{"id":19397,"date":"2015-12-10T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=19397"},"modified":"2023-08-14T18:10:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T04:10:01","slug":"review-milk-chocolate-cafe-mocha-mms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2015\/12\/10\/review-milk-chocolate-cafe-mocha-mms\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Milk Chocolate Cafe Mocha M&M\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

According to the Caf\u00e9 Mocha M&M\u2019s packaging, \u201cThe Holidays are better with M.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a fair statement in this reviewer\u2019s opinion. Unless we\u2019re talking plain M&M\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Plain M&M\u2019s stink. They stink! <\/p>\n

There, I said it. Who needs ’em?<\/p>\n

I think they’re the 43rd best candy in the candy aisle. They\u2019re a cookie ingredient. They exist to be customized and given out as expensive party favors. Plain M&M\u2019s are co-stars in a good trail mix at best. They’re raisins. You can keep ’em.<\/p>\n

Phew! Sorry folks, but that mini rant felt good. You know Vin always brings those controversial opinions. You can\u2019t spell \u201ccontroversial\u201d without \u201cVin”…if you eliminate a bunch of letters and then rearrange them for some reason.<\/p>\n

Now that I got that off my chest, I should say I actually do enjoy most other M&M’s variations. Whether it\u2019s the ol\u2019 reliable Peanut or the Greatest of All Time Peanut Butter; from Crispy to Pretzel to Peppermint; and all the way down to Almond and Candy Corn, M&M\u2019s usually brings it with their other flavors. So I was genuinely excited to try the new Caf\u00e9 Mocha M&M\u2019s.<\/p>\n

First, the sniff test. This was a major bummer. The bag smells like a standard bag of M&M’s. I was hoping it would have a coffee scent because I find few smells better than a freshly opened bag of coffee beans.<\/p>\n

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

Next, the eye test. As you can see they come in the classic green and red holiday colors. In terms of size, they\u2019re about the same diameter of a Peanut Butter M&M and they’re bigger than a regular, but smaller than a peanut.<\/p>\n

Last but not least, the taste test. At first it tastes like a plain M&M whose recipe went awry. It\u2019s almost like I’m eating semi-sweet mini M&Ms made specifically for baking. The mocha is there, but the \u201ccaf\u00e9\u201d takes a few seconds to recognize. Once you get the slightly bitter coffee element, it levels out and becomes a successful enough piece of candy. These are milk chocolate based, but I might have guessed dark.<\/p>\n

If you scoop a handful of these at a holiday party, you might not even know what the flavor is. If I didn’t have the bag in front of me, I would have probably taken a couple minutes to figure it out. <\/p>\n

Don\u2019t get me wrong, they\u2019re pretty good, but I think they should have had more coffee flavor. If you\u2019ve ever had a chocolate covered espresso bean, the taste is similar. These don\u2019t pack as much flavor intensity as any chocolate espresso bean I\u2019ve had, but they’re definitely in the ballpark.<\/p>\n

Caf\u00e9 Mocha M&M\u2019s probably aren\u2019t going to become one of your holiday staples, but they\u2019re definitely worth a try.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 1.5 oz. \u2013 210 calories, 80 calories from fat, 9 grams of fat, 5 grams of saturated fat, 5 grams of cholesterol, 30 milligrams of sodium, 30 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 27 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Milk Chocolate Caf\u00e9 Mocha M&M\u2019s
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $3.19
\nSize:<\/b> 8 oz. bag
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Target
\nRating:<\/b> 6 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Better than plain M&M\u2019s. Flavor is similar to chocolate espresso beans. Decent seasonal candy option.
\nCons:<\/b> Coffee\/espresso flavor isn\u2019t strong enough. There are better M&M’s choices. Bag doesn\u2019t smell like fresh coffee beans. Raisins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to the Caf\u00e9 Mocha M&M\u2019s packaging, \u201cThe Holidays are better with M.\u201d That\u2019s a fair statement in this reviewer\u2019s opinion. Unless we\u2019re talking plain M&M\u2019s. Plain M&M\u2019s stink. They stink! There, I said it. Who needs ’em? I think they’re the 43rd best candy in the candy aisle. They\u2019re a cookie ingredient. They exist […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"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_seo_schema_type":"","_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-19397","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":20510,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/25\/review-white-boo-tterscotch-mms\/","url_meta":{"origin":19397,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: White BOO-tterscotch M&M’s","author":"Vin","date":"August 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Does anyone under the age of 60 like butterscotch besides me? 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