serpineslair@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoSmarties are like the chocolate version of jellybeansmessage-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down13
arrow-up127arrow-down1message-squareSmarties are like the chocolate version of jellybeansserpineslair@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareGoretantath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·16 hours agoI forgot they aren’t horrid chalky crap outside the US and was like “what??”
minus-squareserpineslair@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·15 hours agoTIL smarties are horrid chalky crap inside the US, yikes another reason I’m glad I’m not there xD.
minus-squareserpineslair@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 hours agoCan’t say I’ve tried em, evidently 😅. Though, could be interesting just for the experience.
minus-squarecannedtuna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·14 hours agoHad a sleeve of them on my desk prior to my above comment. Idk why people are saying they’re chalky. They’re basically just lightly flavored sugar tablets.
minus-squareWigglesworth@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 hours ago…yay? 😐 As candy goes, that’s about as base-level acceptable as it gets. Was it the last thing at the bottom of a candy bowl and you settled for it?
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·13 hours agoKids crush them into powder, and snort it like coke. At least we did in the 80s…
minus-square𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·13 hours agoUS smarties are the same exact thing as Rockets elsewhere. They’re both sugary crack
minus-squareTriumph@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·14 hours agoSmarties are sugary. You’re thinking of Necco Wafers.
minus-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoRockets are branded as Smarties in the US
minus-squareTriumph@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·13 hours agoNecco Wafers taste like someone took Pepto-Bismol, dehaydrated it, and formed it into discs the size of US quarters.
minus-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 hours agoYeah, we’ve got those in the states too, haha
minus-squareowenfromcanada@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·16 hours agoThe chalky things are called “Rockets” in Canada.
I forgot they aren’t horrid chalky crap outside the US and was like “what??”
TIL smarties are horrid chalky crap inside the US, yikes another reason I’m glad I’m not there xD.
TFW you like US Smarties
Can’t say I’ve tried em, evidently 😅. Though, could be interesting just for the experience.
Had a sleeve of them on my desk prior to my above comment. Idk why people are saying they’re chalky. They’re basically just lightly flavored sugar tablets.
…yay? 😐
As candy goes, that’s about as base-level acceptable as it gets. Was it the last thing at the bottom of a candy bowl and you settled for it?
Kids crush them into powder, and snort it like coke.
At least we did in the 80s…
US smarties are the same exact thing as Rockets elsewhere. They’re both sugary crack
Smarties are sugary. You’re thinking of Necco Wafers.
Rockets are branded as Smarties in the US
Necco Wafers taste like someone took Pepto-Bismol, dehaydrated it, and formed it into discs the size of US quarters.
Yeah, we’ve got those in the states too, haha
The chalky things are called “Rockets” in Canada.
Rockets are good