There are two types of people in this world

One type that thinks this is acceptable,

Exhibit 1. This makes me sad.

and the other which does not.

I fall into the DOES NOT group.  I really don’t like blue foods, they taste funny.  Name a real blue food?  If you say Blueberries, go get a handful and squash them on your forehead, really hard, I bet they are purple!  When the makers of smarties decided MANY years ago to introduce the blue smartie, I never bought another packet, they are creepy and should be outlawed.  Since not being able to eat smarties anymore, as to stand my ground on such creepiness, I switched camps and chose M&M’s as my candy covered chocolate of choice.  The makers of M&M’s then introduced blue into their posse and immediately my mouth started spewing on about freaky blue stuff that shouldn’t be eaten!  I had to ask myself, do I stop buying them too, of course not, giving up such treats was not an option at this stage in my life.  I either had to give them away to any person of the “acceptable” group type within candy throwing distance, or eat them super quick, as in jamming them all in at once and chomping like a maniac without biting the side of your cheek, in an avoidance of tasting the blue.  The major flaw with the quick munch method is,,,,I am consuming calories I am not enjoying,,,,bloody hell, keeping the weight off is hard enough!

I had not really thought about them for some time, as I had given up chocolate, yeah, I don’t really know why, I just stopped enjoying it one day, perhaps colour additive Blue 1 & 2 is to blame?  However, my husband recently came back from a trip to the U.S.A. and for whatever his reason, brought me a carton of M&M’s back, yes, a CARTON!  Of course first up I was annoyed as I had cast them aside some time ago, but then I remembered how much I love the Peanut Butter and Peanut ones, then the thoughts moved onto the dreaded blue ones, in true RedundantK style, I quickly ripped open a Peanut Butter packet and out tumbled all the blue ones  *SIGH*  I immediately jammed them in my mouth and went the quick munch method.  With disgust, I vowed never to eat them again as I felt so sick from the sugar shock, however, several days later I ripped into the Peanut packet, annoyance ensued and photo taken, exhibit 1. above.  Apparently the colour percentages are controlled, M&M’S PEANUT: 23% cyan blue, 23% orange, 15% green, 15% bright yellow, 12% red, 12% brown, why Mars, why?

Full of self-loathing, I vowed not to eat the plain ones at least, wasted calories in my mind, no peanut or PB reward on the inside, pppffftttt please.  Interesting, when I emptied the carton to put the packets in the pantry for when my mind forgets how sick the sugar makes me, I discovered a sneaky marketing trick.  They do indeed clearly state it, however, sneaky nonetheless.  Three types of treats, three segments to the carton, one would automatically assume 1/3 plain, 1/3 Peanut and 1/3 Peanut Butter, no, schneaky, schneaky, 6 plain, 8 Peanut & FOUR Peanut Butter, I guess I should be pleased it wasn’t 8 of the plain, but I still feel a little ripped off about my favourite being the minority.

Exhibit 2. Could be worse.

Anyway, I have now decided NEVER to eat them again, any colour, any flavour, yes, I’ve put it in writing so it has to happen!  I am sure I will be massively tempted on my next trip back to the U.S.A. where you can choose just single colours of single flavours, but the nausea I feel just writing this article should hang around for some time to come, so I am feeling confident on the self-imposed ban.

Are you accepting?

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