Smarties... Did you know?

LooeyUK · 26-02-2005, 18:20

Did you know that the orange smarties are made out of orange chocolate?

Only found that out today!

**Paul M** · 26-02-2005, 18:35

They may be now, but they certainly didn't used to be.

**Mick** · 26-02-2005, 18:48

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Originally Posted by Paul M

They may be now, but they certainly didn't used to be.

^ Said like a true Smarties lover!

cookie_365 · 26-02-2005, 19:04

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Originally Posted by Paul M

They may be now, but they certainly didn't used to be.

?? The orange Smarties have been organge flavoured (don't know if any real oranges were harmed in the making of this vegelate) for as long as I can remember ...

... which admittedly is only about 20 minutes, the day I've been having

Ramrod · 26-02-2005, 19:09

"Nearly 17,000 Smarties are eaten every minute in the UK.
NestlÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â© Rowntree has produced 5,000 million Smarties caps over the last 25 years.
When production of Smarties resumed after the Second World War, Smarties were made with plain chocolate because of the shortage of milk.
If the Smarties eaten in one year were laid end to end it would equal almost 102,000 km and if they were put in tubes and these put end to end it would equal almost 29,000 km"

**Paul M** · 26-02-2005, 19:41

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Originally Posted by Mick

^ Said like a true Smarties lover!

I used to love smarties when they were Rountrees.

Since Nestle got hold of them (quite a few years ago now) they have gone downhill.

Ramrod · 26-02-2005, 19:42

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Originally Posted by Paul M

I used to love smarties when they were Rountrees.

Since Nestle got hold of them (quite a few years ago now) they have gone downhill.

Did they roll down that hill?

**Mick** · 26-02-2005, 19:45

I think I've said this in a similar thread about Smarties, forget Smarties. I will have a bag of cadbury's mini eggs instead!

Mal · 26-02-2005, 19:45

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Originally Posted by Paul M

I used to love smarties when they were Rountrees.

Since Nestle got hold of them (quite a few years ago now) they have gone downhill.

Used to know someone who worked at Rowntrees, who could get the "misshapes and seconds".

I used to get, what looked like small sugar bags, full of smarties. Nothing wrong with them.

Kit Kats, Lion bars and after-eight mints as well.

Ramrod · 26-02-2005, 19:50

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Originally Posted by Mal

Used to know someone who worked at Rowntrees, who could get the "misshapes and seconds".

I used to get, what looked like small sugar bags, full of smarties. Nothing wrong with them.

Kit Kats, Lion bars and after-eight mints as well.

So whats it like weighing 18 stone?

paulyoung666 · 26-02-2005, 19:53

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

So whats it like weighing 18 stone?

heavy i presume

Mal · 26-02-2005, 19:55

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

So whats it like weighing 18 stone?

Beats a stick of celery

Ramrod · 26-02-2005, 20:19

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Originally Posted by Mal

Beats a stick of celery

Hate celery

More of a string bean myself

cookie_365 · 26-02-2005, 20:31

Ok, so if the red ones were raspberry flavour, the green ones mint flavour, etc etc, what would be your fave ?

Me say: brown for coffee

chocolate, caffeine, what else could anyone want ???

Mal · 26-02-2005, 20:35

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Originally Posted by cookie_365

Ok, so if the red ones were raspberry flavour, the green ones mint flavour, etc etc, what would be your fave ?

Me say: brown for coffee

chocolate, caffeine, what else could anyone want ???

Do you also like the Coffee Cremes (or creams, I can't remember

) that used to be in Roses?