I have browsed the candy aisles of a few places, and I've noticed there's no Smarties!

Is it true? I thought I read another thread where someone casually mentioned lack of ketchup chips (I know that) and Smarties in this country.

No! Yes? No! Oh noes, where can I find?

On that note, no Centrum Materna here either! What da? There's every other Centrum in every store except Materna! What da?!

What kind of Smarties? Chocolate or the chalk-like fruit-flavored kind? The US sells the chalky kind, but if you're looking for the chocolate ones, you'll have to either find a store that sells Canadian brand candy or import it. (Can't you just buy some M&Ms?) LOL

yeah no Smarites but I prefer M&M's anyways.. and yes I am Canadian

smarties coating is too sweet...

Oddly enough, I asked this to my husband last night, and he said its false you can get Smarties in the US. Or at least you could in WA and AK.

is he thinking of these?


just found this...



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarties_(Nestl%C3%A9)

I mean the chocolate Smarties, like M&Ms but sweeter, bigger, flatter; they come in a box. Quite disappointed I am.

M&Ms just ain't the same. =(

Some stores have them. Usually not ur big grocery or chain stores.

yes you are right.. M&m's are better ....lol

I think some people are just nostalgic over the Smarties because you can't get them into the US.. lol

I've always been a Smarties fan. Love the thick sweet candy coating. It tastes so fake I love it. Peanut M&Ms are yummy.

I had never noticed the lack of Smarties here, otherwise I would have packed a whole bunch like I did ketchup chips!

Well, thanks for the replies. I'll be stocking up on my next visit.

Hmmmm - I'll have to clarify - I always thought those were called Rockets. I'll ask him again tonight. He's gonna wonder if I'm preggers and having cravings for Smarties.

I like Smarties better than M&Ms. Also love the Rockets/Smarties - they make me think of Halloween.

yeah those are called Smarties down here...

Ugh. I had a HUGE craving for Smarties yesterday.

Those are rockets!!!

In Canada we call them Rockets, and I only remember them at Halloween. What Canadians call Smarties might be found somewhere in the US, but I've never seen them. Just like Marilyn loves to tell us that M&M's are better...I say Smarties are, because you can paint your lips with the red ones!

I buy Smarties (the chocolate kind) at Cost Plus World Market in th British section. They are expensive, but worth it. I LOVE Smarties.

and I am not the only one.. I remember someone else saying that M&M's are better but I can't remember who now.. lol


yup, but they are called Smarites here in the US....

I looooooove smarties!!!!!!!!!
I'm buying a whole case at cosco before I go down!

I love those things but I always thought that this was a rocket.

I think it was me, saying that peanut butter M&Ms trump all!

I used to enjoy Smarties, but the coating has gotten so thick, it's more shell than chocolate.

.. i think it was warlord or something...

i liked Smarties has a kid but as I got older they just seemed to sweet for my liking...

Mmmm...last time I was in Winnipeg Dennis sent me home with like two pounds of Smarties. I just ran out over the weekend.

There's a place in the Greater Los Angeles area that sells Smarties, Coffee Crisp and other Canadian delicacies to ex-pat Canucks. I wish I could remember the name of the place but I'm sure someone here knows of it. I do know of someone who came to Toronto on vacation (to see the HHOF, huge hockey fan) and got hooked on Coffee Crisp. I took a box to him last time I visited Wyoming along with a DVD collection of the 1972 Canada-USSR Summit Series.

I have seen coffer crisps down here at the Dollar Tree store.. well at least they used to have them.. the last couple of times I have been there I haven't seen them... but I still miss the Mr Big Bars..

How about Sixlets? Is there a Canadian version of these? I haven't ever had Canadian Smarties (don't like US smarties) but possibly
are Sixlets anything like em?

And how the heck do you post an image?? I keep trying and all I get is the text when I preview my post.

you need to use photobucket or image shack..

yeah Sixlets seem to be similar.. never heard of them before though...





http://www.candy.org/2007/04/19/sixlets/

Flames do tell if you have seen them anywhere in the area cause it is worth a few hour drive to get some, perhaps when I finally make a trip to Ikea lol.

On the Smarties thing again (Didn't I post it in another thread just recently?). Anyways check to see if there's any British import grocery stores around in your area. They probably will have them since Smarties are a British candy (Like Mars Bars, Aero etc.) that Canada adopted and are the same things. I know we have a British place around here that has a number of British foods and stuff. Not sure about Smarties as I personally couldn't stand them, but there's a place to try...

Yes yes, those are Rockets and we only get them on Halloween!

I can't believe Smarties is considered rare species and I'd have to find in a British grocer, not 2 for $1 at Safeway! Next you're going to tell me Coffee Crisp is also non-American. Oh wait, someone did!

How about Skor? And Crunchie? Or am I doomed to Snickers and Butterfinger and whatever else I consider subpar chocolate bars here? No offense to anyone who likes Snickers and Butterfinger. I'm just ranting.

And I can't believe when I finally get AP hopefully by October is the first time I will be able to enjoy a Smarties at regular price!

What kind of country is this? Quel pays! Mon dieu.

they do have skor bars down here




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



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

I have seen them on occasion at the Dollar Tree store...

I mentioned the Dollar Tree possibly having Coffee Crisps...apparently they haven't made their way down here. Neither have the Smarties (choccie ones) nor Aero, nor any of the other delectables. NOT EVEN a Timmy's! *slaps forehead in absolute frustration*
BTW, we did find a Skor bar down here...Joel was so excited, bless his heart.

We do plan on shipping a bunch of stuff home to ourselves while we're home next month.

well, skor bars were in the US first...



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

Yup, you were right - he assumed I was talking about Rockets, he had no idea what a CDN Smartie was - besides his wife of course

Your Joel has great taste in chocolate bars!

That's odd. Not that he wouldn't know what Canadian Smarties are, but that states such as Alaska or Washington wouldn't have them readily available. I'd generally think states that share a border with Canada (such as Washington and Alaska) might be more inclined to sell the Canadian version.

Of course, just because your husband hasn't seen them sold, that doesn't mean they aren't for sale somewhere in those states. I've seen Coffee Crisp (which is, by all accounts, easier to find) here in Texas, so if a state this far from Canada might have some Canadian candy, it's highly likely northern states would as well.

What I've found increases your chances of finding Canadian food items is looking in less "mainstream" stores. For instance, I've never seen anything that isn't local (i.e. Texan or just generally American) in places like H.E.B., Kroger's or Randall's; however, when I've looked in Whole Foods Market and Central Market (the latter of which is a Texas-only chain), I can find products from all over the globe, including Canada. So while it's entirely possible that Canadian Smarties exist in the United States, finding them might take some serious research.

You are definalty not doomed to eat Snickers and crappy Butterfingers. Try Herseys Chocolate Bars with almonds or Twix or Crunchie instead. You might never want to eat another Canadian/British chocolate bar again. Actually the only Canadian chocolate bar I ever did like was the Coffee Crips one.

I actually don't eat any chocolate (not a big fan) except at Halloween when everyone brings in their left over candy and chocolate bars to share at work (then I eat enough for the entire year)...

Ohmygoodness, I've noticed that TOO! I just thought it was me and poor dental hygiene. Thanks for eliminating my Smarties craving, Cassie.

Smarties are the best. I can definitely go through a box in a couple minutes. There is a British candy shop in South Jersey that I go to once and awhile when I'm in Atlantic City. They have smarties, coffee crisp..(how do you like your coffee? I like my coffee crisp!) haha They have flakes (mmmm) and crunchies... It's a candy land for me down there and I load up. I've gotten my husband into a few things. He likes the mint aero bars.

Hershey's chocolate is IMO (and quite a few others) sub-par. And after having emailed them a few years ago about why their Cadbury's bars taste so much different than the *real* Cadbury's bars, they replied it is because they use a different, cheaper cocoa, and less of it.

I'd rather have some chocolate in my chocolate.

I totally agree about the Hershey's. It's quite annoying when you can get chocolate bars like KitKat and Peanut Butter Cups, and then when you taste them, they taste like crap. Look on the back and you'll see the chocolate is by Hershey's, and then you'll know why.

At Christmas time I wanted to make a Mars Bar square that calls for Mars Bars mini's, or if not, the actual longer bars. I couldn't find any. Saw this link only last week, so that answered my question... *sigh*


http://www.oregonl5.org/mist/marsbar.html

Weird, even when I lived in Canada I would only eat Hersey's with almonds or Twix if I had a desire to eat them. To me it had the best flavor of chocolate...

I could be wrong, but some of the Hersheys stuff in Canada seems to be better than it is here. When you can really tell the difference is when you get halloween choc bars in Canada - which they are obviously importing and the chocolate is so waxy compared to stuff made in Canada or Europe.

We are pretty much eating Cadburys here - Albertson's sells the european ones, not the U.S. ones - the almond dairy milk is so good

eh, I really don't notice a big different in the taste of the chocolate down here... but I am really not a big chocolate bar eater...

of course European chocolate is going to taste much better then any thing form Canada or the US...

It's not the same but there's a mexican candy very similar to smarties, they should be easier to find in the US.

Hershey's US and Hershey's Canada even use different ingredients and recipes for their products.

from the Hershey's Canada website:



If you compare labels, you'll see the difference. Unfortunatly, they don't have ingredients lists on their website that I can find, and I'm nowhere near Canada to be able to compare.

Its the same with any other company that crosses borders and has manufacturing in both countries. Hershey's, Nabisco, Kraft, Coke, Pepsi, etc etc etc...the end product is different, even if the packaging makes them look the same.

Yes true, as we have discussed in the earlier 'what the heck did they do to the heinz ketchup' thread.

I have actually pretty much stopped drinking coke. I used to drink coke all the time, then I started having just 1 a day - while still in Canada. Anyway, it's so weird here, the stuff in a can, that i've kind of gone off it completely - i've taken up drinking Canada Dry gingerale or Sprite. Fountain drinks don't seem to be so - different.

Im gonna have to check out Cost Plus World Market for Smarties... I got my nieces and nephews hooked on them while I was living in Canada...we did not bring enough with us when we moved.. *sigh*...my husbands favoUrite will always be Wunderbars...we stocked up on them at Costoc before we moved and he eats them sparingly...

others that he likes here in the states are PayDay, Watchmacallit (my all time fave), Nutrageous and 100 Grand...Ive heard that Longs Drugs sometimes sell Coffee Crisp and he did have a craving for one the other day..will have to check at Long's..

While I don't eat very many chocolate bars (or chocolate in general) nowdays, I can tell you all that Hershey's does have a "higher quality" line that goes beyond their standard fare. If you're merely looking at the chocolate bars you can pick up at Wal-Mart or CVS, then you're bound to run into some crap candy. You can't realistically expect to get top-notch food at discount stores or pharmacies.

Now maybe one of the reasons I rarely come across problems regarding chocolate is because I don't milk chocolate. I detest it and I only ever eat dark chocolate. It seems to be far more difficult (but not impossible) to screw up the process of creating dark chocolate over milk chocolate. Dark chocolate is also carried by companies that are generally considered to be "better" and even Hershey's has a line of chocolate that's "finer quality" as well.

The reason milk chocolate is more prolific is because it's less expensive to create (that's no surprise) and since it has a "sweeter" taste, children and many adults tend to prefer it over dark chocolate. Like dark chocolate, however, there are different types of milk chocolate. This accounts for why and how the "same" kind of chocolate could somehow taste different in the United States and Canada.

Oh and I know many of you seem to think HFCS is a "product of the devil" or some such nonsense, but it's really no cause for alarm. In fact, HFCS is fairly harmless. The problem with quite a few American food items is that they have both HFCS and sugar. If something has only HFCS or sugar, the results aren't that bad -- neither one is truly worse than the other. However, if both are present at the same time, the end result is twice as harmful as one of those alone and apparently, quite a few American products have both of them in it. This helps to account for the "obesity problem" in the United States (although overeating itself is still the main culprit).

Just so you all know, I didn't pull the above out of my rear-end. Try reading a book called "The Omnivore's Dilemma." The author talks extensively about this issue. Come to think of it, the author writes about a number of subjects that anyone living in the U.S. should probably know about, considering his books deals with food and we're putting that inside our bodies.

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I'm well aware that Hershey's has a "higher quality" line of chocolate, I've tried it, and yes, it is readily available at Wal-Mart. However, I still prefer imported. Which is readily available at Aldi. A discount grocery chain.

I am SURE that Walmart has some absolutely fine chocolate on their shelves.

As for milk chocolate being sweeter and cheaper to produce, this seems pretty obvious considering dark chocolate has a greater amount of cocoa added to it and one would imagine that cocoa is more expensive than say....milk or sugar. I also think we are all also aware that the manufacturing of several products in the U.S. and Canada and the ingredients therein are different.

I personally don't think HFCS is a product of the devil - I do know however that pretty much every product I have purchased here that contains sugar and/or HFCS is hugely over-sweetened. Is this because of HFCS - probably not, is this a problem in the food chain - I would say so. The fact that even something which should, generally, be good for you, like cereal, in this country is so over-sweetened as to be almost inedible.

How do you know that over eating is the main culprit regarding the obesity 'problem' in the U.S.? The fact that an entire nation is affected would seem to me to indicate a much bigger problem - see paragraph above.