The confusion I've had since this thread began has finally been explained! I kept thinking "Smarties...tubes?...chocolate?" Now SharonA has explained, smarties in the US are different. I thought they were these little chalky things that came in a clear plastic wrapping. The only time I've ever eaten them is when I used to get gajillions of them at Holloween, so I thought maybe I was remembering something wrong. Being in the UK I think I'd better go out and buy myself some smarties before the packaging changes to I can experience this wonderful sounding smarties tube.