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Wednesday, October 05, 2011
M&Ms White Chocolate Candy Corn
It’s tempting when I hear about candies like this to write the review before I even get a hold of the candy. That would not only be a horrible disservice to the readers, it’s really unfair to the candy. I’m supposed to have an open mind. Luckily I kept mine open for this one. (In reality, I thought it sounded like a dreadful idea, and I blame the Hershey’s Candy Corn Kisses and Jelly Belly Buttered Popcorn candies for my predisposition.)
The M&Ms are larger than the regular M&Ms Milk Chocolate, though they vary a little bit in size and shape. They’re thicker and have a larger diameter. They come in three colors: white, bright yellow and bright orange. (The orange and yellow are actually different from the standard colors. The orange is darker and not as shiny and the yellow has a matte caste to it and a slightly neon note.) Mars has marketed White Chocolate M&Ms before, in 2006 they introduced M&Ms Pirate Pearls in conjunction with Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. Unlike the other limited edition version of Dark Chocolate M&Ms (tie in with Star Wars), they were never added to the regular or seasonal offerings.
Mars has stuck to their Real Chocolate pledge here, it’s real white chocolate made with oodles of cocoa butter (cocoa butter is the second ingredient - sometimes white chocolate products have milk fat before the cocoa butter). There are no other filler oils. The candies smell a bit like strawberries or cotton candy, very sweet but not in an artificial way. I was fully expecting the liberal use of diacetyl. Happily that was not the case.
Candy Corn M&Ms on the left and classic Milk Chocolate M&Ms on the right The shells are crunchy and seem thicker than the standard Milk Chocolate variety sports. Some of the shells were cracked, I don’t know if that was because this was sent to me and got shaken up in transit or if they’re particularly vulnerable.
They’re quite rich, both in fat and in sugar, so I found that I couldn’t eat more than about a dozen without feeling a little overwhelmed by the sweetness. Ultimately though I didn’t feel like they rose to the level of an actual Candy Corn flavored candy. Still, they’re nice, and for white chocolate fans who have so few choices for real cocoa butter white chocolate, you might be pleased. Now I’m waiting for Egg Nog M&Ms .... mmm, nutmeg white chocolate would be dreamy. One other note I have about this packaging. I noticed on the nutrition panel that they’re giving better information. In the serving size it gives the portion in variety of formats. A serving size is 1.5 ounces, 42 grams or about 1/4 cup. So you really get a sense of how much they mean. The new green what’s inside block also breaks it out very clearly. One portion is 220 calories and 11 grams of total fat (17% DV) and 7 grams of saturated fat (35% DV). Related Candies
POSTED BY Cybele AT 10:42 am
 
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OMG! I loved the pirate pearls so I’ll definitely keep an eye out for these.
I really want mint crispy back
I want to say that M&M/Mars also produced a white chocolate M&Ms; edition as a STAR WARS tie-in, but I’m not completely sure.
Too bad they’re only available in WalMart!
I’m a huge white chocolate fan and I love these!
I wish that these would be available all the time!
I was waiting to see who would have the first review of these - glad it was you.
so these are just plain white chocolate M&Ms; and the “candy corn” element is on the shell coloring?
Ok, so I took a detour on my way home yesterday and grabbed a bag of these.
(1) They were not located with the halloween candy, but in a bin in the middle of the store. -shrug-
(2) They are somehow even sweeter than regular white chocolate
(3) The flavor is reminiscent of Hershey’s Candy Corn Kisses. I’m not sure why candy corn flavor tends towards artificial butter instead of honey
(4) The M&Ms; themselves feel weird. Oddly greasy? I couldn’t figure out if I was just imagining this or if they were indeed melting in my hand prior to melting in my mouth.
They’re so sweet that they’re probably best served with like pretzel sticks or peanuts or something, but I liked ‘em enough that I will probably pick up another bag.
thank you for sharing this article…i have been promoting it with wild abandon for several weeks thanks a bunch #MMGetCorny
These are the best thing since chocolate!!!!!
I have been to 5 walmarts and i have not been able to find them yet . I am on a mission. I don’t want to miss out.
Grrr sent my husband to Walmart today for this delicious item. He says he couldn’t find it.
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When you want a job done, do it yourself I guess that would be me. This is a wonderful alternative to candy corn which sits in the candy drawer minus a few pieces and gets thrown away after it turns to stone. If I can find this, I’m getting enough to put in my freezer for the whole year LOL
If they had called them White Chocolate Caramel, they’d probably have thrown fewer people off. I was lamenting the lack of honey as well.
I actually found a blog post out on the Internet for new “White Chocolate Caramel Corn” M&M’s with pictures of the Candy corn variety. Complete Freudian slip on their part? Because it tastes like White Chocolate Caramel Corn.
Maybe the people who designed the bag heard the name wrong and they just stuck with it.
please return white chocolate m&m’s….I love the pearls nad the candy corn…..please make the a standard candy for we white choclate lovers
keep white chocolate m&m’s
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