Maltesers Large Box - 310g

Maltesers sit in that small group of sweets every British household seems to own by default: the cinema snack, the long car journey, the bowl put out when people come round. They feel lighter than a bar, which is exactly the excuse people use for eating more of them.

In Canada, people search for them by name because they want the ones they remember, the British ones, in the box they remember. A taste from childhood is a very specific thing, and a familiar one a long way from home is worth tracking down.

The large box holds 310g, a proper amount for sharing, or for not sharing if nobody is looking. Keep it somewhere cool and dry, well away from the radiator, and it will happily wait in the cupboard for the next film night. It rarely has to wait long.

People tend to buy them alongside the other things they miss from home: a bag of proper crisps, a packet of biscuits for the tea, a bar or two from the chocolate shelf. Put together, it makes a night in that feels a lot like the old ones.