My favorite candy snack? Without a doubt -- m&m's. Just a handful usually satisfies the craving for...make that the need for...okay, I'll admit it -- the obsession for chocolate. I usually keep a bag in my purse in case of emergency blood sugar dips so I guess you could say I nosh for medical reasons. Why do I feel the necessity to justify my chocolate addiction?
Unlike those who claim to have preferences, I am m&m's color blind. The greens taste no different than the reds, the yellows, the browns or the blues. But then I can't tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi either.
Some follow unusual procedures when tackling a bag of these bite-sized sweets. For example, eat all the yellows first, then the reds, then the blues etc. These rituals might come from a childhood game or memory. But it may not be a stretch to say that these same people consult a Magic 8 Ball or a Ouija Board as well.
Me? There's no method to my munching madness. Place fingers in bag. Grab handful. Move handful to mouth. Repeat process til bag is empty. The bags are small enough so you don't really overdo it. Just enough to satisfy that sweet tooth, which in my case is a molar.
However, a recent bag was seemingly bottomless. I ate a few, later another few, the next day a few more. Before thanking the heavens for a loaves and fishes miracle, I read the bag. There it was, in large colored type: Sharing Size!
Blast! As if eating chocolate wasn't guilt inducing enough. Now I need to feed the hungry as well.
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I keep M&M's in my purse, too ! Glad to know I am not alone. I like the peanut ones best. Figure while my blood sugar is rocketing up I might as well give it some holding power with the protein. But I like them plain just as well. And I don't play with the colors or care....except that sometimes I play a game with myself and try to guess what the colors are that I grab before I put them in my mouth. Wow, I'm really weird, I just now realized this. Oh, and the share bags are awesome because they last for several feedings. I usually eat them when I'm driving in a lot of traffic and waiting at stop lights and such. I certainly don't want to black out from low blood sugar while I'm driving. That works for me.
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