# Where can I find (Nestle's) Smarties in the U.S.? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 17, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-nestles-smarties-in-the-u-s/415956 "2007-08-17T16:18:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-nestles-smarties-in-the-u-s/415956/1 "2007-08-17T16:18:20Z")
Preferably, New York. These are [Nestle’s Smarties.](http://www.ukgoods.com/graphics/nestle-smarties-tube-lg.gif) They don’t look like our traditional Smarties–they’re more like M&M’s. But in a different packaging. They also taste of chocolate. (But, in my humble opinion, are much yummier than M&Ms.) Anyone know where I can find any here in the states? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-nestles-smarties-in-the-u-s/415956/2 "2007-08-17T16:23:25Z")
Drive up to Canada? FTR, I’ve had them in cookies in the place of chocolate chips and they make M&Ms taste like shellaced advent calndar choccies (gross). ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-nestles-smarties-in-the-u-s/415956/3 "2007-08-17T16:29:29Z")
They sell them at my corner cafeteria place (Cafe 28) at the corner of 28th & 5th. Lots of other British import candy bars too. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-nestles-smarties-in-the-u-s/415956/4 "2007-08-17T16:30:29Z")
Any British imports shop, either bricks-and-mortar or online (e.g., [the English Tea Store’s Smarties page](http://www.englishteastore.com/nestlesmarties.html)). ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-nestles-smarties-in-the-u-s/415956/5 "2007-08-17T17:09:59Z")
Drive to Canada. (Your location says NY, which I’ll assume is New York, so you’re not that far away.) Those are the only Smarties we’ve ever had up here. Easily obtainable from every corner store, convenience store, drug store; in short, from any place that sells candy. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-nestles-smarties-in-the-u-s/415956/6 "2007-08-17T17:11:29Z")
[QUOTE=Hello Again] They sell them at my corner cafeteria place (Cafe 28) at the corner of 28th & 5th. Lots of other British import candy bars too. [/QUOTE] Thanks for the answers, all. But I think I’m going with **Hello Again** ’s answer, since that’s only about ten minutes away. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-nestles-smarties-in-the-u-s/415956/7 "2007-08-17T17:21:13Z")
[$44 for 48 bars.](http://panhandlepremium.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=PP&Category_Code=BTB) Probably cheaper than coming up to Costco here. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-nestles-smarties-in-the-u-s/415956/8 "2007-08-17T17:24:29Z")
Update: they appear to be out of Smarties at the moment. They do have plenty of Flake, Aero, Lion, and Crunchie bars. I know I have bought them there before – I suspect they get a “cadbury assortment” and the Smarties are the first to go. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-nestles-smarties-in-the-u-s/415956/9 "2007-08-17T17:28:59Z")
Flaaaaake… ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-nestles-smarties-in-the-u-s/415956/10 "2007-08-17T17:51:00Z")
If the smarties in Canada (with which I’m familiar) aren’t the same as in the US, what are US smarties like? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-nestles-smarties-in-the-u-s/415956/11 "2007-08-17T17:52:31Z")
[U.S. Smarties](http://www.fenwickgifts.com/candy/smarties.jpg) They’ve got candy flavors, not chocolate. They’re look a bit like tiny mints. Multi colored, as you can see. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-nestles-smarties-in-the-u-s/415956/12 "2007-08-17T17:54:08Z")
US Smarties are what Canadians call Rockets. Sort of a chalky compressed tablet. [http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en-commons/thumb/d/db/180px-Smarties.jpg](http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en-commons/thumb/d/db/180px-Smarties.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-nestles-smarties-in-the-u-s/415956/13 "2007-08-17T18:06:24Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] US Smarties are what Canadians call Rockets. Sort of a chalky compressed tablet. [http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en-commons/thumb/d/db/180px-Smarties.jpg](http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en-commons/thumb/d/db/180px-Smarties.jpg) [/QUOTE] Blech! These candies are chalky and unpleasant! Actually, I rather like rockets. But they != smarties, that’s for sure. Silly Yanks. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-nestles-smarties-in-the-u-s/415956/14 "2007-08-17T18:28:34Z")
[QUOTE=wolfstu] Blech! These candies are chalky and unpleasant! [/QUOTE] Thank you! So few people whom I meet in real life find U.S. Smarties to be unpleasant. But I do. They’re a haunting reminder of what I’m missing in real Smarties, my own childhood favorite. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-nestles-smarties-in-the-u-s/415956/15 "2007-08-17T19:39:16Z")
We always have Smarties (Canadian ones) at my house. Always. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-nestles-smarties-in-the-u-s/415956/16 "2007-08-17T19:53:13Z")
[QUOTE=Misnomer] Any British imports shop, either bricks-and-mortar or online (e.g., [the English Tea Store’s Smarties page](http://www.englishteastore.com/nestlesmarties.html)). [/QUOTE] Ooh, Curly Wurly bars! I might try the Smarties too. ---
**Author:** ![fortytwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f9ae1b/32.png) [@fortytwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fortytwo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-nestles-smarties-in-the-u-s/415956/17 "2007-08-17T21:00:07Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] US Smarties are what Canadians call Rockets. Sort of a chalky compressed tablet. [http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en-commons/thumb/d/db/180px-Smarties.jpg](http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en-commons/thumb/d/db/180px-Smarties.jpg) [/QUOTE] And I think they’re called Refreshers over here. Made by Bassetts. [Tenth one down on the list of products.](http://www.sweetshopdirect.co.uk/shop/35/index.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-nestles-smarties-in-the-u-s/415956/18 "2007-08-20T17:52:25Z")
Apparently they’re bringing back the Cadbury Wispa. Do you think they’d get those in at Cafe 28, at some point, **Hello Again**? I’ll have to check. I’ve never had a Wispa, but it does sound good. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-nestles-smarties-in-the-u-s/415956/19 "2007-08-20T17:55:56Z")
Just a question from an expat Canadian. When did Smarties stop being made by Rowntree? I’d never heard of Nestle’s Smarties. Did they buy the company in my absence? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-nestles-smarties-in-the-u-s/415956/20 "2007-08-20T18:21:38Z")
[QUOTE=fishbicycle] Just a question from an expat Canadian. When did Smarties stop being made by Rowntree? I’d never heard of Nestle’s Smarties. Did they buy the company in my absence? [/QUOTE] Rowntree Macintosh was bought out by Nestle about 20 years ago. They maintained the “Rowntree” brand for a few years but transitioned to “Nestle” pretty quickly.