Nestle Smarties Mini Eggs - 80g

Smarties have been a fixture of the British sweet shop for generations, and come spring they change shape. Nestle Smarties Mini Eggs are the Easter version, the same bright colours in egg form, and they sit on the Easter shelf right alongside the big hollow eggs that everyone queues for.

People in Canada go looking for these because Easter back home had a particular look to it, and this bag was part of it. A bowl of them on the table, a handful hidden in the garden for the kids, the colours rattling in a cereal bowl. If you grew up with them, an Easter without them looks a bit underdressed.

The 80g bag is easy to share or easy to keep to yourself. Kept somewhere cool and dry in the cupboard, it holds up fine until the egg hunt. People scatter them across the top of a cake, tuck them into Easter baskets, or simply pour them into a bowl and pretend they are for guests.

Nestle makes the wider Smarties family too, from the classic tubes to Easter eggs, and these tend to end up in the same basket as a chocolate egg or two and a packet of hot cross buns.