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Friday, July 21, 2006
Mega SmartiesEverything’s better when it’s big!
These are big Smarties. Yeah, there are two rolls of Smarties there in the picture. One is a regular sized roll and the other are the new gigantor Smarties.
Each Mega Smartie is the same diameter as a quarter and tastes suspiciously like a regular Smartie. (Yes, those are Mega Smarties with regular Smarties on top to show scale ... Mega Smarties do not come with hats.) Really, there’s very little difference except that for the first time I was able to taste the actual vague flavor of each of the Smarties colors. Not that there’s a lot of it. Not that I want a lot of flavor in my Smarties. They’re plesantly sweet and tart and dissolve quickly on the tongue. If I have any complaint with the Mega Smarties, it’s that they’re not quite as crumbly. There’s something so light and chalky about the demi-Smarties that allows them to enter the bloodstream instantly. If there’s one thing to recommend Mega Smarties, it’s because they’re now in a single-serving package, you should be able to find them with other candy bars instead of in with the bulk and fun sized bags. I usually only pick up Smarties at Halloween, because that’s the easiest time to find them in the large bags ... see how clever they are! (The weird thing is that I didn’t know what to call these. The label just refers to them as Smarties with no reference to the size. The Smarties.com website doesn’t say anything about Mega Smarties even existing.)
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It’s about time that they made a Smarties product as a single serving item! They’ve long been my favorite candy, and I’m happy that I can now get my fix without having to buy a big bag, which I’ve often eaten in one sitting.
How mysterious. I like how you have them stacked up like Devo hats.
I feel ridiculous...It took me a few seconds to realise they were stacked. I thought “Woah, plug shaped chalky candy things! They won’t fit into that tube...Something’s wr- ooooh!”
They look rather like indigestion tablets.
Aww, they looked like candy legos.
They look nice. Absolutely *nothing* like the Smarties we have here though (which are more like multi-coloured M&Ms;).
I wonder how the wrappers for those would work in this Candy Wrapper Bracelet.
You probably could make a zillion of these, lol!
Large Smarties . . . do they have a higher IQ? Hee. I like your note about the texture, because that’s the kind of thing I wonder about when they enlarge a candy. Wonder if too many large smarties crumbled on the assembly line without tweaking . . . do those get labeled, “Not So Smarties?” Hee hee.
Oh yum. I need to get some of those, like right now.
Hmm...I wonder how many Mega Smarties I could fit into my mouth?
yay! i love these. i got some while traveling this weekend. still have a few left in the roll. that never happens with normal smarties!
I saw these yesturday in a candy store, the box calls them “Giant” Smarties.
I think we call these “rockets” here in Canada. Here, Smarties are candy coated chocolate - very interesting to see what you guys get!
Alex - I pretty much won’t buy a whole bag because I KNOW I’ll eat them all.
Sera - here’s the weird thing, I saw GIANT Smarties and MEGA Smarties side by side over the weekend - the Giant are smaller than the Mega ... they’re just doing this to confuse us!
GTO - a lot of those “chalk” candies do look rather medicinal! It’s a wonder anyone eats them at all.
Pam - what?! it’s not possible to have leftover Smarties!
Marvo - 1.78 rolls of mega smarties ... unless your mouth is watering.
Sara - they actually do make a noise when you clink them together. Not quite as much as bottlecaps or sweetarts though.
Dom - good point, I forgot to include the link to this other post where I covered that here, because I know some folks have been confused!
Eliza - I think there is a kind of candy lego out there ... I haven’t gotten the nerve to buy them though.
oh...now i feel ashamed. unworthy of the giant smarties. now i have to find these mega ones! are they even bigger?? woah.
(but in my defense, a one lb bag of smarties only lasts a few days. ONE POUND. my dentist loves me.)
I bought some of these at 7-11 the other day and was so excited. I just kept walking around with them and pulling them out of my pocket as I talked to people and they’d freak out.
I thought they were a little harder than normal Smarties, too, which was kinda disappointing. But they were still softer than a SweetTart. They packed a little tartness in there too. I enjoyed them.
In Canada (where I’m from) they also have Sour Rockets (your version of the Smarties) which is a pleasant treat. Although i do admit that after dissolving a few in your mouth, your tongue starts to get that burning feeling. They’re also “mega” sized. Which is kinda weird.
Where do I buy these big Smarties??
This is for Marvo. I bot 6 packages of mega Smarties, and gave two packets to 2 of my friends.These are the resaults.
Me:17
Friend#1:17
Friend#2:9 (wimp)
It was a tie!
I was at the Sweet Factory and saw this candy that was called Candy Blox.They looked just like candy legos! I was so surprised when i saw them because i remembered this blog and thoght i should tell you. i bought a few and there not half bad. you should try some just head down to the valencia town center in valencia California.
Katie - I found the candy blox too! Here’s the blog post about them.
Hi,
Are Smarties flavored and what are the corresponding flavors to the colors?
Thanks,
Shiloh
Mega Smarties are a favorite in our house, but not for the reasons many have. My son has type 1 diabetes. We just discovered Mega Smarties at Cracker Barrel two weeks ago. When I spotted them I about flipped. They are the exact same size as glucose tablets (pure sugar tablets) but taste a million times better! We usually carry the regular sized Smarties around to bring up low blood sugar until now. We’ll be forever customers of Mega Smarties! And better yet, they are a fraction of the price!
I was thrilled to see your write up on the large Smarties. I was in Augusta Maine at a convenience store about 3-4 years ago when I spied the mega Smarties. I bought one pack and soon regretted not having bought the entire box, since I haven’t been able to find them anywhere since. They were terrific, just like the small ones only bigger. I especially liked the fact that I didn’t have to keep unwrapping small packs, undoubtedly dropping one or two, and popping the entire contents in my mouth to achieve the desired experience (and no little wrappers to be bothered with). I’d love to know where I can find them again.
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HEY! At Powell’s Sweet Shoppe they have 4 kinds of Smarties. The huge roll called Mega-Smarties, a medium roll and the original (now small) roll. They also have sour Smarties!
Thanks,
Shiloh
I’ve run across these a few times; they’re good but for some reason I still tend to prefer the original small Smarties. Maybe because it’s slightly amusing to fish out a couple of each flavor from a roll to eat at the same time?
BTW, yellow is pineapple and white is lemon. In case anyone here was trying to make a lemon-lime combination with the yellow ones and wondered why it didn’t quite turn out that way:-)
Hello glucose gourmand,
Do you know the rest of the flavors?
Thank you,
Shiloh
someone said white smarties were lemon. according to ce de candy co the white are an “orange-cream” flavor. i have nt heard back yet on the other flavors. does anyone know the rest of them (yellow, orange, pink, green, purple)?
What is the knock off candy like smarties? Its driving me nuts. It looks just like them but they are harder....help!
Sweet Tarts I think is what you are asking about.
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