1. UK Smarties and US Smarties are completely different to each other. The US ones are flatter and come in different flavours wrapped up in plastic packaging.
2. The Lid
Smarties lids are also brightly coloured (usually red, yellow or green), and on the reverse side you will see a small letter of the alphabet embossed into the lid itself. By collecting the lids, you will find that you have a fun educational device for your children (or for yourself), and can spell out words or phrases with them. You will have to eat a lot of Smarties to progress to whole sentences!
3. The Tube
Smarties come in a cardboard tube, capped with a 'flip top' lid at one end. At the other end is a white circle of cardboard that stops the Smarties escaping, and has the 'best before date' printed on it.
The tube is often used by primary school teachers to demonstrate the shape of a cylinder, in the same way that Toblerone packets are often used to demonstrate the shape of a triangular prism. You need to keep the Smarties tube if you want to play the Smartie-winks game.
4. Slogan.
Is it the delicious Nestlé chocolate that makes Smarties the children's favourite? Only Smarties have the answer.
5. Ingredients.
There are only seven 'E-numbers' listed, even though there are eight different colour Smarties.
thanks for the fun facts on Smarties which I love btw.. However your version is prettier than the US version.. Ours are dull in color.. Nice colorful shot!!
What a great piece of Smartie research. I only knew that I like them, they are really for children and the orange ones taste different from all the others - or they used to? Maybe you can taste one and let me know?!
well thats interesting!! and a very colourful shot, I should really follow....ok I will !! should have done it when we were both trying to do the gangnam thingy!!
also here last time I had a packet they had no lid just a cardboard lid cover? very disappointed. I loved the anticipation as a kids wondering which letter i would get & popping the lid off lol
You missed a great Smartie tube fact.....you could whack it in the middle as it sat on the table and fire the lid as an unsuspecting sister!!! awesome fun :O
@willowdragon i think we all have memories of Smarties from our childhood don't we? I know i used to try the tiddly winks game with the lids! Thanks for your comment :)
These look like M&M's to me. Yes, our Smarties are totally different.
South African smarties come in very colourful boxes...
I got some Smarties at Christmas and was shocked to find their Q&A was wrong!
Have another taste! (My taste bids are way older (I mean senior!) than yours.)