Caramel M&Ms are coming to make your dreams come true
Sweethearts on a movie date, parents potty-training their toddlers and candy lovers everywhere are rejoicing.
Starting May 2017, M&Ms will begin selling caramel-filled M&M candies nationwide, the company revealed in a press release.
M&M is no stranger to innovation and in the past has introduced varieties including pretzel, crispy (so popular it made a comeback after a limited time run) and coffee nut.
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The candy's core will be smooth and soft, which is a departure from previous fillings. Hank Izzo, vice president of research and development of parent company Mars Chocolate, tells CNN, "It was a big technological challenge for us [...] we had to figure out how to not make the chocolate too sticky or too soft that it could collapse."
Caramel is not only a childhood favorite, Izzo says it's trendy, growing and shows no sign of losing popularity.
Certainly by the way fans are reacting, he seems to be onto something.
If you have braces, sorry. The rest of us promise to indulge in your honor.
Sarah Spigelman Richter is a contributor to Mashable's Food channel. Sarah covers everything edible, from the food industry to D.I.Y. recipes. She was previously the community manager for Tastemade NYC and her writing has been seen on The Today Show's food blog, Refinery 29, the Food Network, and Gothamist. She has also developed recipes for Tabasco and other nationally recognized brands and has blogged for 5 years at "Fritos and Foie Gras." Sarah is obsessed with "Orphan Black" and chili-cheese Fritos and is still depressed that Loehmann's closed.
