Talk:Smarties (Ce De Candy)
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[edit] Older comments
"These are marketed outside of the US under the brand name "Rockets"" - then why does the tube in the photo, which is clearly marked "Made in Canada", say "SMARTIES"? 86.132.138.189 14:59, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
- This is explained here - it appears that they are made but not sold in Canada (at least under the Smarties name). -SCEhardT 17:15, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
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- "Smarties" is a trademarked name of a chocolate candy in Canada and hence when sold in Canada they are sold as rockets. However when being made for export they are labled "smarties", probably because rockets is trademarked by someone else in the US. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mystic eye (talk • contribs) 17:27, 10 March 2007 (UTC).
One time I looked at a smarties wrapper and it said it was a product of the hershey company. Am I mistaken? - Phöénix 02:22, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Are these the same as Fizzers, made and sold in the UK by Swizzels Matlow? [The size, shape and packaging look quite similar.] Is there any direct relationship between the sweets and/or companies? Did one side of the Atlantic just copy the other, or is it an example of parallel evolution??--137.222.142.27 12:33, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
Aha! Just found on the smarties.com site that Edward Dee brought his experience from Swizzels Matlow to the States in 1949 to set up Ce De Candy, and I note that a David Dee was in at the start of Swizzels in the UK in 1933 - I guess Edward and David might be related, and that Edward took knowledge of the pressed tablet fizzy sweets with him.--137.222.142.27 12:33, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 25 calories?
Because they are made of nearly pure sugar, and sugar has more than 500 KILOcalories per 100g this can't be true. maybe the packaging is 25g and the contained energy is 25 KILOcalories, which still sounds too low.
P.S.: One should also note that such a rush of pure sugar attacks the borders of the veins and therefore is moved to the fat pads very quickly.
-- 212.100.55.169 18:54, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
- Fixed.—Dah31 03:47, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] UK?
They are the same as Fizzers in the UK, not refreshers.
Refreshers are a chew bar!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.153.199.50 (talk • contribs).
- Well now, it turns out that everybody's right: they're similar to both Fizzers and Refreshers, but there's also another Refreshers which is a chew bar. Just see this search at aquarterof.co.uk. —Blotwell 19:50, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
