Undoubtedly, one of the best parts of Halloween is the candy, and the fact that it’s socially acceptable to eat as much of it as we want for this one day a year. Growing up, I used to get all sorts of candy when trick or treating: Milky Ways, Hershey’s Kisses, Kit Kats, to name a few. My whole bag would be eaten by the end of the night. But there was always one candy left behind, uneaten: M&M’s. I know, it’s shocking. Who wouldn’t want to eat M&M’s? Well, I wouldn’t, and I never have and never will. Everybody seems to be an M&M superfan and is appalled when I tell them I don’t like them. Let me tell you why they are the worst Halloween candy.
M&M’s are hard.
While this may be desirable for some chocolate enjoyers, it’s not something I want when eating a chocolate treat (which is also why I don’t like Hershey’s but that’s a whole other discussion). I want to bite into something soft and creamy, not something that has the same texture as a nut. Seriously, if you blindfolded me and gave me an M&M, I would probably guess it was a chocolate-covered almond. Chocolate shouldn’t be hard and crispy; it should be soft and easy to chew (shoutout Kit Kats).
They get stuck in your teeth.
Because of they’re tough, sugar-coated exterior, M&M’s have a tendency to get stuck in my teeth. That leads to the awkward “trying to put my finger in my mouth to get it out but I’m in public” situation, which one should avoid whenever possible. The same goes for Skittles (which I actually don’t mind, but again, a whole other discussion). The hard shell just has a habit of getting dislodged into the crevices of my teeth, where it will annoyingly stay until flossed out. That ruins the whole experience.
I just don’t think they have a lot of flavor.
When I bite into a candy, I want to be bombarded by flavor. I want my whole mouth to taste the chocolate deliciousness. But, with M&M’s, their small size only allows for so much flavor. You barely taste any chocolate, and if you do, it’s concentrated in one part of your mouth. And I know what you’re thinking: what about peanut M&M’s and other flavors? It doesn’t matter; they also barely have any flavor. They are simply too small to deliver any sensational flavor into my mouth.
This Halloween, I’ll continue my M&M’s hate streak. So if anyone wants to trade me for my M&M’s, let me know.