Smarties

[Jimmydee]

Do you US of A .. folk have smarties down there?
I overheard my coworkers talking about smarties and how they don’t have or not sure if they have them in the USA

[automeister]

I don't see them often. They are great though

[JeeperCreeper]

I almost always see them around this time of year.

[MrKittyCatMeowFace]

I ate a bunch as a kid. Came in the litte twist wrappers. .

[Cdn_Cuda]

Ah, different thinks! We call those rockets here. Smarties are kinda like M&Ms

[Blackmagic71]

Who doesn’t like to eat small pieces of chalk?

[Cdn_Cuda]

Canadian Smarties are chocolate!

[Greaterthenjake]

How about NECCO wafers? Are those north of the border?

[Toestr]

FYI Americans our Smarties are basically a rip off of M&Ms. The pressed sugar disks you call Smarties we call Rockets.

You're not missing out on the M&M ripoff Smarties. They changed the recipe ~15 years ago and they taste horrible but from what I remember before that they were basically identical to M&Ms.

[Cdn_Cuda]

Agreed. Now cheap crappy chocolates. But hey, great package stuffers for Walzmas!

[Jonnydread]

We keep American Smarties around for stomach discomfort, they taste better than Tums.

Toestr I’m surprised and saddened to hear that. I remember getting Canadian Smarties when I was a kid (I’m 38) and they were really good

[markdem]

Yes we had them in Australia! The closest thing we have in USA is M&M's. Basically the same thing

Although i think everyone agrees that US chocolate is trash

[Memornix]

I actually know one of the owners of smarties from back when I lived in NJ.

Fun fact, the shape came from reusing old surplus WWII machines used for pressing gunpowder into percussion caps.

[Greaterthenjake]

Yes we had them in Australia! The closest thing we have in USA is M&M's. Basically the same thing

Although i think everyone agrees that US chocolate is trash

Ok I can say this US TimTams are trash. Cadbury down there i found out is a whole other thing as well.... Do not get me started on Australia's chicken salt.