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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.

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[–] Bongo_Stryker@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

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.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

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.