Comments on: Nestlé Smarties

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:54:14 +0000

I’ve had 2 packets of Smarties in the last few months. Like bobyjoejoe above mentioned I used to suck the shell off them as well. This was nice, it left the middle all melted and delicious.

I tried this with the new ones, and at first I thought the shell tasted a little bit like honey, until I realised about half a pack in it was a lot closer to sea water, all salty and horrible. My childhood died in that moment.

By: Jeff W

Jeff W — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:23:18 +0000

Seriously, this is the product that you want on the shelves? Smarties used to be my favorite,the flavor now is terrible with a horrible after taste.
And what’s with the colors,there all a little off!No more green or blue? Are you kidding me! I really dont think I can support this product any longer..Any recommendations on a suitable replacement??

By: Jeff G

Jeff G — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:41:46 +0000

I used to eat 2 tubes of Smarties a day before Nestle bought out Rowntree the original manufactures of Smarties and many other well known products. Nestle chocolate always had a slighly stronger Cocoa taste than British Chocolate, which was a mainly european taste.

I recently purchased a tube of Smarties in their new hexogan tube and apart from changing the packaging I am positive that they have also swopped the Chocolate recipe in favour of Nestle recipe which tastes stronger than Rowntrees original Chocolate.

If Nestle have done this after buying the Rowntree Company, then that is the same as buying Harry Ramsdens Fish and Chip Franchise and changing the Batter recipe to which Ramsdens are famous for.

If so, I do not think his was a SMARTie move by Nestle.

By: kerry Krause

kerry Krause — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:30:57 +0000

Just got back from visit in canada and brought back our usual stash of canadian candy My kids and i eagerly tore into the box only to discover that our beloved Smarties taste different and not in a good way. How Sad!

By: Jenny Martin

Jenny Martin — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:24:53 +0000

Where can I Purchace Pink Smarties, I bake for the cancer appeal&
I find it difficult to get enough pink smarties out of bags of smarties that I buy any help would be appreciated Regards Jenny
Martin

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:06:23 +0000

The new no artificial colours smarties taste like chemicals and death. Horrible flavours now – I can’t stand them anymore.

The brown ones are the worst – one of the first times in my life that I’ve spit food out of my mouth. Nestle’s FAQ states the taste is the same – that’s a bald faced lie.

Nestle is evil…..

By: Jackie

Jackie — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:02:44 +0000

The chocolate is vile in Smarties now, Nestle chocolate as a whole is beyond nasty and has been for years, as they changed the ingredients to cut costs/extend shelf life; oil instead of butter and so on. Only regular Kitkats seems to still taste ok out of all of Nestle’s products.

When I was at primary school, we used to save pennies in Smartie tubes. I still have a tube http://i39.tinypic.com/mvnp6w.jpg
Sadly it’s a fairly modern Nestle one though, and not Rowntree’s.

By: sr

sr — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:00:45 +0000

The chocolate tastes disgusting now…(or is it the shells?!)

By: BarryD

BarryD — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:17:42 +0000

All I remember was that different coloured smarties had different chocolate inside. Dark brown and yellow had dark choc and the lighter colours had milk. May kave been a medium one too but too long ago to remember. P.S. the plastic top clicked onto my school blazer buttons in 1958, memories…………

By: Holly

Holly — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:52:40 +0000

I’m eating some right now from a stupid hexagonal box eating LIGHT blue smarties that used to be dark blue and realising that the chocolate inside them is now actually DISGUSTING!! :(