OK all this diet talk and fat talk made me remember I have a review to write for you about a product I found at Target last night and just had to try.  Well, Michael found it and then I HAD to try it. It’s a new kind of M&Ms called M&Ms Premium Chocolate Trio. I was intrigued, but I figured it would be dark, milk and white chocolate mixed in the bag.  Wrong!  Each M&M is layered with white, milk and dark chocolate.

The Prologue:

When Premium M&Ms first came out, I balked at the price and refused to ever pay $5 for a tiny box of M&Ms.  I mean, M&Ms are supposed to cost like $.50 per individual package, right?  Even given inflation, no more than $.75!  Geez.  Well I bought my first box to try when I found them on clearance at CVS.  The only clearanced one was the Mocha, and I have a funny story to tell you about that..  Don’t I always?  Here’s the funny story before the review.

I bought my first box and l-o-v-e-d them.  Really.  So when I found more, on clearance even cheaper, and with a coupon, I bought the last box I could find.  And have yet to find any more, by the way.  Anyway, at the time we were visiting my in-laws.  My husband had not bothered to put up our loot from Walmart, so the next thing I see my brother-in-law is walking through the living room eating THE LAST BOX of Mocha Premium M&Ms I have ever seen.  That isn’t the funny part.  The funny part was that he thanked my mother-in-law for buying him some chocolate although he was trying to go on a diet.  He’s 44, not a kid, so I felt vindicated in my anger at the moment.  Well, she had no clue what he was talking about, so I asked my husband where MY M&Ms were.  You guessed it, by that time the entire box was being digested in the stomach of my wonderful BIL (inject major sarcasm).  What could I say, it was just candy, but oh my gosh was I a very unhappy camper.  He’d assumed they were his and ate them.  For it to be really actually funny you have to know him too.  And yes, once I layered on the guilt he offered to buy me more, and I was able to remind him that there were no more in existence.  So sad.  My husband now knows that if/when I find chocolate that I want to keep, he’d better hide it.  Since chocolate will be a thing of the past for me in a few weeks it won’t be a problem.  That almost makes me tear up!

The Review

They are actually quite addictive, and have all of the same qualities as the other Premium M&M’s have.  The only thing I would change is to give back the crispy shell that I so love about traditional M&M’s.  I don’t think they improved upon anything when they went “Premium” and changed the shell.

They are very rich tasting, even more so than a regular M&M. They’re addictive, too, but strangely enough I ate a handful and put them away.  If you know me and have ever lived with me you would know how strange that is.  It ould just be my taste today, and tomorrow I may devour the bag.  Well, I’ll refrain but normally I would.  They are a lot better than some of the attempts to branch out M&M’s ahs made-coconut, almond, and mint are my least favorite.  I could see buying these in the future in individual bags to have as a snack on a “splurge” diet day.  To be honest, I’ll have to find the receipt to remember how much they cost but I believe they were about $4 and the bag is generously sized and a lot bigger than those small boxes Premium M&M’s first came in when the product was rolled out.

I found them at Target, but when I did a search they are all over eBay.  They may be hard to find since I had never seen them before, and I have a pretty darn good chocolate radar.

I really do like this type of M&M’s, and at the moment I can no longer pick a favorite.  It depends on the day; popcorn definitely calls for plain M&M’s!

Go to your local Target and see if you can find a bag of Premium M&M’s in Chocolate Trio.  See what you think and le tus know.  I think you’ll enjoy them.  I did.  I’ve been waiting for M&M’s to start combining flavors.  One suggestion I’d make is to combine 2 instead of 3.  I think if they combined the milk chocolate with the white and then the dark with the white it would have made for a better mix.  Maybe they’ll see that and do it!  A girl can dream!