# What is Your Preferred way to eat M&M's? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 23, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-way-to-eat-m-ms/735499 "2015-10-23T01:52:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-way-to-eat-m-ms/735499/1 "2015-10-23T01:52:43Z")
There’s really only two ways. Chew them up or Let them melt in your mouth. Unless you want to swallow them whole. 😃 What’s your preferred method of enjoying this candy? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-way-to-eat-m-ms/735499/2 "2015-10-23T01:55:07Z")
I’ve always let them melt in my mouth. I enjoy letting the candy shell disappear and then the chocolate melts. Yum. Usually I get the Peanut style and chew the nut after all the chocolate is gone. The plain ones are good too. Either way, I like to let them melt in my mouth and not in my hand. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-way-to-eat-m-ms/735499/3 "2015-10-23T02:00:01Z")
By the giant handful. I keep a container on my counter, buy them in big bags at the grocery store. Sometimes I shovel so many into my mouth I almost choke. [Here’s a picture](http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f44/JoeyJoeyPP/IMG_20151022_205657759_zps2tgtl100.jpg) (bad quality, just took it) of a shelf in my kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-way-to-eat-m-ms/735499/4 "2015-10-23T02:06:50Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > By the giant handful. I keep a container on my counter, buy them in big bags at the grocery store. Sometimes I shovel so many into my mouth I almost choke. > > [Here’s a picture](http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f44/JoeyJoeyPP/IMG_20151022_205657759_zps2tgtl100.jpg) (bad quality, just took it) of a shelf in my kitchen. Now there’s a man that loves his M&M’s. 😃 They’ve always been in my top 3 favorite list. Quite a nice snack. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-way-to-eat-m-ms/735499/5 "2015-10-23T02:12:08Z")
I like 'em with beer! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-way-to-eat-m-ms/735499/6 "2015-10-23T02:14:51Z")
I’ve only chewed them. Hell, even hard candies like Werther’s or Brach’s butterscotch candies I can only last for maybe a minute before I bite down and crunch through them. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-way-to-eat-m-ms/735499/7 "2015-10-23T02:27:03Z")
This thread is [scaring Orange](http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/chocolate/images/4/4d/Crispy_1024x768.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20081222174545). Poor little guy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-way-to-eat-m-ms/735499/8 "2015-10-23T02:35:35Z")
Peanut M&Ms. Or, even better, the Almond ones! Ooh! I love 'em! “Them motes 'pon which I dotes!” I carefully ration them, eating exactly two at a time. One for the left-hand bicuspids and one for the right. Crunch, crunch, chew, chew. Delight! (If there is any flavor difference to the various colors of candy shell, I am absolutely damned if I can perceive it.) ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-way-to-eat-m-ms/735499/9 "2015-10-23T02:55:57Z")
m&m’s AND peanuts. Chew. Better than either separately or the combined product. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-way-to-eat-m-ms/735499/10 "2015-10-23T03:01:35Z")
You can eat the shells? I’ve been peeling them off and throwing them away. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-way-to-eat-m-ms/735499/11 "2015-10-23T03:54:37Z")
Around age 15, I learned that kids from wealthy, profligate families sometimes _ate more than one M&M at a time!_ Of course, at that rate, they went through an entire package in less than a week. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-way-to-eat-m-ms/735499/12 "2015-10-23T03:56:13Z")
Peanut M&Ms only though. The regular ones are a waste of time. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-way-to-eat-m-ms/735499/13 "2015-10-23T03:58:40Z")
Generally chew them up. But sometimes I like to nibble the candy coating off, then eat the chocolate lump inside. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-way-to-eat-m-ms/735499/14 "2015-10-23T04:22:09Z")
The best way, I’ve found, is to put a couple of all chocolate ones (no nuts inside) in your mouth, take a sip of refrigerator cold milk, and THEN chew the m&ms. Give it a try. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-way-to-eat-m-ms/735499/15 "2015-10-23T04:29:26Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I’ve only chewed them. Hell, even hard candies like Werther’s or Brach’s butterscotch candies I can only last for maybe a minute before I bite down and crunch through them. M&M’s melt in your mouth pretty quick. Easily within three to four minutes. I agree. It’s hard to suck on butterscotch very long without biting into it. I usually give it maybe 5 mins and then chomp down. The smaller pieces dissolve in my mouth pretty quick. I have to be careful with butterscotch or any hard candy. I have several crowns. So I wouldn’t just chomp down on a whole butterscotch or peppermint disc. That could be a costly mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-way-to-eat-m-ms/735499/16 "2015-10-23T04:34:42Z")
I guess in the States [**you don’t eat the red M&M’s last**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMzIzi9jYyw). ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-way-to-eat-m-ms/735499/17 "2015-10-23T05:43:50Z")
I voted chew them up, but I’m really more of a combo of chew them and let them melt in my mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-way-to-eat-m-ms/735499/18 "2015-10-23T06:00:53Z")
Dammit, now I want M&Ms. ---
**Author:** ![withaK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e7dd6/32.png) [@withaK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/withaK)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-way-to-eat-m-ms/735499/19 "2015-10-23T08:49:13Z")
I pre-melt them in the microwave. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-way-to-eat-m-ms/735499/20 "2015-10-23T09:26:17Z")
I don’t like M&Ms. When I grew up in New Zealand, we didn’t have them, but we had an almost exact equivalent called [Smarties](https://www.google.com.au/search?q=smarties&num=100&safe=off&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CBwQsARqFQoTCPXoqeKi2MgCFUUjpgodm2wOzw&biw=1662&bih=1065) (and also rival brand [Pebbles](http://www.sanza.co.uk/pics/cadbury_pebbles.jpg)) and they just made me feel unwell whenever I ate them. So I’ve stayed away from them since then. I occasionally try a single one, just to see if I’ve grown out of it, including when M&Ms finally arrived (late 80s I think) but it has never changed, they still give me a horrible headache. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-way-to-eat-m-ms/735499.md?page=2)