Yesterday, I was filling 125 ml cups with ice cream. I got 12 cups filled and in the freezer and had less than 125 ml left so I walked over and handed my 15 year old son the tub and the spoon that I was using to fill the cups.
[Later]
Me: How did you like the ice cream?
Son: It was great. What kind of berries were those?
Me: What berries?
Son: The ones in the ice cream.
Me: Did you not taste them?
Son: No, I don’t like berries.
Me: They were (Canadian) Smarties (see NOTE).
Son: Smarties?
Me: Yes. You really should try things that I hand you.
Son: [Nomming on the smarties left in the bottom of the container covered in melted vanilla chocolate.] Uh huh.
NOTE: Canadian Smarties are like M&Ms but with milkier, smoother, better quality chocolate.
Slightly off topic but your note about smarties reminds me of an elaborate experiment I participated in with my wife and kids. Several Canadians said that m&m’s were better than smarties and I disagreed, strongly - until we did double blind taste testing and m&m’s won as the better candy every time. I was shocked I tell you, shocked!
Now this was many years ago so it could be that smarties have improved (it was before they switched to all natural colors) or maybe m&m’s have gone downhill due to cost-cutting or something. We might have to do a rematch.
In addition to darker chocolate, M&Ms also have a thinner candy shell compared to Smarties. Whether that is good or bad comes down to personal preference.
I think that if you’re used to M&Ms DNS like the darker chocolate then they are going to win. I prefer the milk chocolate in Smarties but that’s just me.