(from someone who definitely has too much time on their hands) Whenever I get a package of plain M&Ms, I make it my duty to continue the strength and robustness of the candy as a species. To this end, I hold M&M duels. Taking two candies between my thumb and forefinger, I apply pressure, squeezing them together until one of them cracks and splinters. That is the "loser," and I eat the inferior one immediately. The winner gets to go another round. I have found that, in general, the brown and red M&Ms are tougher, and the newer blue ones are genetically inferior. I have hypothesized that the blue M&Ms as a race cannot survive long in the intense theater of competition that is the modern candy and snack-food world. Occasionally I will get a mutation, a candy that is misshapen, or pointier, or flatter than the rest. Almost invariably this proves to be a weakness, but on very rare occasions it gives the candy extra strength. In this way, the species continues to adapt to its environment. When I reach the end of the pack, I am left with one M&M, the strongest of the herd. Since it would make no sense to eat this one as well, I pack it neatly in an envelope and send it to M&M Mars, A Division of Mars, Inc., Hackettstown, NJ 17840-1503 U.S.A., along with a 3x5 card reading, "Please use this M&M for breeding purposes." This week they wrote back to thank me, and sent me a coupon for a free 1/2 pound bag of plain M&Ms. I consider this "grant money." I have set aside the weekend for a grand tournament. From a field of hundreds, we will discover the True Champion. Original Site There can be only one.
In the old days of lifeguarding before I wrote a 16 page manifesto on having a radio in the lifeguard tower, we were forced to do things in order to pass the time and to stay awake. Many antics as you might imagine, but one of them was to open a pack of M&M's. M&M's only. Skittles melt. Then you would count how many you have in a pack and then estimate what time you would be off. Usually you would try to work an 8 hour shift. Then divide that time by the number of M&M's and eat 1 M&M every say 6 minutes (usually it was about 7-9 minutes depending on when you start). Good times.
So now we must know: which are stronger, dark chocolate or milk chocolate? I prefer dark chocolate for eating, but it would be an interesting experiment.
Smarties are better. But Smarties doesn't make all the different varieties like peanut, peanut butter, etc... Those M&M peanut and peanut butter ones are the best ones.
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