On Mint M&Ms

There is one thing I look forward to more than any other at Christmas time.

More than presents.

More than cards.

More than snow, tinsel, and the tree

I look forward to Mint M&Ms.

I love Mint M&Ms. I wish they were sold year round, so much do I love them.

They’re like ordinary M&Ms. But they’re minty fresh.

And they are awesome.

I bring this up, because I was at the store yesterday, and what did I see but a whole display of M&Ms. With the Indiana Jones logo emblazoned upon them.

Naturally, I was curious. Twenty years ago, when The Last Crusade came out, I couldn’t remember Indiana Jones being merchandised.

Twenty years. Fuck. I feel old.

I digress.

So, this display of Indiana Jones M&Ms.

One of the bags was green. Green? I looked closer. “Mint Crisp,” it said.

Mint!

Mint!

I was excited by this turn of events.

I eagerly bought the Mint Crisp M&Ms, and went on my way.

I did not like the Mint Crisp M&Ms.

They weren’t sufficiently minty.

The crispiness detracted from the mintyness.

They mocked me, the Mint Crisp M&Ms.

These are one discovery that Indiana Jones should have left alone.

Christmas cannot come soon enough, so that the real Mint M&Ms can take their rightful place on store shelves everywhere.

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Published by Allyn

A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over ten years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.

2 thoughts on “On Mint M&Ms

  1. I can’t believe that someone other than me feels that way about Mint M&M’s! I laughed with complete understanding at your message. I haven’t tried the crispy one’s and probably still will but now without the excitement I felt when I first saw the ad for them. What I do is buy them at Christmas and hide them from myself until mid-year for a special treat! Once I tried to write the M&M company to see if they would sell them in July for a special gift for my grandson who loves them as well! They wrote me back but no luck getting them anytime but Christmas!

  2. Right there with both of you! I also horde the mint M&Ms, keep them in the freezer inb case I need a fix during the year!My girlfriedn also tried to get the Mars co to sell them during the rest of the year but to no avail. I was at a couple of drug stores yesterday and though they had some of the Christmas colored M&M’s out there were still no mint ones-please don’t let it be that they are sticking with the premium mint M&M’s and not distributing the regular mint ones this Christmas- that’d make for a sorry and sad Holiday!!

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