Ephemeral Crunchy M&M's

Products circa: summer 2018

M&M's have issued a poll product for no apparent reason.  Maybe they're trying to mimic some success had by Lay's as of recent?

These three flavors are new varieties of M&M's Crunchy version.  The rice-krispy part of these candies make them very pleasant and really easy to eat more and more.  Each flavor also comes with a corresponding change in the colors of the candy shells.  Fun!

The first is Crunchy Mint.  Nothing special here.  It's a refreshing peppermint flavor that you'd expect from any other mint-chocolate candy.  There's a cooling menthol in here as well, not unlike Junior Mint candies.

The second is Crunchy Raspberry.  The flavor here is actually quite good.  The raspberry is natural-tasting, and almost juicy.

The third is Crunchy Espresso.  Very nice.  The flavor is like instant coffee, and not in a bad way.  It could have been made a bit stronger though.

Overall, a very decent showing.

M&M's Crunchy Mint:- Good
M&M's Crunchy Raspberry:- Good
M&M's Crunch Espresso:- Good
Original M&M's Crunch(for comparison):- Good

Mountain Dew Ice

Note: This is a Presumptive Ephemeral Nom.

Product circa: 2017-2018 (and onward?)

Pepsico is at it again with a variation on Mountain Dew that sounds so generic that it makes one wonder if it's already been released in the past.

But nope, Mountain Dew Ice came about in 2017 and it seems to have been available continually since then until the writing of this post.

Its colorless appearance and boasts of "lemon lime" on the label adequately prepare you for the sip; it's just a lemon lime soda that fits well into the Sprite-7Up-Sierra Mist archetype.  It tastes fine, and is not noticeably better or worse than those ilk.

What separates here are two things: the oft-insisted combination of both sugar and 0-calorie sweeteners by Pepsico, and the addition of caffeine.  So if you've been looking for a caffeinated lemon lime soda that has less calories than its competitors, then this stuff is for you!  But not for me.


Mountain Dew Ice:- Good
Original Mountain Dew(for comparison): - Great