> > Or you aren't thinking of Smarties. What coating? Globby mess?
>
> Or maybe *you* aren't thinking of Smarties. All the Smarties I know have a sugary coating and a chocolate filling.
>
> > OK, MY Smarties [NOT those mini- Sweet-Tart things. Knockoffs. Inferior quality. Humph.] are
> > little round candies, maybe... seven cm in diameter [can't estimate very well, but you get the
> > idea].
>
> 7cm? That's over two inches. You sure you got that right?
>
> > They are about the consistancy of chewable vitamins. They come in pastel colors and the
> > outside rim is slightly in relief, or there is a dent in the middle, whatever. [Imagine circular
> > sugar cubes, only less grainy and harder to disolve.]
>
> MY Smarties are sorta like M&Ms, only without the m on them.
>
> Chocolate, with coloured hard-sugar coating. About the same size and shape.
>
>
> (I think this conversation is following me around. I've already had it on at least two other online fora in the last few months.)
>
> Paul

I agree with Chris. Those are the Smarties I have come to know and love. The only M&M wannabe's I know of are called Buttons. Actually I like Buttons more than M&M's.

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