“Everyone saved the orange ones until last. Everyone. I have never met an exception.”
Smarties
$3.29 · 1.3 oz (38 g)
Born
1937
Maker
Nestlé
The orange ones
Are actually orange flavored!
Best enjoyed
Poured into a palm, not eaten one at a time
Little sugar-shelled chocolates in a cardboard tube, first made in York in 1937 by Rowntree's and now by Nestlé. They were sold as Chocolate Beans before anyone thought of calling them Smarties.
The shells are the point: thin, crisp, and in colors that all taste the same except the orange one, which tastes of orange.
If you grew up in America, the Smarties you know are the chalky tablets in a twist of cellophane. Those are a different sweet entirely, made by a different company. These are the chocolate ones.
$6.95 delivery, free over $50.
The Practical Bits
Everything one ought to know before tucking in.
Ingredients
Sugar
Skimmed Milk Powder
Cocoa Mass
Cocoa Butter
Glucose Syrup
Wheat Flour
Whey Powder Product (Milk)
Butterfat (Milk)
Vegetable Fats (Palm, Shea)
Starch
Emulsifier (Lecithins)
Colours (Beetroot Red, Carotenes, Curcumin)
Flavourings
Spirulina Concentrate
Glazing Agents (Carnauba Wax, Beeswax White)
Vegetable Concentrates (Safflower, Radish)
Barley Malt Extract
Skimmed Milk Powder
Cocoa Mass
Cocoa Butter
Glucose Syrup
Wheat Flour
Whey Powder Product (Milk)
Butterfat (Milk)
Vegetable Fats (Palm, Shea)
Starch
Emulsifier (Lecithins)
Colours (Beetroot Red, Carotenes, Curcumin)
Flavourings
Spirulina Concentrate
Glazing Agents (Carnauba Wax, Beeswax White)
Vegetable Concentrates (Safflower, Radish)
Barley Malt Extract
Allergen Information
Milk, Wheat