# What's A Smarties Shape (Fawlty Towers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 30, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-smarties-shape-fawlty-towers/424587 "2007-10-30T16:30:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gulo\_gulo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@Gulo\_gulo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gulo_gulo)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-smarties-shape-fawlty-towers/424587/21 "2007-10-30T22:09:54Z")
American Smarties = “Rockets” in Canada. Smarties (the chocolate ones) are one of the many treats I miss about home which also include Coffee Crisp, Aero Bars, and Hawkin’s Cheezies. ---
**Author:** ![MJinks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@MJinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MJinks)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-smarties-shape-fawlty-towers/424587/22 "2007-10-30T22:10:09Z")
After a little searching on Google I believe the UK version of the US Smarties are called [Refreshers](http://www.talis.com/source/blog/http:/www.talis.com/source/blog/images/Refreshers.jpg). I’m sure they used to have different packaging though… Maybe a long time ago (I try to avoid too much sugar). _Edit: Damnit, the above poster is correct. I knew those refreshers looked wrong. We have Rockets over here too._ ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-smarties-shape-fawlty-towers/424587/23 "2007-10-30T23:36:52Z")
Those US Smarties are smaller in diameter than Refreshers. They look more like [Swizzels Fizzers](http://www.chocolatebuttons.co.uk/erol.html#5957x0&&http%3A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%252Fsearch%3F%26q%3Dswizzels%2520fizzer) (scroll down a bit). ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-smarties-shape-fawlty-towers/424587/24 "2007-10-30T23:43:35Z")
[QUOTE=Giles] I thought there were two basic reasons: (1) The Americans lived there, and the British Army had no real stake in the country. (2) The North Atlantic Ocean makes it slow and expensive to send supplies or reinforcements to your troops on the other side. [/QUOTE] No, it’s because the French were convinced to join the American effort, providing amusing taunts until the ka-niggits ran away. ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-smarties-shape-fawlty-towers/424587/25 "2007-10-31T01:25:35Z")
I can’t BELIEVE that there is a crazy mixed up land where people go around calling those halloween candies “smarties.” This is like finding out that there’s a parallel universe just like ours except that there, cats are known as kangaroos. ---
**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-smarties-shape-fawlty-towers/424587/26 "2007-10-31T01:50:39Z")
[QUOTE=Gulo gulo] American Smarties = “Rockets” in Canada. Smarties (the chocolate ones) are one of the many treats I miss about home which also include Coffee Crisp, Aero Bars, and Hawkin’s Cheezies. [/QUOTE] > [@](#): > > \*\*Jayrot \*\* > > Interesting. We have a candy called Smarties here in the US. There’s no chocolate involved though. There’s actually not much involved other than sugar. They’re round disc shaped with the big sides being concave as opposed to flat. They come in a twisted up roll. I went through this exact discussion when I travelled with people from the States to Europe 20 mumble years ago. I talked about Smarties and they thought I was crazy thinking of the citrus sugar bombs instead of the chocolate sugar bombs. Someone then produced a little cellophane of the Smarties they were talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-smarties-shape-fawlty-towers/424587/27 "2007-10-31T01:51:33Z")
[QUOTE=kingpengvin] I can give America the advantage in many aspects of life.. but this… This is where I draw the line! How dare you! The folks that brought the world Candy Corn claim candy superiority??? Nay I say! The line is drawn here and no further shall you go! [/QUOTE] I defy you to concoct a superior maize-themed fructose confection. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-smarties-shape-fawlty-towers/424587/28 "2007-10-31T02:52:43Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] They’re gone now - they don’t use artificial colourings any more, so they now consist of rather more muted tones of green, yellow, pink, purple, red and brown (possibly, also white, but I don’t remember) [/QUOTE] We’ve still got the nice bright ones, including blue, here in Canada. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-smarties-shape-fawlty-towers/424587/29 "2007-10-31T10:42:23Z")
[QUOTE=kingpengvin] I can give America the advantage in many aspects of life.. but this… This is where I draw the line! How dare you! The folks that brought the world Candy Corn claim candy superiority??? Nay I say! The line is drawn here and no further shall you go! [/QUOTE] Go away, or I shall taunt you a second time! For verily, I say unto thee, Candy Corn is a gift from heaven. They are made not only of sugar, but of fructose, glucose and all other “-oses” of the earth. A pure rapture of sugar-buzz. The ultimate high for every kid in the world. And they have a neat pointy shape, too. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-smarties-shape-fawlty-towers/424587/30 "2007-10-31T11:42:23Z")
[QUOTE=Terrifel] I defy you to concoct a superior maize-themed fructose confection. [/QUOTE] …that can be tucked between upper lip and gums to make vampire fangs before eating. ---
**Author:** ![MarcusF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@MarcusF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarcusF)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-smarties-shape-fawlty-towers/424587/31 "2007-10-31T12:16:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \* **chappachula** : > There’s a reason why you guys lost the war in 1776, ya know. Actually we didn’t lose the war in 1776. I’m not too hot on the history of the colonies but I seem to remember it took five whole years of our complete incompetence to let you win 😃 ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-smarties-shape-fawlty-towers/424587/32 "2007-10-31T14:58:53Z")
[QUOTE=MarcusF] Actually we didn’t lose the war in 1776. I’m not too hot on the history of the colonies but I seem to remember it took five whole years of our complete incompetence to let you win 😃 [/QUOTE] Yeah and then they needed help from the Frogs. Oh and Hershey Bars suck, matter of fact all merkin chocs suck, so there ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-smarties-shape-fawlty-towers/424587/33 "2007-10-31T15:14:16Z")
Hershey’s Kisses suck, for a start. How can you possibly eat something that looks like someone started a bowel movement and then gave up? Not because of the superior quality of the chocolate, either. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-smarties-shape-fawlty-towers/424587/34 "2007-10-31T15:20:53Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Yeah and then they needed help from the Frogs. Oh and Hershey Bars suck, matter of fact all merkin chocs suck, so there [/QUOTE] You guys got chased off by a few Yanks and Frogs. Hershey does suck, tho. Then again, so does Cadbury, except for their Cream Eggs. I suspect our Cadbury and their Cadbury are different, otherwise I have to say that Brits can’t be trusted … Um, I just found out that our Cadbury is made by Hershey, so I apologize for the redundancy ([wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadbury_Schweppes#United_States)). Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-smarties-shape-fawlty-towers/424587/35 "2007-11-01T01:38:31Z")
[QUOTE=Zoggie] I think they’re considered loser candies. (Winners being gigantic Milky Way bars and the like.) [/QUOTE] Oh, ye spoiled child born of endless privilege… loser candies are apples. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-smarties-shape-fawlty-towers/424587/36 "2007-11-01T01:45:05Z")
[QUOTE=Bobotheoptimist] Um, I just found out that our Cadbury is made by Hershey, so I apologize for the redundancy ([wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadbury_Schweppes#United_States)). Carry on. [/QUOTE] Nope, they’re two seperate companies. Although it is true that The Hershey Company distributes Cadbury chocolate products in the United States, the company has its own American division, [Cadbury Adams USA](http://www.cadburyadams.com/), which distributes non-chocolate candy and gum in such familiar brands as Trident, Bubblicious, Sour Patch Kids, and Swedish Fish. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-smarties-shape-fawlty-towers/424587.md?page=1)