{"id":19318,"date":"2015-11-12T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=19318"},"modified":"2023-08-14T18:11:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T04:11:51","slug":"review-hot-chocolate-mms-made-with-dark-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2015\/11\/12\/review-hot-chocolate-mms-made-with-dark-chocolate\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Hot Chocolate M&M’s made with Dark Chocolate"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Whenever I drink hot chocolate and look down into my mug, I think about dirty storm water. And when I see the brown water in flooded streams and rivers, I think about hot chocolate. It’s a shame they look similar. <\/p>\n

Of course, Hot Chocolate M&M\u2019s made with Dark Chocolate doesn\u2019t taste like dirty and\/or sewage-y like I imagine storm water does, but it also doesn\u2019t taste like hot chocolate. <\/p>\n

But then again, my experience with hot cocoa involves dumping a packet of Swiss Miss powdered hot cocoa mix into a mug, pouring hot water into said mug, stirring it until it looks like storm drain water, taking a sip, burning my mouth, waiting a few minutes to let it cool, taking another sip, and then thinking why I made all this effort to make chocolate flavored water. (I know I could use milk, but it would ruin the transition to the next paragraph. But then again, this aside probably ruined the transition.)<\/p>\n

But these M&M\u2019s don\u2019t taste like chocolate flavored water. They taste better.<\/p>\n

Each bag comes with three colors of candies: black, white, and off-white. I guess the black represents chocolate, white represents milk, and off-white represents marshmallows, even though marshmallows are as white as milk.<\/p>\n

Cutting them in half reveals…ACK!<\/p>\n

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They\u2019re like chocolatey evil horizontal cats eyes looking at me! Those eyes are following me around! I promise to do your bidding, chocolate cat eyes! Just stop staring at me!<\/p>\n

The iris of the chocolatey evil horizontal cats eyes appears to be the dark chocolate and the pupil looks like milk chocolate. I could be wrong, but I\u2019m too scared to look directly at them again. <\/p>\n

When popping the candy into my mouth, the first thing I notice is a coconut flavor, which is strange, but it\u2019s fleeting. Once I took a bite into them, that coconut was replaced by the chocolate and an artificial marshmallow flavor. Yeah, I know artificial marshmallow flavor sounds bad, but it\u2019s surprisingly tasty in this candy and I\u2019d take it over Swiss Miss mixed with water any day. But I could see others not enjoying the artificial flavor. <\/p>\n

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I\u2019m not sure if the marshmallow flavoring comes from the dark chocolate, milk chocolate, both, or if the chocolatey evil horizontal cats eyes have hypnotized me into thinking there\u2019s marshmallow, but the tiny dots in the milk chocolate make me think it’s coming from it. The overall chocolate flavor leans slightly towards the dark, but I think the combination of the two chocolates, plus the artificial marshmallow flavor, does create a flavor that can be recognized as hot cocoa. I’m not talking chocolate flavored water hot cocoa, I’m talking chocolate flavored milk hot cocoa with lots of marshmallows.<\/p>\n

As a whole, these Hot Chocolate M&M\u2019s are wonderful. There doesn\u2019t seem to be a difference in flavor between the three colors, but who cares because they\u2019re awesome. But, damn, why did the bag have to be smaller than previous M&M\u2019s flavors. It\u2019s almost 20 percent smaller and around the same price as previous flavors. That makes me want to throw a hot cup of Swiss Miss at the person who decided to sell it in a smaller bag. <\/p>\n

So if you\u2019ve got on your ugly holiday sweater and want some hot chocolate, don\u2019t settle for some storm runoff-looking Swiss Miss. Instead, pick up a bag of these Hot Chocolate M&M\u2019s.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 1.5 oz. – 210 calories, 80 calories from fat, 9 grams of fat, 5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 5 milligrams of cholesterol, 20 milligrams of sodium, 30 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber, 26 grams of sugar, 2 grams of protein, 2% calcium, and 2% iron.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Hot Chocolate M&M’s made with Dark Chocolate
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $2.88
\nSize:<\/b> 8 oz. bag
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Walmart
\nRating:<\/b> 8 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Better tasting than chocolate flavored hot water. Artificial marshmallow flavor is surprisingly nice.
\nCons:<\/b> 20 percent smaller bag than other flavors. When split in half the candy center looks like evil eyes. Artificial marshmallow flavoring might not appeal to some.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whenever I drink hot chocolate and look down into my mug, I think about dirty storm water. And when I see the brown water in flooded streams and rivers, I think about hot chocolate. It’s a shame they look similar. Of course, Hot Chocolate M&M\u2019s made with Dark Chocolate doesn\u2019t taste like dirty and\/or sewage-y […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1471,1486,1679],"class_list":["post-19318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-candy","tag-mms","tag-mars"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32830,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2018\/11\/09\/hot-cocoa-mms-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":19318,"position":0},"title":"QUICK REVIEW: Hot Cocoa M&M’s","author":"Vin","date":"November 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"What are Hot Cocoa M&M's? 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