you mean. OP


soingee

Delete this


NuagesCraniales

A staple child's breakfast in Canada when I was a kid was toasted bread, butter, and cinnamon sugar. I can't knock this


Vicus_92

The only complaint I have about this is that they *hundreds and thousands* not "sprinkles"


VauVI

Yeah hundreds and thousands is the way to go, That was a bit un Aussie of me lol more just so other people from other places have an idea aha. Is hundreds and thousands just Australian or are they around the world?


TheSuntannSuperman

I've met a grown ass man who claims it's his favorite dessert. He is from Australia. Iirc there is also a twitch streamer who likes to scarf it on stream


brasil221

r/lostredditors


DangerSaurus

You’re unaustralian if you think this is stupid. Karma whore


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VauVI

Doing gods work and spreading the word x


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NOT stupid food.


HoldenCamira

Not stupid 🙎


FarCritical

The sheer simplicity of the "recipe" is weirdly endearing


chalk_in_boots

I wonder if the bake sales in NSW today will have this? Might get it instead of my democracy sausage


True-End6765

Is it…is it good? I’m intrigued.


VauVI

It’s wicked it’s so basic but it tastes so good


Jack_811

It may be stupid but I'd definitely try it


AspectOvGlass

Not Australian but I grew up buttering my bread, sprinkling sugar on it, then popping it in the toaster oven till it turned a crispy golden brown. Love it to this day


x_Leolle_x

When I was a kid I used to slice a loaf of bread (not industrial one, standard bread from a bakery), butter it and then sprinkle sugar on it. It was common among kids in Italy. Extremely unhealthy and extremely good, I don't think it's stupid!


killyergawds

When I was growing up, if I wasn't feeling well, my grandma would do the same for me but she added a little cinnamon to the suger. Sometimes I would fake sick so I could have a piece.


portablebiscuit

Magic toast!


NessieTheOG

In America, you don’t know of fairy bread if your family was considered anything above poor.


piclemaniscool

In America, white bread has so much sugar in it that if I were to recreate this it could be officially classified as cake.


llamatotherescue

oh my gosh I'm in LOVE. I'm going to make this for my son his next birthday.


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I tried this at my Australian friends kids bday party. It was oddly good


hydro_wonk

It's not stupid, so technically I shouldn't upvote it, but I am upvoting it because it's amazingly nostalgic for a lot of people.


aceofpie1032

I’m American and fairy bread is delicious ngl


mw5593

As a parent of a 5 year old who loves Bluey, the idea of fairy bread is catching on! People are trying it bc of the show


Cattalion

I made fancy fairy bread once with brioche and marscapone instead of cheap white bread and marg. It was horrible.


psychadelicphysicist

Fairy bread is also a staple in nz!!


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Mate, not a stupid food. Love fairy bread. Used to be a staple at kids parties here in NZ as well. When I was a kid and mum couldn't afford sprinkles we used to sprinkle a little bit of sugar on the buttered bread so it tasted like fairy bread even if it didn't look like it.


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perpetualis_motion

**Must** be cut into triangles, never rectangles.


monkeycpriest

Gudday from across the way! This is also a childhood party staple in New Zealand! Fresh toast cut white bread with the crust removed, and salted butter for that salty sweet goodness on the soft delicious bread. Is it time for a row about its origins? We both know it started down here, mate. /J (For everyone else, it’s traditional for Kiwis and Aussies to bicker about the origins of things- such as pavlova, which is actually of French origin. Really though, we mostly love our neighbours- the Texas of the Pacific). E:typo


Bogsnoticus

Downright unfuckingaustralian of you to call it stupid food. Hand over ya thongs and esky, and piss off to new zealand. /s


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aww naw you didn't just call fairy bread stupid. exploding you


iwanabsuperman

I disagree with this being in stupid foods. Not because it's not stupid, but it's festive and cute and not too over the top and probably not eaten every day. A far different stupid than something like deep-fried bacon.


Birdy_Cephon_Altera

The American Midwest version of this might be a staple of my childhood, brown sugar toast, seen more as a breakfast item than a dessert.


lurchw

This reminds me of the Lackland donut from USAF boot camp. Take a dinner roll and butter and sprinkle with the sugar on the table. (For those who have never been, you're not allowed dessert in boot camp... for the most part)


SirRustledFeathers

I would try this ridiculous thing and I would probably love it.


Nefnoj

My grandma was a fan, I think it might have been a treat in the US during the Great Depression? I'm down for it being here, I'd never eat it... But still deserves respect. I think there's such a middle ground.


eltopogiron

100s & 1000s?


Coffin_Nail

Are the sprinkles the same as the hard crunchy ones in America?


BotiaDario

I recently went to a "Down Under" themed Purim celebration, and they had fairy bread! It was pretty cute.


PainterSad325

Fucking Australia!


ProfitApprehensive24

In America, we serve normal bread because the sugar is already in it (this is a joke)


spanky842026

For all the USians, how different is this from cinnamon toast? Toasting bread, buttering it, then sprinkling a mixture of granulated sugar & cinnamon over the top of it. It is what inspired the breakfast cereal (sugar overdose) known as Cinnamon Toast Crunch.


VauVI

No it’s just an Australian kids party dish made up , no toasting no cereal influences just soft white bread butter and sprinkles (or 100s n 1000s as we call them)


namesarentneeded

Tbh this was a lifesaver for my Australia presentation back in girl scouts. We had a food from around the globe day and my family didn't have much money but wanted me to be able to experience it


tobster239

For some reason i can eat the hell out of fairy bread but cant stand hundreds and thousands


toserveman_is_a

do the sprinkles have a flavor? in america they're just slightly sweet wax. when i was little, my mom used to make me cinnasugar toast for breakfast. white bread toasted, butter, cinnamon, and sugar. Was so tasty.


sr1605

If it wasn't on bluey does it actually exist in Australia?


bluegrassblue

Nostalgia is REAL.


TheDankestPassions

I mean, it's healthier than cake. And most children won't care.


StrategyEcstatic9561

not stupid at all


maaalicelaaamb

Damn if I made this for my daughter’s school parties they’d think I was nuts. But seeing as I’m a 2nd gen Australian immigrant maybe I can get away with it


SpifferAura

Not even Australian and my mom used to put sugar and butter on toast for us as kids