{"id":18991,"date":"2015-08-31T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=18991"},"modified":"2023-08-14T18:11:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T04:11:43","slug":"review-pecan-pie-milk-chocolate-mms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2015\/08\/31\/review-pecan-pie-milk-chocolate-mms\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Pecan Pie Milk Chocolate M&M’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pecan<\/a><\/p>\n

Click here to buy Pecan Pie M&M’s from Amazon<\/a>\"\"\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s talk about realistic images of ourselves.<\/p>\n

Mine? Blurry.<\/p>\n

For example: I always wanted to be a Girl Scout but hated going to the gatherings. As a consequence, I never learned how to tie\/untie a cable knot, so, if, say, I wanted to become the next David Copperfield, was tied to a chair via cable knots, and plunged in the sea, I would promptly be consumed by sharks. All because I never attended my Girl Scout Meetings.<\/p>\n

Similarly, M&M\u2019s identity has become blurry as they, with both success and failure, attempt to stake claim on myriad confectionary treats, ranging from Candy Corn<\/a> to <\/a>Red Velvet to <\/a>Birthday Cake, and, if one can make a morselized version of a fluffy, frosting-slathered baked good, why not give a shot at the illustrious goo of Thanksgiving\u2019s iconic slab of caramelized sugar? <\/p>\n

Pecan Pie M&M\u2019s, here I come.<\/p>\n

\"Pecan<\/a><\/p>\n

Out of the bag, nothing looks nefarious. We\u2019ve got some charmingly lumpy M-stamped morsels that smell of sugar and vanilla and a curious bitter twinge\u2026is it caramel? Perhaps burnt high fructose corn syrup? No matter as the yellow, brown, and white colors make a pleasant little arrangement, but, in terms of flavor, color is but an empty promise, silent as the sound of a mime directing traffic.<\/p>\n

Biting in gives way to a crunchy shell and melty chocolate and…oh dear. Where are the pecans? The caramelized sugar goo? Perhaps there is crust filling that was somehow innovatively injected inside?? <\/p>\n

No. <\/p>\n

Not a pecan in sight. In fact, they feel and taste just like a Milk Chocolate M&M. A Milk Chocolate M&M that was combined with a cheap-o-matic caramel flavor and\u2026is that low-grade bourbon? I can\u2019t tell, but perhaps it\u2019s because I\u2019m having a mild panic attack: why, M&M\u2019s, why have you betrayed me? Why does your delicious chocolate now taste of sugar and mildly burnt wood? What have I done that has resulted in this karmic-induce vengeance on my taste buds??***<\/p>\n

**Unfortunately, during my inquiry, the M\u2019s remained inorganic and, unable to respond, left me to conclude that, while sugary and melty, these are not about to change their flavor to mimic the Pecan Pie I desired.<\/p>\n

\"Pecan<\/a><\/p>\n

If I were to tell my mother I\u2019ve given up chocolate, I\u2019m liable to get the same reaction as if I\u2019d told her I was devoting the rest of my life to engineering an industrial tanning lotion for yetis. The kind of thing that elicits that Special Mom Smile that says I love you, but why do that to yourself?<\/i> <\/p>\n

And yet these M&M\u2019s are encouraging me otherwise. They\u2019re hyper sweet, bitter in aftertaste, and lack the qualities I look for in pecan pie (caramelized sugar, pecans, etc.). What emulsion of natural flavoring has shaken the identity of the cacao bean so that it tastes so obscure? How, dear confectionary world, did Pecan Pie become this? Where is the goo? The crust? The pecans? <\/p>\n

I do not have these answers. <\/p>\n

But I do have hope. Hope M&M\u2019s will set this aside, tossing it up as R&D learning experience as they quietly retire these for better horizons. Till next time, dear M\u2019s, I\u2019ll be over here, waiting hopefully and shoveling my pecan pie by the spoonful.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 1\/4 cup \u2013 210 calories, 80 calories from fat, 9 gram of fat, 5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 5 milligrams of cholesterol, 30 milligrams of sodium, 30 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of dietary fiber, 27 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein..)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Pecan Pie Milk Chocolate M&M’s
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $2.98
\nSize:<\/b> 9.9 oz. bag
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Walmart
\nRating:<\/b> 3 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Crunchy shell. Melting chocolate. Milk chocolate is involved. Tanning lotion for yetis. Mimes directing traffic.
\nCons:<\/b> Where are the pecans? Where is the caramel? Why is the green M&M standing beside a hay bale on the cover? Unanswered inquiries. I will never be the next Houdini.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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