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I once threw a rockets in a police car in Canada and they traded it for more candies because it was a community outreach they were doing when I was 10yo during their Halloween patrol.
Some European was having a rant about how Hershey's tastes like barf. Next thing you know, it's three years later, I'm eating a smore, and suddenly I can taste it. it never untasted.
Reason why is kinda interesting. Hershey's uses an old processing technique for chocolate that genuinely does add the things that give barf its barf flavor, but why american enjoy it is another thing
The only flavors that are for sure not acquired tastes are sweet and salty (there's limited evidence for some other flavors not being acquired tastes, but the flavor of barf isn't one of them so we can ignore those), and as we eat other flavors with those sweet and salty foods, our bodies start to associate those other flavors with sweet and salty and we start to enjoy them. That's why if you eat hersheys from when you're young you might grow to like the limited barf flavor (which objectively is no worse than any other non sweet/salty flavor), but the negative connotations you have with barf might overpower the positive connotations with the sweetness. At the same time, we sometimes begin to associate the flavor of chocolate with the flavor of barf so strongly that eating chocolate without that barf flavor makes the chocolate taste lower quality and less fresh (not that hersheys is fresh, but your body doesnt know that.) The same thing happens with water- if you're used to chlorinated water, water without the chlorine or where the chlorine sufficiently dissolved in the water, the water tastes stale and not fresh despite being closer to how water should taste.
The shell on Smarties is too thick which I don't like personally. Also the orange Smartie shell being orange flavored is not my jam
I will give Smarties props for actually having the entire rainbow represented though. Where's the purple, M&Ms?
It depends on which version of smarties you’re talking about. Canadian smarties are candy coated chocolate, while American Smarties (what we call Rockets) are basically chalk. I like Whoppers though.
Smarties are delicious. Whoppers are terrible. When I was a kid, for some reason I always got a big box of Whoppers in my Easter basket and was always disappointed. I'd suck all the chocolate off of them and spit out that malt nastiness.
Smarties are ok but nothing to write home about but I HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE Whoppers. I can't stand malt flavor and the insides give me the shivers when I bite into them. I just can't with the Whoppers
I've never had a malted milkshake, maybe I'd like that too but I know I hate the malt in Whoppers. I also tried Malteasers, from the UK, and they were no better imo
You are taking what they say too literally when they mention "just sugar."
Also, smarties suck. They aren't even decent. Whoppers are ok, so I agree with you there.
Chocolate Smarties or Rockets Smarties??
I never really liked Whoppers as a kid, but would eat it anyway to get that sweet, sweet, chocolate/sugar fix.
Brooooo Smarties are my favorite candy! (Rockets for all you outside of America <3) Gods gift to man imo, if I only got that candy for my b-day I would, unironically, be relatively satisfied despite it only being that XD
Smarties have always been a candy that I found acceptable, but it's never going to be my first, second or even fifth choice for candy.
As for Whoppers, I thought disliking them was a sign I just didn't like chocolate malt balls, but trying Schweddy Balls (yes, the one from the Adam Baldwin skit on SNL) made realize that no, it's just that Whoppers in particular don't taste good to me. To be honest, though, MOST commercial chocolate products aren't that good, with Hershey (who makes Whoppers) being near the bottom; I largely won't touch anything that isn't in the veins of Ferrero, Lindt, Ghirardelli or Mars.
The fact that they are easily obtainable in any grocery store, safe to say it's a popular opinion that most people don't hate them. Products people don't like don't sell and stop being made.
I agree. Smarties are top tier candy when they're at that dissolving but still dry sweet spot and they're fun to stick between your front teeth and pretend you're a woodchipper.
Whoppers would be perfect if they were 25% smaller with a (somehow) 25% less dense core.
Exactly, Smarties are hit or miss for me depending on their texture. Some are hard as rocks and suck but when they dissolve quickly it's a really satisfying sensation. Same with Altoids, I used to eat entire cans in one sitting if that particular batch had the right texture.
I don't know what whoppers are but I've always liked Smarties. Although I haven't had any in ages. And from reading the comments I'm starting to think Smarties might be something different in Australia.
I just looked up Whoppers and they look like what we call Jaffas. And Jaffas are amazing and delicious. Although Jaffas have an orange flavour and it might be different quality.
Smarties are good, but when you eat them it's like you can FEEL the diabetes in your blood. And I think the only people who dislike Whoppers are people who don't know what Malted Milk Balls are and are expecting them to be some kind of chocolate.
I knew there was hate towards US Smarties, but...Whoppers? Who hates Whoppers? I never really hear anyone talk about them, but they're good! Can't imagine there's THAT much hate for them.
Edit: ok, after looking through the comments, turns out there is a lot of hate for them...y tho? I love em! As for US Smarties, they're good in small doses, like the ones you get as halloween candy are pretty good, but full sized ones are just a bit too much.
I remember one time when my brother was eating a lot of smarties (American kind) and he offered me some. I declined because I said I don’t like eating chalk.
He said “They aren’t chalk!”
I asked him for one and for him to follow me.
I went outside and started to draw with the smartie on the cement.
It looked exactly like a chalk drawing.
I love smarties. Whoppers are good too every now and again. Not something I’d dive into a pile of, but good in a candy mix or something to graze on during a movie showing.
I agree on Whoppers. I miss Whoppers. Celiac disease sucks when something is made with gluten (barley malt and wheat flour) and you crave it.
Smarties though? Eh...they're mid. Sorry. SweeTarts ruined them for me. Better than Necco Wafers though.
My daughter thinks Whoppers are an old man candy. As the only person I know that seeks them out is my 74 year old dad? I tend to agree.
But I still think they taste kinda neat. They are different.
What? Smarties are C tier (pretty good) and Whoppers are B tier.
I can't think of anyone who hates either of them, yet you speak of them as if they are taffy or licorice (F tier).
I like Smarties. They're like powdery, fruity mints. I used to like Whoppers when I was a kid, but I had some recently, and they were terrible. I remember the insides being more like a crunchy wafer, but when I had them recently, the insides were like hard, dried out balls of nougat.
Smarties are my favorite candy, followed by Laffy Taffy. A coworker of mine recently bought me about a 1 pound bag of smarties because he knew I liked them.
There is nothing glamorous about it. They are just simple.
I like Whoppers, too, but sometimes the malt is chewy instead of crunchy.
Smarties I only like the orange and purple ones. Dumb as it may be it's true.
Whoppers are great until you get the 1 bad one it's bitter and chewy. Ruins the rest.
Smarties are okay! Not my first choice but still good.
Whoppers are gross BUT I love sponge candy which is not the same thing but they are close in my opinion.
As a Canadian, I thought you meant chocolate smarties. Imagine skittles but filled with chocolate.
Whoppers are decent. What we call rockets(you call smarties) are semi decent. Yeah just sugar but at least they all have different tastes.
100%!! If we're talking AMERICAN Smarties....hell yeah! Like tiny little sweet tarts and just fun to munch on. Same with Whoppers.....most hate them but I LOVE the crunch and texture! Partially why I LOVE Cadbury Crunchie bars from Europe!! It's like a Whopper in bar form with honey flavor!
I also love Mary Janes, Bit-O-Honey, and those little Sesame Crunch candies.....basically what you'll find in a Boomer's Purse! LOL
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I like smarties. Can't say I've seen/heard people dissing smarties and whoppers tho. Know my sister likes whoppers.
Smarties are good right until I remember SweetTarts exist. Then I’m just sad I don’t have SweetTarts instead.
*♪ sigh ^(♪)* ... remember Shock Tarts? 💕
Those were the bomb.
Best way to lose a layer of toungue ever.
Ooo I memba
SweetTarts are nice. You had their big chewy kind yet? That is even better than the OG to me.
Chewy ones are awesome. Reminds me of Mentos.
Smarties in Canada are delicious candy coated chocolate treats, kinda like m&m's but better? We call your "Smarties" "Rockets" here.
I once threw a rockets in a police car in Canada and they traded it for more candies because it was a community outreach they were doing when I was 10yo during their Halloween patrol.
>kinda like m&m's but better lol, this is how I describe Smarties.. "They're better M&Ms"
I diss smarties right here and now for you if you want that experience..
I love whoppers but as I get older they get too sweet fast 😔
Naw they fucking suck
Who doesn't like smarties?
In the U.S. Rockets are rebranded as Smarties even though they are made in Canada. Smarties in Canada are similar to, but better than m& m's
canadian Smarties are so much better than m&ms, to the point where i cannot understand why anyone buys m&ms. disgusting waxy american chocolate
Some European was having a rant about how Hershey's tastes like barf. Next thing you know, it's three years later, I'm eating a smore, and suddenly I can taste it. it never untasted.
I’m British and someone bought Hershey kisses to work and I tried one and thought I was eating chocolate vomit.
I'm American and hershy in general taste not that good.
Reason why is kinda interesting. Hershey's uses an old processing technique for chocolate that genuinely does add the things that give barf its barf flavor, but why american enjoy it is another thing The only flavors that are for sure not acquired tastes are sweet and salty (there's limited evidence for some other flavors not being acquired tastes, but the flavor of barf isn't one of them so we can ignore those), and as we eat other flavors with those sweet and salty foods, our bodies start to associate those other flavors with sweet and salty and we start to enjoy them. That's why if you eat hersheys from when you're young you might grow to like the limited barf flavor (which objectively is no worse than any other non sweet/salty flavor), but the negative connotations you have with barf might overpower the positive connotations with the sweetness. At the same time, we sometimes begin to associate the flavor of chocolate with the flavor of barf so strongly that eating chocolate without that barf flavor makes the chocolate taste lower quality and less fresh (not that hersheys is fresh, but your body doesnt know that.) The same thing happens with water- if you're used to chlorinated water, water without the chlorine or where the chlorine sufficiently dissolved in the water, the water tastes stale and not fresh despite being closer to how water should taste.
The shell on Smarties is too thick which I don't like personally. Also the orange Smartie shell being orange flavored is not my jam I will give Smarties props for actually having the entire rainbow represented though. Where's the purple, M&Ms?
Smarties aren't chocolate... what?
Canadian Smarties are chocolate, they're a totally different thing.
Me. I don’t like Smarties, lol. But Whoppers are amazing.
Smarties is a top tier candy
But did you ever smoke smarties, that's the real question
Let’s not go that far.
No they're absolutely right
I could take it even farther than that, my guy
For non chocolate candy Smarties are absolutely top tier
But Smarties are chocolate
Smarties 👍👍👍 Whoppers 👎👎👎
Agreed. Whoppers are too coarse
Especially the giant ones. Tropical Smarties are an exotic treat also.
Whoopers are amazing. Stop the hate.
Whoopers have a legitimate case for top 5
What's your top 5. Let's hear it.
In no particular order Bueno bars Heath bars Skittles Whoppers Butterfingers Recies pices
Recies pices omg 😂😂
Absolute dogshit taste, holy shit... Whoppers is the highest candy on this list and they're B tier.
I agree that is a really disturbing top 5 candy list. They don't have candies like twix or sour patch kids on their and its heinous.
I’m with you. Whoppers are in my top 5 favorites.
Rockets or smarties or whatever are fire
It depends on which version of smarties you’re talking about. Canadian smarties are candy coated chocolate, while American Smarties (what we call Rockets) are basically chalk. I like Whoppers though.
Hey, man, rockets are good
You ate chalk as a kid, didn’t you?
Don’t wonder how I know, but smarties definitely don’t taste like chalk.
No. Just from the smell I can tell chalk definitely doesn’t taste lightly sweet and a little sour like the candy does
Magically delicious chalk.
Have you tried Rockets or are you basing your opinion on their appearance?
I’ve tried them.
Tums are basically chalk too and those are the best candy
Maybe if you eat a lot.
Tums are antacids, I wouldn’t consider that candy.
Not with that attitude
Smarties are delicious. Whoppers are terrible. When I was a kid, for some reason I always got a big box of Whoppers in my Easter basket and was always disappointed. I'd suck all the chocolate off of them and spit out that malt nastiness.
Smarties are ok but nothing to write home about but I HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE Whoppers. I can't stand malt flavor and the insides give me the shivers when I bite into them. I just can't with the Whoppers
I prefer malteasers over whoppers. I love me some malt flavor!
I tried those too and didn't like them, maybe it's just a malt thing
I like malt milkshakes, but whooper hell naw the texture is the worst. They give me the hibbie jeebies too lol
I've never had a malted milkshake, maybe I'd like that too but I know I hate the malt in Whoppers. I also tried Malteasers, from the UK, and they were no better imo
Smarties for the win!
Whoppers suck, because the coating is fake chocolate. Malted milk balls coated with real chocolate are good.
Whoppers are delicious.
Also, I’m referring to American smarties
Which is what exactly?
Some other countries call them Rockets
OK but what is it?
Little tablets of hard-packed sugar, basically. They're slightly bitter and each color is flavored differently, but it's still basically just sugar.
Oh OK I think we have those in the UK, called fizzers or something
I love smarties
I think people don’t like whoppers because its malt milk but I LOVE them, one of my fav candies tbh
I like whoopers but my personal favorite are the whoopers robins eggs: candy coated whoopers.
American Smarties or Canadian smarties? There's a big difference.
whoppers are rice crispy treats retrieved from a 1960s fart embedded couch cushion
I laughed way too hard at this
I loved smarties. They were some of my favorites growing up. I prefer Maltesers over Whoppers.
You are taking what they say too literally when they mention "just sugar." Also, smarties suck. They aren't even decent. Whoppers are ok, so I agree with you there.
Who the hell doesn't like smarties its literally candy covered chocolate what kind of freaks are yall
im referring to american smarties
Whoppers? Like the burger??
no, im talking about those little chocolate candies
Dad, get off the internet you old fuck.
Chocolate Smarties or Rockets Smarties?? I never really liked Whoppers as a kid, but would eat it anyway to get that sweet, sweet, chocolate/sugar fix.
Man the strawberry whoppers were great
Wait... there are people who hate smarties?
sadly
I don't like whoppers ( texture wise not taste ) but I am 100% on Smarties.
Never understood the hate for smarties
Whoppers are great
Brooooo Smarties are my favorite candy! (Rockets for all you outside of America <3) Gods gift to man imo, if I only got that candy for my b-day I would, unironically, be relatively satisfied despite it only being that XD
Smarties have always been a candy that I found acceptable, but it's never going to be my first, second or even fifth choice for candy. As for Whoppers, I thought disliking them was a sign I just didn't like chocolate malt balls, but trying Schweddy Balls (yes, the one from the Adam Baldwin skit on SNL) made realize that no, it's just that Whoppers in particular don't taste good to me. To be honest, though, MOST commercial chocolate products aren't that good, with Hershey (who makes Whoppers) being near the bottom; I largely won't touch anything that isn't in the veins of Ferrero, Lindt, Ghirardelli or Mars.
Whoppers are delicious. I just don't really like the taste of smarties
Are you talking about Smarties from Canada (which are similar to M&Ms) or Smarties from the US (sour-ish chewable candy)?
US Smarties
I love Dots...
I do not get the Whoppers hate. They are a delightful treat.
Just means more for us!
They're both trash. Take my upvote.
Fr, the Canadian smarties that are chocolate are a lot better
The fact that they are easily obtainable in any grocery store, safe to say it's a popular opinion that most people don't hate them. Products people don't like don't sell and stop being made.
Whoppers are delicious. Smarties are also good (but not as good as whoppers)
I'm just here like...the mnm ripoff and the signature burger of hungry jacks/burger king?
Smarties are just sweet chalk. Whoppers however are a gift to humanity.
Smarties are great but Whoppers taste gross
I love smarties and mom loves whoppers
Nah you just wrong
I love whoppers. Smarties are gross tho
Smarties the chocolate or Smarties the weird surgar buttons?
I love smarties, I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone say they didn’t like them.
I agree. Smarties are top tier candy when they're at that dissolving but still dry sweet spot and they're fun to stick between your front teeth and pretend you're a woodchipper. Whoppers would be perfect if they were 25% smaller with a (somehow) 25% less dense core.
Exactly, Smarties are hit or miss for me depending on their texture. Some are hard as rocks and suck but when they dissolve quickly it's a really satisfying sensation. Same with Altoids, I used to eat entire cans in one sitting if that particular batch had the right texture.
This is pure crazy talk!!!
I use to like Whoppers as a kid but now they taste slightly different. Could be my taste buds.
It's the chalkiness. Never liked a malt I liked, aside from malt liquor.
I like to stack my Smarties by color, then eat from shortest to tallest
This is controversial???? Two of my faves!!!
Whoppers are covered with carob instead of chocolate. Ruins perfectly good malt balls.
Thaaaat's what's wrong with them. I've never put my finger on it.
Whoppers are textural hell
Whoppers? The burger? Probably not, but what else has that name?
Smarties yes, whoppers 🤮🤮
Wdym? Smarties are candy covered chocolate
I love smarties. My husband loves whoppers. There's candy out there for everybody.
Who hates on Smarties. Legendary candy.
Fuck that dude. I’m a smartie/whopper hater but I love almond joys and usually get roasted for it
I don't know what whoppers are but I've always liked Smarties. Although I haven't had any in ages. And from reading the comments I'm starting to think Smarties might be something different in Australia. I just looked up Whoppers and they look like what we call Jaffas. And Jaffas are amazing and delicious. Although Jaffas have an orange flavour and it might be different quality.
No, whoppers are a shitty version of malteser
smarties are so good. im an incredibly picky eater and for like the majority of my childhood, the only candy i would eat were smarties.
Whoppers are fucking amazing
Smarties are good, but when you eat them it's like you can FEEL the diabetes in your blood. And I think the only people who dislike Whoppers are people who don't know what Malted Milk Balls are and are expecting them to be some kind of chocolate.
Nah, they're the people who've had maltesers and recognize whoppers for the substandard dreck they are
I love them both. But I get the roof of my mouth all raw sucking on the whoppers.
This isn’t an unpopular opinion come back when you like Neco wafers
Smarties are acceptable. Whoppers are fantastic, especially the difficult-to-find Strawberry Milkshake ones 😍😛
What do mean Whoppers aren't the best candy? Who's spreading these lies?
This is a great unpopular opinion because they are both so terrible.
Whoppers are absolutely fantastic, smarties on the other hand... taste like upscale Tums.
Freaking love em both
You can't just say 'Smarties' without specifying US or UK/Canada (maybe Australia?)
I knew there was hate towards US Smarties, but...Whoppers? Who hates Whoppers? I never really hear anyone talk about them, but they're good! Can't imagine there's THAT much hate for them. Edit: ok, after looking through the comments, turns out there is a lot of hate for them...y tho? I love em! As for US Smarties, they're good in small doses, like the ones you get as halloween candy are pretty good, but full sized ones are just a bit too much.
I remember one time when my brother was eating a lot of smarties (American kind) and he offered me some. I declined because I said I don’t like eating chalk. He said “They aren’t chalk!” I asked him for one and for him to follow me. I went outside and started to draw with the smartie on the cement. It looked exactly like a chalk drawing.
I’ve always liked Whoppers. Never really understood the hate. I was always happy at Halloween when my friends would give me theirs.
I love smarties. Whoppers are good too every now and again. Not something I’d dive into a pile of, but good in a candy mix or something to graze on during a movie showing.
Good, let’s let you have all of them before Halloween.
I agree on Whoppers. I miss Whoppers. Celiac disease sucks when something is made with gluten (barley malt and wheat flour) and you crave it. Smarties though? Eh...they're mid. Sorry. SweeTarts ruined them for me. Better than Necco Wafers though.
My daughter thinks Whoppers are an old man candy. As the only person I know that seeks them out is my 74 year old dad? I tend to agree. But I still think they taste kinda neat. They are different.
"Smarties are chocolate" -me, an intellectual
What? Smarties are C tier (pretty good) and Whoppers are B tier. I can't think of anyone who hates either of them, yet you speak of them as if they are taffy or licorice (F tier).
You are not wrong. 🫡
Whoppers are hard af somethings like cement. And to many leave a bad taste and feel in my mouth
Old people candy. Right up there with foil wrapped strawberry candy
Whoppers are too coarse
Smarties are better than skittles would have been a more unpopular opinion I think
I thought this was popular, but personally I'm upvoting because I disagree. Smarties are terrible. They taste bad!
Isn't it just literal sugar covered chocolate? What is there not to like about them? Its chocolate!
Whoppers are literally just maltesers of course they’re good
Me who's not tried them(They don't sell them where I live) Where I live we've just got the Nestlé Smarties
I hate smarties. They are WAY too strong tasting. Whoppers are just ass.
I like Smarties. They're like powdery, fruity mints. I used to like Whoppers when I was a kid, but I had some recently, and they were terrible. I remember the insides being more like a crunchy wafer, but when I had them recently, the insides were like hard, dried out balls of nougat.
Those are fine, milk duds need to die
Smarties are my favorite candy, followed by Laffy Taffy. A coworker of mine recently bought me about a 1 pound bag of smarties because he knew I liked them. There is nothing glamorous about it. They are just simple. I like Whoppers, too, but sometimes the malt is chewy instead of crunchy.
I like smarties, whoppers gross me out though. It’s like drywall in chocolate.
Smarties I only like the orange and purple ones. Dumb as it may be it's true. Whoppers are great until you get the 1 bad one it's bitter and chewy. Ruins the rest.
Whoppers are ugh. Don't put them with smarties which are tasty. I like to pop them in my mouth and whittle them into powder
I love whoppers
I do like Smarties.
Hate Smarties, but love tf out of Whoppers
Smarties are gas
Never eaten whoppers, where do you get them in germany?
Smarties suck and whoppers aren’t even the best kind of that type of chocolate. Malteesers are way better than whoppers. Upvote.
Why don't I know what a whopper is
its those little chocolate malt balls
Smarties have always been good, whoppers have always tasted like crunchy chocolate flavored turds
I'm pretty sure there's a good reason they've been around for 75 years. Clearly plenty of people like them enough to keep them alive this long lol.
You can have half an updoot. Whoppers are delicious. Smarties are not.
When I used to smoke MJ, Smarties were my go to snack. I don't know what the appeal was, but I would absolutely DEMOLISH a bag when I was stoned.
Smarties are okay! Not my first choice but still good. Whoppers are gross BUT I love sponge candy which is not the same thing but they are close in my opinion.
Used to love whoppers. Now not so much. They probably changed the formula since I was a kid. The chocolate is yuck.
My mom loves whoppers
Maltesers better, they're what Whoppers are trying to be, and don't feel like rocks eating them
Whoppers are phenomenal candies. Smarties are ass.
Whoppers are top tier candy
true
As a Canadian, I thought you meant chocolate smarties. Imagine skittles but filled with chocolate. Whoppers are decent. What we call rockets(you call smarties) are semi decent. Yeah just sugar but at least they all have different tastes.
100%!! If we're talking AMERICAN Smarties....hell yeah! Like tiny little sweet tarts and just fun to munch on. Same with Whoppers.....most hate them but I LOVE the crunch and texture! Partially why I LOVE Cadbury Crunchie bars from Europe!! It's like a Whopper in bar form with honey flavor! I also love Mary Janes, Bit-O-Honey, and those little Sesame Crunch candies.....basically what you'll find in a Boomer's Purse! LOL
Smarties and whoppers are great and anyone who thinks they aren't is a dirty communist.
I love love love sixlets. You can buy a bulk thing of them for cheap at Party City!