# New M&M's! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2001, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452 "2001-09-13T21:23:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/1 "2001-09-13T21:23:58Z")
So I’m at the supermarket today perusing the chocolate aisle (as I often do) when what do my wondering eyes should appear but a maroon-colored package of M&M’s. 😕 I know the plain chocolate are in a brown package, peanut are in a yellow package, almond are in an off-white package, peanut butter are in a red package, crispy are in a blue package… but what’s in maroon? _ **Caramel!** _🙂 I got a little package, and they’re tasty yummy. I’m actually not overly fond of the chocolate they use in M&M’s, but once I start i get addicted and eat half a bag. the caramel are kind of a caramel/chocolate mix, making it _really_ sweet, but I like caramel, so… 🙂 Oddly, I see nothing about it on [their website](http://www.m-ms.com/factory/candy/). Similarly, the package also reads “dulce de leche” - why in French? Check 'em out. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/2 "2001-09-13T21:26:04Z")
Huh. Sounds cool. I’ll check it out. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/3 "2001-09-13T21:29:00Z")
WHen will they be here? Criminy, they’re headquartered in Chicago. Why don’t the test these things here? But I am very confused about these sexy female Green M&M ads, since EVERYBODY knows they turn you gay. Maybe she’s really a guy. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/4 "2001-09-13T21:32:00Z")
Drag queen. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/5 "2001-09-13T21:33:54Z")
I thought the green M&M’s were supposed to make you horny. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/6 "2001-09-13T21:41:46Z")
Yeah, and I bet you think it’s okay to wear a green shirt on Thursday, too. Fairy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hawaiian\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/58f4c7/32.png) [@Hawaiian\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawaiian_Bob)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/7 "2001-09-13T21:42:10Z")
That is such good news. I was so disappointed at the last color change. They added blue, but removed tan - why remove any color? Jelly beans come in lots of colors. More colors is just better. More flavors is better yet. ---
**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/8 "2001-09-13T21:56:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > **Oddly, I see nothing about it on [their website](http://www.m-ms.com/factory/candy/). Similarly, the package also reads “dulce de leche” - why in French?** Saw them talking about them on Good Morning America a couple of weeks back and they loved them. [nitpick] dulce de leche is Italian [/nitpick ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/9 "2001-09-13T22:23:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tommy the Cat \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > > **Similarly, the package also reads “dulce de leche” - why in French?** > > \[nitpick] dulce de leche is Italian [/nitpick \*\* Nitpicking the nitpick, unless M&M’s say otherwise, _dulce de leche_ could also be Spanish. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/10 "2001-09-13T22:30:32Z")
I’m so jazzed about this, I friggin _love_ caramel! (Speaking of dulce de leche, have you tried the Bryers _Dulce de Leche_ caramel ice cream with caramel swirl? Ungodly good!) ---
**Author:** ![JessEnigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cdc98d/32.png) [@JessEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessEnigma)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/11 "2001-09-13T22:34:45Z")
Yummy! Caramel! I love caramel, especially in ice cream. Yummmm… How does that work, anyway? I’ve never eaten any of the peanut butter M&Ms or ones like that. Are they like the Reese’s Pieces, with just the peanut butter and the candy shell, or is there chocolate too? Maybe I ought to try those one day. Right after the peanut butter Twix. jessica ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/12 "2001-09-13T22:59:58Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **Hawaiian Bob** _ > > I was so disappointed at the last color change. Um, you do realize I meant the color of the _bag_, not the M&M’s themselves, right? All M&M’s, despite what’s inside 'em, are the same colors (red, orange, yellow, dark brown, blue and green). **Jess** , the caramel ones are swirled together with the chocolate. The peanut butter ones are layer - center is peanut butter, then a coating of chocolate, then the candy coating, like the peanut M&M’s have a solid peanut in the middle (as do the almonds). Works the same way with the cripsy M&M’s. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/13 "2001-09-13T23:20:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dropzone \* > \*\*Fairy. 😉 \*\* Come on **DZ** , we all know “they” prefer _faerie_. I mean, get with it! (Kidding, honestly!) ---
**Author:** ![BickByro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@BickByro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BickByro)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/14 "2001-09-13T23:55:55Z")
“Dulce de Leche” is Spanish, by the way. The candies are targeted at America’s growing Hispanic population, as I recall. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/15 "2001-09-14T00:01:18Z")
Dulce de leche is Spanish. Caramel M&Ms (an idea whose time has come, BTW) are aimed at the Hispanic market and are being marketed in cities with large Hispanic populations. Here’s an [article](http://www.chron.com/content/archive/qsearch.hts?operation=getdoc&database=2001%3B2000%3B1999%3B1998%3B1997%3B1996%3B1995%3B1994%3B1993%3B1992%3B1991%3B1990%3B1989%3B1988%3B1987%3B1986%3B1985%3B&databases=2001%3B2001%3B1998%3B1998%3B1998%3B1997%3B&docid=66575&docids=52575%3B47852%3B65201%3B56256%3B28016%3B66575%3B&query=dulce+de+leche+M%26M+NOT+3:RSEC&pos=&numhits=25&start=&type=&user=houston&sview=1&hview=2&dview=1) about it. I wish they’d make it to Houston. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/16 "2001-09-14T00:10:36Z")
Yes, I started thinking about it and Dulce de Leche is Spanish. But, it could be Italian if you kicked the Italian trying to say it in the knee. OK, I’m an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/17 "2001-09-14T00:19:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MsRobyn \* > **I wish they’d make it to Houston.** Didn’t we discuss the shocking lack of Mexican cuisine a few weeks ago when I forget who was bemoaning the lack of decent mole poblano there? Hispanic groceries should have these new M&Ms, eh? (planning trip home from work tomorrow) ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/18 "2001-09-14T00:24:47Z")
so, they upped the calcium count in m&m’s… excellent. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/19 "2001-09-14T00:30:45Z")
So now they’re health food, right? ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/20 "2001-09-14T00:41:06Z")
(Whining piteously) I want 'em ! Can’t find 'em ! (Glaring at \*\* Drachillix\*\*) You SAID you’d find me some, you SAID! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452.md?page=2)