# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![orion007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@orion007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orion007)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/41 "2001-09-15T01:53:06Z")
_Better than Godiva??_ :eek: That stuff must be something… ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/42 "2001-09-15T03:01:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eutychus55 \* > \*\*According to a news blurb in the Providence Journal the other day, green M&Ms are going to be the first with more than just the traditional logo printed on them. They’re going to have a face. \*\* ::MsRobyn has an impure thought as to what kind of face is going on the green M&M 😉 :: Robin ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/43 "2001-09-15T03:18:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by orion007 \* > \*\*_Better than Godiva??_ :eek: That stuff must be something… \*\* Just ask **Cartooniverse**. ---
**Author:** ![JessEnigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cdc98d/32.png) [@JessEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessEnigma)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/44 "2001-09-15T03:55:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rocking chair \* > \*\*fear not. m&m’s are health food. each yummy little bag of plain m&m’s contain 4% calcium. with caramel…hhhhm perhaps 5-6%. will someone help me out with a bit of math, how many bags do i need to get for 100% of my calcium needs? > \*\* All candy is health food. Honest. I got in some calcium and some fruit (errr…vegetable, fruit…plant product) with the Almond Joy I ate tonight. Ah, football concession stands. Entire meals can come from thee… And I think I must definitely try these M&Ms now. jessica ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/45 "2001-09-15T04:24:27Z")
I FOUND them! I asked at 7-11 and the 7-11 boy said he had them last week. The look on my face made him hurriedly clarify: he has tasted them, bought them at a mini-mart across town. I went and bought 3 bags. Advice: 1. Eat three M&Ms at a time to get the max. caramel charge, otherwise the candy shell interferes with the experience 2. Take 2 Units of R Insulin 3. Be happy 4. Put a bag in the freezer—frozen dulces!!! Muy bueno, M&M people, good job. ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/46 "2001-09-15T04:35:35Z")
I’m gonna have to check out my local Mexican grocery store!! Think they’ll have them in the suburbs of Chicago? Slightly off the topic but deals with food: I really really REALLY want some Fritos with Lime that I could get in Mexico! They were SOOOOO GOOD!! Anyone around here have them in the States? ---
**Author:** ![camanda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camanda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/camanda)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/47 "2001-09-16T02:43:23Z")
In Spanish “dulce de leche” roughly means “candy of milk” ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/48 "2001-09-16T04:07:44Z")
Going shopping tomorrow. I will light a candle tonight, and ask the Goddess for her assistance in finding these little chocolate-covered miracles. [sub]ohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseImusthavethem…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Wump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed655f/32.png) [@Wump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wump)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/49 "2001-09-16T05:43:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BingoBurringo \* > \*\*I’m still waiting to get my hands on some of those thoroughly disgusting-sounding Musk Lifesavers, which are apparently only available in Australia. \*\* I tried them whilst in Australia a couple years back… they taste like soap. Absolutely and thoughouly discusting. I couldn’t believe they sold them… but then they’ve got vegemite there too… ugh as for the m&m’s, THEY’RE ONLY CANDY PEOPLE, SIMMA DOWN NA!!! [sub]candy that i can’t get here as of yet… lousy m&m’s, probly don’t even taste good anyways…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/50 "2001-09-16T16:22:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eutychus55 \* > \*\*According to a news blurb in the Providence Journal the other day, green M&Ms are going to be the first with more than just the traditional logo printed on them. They’re going to have a face. \*\* Good Goddess, _nooooooooooo_! Don’t they know I don’t eat anything with a face? Whywhywhy this obsession with putting faces on our foodstuff? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/51 "2001-09-16T17:17:41Z")
Um. Most of our food starts with a face. At least, if you’re an omnivore. ---
**Author:** ![Kittie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Kittie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kittie)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/52 "2001-09-16T19:27:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Whammo \* > \*\*Caramel is the sweet breast milk of the gods. \*\* **Whammo** , can I use this as my sig?! 😃 ~Kittie ---
**Author:** ![orion007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@orion007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orion007)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/53 "2001-09-16T21:04:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FalconFinder \* > \*\*Slightly off the topic but deals with food: > I really really REALLY want some Fritos with Lime that I could get in Mexico! They were SOOOOO GOOD!! > > Anyone around here have them in the States? \*\* Umm I have some _Tostitos_ with Lime sitting in my cabinet. I don’t know if that’s what you mean but they’re sooooo yummy 🙂 I got them in Winn Dixie so I guess other places must have them too. ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/54 "2001-11-30T16:11:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\*Um. Most of our food starts with a face. At least, if you’re an omnivore. \*\* Just FYI… some vegatarians say “I never eat anything with a face.” I don’t eat anything that doesn’t have a face…or chocolate. Except as a side dish. ---
**Author:** ![Gamelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d07c76/32.png) [@Gamelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gamelan)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/55 "2001-11-30T19:43:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by camanda \* > \*\*In Spanish “dulce de leche” roughly means “candy of milk” \*\* Its basicall sweetened condensed milk. In south Florida they have dulce de leche everything. There’s even a dulce de leche shake at McDonalds (on the “South Florida New Taste Menu”). What I’ve always seen traditionally as “Dulce de Leche” is yellow cake drenched in sweetened condensed milk ([http://www.lacabe.com/marga/food/recipes/dulce.html](http://www.lacabe.com/marga/food/recipes/dulce.html)). ---
**Author:** ![Kamikazee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Kamikazee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamikazee)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/56 "2002-04-09T13:52:32Z")
resurecting an old thread… My buddy in Houston TX sent me a package of Caramel M & M’s yesterday and man are they good. I am the envy of my co-workers. 🙂 These are not available in N. MI yet, I hope they go nationwide wtih them soon. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/57 "2002-04-09T17:17:07Z")
Can’t wait until they get to NYC. They sound great. Weren’t there minty M & Ms for a brief while? I was shocked that they were pulled; I loved them. Ditto with the Mocha-flavored Nestle Crunch… Maybe you guys had better hope that I don’t end up liking these caramel M & Ms. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Doubting\_Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Doubting\_Robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubting_Robert)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/58 "2002-04-09T17:39:59Z")
Healthy Choice has Dulce de Leche ice cream too. It’s pretty good. I suppose the higher-fat brands taste better, but some of us have to watch what we eat [sub][sup]darn it[/sup][/sub]. I remember chocolate mint M&Ms, too. They were good. Regarding the “all M&Ms are the same colors” remark earlier in this thread, that’s not true at Eastertime. Then you can get pastel M&Ms. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/59 "2002-04-09T23:19:26Z")
Okay, I am planning my next shopping trip as I type… [ul] [li]ice cream! (hey, I’m almost finished my mint chocolate chip ice cream and don’t have any more)[/li][li]caramel M&Ms (if they have them here in Canada; by now, they must?!?)[/li][li]soup, bread, milk, pudding, Jello, juice[/li][li]other things I need to get[/li][/ul] They sound pretty good… I like the peanut butter ones myself, but maybe it’s time to expand my horizons! (yes, I should watch what I eat, but there are SOME things that you just have to have…) Wooooooyeeeeeeeaaaahhhhh!!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452/60 "2002-04-10T03:00:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cmkeller \* > **Weren’t there minty M & Ms for a brief while? I was shocked that they were pulled; I loved them.** We had them in Iowa about 15 years ago. Fantastic things. What kills me now is the new color they are “voting” on: Pink, Purple, or (_gag_) Aqua. Wot-ell!? Even the blue ones aren’t proper. What they should have done is kept the tan ones and add in a dark green. That way, you’d have [ul][li]Dark Brown[_]Light Brown[_]Dark Green[_]Light Green[_]Red[_]Orange[_]Yellow[/ul][/li] …and kept the autumnal color scheme. This technicolor business is just…too…smiley-like. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-m-ms/81452.md?page=2)