I can recall as a child sorting them out into order of `liking`. This meant starting by eating the brown ones (I seem to remember there were two) and working up to the orange ones, my favourites. I wished that I could buy a tube with only orange ones, but no doubt that would have put me off for life!
When I buy the kids smarties I always take (or pinch lol) there orange ones if anything I think I have become addicted. Sorry thats not an answer to your question, but feel better I have got my secret off my chest ty all.
I think it 's because orange flavour in chocolate is quite common and accepted - oh I was goin to say what other flavours could you even use? cherry? blackcurrant? But then you could use coffee I suppose - that's also quite a common chocolate flavouring... Mind you lots of ppl don't like coffee flavour.
Yeah there used be a light brown and very dark brown colours.
Now they have removed the blue smartie (only introduced relatively recently) in order to advertise that there are no artificial colours in Smarties.
If this helps at all, I seem to recall writing to Smarties some years ago and they told me that they all tasted the same except the brown ones (which had extra chocolatey goodness built into the shell) and the orange ones (which contained orange oil in the shell).
Well Thats What Steve Wanted To Know... I Think That I Agree With The Fact That There Is Colouring Added To That One... Although I Have Never Realised This Before (: So... There You Go... Thanks Chums ")