Where to Buy Smarties Tubes in the USA

Quick answer: The tube is the classic British Smarties format, and these are Nestle milk chocolate beans rather than the unrelated American sweet of the same name. Buy the 4 pack from The British Vault, shipped from Britain with duties included.

Key facts at a glance

• Product: Smarties Milk Chocolate Tube Multipack, 4 tubes at 34g.
• Nestle chocolate beans in a coloured shell, in the traditional cardboard tube.
• Shipped from Britain, Delivered Duty Paid. First order: use NEW10 for 10% off.

Buy the Smarties tube 4 pack. The bigger format is the 105g sharing bag, and both sit in Chocolate, Sweets, Mints & Chewing Gum.

Why the tube matters

Formats are rarely worth writing about. This one is, because in Britain the Smarties tube is the product. It is what a child was handed at a birthday party, what came out of a coat pocket at the cinema, what sat by the till in every corner shop. The sharing bag is the sensible modern pack; the tube is the one people actually remember.

For decades the tube had a plastic lid with a letter embossed inside it, and collecting the alphabet was a genuine playground pursuit. Nestle removed the plastic lid in favour of a cardboard one, and British shoppers had a great deal to say about it. If you are buying for nostalgia, that is worth knowing before the parcel arrives.

Not the American sweet

This needs saying every time, because the confusion is complete. British Smarties are chocolate. American Smarties are tart compressed sugar tablets, made by an entirely different company, with no chocolate in them at all. The same tablets are sold as Rockets in Canada, because the Smarties name was already taken there by the chocolate.

So these are not a British take on a sweet you already know. They are a different product that happens to share a name. There is more on that pattern in our guide to UK brands that changed their name in America.

Tube or bag?

The tube wins on nostalgia, on portion control and on giving four separate small gifts rather than one large one. The bag wins on value per gram and on being the more practical thing to keep in a cupboard.

If you are sending a care package, the tubes are the better choice. They distribute, they travel well inside a larger box, and they look like the thing the recipient is homesick for.

Where to buy Smarties tubes in the USA

Order from The British Vault. We source Nestle UK in the UK and ship straight to the United States, Delivered Duty Paid, so every import duty and tax is already in the price and nothing is charged on delivery. Orders dispatch within 1–2 business days and usually arrive 1–3 business days after that.

Shipping is a flat $39.99 below $99 and free above it, so build the basket out from Chocolate, Sweets, Mints & Chewing Gum or the Food Cupboard. First order: NEW10 for 10% off.

Frequently asked questions

How many tubes are in the pack?

Four, at 34g each.

Do the tubes still have the letter lids?

No. Nestle replaced the plastic lid with a cardboard one, so the embossed letters are no longer part of the product.

Are these the same as American Smarties?

No. American Smarties are tart sugar tablets from a different company. These are Nestle chocolate.

Will it melt on the way?

It can, in warm weather. We do not ship chocolate with temperature-controlled packaging, because the ice packs we tested caused condensation that damaged both the chocolate and the rest of the parcel. We cannot replace items affected by heat in transit, so check your local temperature before ordering in summer.

Add Smarties to a UK haul

Shop the Smarties tube 4 pack from The British Vault and build the order past $99 for free shipping.

Related reading: Nestle and Mars in Britain and British sweets in the USA.