I just found out that Crispy M&M's, after years of being unavailable, are being brought back to my world. They should be available in January. As I said, this is bad.
I wish some of my previous students were around to read about this. During one class last year, we talked at length about the fate of the crispy, yummy, chocolaty treat, and there was some discussion about ordering it from an overseas market in order for my students to see what the fuss was all about. Ultimately, I didn't end up ordering them because 1) it was expensive, 2) I had read that overseas Crispy M&M's weren't as good as U.S.-bred Crispy M&M's, and 3) I didn't want to poison my students if they ended up being bootleg, black market, fake M&M's. So, instead, I sadly pondered the loss and assumed I would never again taste their crispy lusciousness.
Until today, when I read they were coming back.
In their previous life, Crispy M&M's were swathed in a blue wrapper, which has forever been ruined by its association with the utterly nasty Pretzel M&M's. I can't tell you how many times I excitedly approached the misleading blue wrapper only to find the word, "Pretzel" inscribed on it. Yuck!
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The new iteration of Crispy M&M's will be draped in a stylish green wrapper. Never again will I look for a blue wrapper. Starting in January, it's the GREEN wrapper all the way.
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Who knows. Maybe I won't like Crispy M&M's anymore. Maybe they will be less alluring now than they were a decade ago. However, I suspect they will be just as delectable, just as desirable, as they were when I was a Crispy M&M's stalker.
