How do you eat your m&m's?
By mamacathie
@mamacathie (3928)
United States
May 23, 2008 12:26pm CST
Until my daughter brought this up while watching me eat some the other day I had never realized what I was doing. I get the m&m's out in my hand or on the table and eat them by colors. Like I am eating some now and I am eating brown first, then I will eat the orange, then red, then yellow, then green, and then save the blue for last. My favorite. LOL Now don't laugh at me! or if you are maybe this cheer your day. LOL It seems others just get a handful and cram them in their mouths. Well, this is a discussion I can't wait to hear others' opinions. Thanks and God bless.
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@athinapie (1150)
• Philippines
24 May 08
That's actually a good idea! I think it makes eating m&m's more fun. But I hate it when they melt so what I do is that I put them in my icecream and then I eat them altogether. This way, they won't melt and they add flavor to the icecream. Thanks for sharing.
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@mamacathie (3928)
• United States
24 May 08
That is a good idea also. Thanks for the post and God bless you.
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@jerzgirl (9233)
• United States
23 May 08
Oh hun - WE ARE SOULMATES!!! 
I thought I was the only one who ate color by color starting with the brown ones!!! But, I then eat them according to quantity - from fewest to most. I had fellow classmates in an anthropology class bust a gut over that admission!! Just last week my cousin told me his wife eats them one color at a time, too. I really thought it was just me!!
I have to get rid of the brown ones first, though. I just don't want them there. (Yes - that's a bit obsessive, but 'tis what makes me unique.) 
I thought I was the only one who ate color by color starting with the brown ones!!! But, I then eat them according to quantity - from fewest to most. I had fellow classmates in an anthropology class bust a gut over that admission!! Just last week my cousin told me his wife eats them one color at a time, too. I really thought it was just me!!
I have to get rid of the brown ones first, though. I just don't want them there. (Yes - that's a bit obsessive, but 'tis what makes me unique.) 1 person likes this
@mamacathie (3928)
• United States
23 May 08
OH! That is awesome! I really thought I was the only one! We are so much alike. this is hilarious!!!! Thanks for the post and God bless. Oh yeah! I eat dry Fruit Loops cereal by colors too. LOL
@jerzgirl (9233)
• United States
23 May 08
I don't know about Fruit Loops, although knowing me, I probably get rid of the green ones first. I haven't had them in a while. But, I also eat skittles by the color, too, from fewest to most (unless ther are greens - then they go first like brown M&Ms). Not jelly beans though - not the gourmet ones - don't want to mix the flavors and don't want just ONE flavor over and over, so I eat one flavor at a time, but not exclusively. I tend not to eat green candy, though, other than M&Ms, and a few jelly beans.
How about Jolly Ranchers? Do you like them? I really can't stand them. I can't "suck" on any candy - I just have to bite candy and I can't bite them at all. So, I don't eat them at all. My kids, though, loved them (and still do).
But, as with you, I really thought it was just me - I hadn't run into anyone before who did that - until the last seven days. Amazing.
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@jerzgirl (9233)
• United States
23 May 08
Oh - one more thing - when I eat M&Ms, I gently bite the candy shell off of the chocolate ones and eat it first followed by the chocolate or, with the peanut ones, first the shell, then bite the chocolate off the nut and then eat the nut. I think my ADD problem goes beyond my outer surroundings, don't you??? 
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
24 May 08
That is different. I know for me, a lot of times I am known to put a couple in my mouth and just suck on them and let them melt this way. I love letting them melt and soothing my tongue with the taste of chocolate. Preferably for me, I prefer the almond ones or the peanut ones the best.
@mamacathie (3928)
• United States
24 May 08
Oh I love the almond ones for sure. I still do them by colors also. thanks for the post and God bless.
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@wayz12 (2059)
• United States
23 May 08
Come to think of it..i don't really think about it when I eat M&Ms. LOL!
I usually prefer peanuts over plain. I'll eat out of the bag, and just start munching. The only time, I will look at color, if somebody is sharing them with me. Then, just for fun, I will ask for specific colors.
I think I'll go and get a bag from the vending machine.
@mamacathie (3928)
• United States
24 May 08
LOL How did you eat that bag? Were you conscious of how we had talked about eating them and do it that way? LOL Thanks for the post and God bless.
@carlaabt (3504)
• United States
23 May 08
I just eat M&M's one at a time without paying any attention to the colors. If it's a candy that the different flavors taste different (like Skittles, Starburst, or Sweet Tarts), I separate them all out by color and eat one color after the other. My husband makes fun of me for it.
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@mamacathie (3928)
• United States
24 May 08
LOL I do skittles the same way I do the m&m's. Thanks for the post and God bless you!
@terri0824 (4991)
• United States
23 May 08
I can't say that I eat my m&m's by color. I just put them in my mouth without bother to what color it may be. It looks like you eat them in order by color as they would be on the color wheel! LOL
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@mamacathie (3928)
• United States
24 May 08
LOL I hadn't thought of that. You are a smart cookie! or rather m&m! LOl Thanks for the post and God bless.
@mamacathie (3928)
• United States
24 May 08
She does it similar to us also. LOL thanks for the post and God bless.
@megumiart (3771)
• United States
23 May 08
I usually jst eat m&m's one by one, I never realy pay attention to the color. Sometimes I'll suck on them and sometimes I'll just bite into them.
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@mamacathie (3928)
• United States
23 May 08
These I did by color and then crunched down on them but sometimes I enjoy the candy coating before crunching. Thanks for the post and God bless.
@shymurl (2765)
• United States
23 May 08
Well I don't eat them by color, but I also don't eat a lot at a time. I like to eat them one at a time. This may sound weird, but i'm going to say it anyway. I eat one on one side of my mouth, then I eat the next one on the other side of my mouth. Keep it balanced. LOL I told you it was weird.
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@mamacathie (3928)
• United States
24 May 08
LOL WE all do it sort of alike and sort of different.Thanks for the post and God bless.
@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
23 May 08
I do that too. I'll sit and sort the coloured candies in to piles of each colour. THEN i eat the ones from each colour that make the pile an odd number.
After all the numbers are even i randomly eat the colours leaving the browns and blues for last. Two candies at a time.
i'm sure it sounds a bit weird or even a bit OCD but thats how i eat my coloured candies.
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@mamacathie (3928)
• United States
24 May 08
LOL, It is so funny to hear how we eat our m&m's. I love hearing others eating them like I do. Thanks for the post and God bless.
@mamacathie (3928)
• United States
23 May 08
LOL yes you can make a game of it. I am laughing at myself that I do this and like I said in response earlier I do Fruit loops dry cereal the same way. LOL Thanks for the post and God bless.
@spalladino (17891)
• United States
23 May 08
Ok, I'm going to have to try it that way. Normally, I put one or two at random in my mouth and suck on it until the shell gets soft, then I crunch it.
@mamacathie (3928)
• United States
23 May 08
Oh I do that too sometimes. But I thought it was comical I had not realized what I was doing and the funny part is if I am eating fruit loops I do the same things with the colors. LOL God bless and thanks for the post.
@beautyNsmarts (58)
• United States
24 May 08
lol -I DO THE SAME THING! first i seperate them into thier colors and i eat them by which color has the most first. it's a habit most of us have.
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
24 May 08
Hahaha...
I normally try to seek a balance in life.
And so, when I eat m&m's, I will eat the color I feel like eating, then I would move on to the others.
At any one time, I will try to make sure that there is an equal number of each color left in the packet.
Cheers!
@mflower2053 (3223)
• United States
24 May 08
lol I don't think I eat them any certain way like you do. I like the peanut m&m's so yummy and the plain ones it has to be the mini's not sure why but they taste better. when I eat the minis I eat the whole little packet all at once.
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@spectrum42 (393)
• United States
24 May 08
I've eaten them the same way your describe. Maybe it's some strange way of organizing? I wish the different colors tasted differently because then it would make more sense. :)
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@gothmetal89 (56)
• Netherlands
24 May 08
i love eating m&m. it's sweet and full of harmony colors. i eating m&m when i was boring and watching tv
