What do British call donuts?

Dessert vs.
I mean pudding... I mean a donut? To Americans, this term is confusing because pudding is pudding, donuts are donuts, and cake is cake, but they all fall under the dessert category. In the UK, however, ordering "pudding" could mean you get pudding or any other dessert.
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Do they have Doughnuts in the UK?

Crème Brûlée Doughnut at Dum Dum Donutterie, London

Self proclaimed as "the best doughnuts in the world", Dum Dum Dounutterie's goods are baked not fried, thus healthy.
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What do British people call biscuits?

Scone (UK) / Biscuit (US)

American do have things called biscuits too, but they are something completely different. These are the crumbly cakes that British people call scones, which you eat with butter, jam, sometimes clotted cream and always a cup of tea.
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What do the British call marshmallows?

A Flump is a British sweet made of marshmallow. The sweet is a combination of pink, yellow, white and blue marshmallow, which has the appearance of a twisted helix. Flumps are sold in the United Kingdom and are made by the confectioner Barratt.
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What do British call cucumbers?

an English cucumber is just the kind you'd buy normally in a British supermarket as 'a cucumber'. They differ from the ones usually sold in the US, which are shorter, thicker- and smoother-skinned, and have bigger seeds.
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What do British people call scones?

A Biscuit (U.S.) Is a Scone (U.K.)

The closest British equivalent to those buttery miracles is a scone, which ain't too bad either. Both baked goodies use flour, fat, liquid and a leavening agent.
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What do the British call cupcakes?

A cupcake (also British English: fairy cake; Hiberno-English: bun) is a small cake designed to serve one person, which may be baked in a small thin paper or aluminum cup.
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What do they call popsicles in England?

This is ice lolly land. You might know them as popsicles. Or maybe even ice blocks. But, in Britain, they're called ice lollies.
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What are fries called in Britain?

Think you know how to order French fries in Britain? You're wrong! In the UK we have a worryingly high number of words for different types of potato foods. We call French fries just fries, and thicker-cut fries that come from a chip shop are called chips.
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What is toilet paper called in England?

Bog roll, naturally, is an idiom for toilet paper. This will come in especially handy if you find yourself in a dire situation in the loo.
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Are donuts popular in the UK?

Doughnuts are very popular in the UK, there's a nostalgia around them, but there was nothing above a Krispy Kreme." Dum Dums doughnuts – whose "croissant doughnuts" sell for £20 for a box of nine – have a similar success story.
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Do they have Krispy Kreme in England?

Krispy Kreme UK is the United Kingdom subsidiary of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, an American company. The UK headquarters are in Camberley, Surrey.
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What do the British call aluminum foil?

In the United Kingdom and United States it is often informally called "tin foil", just as steel cans are often still called "tin cans". Metallised films are sometimes mistaken for aluminium foil, but are actually polymer films coated with a thin layer of aluminium. In Australia, aluminium foil is widely called alfoil.
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What do they call an ice cream cone in England?

A 99 Flake is an ice cream cone, usually made with soft serve ice cream, into which a Flake bar has been inserted. The ice cream is usually vanilla flavoured. They are sold by ice cream vans and parlours.
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What are crumpets called in America?

So while you might have considered English muffins a "British" bread, it's actually more common here in the United States (and therefore why you see them in stores more often than crumpets). In fact, you'll likely find them referred to as just muffins or American Muffins in the United Kingdom.
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Is an English muffin a crumpet?

English Muffins: What's the Difference? Batter: Crumpets have a loose batter and are usually cooked inside of a crumpet ring mold. Texture: English muffins have more of a bread-like texture, while crumpets have a spongy texture.
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Are English muffins British?

English muffins are different from American muffins. They are thought to have originated in Wales from “Bara Mean,” a yeast leavened baked cake in the 10th Century. An Englishman named Samuel B. Thomas introduced these muffins to the US when he first opened his bakery shop in New York.
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How do British say chips?

If you want a bag of what Americans call 'chips' in the UK, just ask for crisps.
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What do British people call football?

One of the best-known differences between British and American English is the fact that the sport known as football in Great Britain is usually called soccer in the United States. Because the sport originated in England, it is often assumed that soccer is an Americanism.
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Is Candy a British word?

In British English, small, sweet things that you eat, such as toffees and chocolates, are called sweets. She did not allow her children to eat too many sweets. In American English, sweet things like these are called candy. Candy is an uncountable noun.
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What is a pudding in England?

In the United Kingdom and some of the Commonwealth countries, the word pudding is still used to describe both sweet and savory dishes. Unless qualified, however, the term in everyday usage typically denotes a dessert; in the United Kingdom, pudding is used as a synonym for a dessert course.
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