M&M's Bakery Collection

It's been a hot minute since I've sought out new snacks - Winter finds cold and depressing ways to weaken my desires for that kind of merrymaking. But as usual the shit finds me and I can't get out of the way of its savory path. In other words, I found some new M&M's at the store. 

Three new M&M's actually, all thematically tied to a "Bakery" gimmick, and all part of a legitimate online voting competition that allows us to pick our favorite  -- a "winner" will be announced at the end of May 2026. I'm trying all three, so let's see which of these candy coated candidates are groove approved. 

- Paul

Lemon Meringue Pie

Went into this with a bad attitude - I don't like lemon flavored things, the sensation reminds me of various cleansers. I enjoy a sugar-saturated lemonade now and then, and I can tolerate the lemon Skittles when I double them up with the other flavors, but I've never attempted any Lemon Meringue anything. 

Grade: B

Believe it or not I'm actually being partially objective in my own food review; while I myself have no tongue for Pledge-flavored chocolate, I can't deny that their desired effect is spot on. 

Peanut Butter Cinnamon Roll

I'm still struggling with the admission (mostly to myself) that I made several years ago: I like Peanut Butter M&M's way more than the Milk Chocolate M&M's. (Peanut M&M's may still reign supreme, but I'm not psychologically ready to have that talk.) Good news here is that these are basically PB M&M's -- at least for the first few seconds, but once you're done chewing, BOOM! Cinnamon!

Grade: B+

Points lost for lack of innovation; as good as the Peanut Butter ones are, I'm not here for the safety of familiarity. I want cutting edge. (That cinnamon trick at the end is pretty gnarly though.)

Cherry Chocolate Cupcake

These were the ones I was most looking forward to, and when I saw that they had the same color scheme as Stage 7 of Tetris I got excited down there. Right off the bat, while PB M&M's are noticeably softer than the regular ones, these ones are decidedly firmer - if that's important to ya. The flavor is actually more bitter than it could've been; imagine more of a Black Cherry and/or Dark Chocolate, making for a very refined, snobby M&M. 

Grade: A-

I was happy they sidestepped the Maraschino Robitussin sting found in many cherry flavored things. That + the deep maroons got me to lock in my vote no problem.