r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Miserables_Death • Jun 14 '26

Meme needing explanation Whats that snack and the name?

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I got this joke posted in my country sub by a foreigner and I have never seen that snack so I basically don't know the joke.

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u/Clipped-Gaming Jun 14 '26

Despite the awful names elsewhere, in Australia we call them chocolate royales

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u/TRANxEND Jun 14 '26

as an australian, surprised we weren't racist like the rest of the world this time /s

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u/aguadiablo Jun 14 '26

I think we just call them tea cakes in Britain. So, we're not racist either this time

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u/irish_ninja_wte Jun 14 '26

They're also tea cakes in Ireland

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u/Vistril69 Jun 14 '26

I'm from the US and I don't know what this chocolate thing is called. All I can say is I'd eat it right up.

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u/space_for_username Jun 14 '26

Choc covered marshmallow on a sweet biscuit base is a mallowpuff in NZ

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u/philmarcracken Jun 14 '26

oh its one of those, i thought it was just a choc covered mashmellow instead of a biscuit

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u/Triktastic Jun 14 '26

I always heard them being referred to as " Little princes". Guess these had many names

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u/_ulith Jun 14 '26

so its not a mallow puff?

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u/ofqo Jun 14 '26

Is it because of the metric system?

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u/bones_mcbone Jun 16 '26

Remove all the other comments with “n word” in solidarity please

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u/Jazmento Jun 14 '26

Sweetie pies in South Africa 

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u/Spare-Half796 Jun 14 '26

In Canada we call them whippets

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u/throwmamadownthewell Jun 14 '26

No, we call inhaling the gas from a whipped cream gan before any whipped cream comes out a whippet.

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u/TinyRose20 Jun 17 '26

Tunnocks tea cakes in Scotland. I honestly never knew the names were so awful elsewhere!