Smarties come in combinations of colors within their wrapped rolls; these include white and pastel shades of yellow, pink, orange, purple, and green.

[12][13] After World War II, the Dee family bought pellet machines and repurposed them to make candy.

[20] In January 2011, a middle school in Provo Utah reported that its students had started to crush the Smarties into a fine powder and inhale them, mimicking a form of drug consumption, following a YouTube trend.

[21] The Smarties Candy Company operates two factories, one in Union, New Jersey, and one in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.

After mixing the dry ingredients they are pressed into tablets and then stacked and rolled into a Smarties wrapper for packaging.

[23] The ingredients in Smarties candies are dextrose, citric acid, calcium stearate, natural and artificial flavors, and colors.