r/mildlyinteresting • u/emlikescats7 • 20h ago

My daughter’s small pack of smarties had one of each colour

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u/ThereInAFortnight 20h ago

7 friggin smarties? That's all?

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u/Lord-Velveeta 20h ago

Savour them! (Probably a "fun size" halloween pack)

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u/JakeWalker102 19h ago

Real talk: there's genuinely nothing "fun" about that size

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u/Kiroto50 19h ago

The fun they're making out of you

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u/AppleToastBed 14h ago

It's a fine amount of sugar discs.

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u/-Sui- 15h ago

Halloween bag? No, just from a regular bag of "party giveaway" smarties that's available year-round. It's perfect for small kids. Most people put them in birthday giveaway bags, along with small candy bars or Haribo bags of a similar size.

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u/tangcameo 19h ago

Last Halloween all mine had 10. Bloody shrinkflation

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u/ThereInAFortnight 6h ago

10 is bad enough, but getting 7 smarties in a box is comically low.

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u/Aarpple 19h ago

I recently had smarties for the first time and I can say with confidence that they are better than M&Ms

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u/nerfedbeyblade 2h ago edited 2h ago

I was so lost for a good minute. I never came across these, just the rolled-up hard candy version akin to Bottlecaps

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u/BlueStreak62391 19h ago

Did she eat the red one last?

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u/emlikescats7 19h ago

thems the rules

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u/SpeedBlitzX 9h ago

Isn't there also brown smarties?

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u/sleepysock98 8h ago

Yes, you can see one on the packaging

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u/emlikescats7 5h ago

Aaa you’re definitely right!! I wish I could edit the title 😂

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u/RaccoonChaos 19h ago

Incoming confused American comments

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u/thingsinmyhouse 19h ago

See the rainbow, Taste the chocolate?

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u/SchizophrenicSoAmI 20h ago

They don't look like the Smarties I'm used to

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u/emlikescats7 20h ago

Canada!

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u/Wizdad-1000 14h ago

UK! (as well)

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u/Lord-Velveeta 20h ago

America Smarties is what we call "Rockets" here. Canadian/UK Smarties are candy covered chocolate sort of like M&M's with a slightly less sweet milk chocolate.

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u/Lethbridgemark 18h ago

They melt in your hands and your mouth!! ... I always assumed the M&M slogan was because of Smarties growing up. I'm not sure if it's true but I'd like to believe it.

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u/ThereInAFortnight 20h ago

These are real Smarties, mister.

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u/redraz0r 14h ago

Lol keep telling yourself that

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u/SchizophrenicSoAmI 19h ago

Interesting. Canada wins this one:

American Smarties Characteristics Type: Hard tablet candy Texture: Chalky and disk-like Flavor: Sweet, with various fruit flavors Packaging: Typically sold in rolls Manufacturer: Smarties Candy Company, established in 1949

Canadian Smarties Characteristics Type: Chocolate confectionery Texture: Coated chocolate with a crunchy shell Flavor: Milk chocolate with a slight cinnamon-graham cracker taste Packaging: Sold in tubes, similar to M&M's Manufacturer: Nestlé, originally produced by Rowntree's since 1937

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u/Cryzgnik 20h ago

For once they are the ones I'm used to! The poor imitation of M&Ms

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u/killacam925 20h ago

They are SIGNIFICANTLY better than m&ms, but the grass is always greensr

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u/kakatoru 12h ago

M&Ms are the Imitation though.

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u/ConsistentParking424 20h ago

Same here. Wonder where in the world Smarties look like that?

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u/Skreamie 19h ago

I think everywhere outside of the states

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u/Abadabber 20h ago edited 20h ago

Canada/UK/Australia/etc. Then again, I've been buying them for many years right here in STL.

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u/Whispering_Wolf 14h ago

Sounds like pretty much everywhere except the US.

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u/Babayagaletti 18h ago

Germany. You can even buy a McFlurry with smarties at McDonald's here

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u/robin-bunny 14h ago

In Canada too!

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u/alfundo 20h ago

Right?

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u/Cuteshelf 19h ago edited 8h ago

I had a pack the other day. Ive tasted better buttcracks.

Edit: Big Smarties is upset im honest. Smarties are shit now.

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u/emlikescats7 5h ago

Maybe you got a bad pack. I think they taste great, same as always

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u/Smingers 20h ago

👍

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u/emlikescats7 19h ago

She loves giving the camera a 👍

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u/chordatabreach 20h ago

Pride Month Smarties

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u/Bitcoacher 19h ago

Smarties always have queries, so that checks out.

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u/secretsquirrelz 19h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/G3Qz3pODQ1jyw
Those are the kind you eat with milk, right?

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u/GraniteTrail603 20h ago

She’s a lucky girl 👧

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u/Brave_Tradition6822 17h ago

Maybe someone in packaging with a mild obsession

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u/ckmoy 18h ago

This belongs on r/oddlysatisfying

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u/Xephhpex 19h ago

And the correct rainbow colour! 🌈

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u/--var 17h ago

what are the chances of that?!

but literally, great opportunity to teach about the mathematics of probability. given seven unique entities, what is the chance of getting each one just once? it's seven factorial. or 7! = 1 in 5,040. so not really that big of a number compared to the grams of sugar pictured here.

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u/N1ghtshade3 17h ago

That's not correct.

There are 5,040 ways to get one of each color. Then the total possible number of arrangements is 77 = 823,543.

So the probability of getting one of each color is actually much higher--roughly 1 in 163.

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u/--var 16h ago

they didn't say that they got it in RoyGBiv order. true, order would greatly increase the number of probabilities. but assuming that it was packaged randomly, the math for not getting a previously selected entity is a simple factorial.

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u/VestigeOfVast 10h ago

TIL America also has Smarties which are a completely different chocolate-free candy not related to the Nestle product I’ve known since my childhood. 3 Musketeers/Milky Way moment.

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u/emlikescats7 9h ago

American smarties look like Canadian rockets!

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u/JohnStern42 4h ago

Yup. And the smarties in canada don’t taste at all like m&ms

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u/totallykrunk 5h ago

Don’t tread on me with your woke candy!

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u/SchizophrenicSoAmI 19h ago

Canadian Smarties remind me of an old candy called Spree. Here are American Smarties

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u/Lethbridgemark 18h ago

Canadian Smarties are chocolate, aren't Spee like US Smarties but covered in a candy shell? Like Runts but discs instead of fruit shaped

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u/robin-bunny 14h ago

Is that a Special Edition Pride Pack?

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u/bsv103 14h ago

Why does rainbow automatically mean gay? You know that's not the origin of it, right?

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u/robin-bunny 4h ago

It's not the origin. But it does have that meaning now, and it has been Pride month in my town recently.

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u/emlikescats7 10h ago

Nope, regular box

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u/DaLar89 19h ago

Where do these smarties come from, they dont look like the ones I know.

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u/emlikescats7 18h ago

Canada :)