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25 M&M Recipes And Crafts To Make And Enjoy

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I am a huge fan of the M&M. All flavors of M&M’s and all M&M recipes. Are M&M’s a food group? Shouldn’t they be a food group? Enjoy 25 creative, delicious and absolutely yummy M&M recipes by these generous foodie contributors for all seasons.

Red and yellow M&M characters looking up to M&M recipe collage.

 Did I hear M&M crafts? Yes, M&M’s can also be included in your crafts and what craft isn’t just a little better with M&M’s! 

M&M Cookie Recipes

Double Chocolate Cookies With Minty M&M’s by Dancing Through The Rain

M&M cookies

Gluten-Free Monster Cookies by my gluten-free kitchen

M&M monster cookie

Easy Fun Fall Baking Ideas With M&M’s by Faith &  Food For Busy Moms

M&M sugar cookies

M&M Mega Cookies by The Monday Box

M&M mega cookies

Easy Monster Cookies by This Vivacious Life

monster cookies

No Bake M&M Recipes

Woot! Did I hear NO BAKE recipes! Love these no bake M&M recipes which are perfect for summer days, picnics, pot lucks and tailgating parties. I always like to have a few easy, tried and true No Bake recipes in my party prep arsenal.

No Bake Watermelon Cake by The Savvy Age

Watermelon cake decorated with M&M's

No Bake Cookie Dough Dip Recipe by A Magical Mess

Cookie dough and M & M's in a bowl

Patriotic Popcorn Cake by Glitter On A Dime
Popcorn cake M&M's

Holiday M&M Recipes & M&M Party Ideas

Yes, celebrating the red, white and blue with this yummy recipe highlighting the beloved Rice Krispies and M&M’s.

Patriotic Fourth Of July Rice Krispie Treats by See Lindsay

Captain America Party with M&M’s Tasting Bar by April Golightly

M&M Tasting Bar

4th of July Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Bars by 3 Boys And A Dog

M&M cheesecake bar

Gluten-Free Monster Cookies In A Jar by Hunny, I’m Home

Fireworks Blondies By Ann’s Entitled Life

M&M fireworks blondie

Easy Chocolate Christmas Fudge Recipe by Tweenhood

Christmas Fudge with M&M topping

 

M&M’s Candy Bar Cupcakes by 3 Boys And A Dog

M&M cupcake

 

M&M Crafts

Reindeer Rice Krispie Lollipops by The Savvy Age

Three Reindeer Lollipops

Edible Cereal Ornaments by Ann’s Entitled Life

edible cereal ornaments with M&M's

DIY M&M’s Button Vase by The Savvy Age

Easy DIY M&M's Button Vase! Use your craft stash and the Dollar Store to make this cute whimsical gift!

 

DIY Gingerbread Game by Faith &  Food For Busy Moms

Gingerbread Man Game With M&M's

M&M Cookie Bar Recipes & Treats

Chocolaty Chocolate Marshmallow Brownies by A Magical Mess

M&M brownie

M&M Buttons by Become A Coupon Queen

M&M button snack with pretzels

M&M Candy Cupcakes by April Golightly

M&M candy cupcake

Decorated Fudge Brownies by The Monday Box (Gone Fishing theme, so cute!)

M&M brownies deocrated with M&M's

M&M’s Coffee Nut Fudge by Sequins In The South

M&M coffee nut fudge

Peanut Butter Cheesecake Brownies by Miss In The Kitchen

Peanut Butter Cheesecake Brownies

M&M Cake Bars by Moneywise Moms

M&M cake bars

What Happened To The Tan M&M ?

M&M aficionados will notice what is missing from this collection of M&M recipes and crafts. The tan M&M! Remember the tan M&M? Yes? Kinda? Was the tan M&M a myth?

No, the tan M&M did exist. However, the tan M&M was not an original color when M&M’s were introduced in 1941. Purple was the original tan! Who knew? Just for the record I’d prefer purple or tan over blue M&M’s.

So Where Did The Blue M&M Come From?

The blue M&M has been with us since 1995. Mars ran a promotion to replace the tan M&M with either blue, pink or purple M&M’s. Blue won with 54% of the 10 million votes cast!

The M&M website (2008) stated that milk chocolate M&M’s should contain:

  • 24% blue
  • 20% orange
  • 16% green
  • 14% brown
  • 14% yellow
  • 13% red M&M’s

Bag of plain M&M's

My color distribution of M&M’s in a snack size bag with a total of  57 M&M’s:

  • 31.6 % orange (18)
  • 24.6 % blue (14)
  • 15.8% red (9)
  • 10.5% green (6)
  • 8.8% brown (5)
  • 8.8% yellow (5)

My bag obviously had an orange M&M explosion in numbers, but the color distribution is not per bag. It has been reported that M&M’s are manufactured in two different plants with a different distribution of colors: stat fans can review the results here. 

But be forewarned before you crack open the next bag of M&M’s and start color counting. Each package may or may not have the prescribed color percentage of M&M’s; many have counted and many have lost the battle. The color distribution will approximate M&M’s percentages per package.

Most Popular M&M Color

So I am not imagining an assault by the blue M&M.  My own very unscientific study reveals the following color preference of M&M connoisseurs:

My unscientific study reveals the following color preference of M&M connoisseurs:

  • Green is the favorite color at 45 percent
  • Red is the second preferred color at 22 percent
  • Blue is least preferred at 13 percent

Not to be deterred, there are quite a few college stat courses which have researched and analyzed the color distribution of M&Ms per package, per type of M&M. Many of these results can be found online. 

How Do You Eat Your M&M’s?

  • Do you grab a handful without color discrimination?
  • Do you pick out certain colors first to eat?
  • Do you flex between your favorite colors and just grab a handful?
  • Do you separate the colors because the M&M’s will be be used in an M&M craft?

My next poll of unscientific friends reveals the majority of people eat their M&M’s by the handful with ill regard to color. There are a few combo connoisseurs in the group who flex between choosing a color or eating by the indiscriminate handful. I personally choose to donate blue M&M to my friends, I know such rebellion!

Recipes and crafts are always better with the addition of M&M’s!  Enjoy!

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  1. Kyla Matton Osborne says

    August 9, 2016 at 11:43 pm

    I like the green M&Ms best too, but I think blue is my second favourite 🙂

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