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What's So Special About Orange Smarties? [UK, not US Smarties]
- Thread starter Don Draper's Hat
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Americans only ever put peanut butter with their chocolate. Anything else scares them
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The US has a lot of great things going for it.
But the UK's candy game is on another level.
PJV3
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They only put that salty sludge in to hide the shitty flavour.
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No they aren't. They just aren't smooth milk chocolate like most things in the UK are. They're trash tier milk chocolate.
Don Draper's Hat
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And there we have it.
Yeah. And, let's be honest here, nobody likes dark chocolate...
Nothing. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are great
Peanut Butter is great
It's just you know, not the only thing that exists.
hydrophilic attack
Member
It is the only good ubiquitous American candy
PJV3
Member
They should try crapping in them to improve the the flavour.
Graphics Horse
Member
Peanut butter is gross.
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Fizzy bubble 4 lyfe yo.
No it's not.
PJV3
Member
Maybe I'm being harsh and the UK version is just bad, salty 99p advent calendar chocolate.
Interesting article:
Why 99.9% of Americans have never tasted blackcurrant but Europeans love it
The lack of blackcurrants might explain why Trump is president.
Why 99.9% of Americans have never tasted blackcurrant but Europeans love it
The lack of blackcurrants might explain why Trump is president.
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Yeah. Grape is a trash flavor.
Shit I'm going to have to go to an import store and buy some Fruit Pastilles or something guys.
A black currant Pepsi is now sold in the US.
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nah that would be
Milkyways aren't horrible either.
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are meh though :/
I tend to prefer fruity stuff over chocolate so it's not like most of the candy in here appeals to me.
I will stick with the best sucker
and just enjoy those as since I can't actually bite through them they last me a while unlike most other suckers that I just bite through >.>
Do Americans know about Vimto?
It is good.
Don Draper's Hat
Member
Very interesting. I had no idea.
It's sold on amazon, so apparently so
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Nope.
As a UMIST grad, I try to introduce people to it when I can. Usually through bonbons and lollys because it's a lot of weight to bring cordial or fizzy vimto back here.
PJV3
Member
Oh yeah, I forgot they don't drink squash over there either.
It's a whole other world.
No Robinsons Fruit And Barley?
Sort it out.
Android18a
Member
Smarties tasted nicer before they changed the recipe, they're not as good as they were in the 80s/90s. Also those new hexagonal tubes can sod off, gimme the old proper ones with the pop-off lid again.
PJV3
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velociraptor
Junior Member
I like PB
I like chocolate
But when I tried Reese's PB cups, it didn't taste as good as I hoped. It had somewhat of a chemical taste, and the PB was also salty.
I heard the white ones are pretty good though - so I'll have to check those out.
hydrophilic attack
Member
Wow, I feel sorry for Americans
No blackcurrants in addition to their crap sweets and chocolate
Sounds like being American is a never-ending struggle
Every US person reading this should order some now.
You are doing god's work. See if you can find any Vimto Cubes, they're amazing.
Really? That's awesome.
Blackcurrant sweets are like strawberry ones with an extra edge. It's the second most popular flavour after strawberry. Maynards did a limited edition release of Wine Gums that were only comprised of strawberry and blackcurrant ones.
It's also the best flavour of squash (is it called cordial over there?)
Seconded. Peanuts are in near absolutely goddamned every candy over there. Probably because they're dirt-cheap.
In chocolate selection boxes the nutty ones are always the last to go.
It's also the best flavour of squash (is it called cordial over there?)
Seconded. Peanuts are in near absolutely goddamned every candy over there. Probably because they're dirt-cheap.
In chocolate selection boxes the nutty ones are always the last to go.
Daffy Duck
Member
I have no idea.
Remember when they withdrew blue smarties too because too many E numbers, lol.
Orange smarties are king though.
I might walk to the shop and buy some smarties now.
You mean they've never heard of Purple Ronnie????
Remember when they withdrew blue smarties too because too many E numbers, lol.
Orange smarties are king though.
I might walk to the shop and buy some smarties now.
You mean they've never heard of Purple Ronnie????
Deadly Cyclone
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This might explain it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs7AVoHRN3A
It's a blackcurrant flavoured fizzy drink and assorted other blackcurrant flavoured sweets.
Although, if you're an American, you won't know what blackcurrant tastes like.
I'm sorry, but this sounds like parody of British words. Is this real?
what the fuck this is blowing my mind
Don Draper's Hat
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Vimto cordial is much better than fizzy Vimto.
They're all real. There are many equivalents in the US. Fizzy cola bottles are all over the place. I think Haribo makes them.
My vim does love its fruits.