REI no longers carrys this wonderful sugar hit--the only
place i have found to buy more is thru Ebay from England
and the shipping is more than the candy bar.
does anyone know of a source in the USA ???

Well, I don't have a specific answer to the question, but I always thought they were darn close to a candy cane, IMHO.

Why not try making it for yourself?

I am trying to remember the ingredients:
dextrose
glucose
mint flavor

Find a site that tells you how to make various kinds
of candy like soft, semi-hard, hard.

Any appreciable heat turns sugar to caramel and there
was no caramel-type flavor or consistency; so, I think,
very little heat, if any, is used.

I love caramel, but it is not good for survival:
1)pulls fillings and caps off of teeth
2)harder to digest
3)constipating

Maybe Kendall Mint Cake is constipating also, though I
doubt it. I never ate enough at one time to find out.

If they have it in the US, your best chance would be Bestglide.

There are 2 bars in a BCB emergency ration pack.

(Kendalls mint-cake tastes great.)

I surfed the web a bit and couldn't find a domestic source, either. Anyone interested in a group buy?

Jeff

I just sent an e-mail to them, to find if there is an US distributor...

Wikipedia has the instructions on making it...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendal_mint_cake

Try british import shops. Many have extensive selections of tea, digestives etc.

Having just read the Wikipedia entry I must ask if the Kendal mint cake is the same thing as a York brand peppermint patty?

The Kendal mint cake is harder inside -- more like a Heath toffee bar than a York peppermint patty (which is nice and squooshy). I had some Kendal mint cake for the first time this spring (in Northumberland) and it was a seriously intense sugar rush.

So it would be worth trying then? I ask because my Brother in Law starts a new job tomorrow and it includes three weeks of training in London. Sounds like I should ask him to pick up a box.