# Would you eat Raisin M&Ms? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 19, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-raisin-m-ms/568224 "2011-01-19T17:51:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![badlyburnttoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@badlyburnttoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badlyburnttoast)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-raisin-m-ms/568224/41 "2011-01-20T16:06:15Z")
Raisins are an abomination unto god… so no. ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-raisin-m-ms/568224/42 "2011-01-20T16:29:11Z")
I like Raisinettes, but I don’t think a candy shell would contribute positively to the mouthfeel. ---
**Author:** ![GythaOgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@GythaOgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GythaOgg)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-raisin-m-ms/568224/43 "2011-01-20T16:54:26Z")
Nope. Raisins are nasty. I’ll tolerate them in a cookie, but not in my candy. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-raisin-m-ms/568224/44 "2011-01-20T17:03:23Z")
Crunchy on the outside. Squishy and sticky inside. How is this not going to be like eating an insect? ---
**Author:** ![BomTek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bomtek/32/21364_2.png) [@BomTek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BomTek)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-raisin-m-ms/568224/45 "2011-01-20T17:07:58Z")
> [@Student\_Driver](#): > > I’d try them, but not sure I’d like them. It’d combine a crunchy texture, creamy texture, and chewy texture ( **sometimes with stems or seeds**!) into one product, which is a bit much. I never thought about that part… that would definitely have to be solved before they could sell them. Come to think of it, that may be part of the reason they haven’t already been put on sale. The other part may be this hate-on for raisins. I never knew such a thing existed! Personally, I have a take-em-or-leave-em attitude toward raisins in general, but I love Raisinets. A previous poster mentioned the waxy coating on Raisinets, which I agree is the worst part about them and would be improved by a candy shell. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-raisin-m-ms/568224/46 "2011-01-20T18:00:45Z")
I love raisins. And chocolate. And candy. So I’d buy them. I don’t get the hate for raisins. I can gulp them by the handful. As for the crunch of the candy and the softness of the raisins, well, I eat raisin bran, which has soft raisins and crunchy flakes. So, yeah, like others said, it’s like candy-coated Raisinets, which sounds as if it would be great. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-raisin-m-ms/568224/47 "2011-01-20T18:12:52Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I don’t get the hate for raisins. I can gulp them by the handful. When I was a kid I was very picky about raisins. I loved them straight out of the box, but I abhorred them _in_ anything. If I was given a pastry with raisins in it, I would pick them all out. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-raisin-m-ms/568224/48 "2011-01-20T18:13:33Z")
Dear Mars Chocolate North America, please stop using my name on your tasty comestibles. Have a great day ! ``` Mars God of War. ``` ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-raisin-m-ms/568224/49 "2011-01-20T18:55:03Z")
> [@awldune](#): > > I like Raisinettes, but I don’t think a candy shell would contribute positively to the mouthfeel. Me too. I like raisins + chocolate, but to also add a candy shell…no thanks. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-raisin-m-ms/568224/50 "2011-01-20T21:27:56Z")
Count me as another who dislikes raisins, period … and also, I have to add that I’m really surprised at the OP’s vitriol. Was I being wooshed or something? I mean, I know next to nothing about legal matters or the corporate world and I totally thought, “Yeah, of course that’s their answer. Quite nicely phrased, actually…” until I got to the :mad: and the cursing. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-raisin-m-ms/568224/51 "2011-01-21T02:15:42Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Crunchy on the outside. Squishy and sticky inside. How is this not going to be like eating an insect? Exactly! Since “blecch” was not an option I just voted “not for me”. Besides pretzel m&m’s are the perfect food. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-raisin-m-ms/568224/52 "2011-01-21T07:21:47Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > I hate raisins. Raisins in cookies are particularly cruel. You think it’s going to be a chocolate chip cookie. But no. It’s a cookie with dried out grapes. This. Raisins are vile. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-raisin-m-ms/568224/53 "2011-01-21T07:58:28Z")
The texture of raisins put me off. So NO WAY!! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-raisin-m-ms/568224/54 "2011-01-21T08:13:02Z")
I love Glosettes, and Smarties, and even M&M’s. I think if I ever met a candy-shelled raisin, it would transcend disappointment; I predict that it would call into question the justification for candy coatings in general. You see what you’ve done? You nearly ruined _Smarties_ for me, you misguided monster. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2011, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-raisin-m-ms/568224/55 "2011-01-21T08:43:35Z")
I don’t like raisins. But more importantly, I don’t like M&Ms. I probably shouldn’t have participated. ---
**Author:** ![BomTek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bomtek/32/21364_2.png) [@BomTek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BomTek)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-raisin-m-ms/568224/56 "2011-01-21T11:33:06Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Count me as another who dislikes raisins, period … and also, I have to add that I’m really surprised at the OP’s vitriol. Was I being wooshed or something? I mean, I know next to nothing about legal matters or the corporate world and I totally thought, “Yeah, of course that’s their answer. Quite nicely phrased, actually…” until I got to the :mad: and the cursing. Sorry about that… tone of voice doesn’t really come across too well in written words. If there was a playfully angry smiley I would have used that, but there wasn’t 🆒 And I curse all the time for no good reason. So yeah, you were wooshed, but it wasn’t intentional on my part to do that to you, and I don’t blame you for reading more anger in there than I meant to include. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-raisin-m-ms/568224/57 "2011-01-21T11:40:34Z")
I’d try them (and the cranberry ones) but would reserve judgment on how yum they would be until I see what the actual product is like. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-raisin-m-ms/568224.md?page=2)