Brand
M&M’s Peanut Milk Chocolate Candies
Slogan
Melt’s in your Mouth, not in your Hand
Taste
Crunchy Crisp and Sweetly satisfying
Price
$2.50 for the 150g bag
Nutritional facts
210 calories per ¼ cup
Uniqueness
M&M’s Character’s have been popularised by the media (You can buy action figures, stationary, even custom print your face/message on M&M’s!)
Quality
4
Origin
USA
Before I go on to review M&M’s peanut variety, which, I’m sure, just about everybody on this planet has tried before, a brief history:
The idea for the M&M’s candy we see today actually stemmed from the Spanish Civil War in the 1930’s when founder Forrest Mars (now the founder of Mars Inc.) watched a number of solders enjoying chocolate pieces without creating a mess on their hands, despite the sizzling weather. Mars teamed up with another fellow, Bruce Murrie, who is the son of the long time Hershey president, as he did not have the means to make the candy himself; they decided to lovingly call the candy M&M’s. The candy came in brown, yellow, orange, green, red and violet. It came in a unique one-of-a-kind tube packaging (similar to Smarties at that time), but dissimilar to the customary boxed versions we find in our day.
M&M’s confectionary empire has come a long way since then, and I am bombarded by the vast assortment of chocolate candies and different colours it carries in its product line. I’ve always only enjoyed it in milk chocolate with plain or peanuts, but I heard that dark chocolate, caramel-filled and m&m minis versions are now being offered for purchase.
This day was no different. I entered the store with no intention of leaving with a bag of chocolates, but ended up making an impulse buy at the counter anyway. I just couldn’t resist that bright yellow bag of goodies, even if it wasn’t accounted for in my daily budget. (Yes, I have one)
There was a promotion, but my bag didn’t contain the golden M&M
Another view
M&M peanuts tends to fill me up faster than the ones without nuts, so I could not finish the super pack in one sitting. I do enjoy the full sensation it gives me after a couple handfuls. The crunchy candy shell is a big part of the make up of M&M’s, as far as the milk chocolate is concerned, does embody it’s sweetness, but because of the same reason I was slightly let down that I couldn’t taste the chocolate flavour further. This variation with peanuts definitely ups the ante by adding another dimension, contributing to an extra fun factor as well.
My M&M’s bowl
A close up
This leaves me with another hard decision to make. Because I refuse to let a fresh pack of chocolates go to waste, I came up with a better way to polish off the bag. Fifteen minutes later, I had a bakers dozen (that’s 13 for you people who aren’t sure what the difference is between a “regular” dozen and a “bakers” dozen) of chocolate chip cookies fresh from the oven. Yummmm! See Recipe
Special Note: A few years ago, the company opened an online store where you can now personalise M&M’s with your own face, favourite saying, club logo or buy them in fashionable colours like electric green, teal, black, silver, gold, and aqua.
Custom Print to Custom Colour M&M’s can be purchased at their web site here
