In this Straight Dope Classic article, Unca Cecil confirms a sad conclusion I was forced to reach at the tender age of nine (or so); to wit: that the colored candy shells on m&m choco-bits are not given unique flavors.
I have lived alone with the disappointment for long enough. I’d like some validation from the teeming millions, in the form of participation in my game.
It should be fairly straightforward: I will begin by naming a color. The next player offers an appropriate flavor to match that color, then selects the next color to be flavorized. I do not require (or indeed, recommend) conventional color-to-flavor combinations, but please try to retain some logic to your choices. For instance, green might be logically flavored as “felt,” but purple would not, because, after all, how common are purple billiard tables?
The above exmple notwithstanding, it probably would be best to suggest flavors that are generally found in edible items.
