{"id":19507,"date":"2016-01-06T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=19507"},"modified":"2023-08-14T18:09:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T04:09:40","slug":"review-white-strawberry-shortcake-mms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/01\/06\/review-white-strawberry-shortcake-mms\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: White Strawberry Shortcake M&M\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Click here to buy White Strawberry Shortcake M&M’s from Amazon<\/a>\"\"\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

Eat your fruit. It\u2019s good for you, they say. It gives you antioxidants, they say. It turns you into an Animorph and lets you shoot laser beams out of your eyeballs, they say. (They actually only say two of these. I\u2019ll let you choose which.)<\/p>\n

But sometimes, you don\u2019t want fruit. Not fresh, dried, packaged or plain. Sometimes you want dye-colored, artificially-enhanced pretend fruit in all its sucrose-filled glory. BUT just because it\u2019s pretend doesn\u2019t mean we lower our standards. We want funky grapes, sweet-tart lemons, and a strawberry so balanced and sweet, it makes umami disappear. Who shall take up the reins and harken to our plea for a strawberry-inspired white chocolate? Who shall deliver it in morsel form??<\/p>\n

Well, M&M\u2019s gave it a shot.<\/p>\n

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The multi-colored morsels tumble out of the bag, bumbling about in their charming, misshapen way. Indeed, M&M\u2019s could start a Home Depot paint line with as many colors as they shroud their candies in these days. This time around, Mars stuck with a white, light pink, and beige color palette, or, as the paint-namers say, \u201cMinced Onion, Palace Rose, and Vanilla Clay.\u201d <\/p>\n

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The bits smell distinctly of the brightness that comes from opening a bag of Skittles, and, indeed, the first bite reminds me of a Strawberry Skittle, with its sweet, floral strawberry flavor and crunchy outer shell. The shell immediately crumbles, leaving the white chocolate center to melt into goo, coating your mouth with a light, Starburst-like strawberry sweetness.<\/p>\n

The chocolate\u2019s not nuanced or particularly high quality, but, if my eyes don\u2019t deceive, the ingredients list includes cocoa-butter-filled white chocolate rather than, \u201cWhite Confection,\u201d which might be better described as, \u201cNefarious, sweetened Vasoline born to create destruction.\u201d <\/p>\n

And using that white chocolate pays off. With a hint of vanilla and sugar-filled creaminess, the elements come together just enough to remind me of the strawberry and whipped topping (think: Cool Whip from the tub) often found in strawberry shortcake. Okay, so it\u2019s missing the whole \u201cShortbread Biscuit\u201d thing, but I enjoy my strawberry-shortcake-inspired bits nonetheless, reveling in the fact that I didn\u2019t even have to open an oven to achieve such joy. Laziness, for the win.<\/p>\n

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Life is fraught with dangers, both real and imagined. Strawberry-shortcake-flavored candy should not be one of them. M&M\u2019s knows this. They made a sweet, strawberry morsel that harkens back to a Strawberry Skittle (my favorite flavor) enmeshed with their fudgy white chocolate.<\/p>\n

Sure, it\u2019s a bit sweet, not the best quality chocolate, doesn\u2019t include a shortcake biscuit, and won\u2019t replace your everyday fruits (remember: you need that fruit so you can shoot laser beams out of your eyeballs), but, for 2016, I hear many folks hope to do more of what they love. Hypothesizing that M&M\u2019s likes cranking out a whole bunch of seasonally flavored morsels, it looks like M&M\u2019s plans to do that, too. If this is how doing more of what you love tastes, I have hope.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 1.5 oz – 210 calories, 100 calories from fat, 10 grams of fat, 6 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 5 milligrams of cholesterol, 40 milligrams of sodium, 29 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of dietary fiber, 28 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein..)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> White Strawberry Shortcake M&M\u2019s
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $3.19
\nSize:<\/b> 8 oz. bag
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Target
\nRating:<\/b> 8 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Strawberry Skittles. Crunchy shell. Creamy center. Actual white chocolate. Cool Whip from the tub. Laziness, for the win. Fruit that turns you into an Animorph.
\nCons:<\/b> Where\u2019s the shortcake? Will not appeal to those who are Strawberry Starbursts\/Skittles haters. Not the best quality white chocolate. Life is fraught with dangers. Being faced with too many paint colors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Click here to buy White Strawberry Shortcake M&M’s from Amazon Eat your fruit. It\u2019s good for you, they say. It gives you antioxidants, they say. It turns you into an Animorph and lets you shoot laser beams out of your eyeballs, they say. (They actually only say two of these. I\u2019ll let you choose which.) 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