# The Mystery of the Unwrapped Peppermint Pattie **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 22, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-the-unwrapped-peppermint-pattie/809310 "2018-02-22T02:22:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-the-unwrapped-peppermint-pattie/809310/41 "2018-02-23T15:02:50Z")
It knew you were already sweet enough. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-the-unwrapped-peppermint-pattie/809310/42 "2018-02-23T15:13:54Z")
> [@TheMysteryWriter](#): > > That would work, except the inside of that wrapper was all chocolate smeared. So there definitely was a peppermint pattie in there, at one time. So either the pattie fell out of the wrapper, was stolen out of the wrapper, or it ran away of it’s own volition. I suppose it also could have been beamed out by someone from the future. Either way, there was chocolate inside that wrapper at one time. And that’s the truth, your honor. It’s a mystery alright…& you wrote about it. ::looks up at username:: ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-the-unwrapped-peppermint-pattie/809310/43 "2018-02-23T15:46:00Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Not exactly the same but I one had an M&M that was only half filled with chocolate. I’ve seen a number of half-M&Ms\* where a broken chocolate center got candy coated on all sides. Are you saying yours was a normal-looking shell with half chocolate and half… chocolate vapor? \*Would that be just an M? ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-the-unwrapped-peppermint-pattie/809310/44 "2018-02-23T19:30:11Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > \*Would that be just an M? I dunno 'bout your M…but some Doper once did a thread about defective candy: he opened a bag of M &M’s,but found that half of them were W’s. Man, I love this place. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-the-unwrapped-peppermint-pattie/809310/45 "2018-02-23T19:52:23Z")
I got some one time with no Ms at all. They were in a witness protection program, I think. So there’s a real Mystery. BTW, my York patties were all there. Well, at least they were before I ate them all. I also ate the Cheetos and the Skittles. It was a snack orgy up in here! ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-the-unwrapped-peppermint-pattie/809310/46 "2018-02-23T20:48:16Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I got some one time with no Ms at all. They were in a witness protection program, I think. > > So there’s a real Mystery. > > BTW, my York patties were all there. Well, at least they were before I ate them all. I also ate the Cheetos and the Skittles. It was a snack orgy up in here! I got a bag once that was about half "W"s. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-the-unwrapped-peppermint-pattie/809310/47 "2018-02-23T21:20:19Z")
Some M&Ms hide in Packages of Reeses pieces. The blue ones really stand out. They are stow aways. It makes me happy to get a blue M&M that shouldn’t be there. ( I spend too much time on candy talk) ---
**Author:** ![Anxious\_Squirrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anxious_squirrel/32/1083_2.png) [@Anxious\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anxious_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-the-unwrapped-peppermint-pattie/809310/48 "2018-02-23T21:21:50Z")
The great Peppermint Pattie/M&M/Sugar conspiracy should be investigated as part of the X-Files. My theory is that we have been visited by alien intelligence of the advanced snack food variety. And they have been rescuing their snack food brethren & sisthren slowly, one M/Pattie at a time. If we don’t do something soon they’re going to steal all our snack food and we’ll be left with nothing but lettuce. ---
**Author:** ![Anxious\_Squirrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anxious_squirrel/32/1083_2.png) [@Anxious\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anxious_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-the-unwrapped-peppermint-pattie/809310/49 "2018-02-23T21:23:03Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Some M&Ms hide in Packages of Reeses pieces. The blue ones really stand out. They are stow aways. It makes me happy to get a blue M&M that shouldn’t be there. > ( I spend too much time on candy talk) The M was hiding from the aliens!!! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-the-unwrapped-peppermint-pattie/809310/50 "2018-02-23T21:36:53Z")
Well I volunteer to be an Abductee, I ain’t snacking on no stinkin’ lettuce. What do I look like a Rabbit? ( Oh, god, I am now thinking of the chocolate bunnies I saw yesterday) I really need help. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-the-unwrapped-peppermint-pattie/809310/51 "2018-02-23T21:41:03Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Some M&Ms hide in Packages of Reeses pieces. The blue ones really stand out. They are stow aways. It makes me happy to get a blue M&M that shouldn’t be there. He must be related to the fry that always comes hidden in my Burger King onion rings. ---
**Author:** ![Anxious\_Squirrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anxious_squirrel/32/1083_2.png) [@Anxious\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anxious_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-the-unwrapped-peppermint-pattie/809310/52 "2018-02-23T21:41:52Z")
Chocolate addiction is the first sign of sentience, so don’t worry about it. I would go buy those bunnies, if I were you. They could be next on the list to go. [Chocolate Classic Bunny With Flower | Confections For Any Occasion](http://www.confectionsbyjoel.com/product/chocolate-classic-bunny-with-flower/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-the-unwrapped-peppermint-pattie/809310.md?page=2)