Smarties memories... When I was a kid in the 60s and 70s, I always
wished for Smarties in my Halloween bag - and it was very rare that
anyone handed them out (those were the days when people could still give
you homemade TollHouse cookies and you felt safe eating them!). But when I did get a
roll, I remember taking off the wrapping and carefully sorting them by
color (I may be one of the few people who can claim that each Smartie
color is a different flavor!) The best ones were the ones that were a
little powdery - sort of like eating flavored chalk dust. Purple (grape)
was my favorite, followed closely by pink and white - naturally most
rolls didn't have but one purple one, so I always saved that for last.
Now that you can buy Smarties in the grocery store, I have to confess
that I have (more than once) eaten an entire bag at one sitting - and
have never ever regretted the huge sore on the end of my tongue from
eating so many at once! I don't know exactly why they're my favorite -
their flavor and their texture and their tininess all have something to
do with it - but they are the BEST! ~ Martha from Pennsylvania
More memories... As a young boy
when I would go trick or treating I would always hope that those old
folks would throw some Smarties in my little pumpkin bucket. After
returning to my home me and my brother named Slish would sort through
our candy looking for all of the Smarties. we would than make up games
to play with them like checkers for example. The winner would win all
the Smarties on occasion there would be fist fights over the Smarties. I
mean they do provide I new sense of intelligence for me. Slish later
died and Smarties provide me with good time memories. ~ Kyle from
Pennsylvania
One of my favorite childhood memories is about Smarties. My sister and I used to love candy
necklaces... well since our local store didn't have them most of the time, but they did have huge bags of Smarties, we'd buy a couple of bags
of them, open up all the packages, poke holes through the middle of each candy with a needle, and put them on a string (well, those we could
resist eating anyway).
We loved making our own candy necklaces... it kept us busy for hours and out of trouble so our dad was
even happy with our new "craft." Now I've taught my son how to make candy necklaces out of smarties and we're having a great time. He even
prefers our homemade necklaces to the store bought ones! ~ Christine from Oregon
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