Posted on 10/02/2024 7:12:23 AM PDT by Red Badger
NATIONAL SMARTIES® DAY
National Smarties Day on October 2 celebrates the sweet legacy of an iconic candy and the smarty pants people who never stop learning.
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Smarties have been around since 1949. That's over 70 years of celebrating this sweet candy wafer roll. In honor of National Smarties Day, we invite everyone to take a walk down memory lane and enjoy this nostalgic candy. If you've never tried Smarties, this is your chance to become a new member of the smarty pants club.
What are Smarties? Smarties are rolls of a small pastel colored candy tablets that are sweet and a little bit sour. Unlike most candy, Smarties have only 6 ingredients, too. There are six different flavors in a Smarties package. Flavors are randomly mixed together for each individual Smarties roll.
Smarties Original Flavor Lineup
White = Orange cream
Yellow = Pineapple
Pink = Cherry
Green = Strawberry
Purple = Grape
Orange = Orange
A Smart Choice
When it comes to candy, Smarties are considered a smart choice. For starters, Smarties are free from the nine major food allergies: milk, egg, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soy and sesame.
If you are at a loss for classic gluten‑free candy, Smarties products are your delicious solution. The sweet treat is also gluten-free. Interestingly, the ingredients found in Smarties candy contains no animal products, making them a tasty and cruelty-free choice for anyone looking for delicious vegan candy. Did we mention they are only 25 calories in each roll of Smarties?
SMARTIE PANTS CELEBRATIONS
There are an endless number of ways to celebrate today. If your candy cravings are keeping you from thinking straight, here’s a list of ideas to get you started:
Incorporate some Smarties in your favorite sweet treat. Use as a topping on ice cream, jello, or cake. You can even bake them in cookies, brownies or mix into homemade jam!
Create a DIY "Smartie Pants" Halloween costume.
Craft a thank you note for teachers and tape a Smarties roll to it.
Use Smarties as a teaching tool to learn to count, identify colors, match items, and build shapes to help with motor skills.
Make up your best Smarties pun or go with the classic, “Thanks for making me a Smartie!”
Eat a roll of Smarties, of course. Or maybe two.
Pick up some Smarties Mega Lollies for a friend.
Tag and post your Smarties celebration using #NationalSmartiesDay.
CLASSIC HISTORY
In 2022, National Day Calendar welcomed the Smarties Candy Company to our list of Founders. Beginning October 2 and every year after, we will be celebrating National Smarties Day in sweet style. The October 2 date also pays a beautiful tribute to the birthday of company Founder and Smarties creator Edward Dee, who was born on this day.
Iconic Legacy
Edward Dee (1924-2019) came to the U.S. from England with his family in 1949. As a third-generation candy maker, Dee arrived with a candy idea that would build his legacy. Beginning in a factory in Bloomfield, N.J., Dee began Ce De Candy Inc. in a rental property with two machines--a wrapping machine and a candy pellet-making machine. Dee would move his company to Elizabeth, N.J. in 1959 and finally to Union, N.J. in 1967, where the business remains today.
Smarties
In 2011, the company decided to change their name from Ce De Candy Inc. to Smarties Candy Company. The Dee family has always been sole owners of the company, keeping their family tradition alive. In the 1970s, Dee’s sons Jonathan and Michael joined the business. The company is now led by the founder’s granddaughters, Co-Presidents Sarah Dee, Jessica Dee Sawyer and Liz Dee, making it a woman run company for the first time in its history.
There have been many updates over the years including improving manufacturing facilities, adding solar power to their NJ candy factory which offsets half of their energy usage, and releasing new candy products including Mega Smarties – the largest Smarties roll available!
A Sweet Future
Education was an important aspect in Dee's life long before he would immigrate to the U.S. He was a Cambridge University graduate and he knew the value of education. Because of this, he decided to name his candy Smarties as a way to encourage others to never stop learning. In 2013 the company began the "Smarties Think" initiative to continue his vision. Since then, Smarties has given more than $250,000 to classrooms in need.
The early days of Edward Dee going door-to-door to make candy sales clearly paid off. Today, the Smarties brand continues to be a leader in the candy industry producing billions of Smarties rolls per year. With factories in New Jersey and Ontario, the Dee family continues the tradition of providing an iconic candy for smarty pants people everywhere.
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FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS FOR OCTOBER 2
Samuel Adams (1722-1803) - American politician, Governor of Massachusetts.
Nat Turner (1800-1831) - American slave and uprising leader.
Alexander P. Stewart (1821-1908) - American general.
John Marin (1870-1953) - American painter.
Cordell Hull (1871-1955) - American politician, United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate.
Martha Brookes Hutcheson (1871-1959) - American landscaper and author.
Stephen Warfield Gambrill (1873-1924) - American lawyer and politician.
Pattie Ruffner Jacobs (1875-1935) - American suffragist.
Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) - American poet.
William R. Orthwein (1881-1955) - American swimmer and water polo player.
Groucho Marx (1890-1977) - American comedian and actor.
Leroy Shield (1893-1962) - American composer and conductor.
Harry Golden (1902-1981) - American journalist and author.
Paul Hartman (1904-1973) - American actor and dancer.
Gene Autry (1907-1998) - American actor, singer, and guitarist.
Alex Raymond (1909-1956) - American cartoonist, creator of Flash Gordon.
Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002) - Austrian-American physicist and philosopher.
John Thomas Dunlop (1914-2003) - American scholar and politician, United States Secretary of Labor.
Jack Parsons (1914-1952) - American chemist, occultist, and engineer.
Chuck Williams (1915-2015) - American author and businessman, founded Williams Sonoma.
Albert Scott Crossfield (1921-2006) - American pilot and engineer.
Rock Hudson (1925-1985) - American actor.
George McFarland (1928-1993) - American actor.
Earl Wilson (1934-2005) - American baseball player.
Connie Dierking (1936-2013) - American basketball player.
Johnnie Cochran (1937-2005) - American lawyer.
Steve Sabol (1942-2012) - American director and producer, co-founded NFL Films.
Vernor Vinge (1944-2024) - American author.
Don McLean (1945-Still Living) - American singer-songwriter.
Ward Churchill (1947-Still Living) - American author and activist.
Donna Karan (1948-Still Living) - American fashion designer, founded DKNY.
Annie Leibovitz (1949-Still Living) - American photographer.
Tom Petty (1950-2017) - American musician.
Vanessa Bell Armstrong (1953-Still Living) - American singer.
Tom Boswell (1953-Still Living) - American basketball player.
Freddie Jackson (1956-Still Living) - American soul singer.
John Cook (1957-Still Living) - American golfer.
Robbie Nevil (1958-Still Living) - American singer-songwriter.
Yokozuna (1966-2000) - American wrestler.
Kelly Willis (1968-Still Living) - American country music singer-songwriter.
Kelly Ripa (1970-Still Living) - American actress and talk show host.
Chris Savino (1971-Still Living) - American comic book artist, writer, animator and creator of The Loud House.
Efren Ramirez (1973-Still Living) - American actor.
Brian Knight (1974-Still Living) - American baseball player.
Paul Teutul Jr. (1974-Still Living) - American motorcycle designer, co-founded Orange County Choppers.
Phil Kessel (1987-Still Living) - American ice hockey player.
Aaron Hicks (1989-Still Living) - American baseball player.
Shane Larkin (1992-Still Living) - American-Turkish basketball player.
HISTORICAL EVENTS FOR OCTOBER 2
1780 - John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army during the – American Revolutionary War.
1789 - The Bill of Rights is sent to the 13 colonies (states) for ratification. Only 10 states returning the document.
1864 - Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia, during a Civil War battle.
1871 - The Great Chicago Fire begins and destroys most of the city.
1917 - The United States enters World War I.
1935 - The Wagner Act is signed into law, establishing labor unions.
1952 - The polio vaccine is successfully tested on about 1.8 million kids across the U.S.
1967 - Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first Black justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.
1967 - Apollo 7 is launched into space and successfully gains information for the future landing on the moon.
1970 – An airplane carrying the Wichita State University football team, students, and administrators crashes in Colorado, killing 31.
1987 – The Texas Supreme Court rules that burning the American flag is protected under free speech.
1990 - The Human Genome Project studying DNA in humans launches, with the U.S. as one of the main groups to study genes extensively.
1996 - President Bill Clinton signs the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments to establish how records are kept and distributed within government agencies.
2002 - The Beltway sniper kills 10 people over three weeks in Washington, D.C.
2006 - A school shooting in Pennsylvania kills five Amish girls.
2018 - Washington Post Journalist Jamal Khashoggi is assassinated in Istanbul, Turkey.
2019 - A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crashes after takeoff in Connecticut, killing seven people. The flight was recording a live history exhibition
Smarties Ping!............
That was my dessert at breakfast today. :^)
They always turn up around Halloween....................
Smarties Candy Nutrition Facts
Based on the provided search results, here is a summary of the nutrition facts for Smarties Original Candy:
Calories: 25 per roll (7g)
Serving size: 1 roll (7g)
Gluten-free, fat-free, and peanut-free
Contains no milk, egg, fish, crustacean, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans, or gluten
Ingredients: Milk chocolate, sugars, wheat flour, modified corn starch, carnauba wax, gum arabic, beet red, spirulina, turmeric, carotene, anthocyanin, and sodium copper chlorophyllin
Daily Value (DV) Information
The %DV tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. A 2,000-calorie diet is used for general nutrition advice.
Comparison to Other Candies
According to Dave Zinczenko, ABC nutrition-wellness editor, choosing smaller-sized candies like Smarties can save calories and sugar compared to larger candies. For example, three rolls of Smarties will save you 75 calories and 21 grams of sugar.
Note
The nutrition information provided is based on the original Smarties candy rolls and may vary depending on the specific product or flavor. Always check the label for the most up-to-date nutrition information.
I didn’t care much for Sweet Tarts as a kid...............
If I have candy, it's Good & Plenty. Wish I had saved the 'vintage' boxes from childhood.
And, Chocolate doesn't count as 'candy.' It is medicinal and necessary! :)
I hate those things. We considered that trash candy as kids if we got them for Halloween - we couldn’t even trade them b/c no one wanted them.
I’ll take M & M’s, Snickers or Three Musketeers over hard wafer candies any day.
True, they were the last candy to be eaten at the bottom of the bags.....................
LOL, remember Good & Plenty - the best part was shaking the box like “Charlie” did in the commercials.
Haven’t had those in years..Ditto for Sugar Daddies.
I’ll save you the time - they don’t work. 🍬
😁
(I buy them by the bagful- a throwback from childhood)
love dem Smarties! i don’t know why but it’s been hard to get Smarties these days at my local market.
Does anyone remember Wacky Wafers?
They were like Smarties/SweetTarts but came in flavors that included banana, pineapple and watermelon.
Not me, Smarties have always been my favorite. You only saw them at Halloween. Is it even possible to buy them outside of a grab-mix bag?
Never heard of them..............
After a quick glance, read it as “National Smart@ss Day” (figured it was about time I got recognized).
I see them only at Halloween.......................
If everyone should be taking more vitamins, it would make sense to require them in candy, because kids and oldsters both like to eat it. ;^)
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