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And you're diagnosing that based upon a blurry picture of a box? No, they're not Turtles. And I can't tell you what "sets them apart", because I'm not a goddamned chocolatier, and I haven't had any since I was a kid. They're tasty. Way tastier than Turtles, which I don't really care for. They don't taste like Turtles, they don't look like Turtles, and they don't have the same texture or consistency as Turtles. What they have in common with Turtles is that they are chocolates, and they have nuts. I feel like that covers quite a lot of chocolates.
This is just like when people call Smarties "basically M&Ms". Gets my blood to boilin' every time. |
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A Nutcho doesn't bite.
I seem to recall that Smarties are something completely different in Canada. American Smarties are similar to SweeTARTS. |
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Yes, they are, and whenever I tell an describe Smarties to Americans, I get told that they are "basically M&Ms".
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I dunno, they do kind of look like M&Ms:
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Yes. Yes, they do.
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They really don't. They're more flat, that's about it.
Now, granted, Smarties don't come with peanut-based fillings, so that's a difference. |
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The candy shells are totally different - Smarties very much WILL melt, or at least lose their shell colour, in your hand on a hot day. And the chocolate's a lot cheaper.
(Yes, yes, don't take the diabetic's word on this one. For what it's worth, Emma much prefers Smarties to M&Ms.) (M&M's / Smarties are one of the few candies that Russel Stover doesn't make a reasonable sugar-free equivalent of. Always annoys me.) |
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Emma is wise beyond her years. Certainly wise compared to certain Octopus men who are now dead to me.
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I think she likes them specifically because they melt faster.
Of course, she is now attempting to transition the economy to one using Smarties as a method of barter payment, as I'm pretty sure she tried to tip the waitress at lunch on Saturday with a couple greens. (I'm old enough to remember when Smarties basically drove every grade schooler into a frenzy by introducing blues.) |
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That is way too much pressure for someone who just wants a handful of candies! |
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You do, right? All the cool kids do. |
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For what it's worth, I did look at better reference and descriptions, and they seem like turtles/nut clusters. Granted, it's no substitute for actually trying one.
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Doubtful. I have been entirely unable to find a proper reference to the original Nutcho's outside of that one photo, and I've tried. They're all of the re-launch, which, as I have said, was something entirely different.
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Smarties' shells are too tough, and there's something off about the taste of the chocolate.
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(Unreal on the other hand are godlike but damn they are hard to come by) |
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Anyone who bought Smarties in the US probably had UK Smarties, not Canadian Smarties, which are again different. Especially if they were in a tube.
SMARTIES CAME FIRST No, no, I'm not doing this again. Deep breaths. Walk away from the thread, JBear. |
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Have we never had a thread like this before? I could swear that I had already talked about how much I pine for the return of Ben and Jerry's Oatmeal Cookie Chunk ice cream. I miss it so much. And apparently I'm not the only one who does! They claim that it's a supply issue that caused the flavor's demise, but it can't be that hard to find a decent oatmeal cookie, right?
Re: Smarties vs M&Ms, they absolutely do not taste the same. I like them both, although peanut M&Ms are better than any kind of Smartie I've ever eaten. As for American Smarties, those are called Rockets in Canada. |
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*walks away feeling slightly unsettled at life in general* |
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This is the thing I miss.
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Ah, well that explains it then.
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The thing I remember most vividly about that cereal is how all my dad's coworkers started using 'crispy critters' to refer to what was left of people after being hit with napalm/white phosphorus.
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Adults ruin everything.
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...gonna say I like my memory a bit better.
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Innnnndubitably
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To a five-year-old it was the very height of comedy.
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Whether you like Canadian Smarties or M&Ms better will depend entirely on whether you prefer your chocolate darker (M&Ms) or milkier (Smarties). I hate dark chocolate, so my choice is clear.
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