The Texan bar thread has reminded me of this burning issue that was much discussed by myself and some mates last week.
I'll get straight to the point and say I'm a Smartie man.
I grew up with Smarties. They've got real chocolate in them. The candy coating is lovely. A gobful of Smarties tastes excellent.
Now, your bog standard choccy M&Ms taste like moo doo. What's in them? It can't be chocolate, surely? Even a big gobful doesn't make them taste any better. Peanut M&Ms are good stuff, no complaints there, but if you want a decent candy coated bit of choc you need the real thing, which is Smarties. I know you get more M&Ms in a bag than you get smarties in a tube but its all about quality over quantity see?

smarties all the way, even when they created the blue ones

Only Smarties have the Answer!

Gotta go with smarties, cant see the point of non peanut m and m's!

wasnt there a problem over them changing the packs though for smarties recently :o

TTFN PINKY

Smarties my man.

Smarties. Gotta love em.

and how about the cool letter on th lid :) and not only that squeeze the tube and take someones eye out with the lid

class :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

ever seen Cookie Monster eating cookies ? ... well that's kinda me with Smarties .. can't get 'em fast enough ...

gimmieeeeeee !

Smarties - no contest. M & Ms are salty. Actually, they remind me of the 'fake' Smarties you used to get at the market. remember?

smarties for me... but have you seen them recently they are now in a hexagonal cardboard tube without a plastic lid. This friends is sacrilege and the heretics responsible should burn.....

/remove inquisitors hat and gets his coat.... :P

looks like im the only M&M fan. smarties melt and the color comes off really easy. in this day and age they should have that fixed by now. peanut butter m&m are still the king tho. as big as peanut m&ms but filled with peanut buttery goodness mmmm

Ah, this is a metaphor...Smarties = specbum, M&M's = C64 ;)

M&M's rule! More colours, I can eat them faster, such smooth eating, and they don't fall apart at the slightest touch! :P

Absolutely and unbendingly a Smarties man myself. Used to eat so many it's a wonder I wasn't permanently hyper. This new tube thing though ? Total sacrilege, the perpetrators should be hunted down and given a severe telling off. My daughter will never have the fun of trying to collect all the letters or using the tube as a blowpipe (or in my case when I was a kid, for making IEDs :) ).

Smarties every time,particularly that big box thats on the
sheves right about now... cheers peter.

I would have to go with M&M's - It only takes the smell of an orange smartie to make me want to chuck! Don't know why - but that is the truth :o

C64 = M&M's ..... how right you were whoever said that :D

Seems right to me. I never liked Smarties or the Spectrum.

My vote goes to M&M's.

Mind you, I work in the office above the warehouse where they (and all the other Masterfoods products) all get sent to customers from and often get freebies :D :D

I find M&Ms too sweet and I agree with Rossi they remind me of the cheap smarties you would buy on a market stall in a clear plastic bag.

The world would be a poorer place without orange Smarties.

Only M&Ms have the answer... I don't think so <_<

SQ

I prefer smarties over choccy M&Ms, but crunchy M&Ms beat em all!

Screw both of 'em. I'd rather have Reeses Pieces. :P

Smarties are kinda cool, does anyone remember when they released whole tubes of just orange smarties? and one point a few years back when they changed the blue smarties for a while so they had candy or something as well inside the shell. They were nice, it's a shame they never brought them back

Crispy M&Ms pwns them all though I'm afraid

Screw them both and Reeces Pieces. Peanut Butter M&Ms 0wn all.

Shame they're rarer than a good idea in George Bush's head. Last 2 times I went to Cybercandy I only managed to purchase a single bag of this mana like confection as they are continuously sold out!

Smarties especially the ORANGE ones!

Smarties EVERY time. Nothin wrong with the m's though.