They actually do taste different. The Smarties coating has a bit of a flavor to it, while the M&M coating is basically just sugar. Here is one person's comparison of the two.
I confess to preferring M&Ms, while B.--who grew up in Europe and has an English mum--prefers Smarties. I guess that childhood nostalgia thing is hard to overcome! Now, let's talk Reese's peanut butter cups vs. Trader Joe's...THAT'S a tough contest!
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British Smarties still come in the tubes; Canadian ones, apparently not. While it's true that I prefer Smarties, I also lerv M&Ms! /B/
Smarties also always have had more colors than M&M's!
Grew up in Holland and there they actually sell both, smarties & M&M's. Seeing that Smarties always had those tiny boxes (with approx 13 chocolates each, I counted many times!) and fun colors, I think they were going mainly for the kid-market, while the M&M's are more adult-y.
I think M&M's have better/more chocolate in them though, that is, if not produced in Poland. Being on the other side of Europe now, we fall into the Poland-factory market instead of the Dutch-factory-market for all Mars brands and there they forgot to add cocoa and tipped over the sugar bowl...
I might be knitpicky, but there IS a difference in taste... I really dislike those things. Just like Fanta is sweeter in almost every European country... (compared to the Netherlands)
I haven't tried Trader Joes peanut butter cups...guess I will have to as they are a fav of mine. The smarties are so colorful!!!!
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