You may find this interesting:

http://www.typetive.com/candyblog/2005/09/head-to-head-smarties-vs-mms.html



>Interesting but very short on facts. One thing is that nearly all the orig choc manufacturers in England were Quakers, Cadbury included. There is a dark choc bar by Cad., called Bourneville Plain. Bourneville is the town, near Birmingham (Eng) that Cadbury built for his workers. When I was at art college in B'ham I found that bars in certain parts of the city were "dry" on a Sunday, being on Quaker land.
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>As for M&Ms being like Smarties - i think the opposite is true. When I tried an M&M for the 1st time, a few years ago, I was surprised at just how like Smarties they were.
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>Yes we like our Brit choc, but the Europeans look down their nose at it, esp. the Belgians.
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>Ever had Maltesers? Pop one in the mouth and that's the end of the bag, box. They're soooo morish.
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>>This is completely unrelated to this thread; I am just replying to a random post of yours. Here is a follow-up to the recent discussion about candy bars and the differences between British and American versions ---
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>>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/11/dining/11cand.html?em&ex=1184385600&en=845a60d1675f0874&ei=5087%0A