Candy Varieties - M&M's

How do you know if you're a commercial success in the candy world?  One of the ways is that your treat will spawn different varieties. A variety, in this sense, is when a treat is released featuring a different flavour, an added ingredient, or a different size.  It's basically when the "classic" version of a bar is changed and released as something new.  Some brands have started to expand their "varieties" into new heights, and spawned dozens of different versions.  All this week I'm going to feature some of the treats that have released so many versions of their treats that the original might even be forgotten.

M&Ms are probably the most famous candy coated chocolate treat in the whole world (sorry Smarties).  I have yet to travel anywhere in the world, and not find these on a store shelf.  Finding anything other than plain and peanut M&M's is a different story.  North America holds the record for the biggest variety of M&M's so far, but it looks like these flavour varieties are starting to spread.



- Best Variety
I wasn't really sure if this counts as a variety, or if the plain chocolate M&M's were a variety.  For my whole life I've seen both peanut and plain M&M's available, and only recently have I discovered the many other varieties.  Truth be told, I like the Peanut ones more than the plain.


- Worst Variety
It takes but one simple word in the candy world to almost guarantee I won't like it, that word is "Coconut".  These coconut M&M's are proof of just that.

- Most Creative Variety
Filling M&M's with peanut butter isn't the most creative thing in the world.  Filling them with both peanut butter and Jam is very creative indeed.

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