We Tried New Toasty Holiday Peanut M&M’s (and You Should Too)

Peanut M&M’s have fallen from grace. While they used to be the strong second fiddle to regular M&M’s, these classic, lumpy candies lag behind newer flavors like Pretzel and Peanut Butter. (Next year, we’ll even see a flavor variant of Peanut Butter M&M’s.) But Peanut M&M’s are coming back! We got our hands on the brand new Toasty Holiday Peanut M&M’s—the 2024 M&M’s holiday innovation—and they’ve got big shoes to fill.

Per the official description, Toasty Holiday Peanut M&M’s feature caramel-roasted peanuts infused with cinnamon, vanilla, and spiced sugar. That’s a whole lot of good stuff, but does it live up to the promise of its lengthy list of flavors? Read on to find out. 

Toasty Holiday Peanut M&M’s

New M&M’s Flavor!

Toasty Holiday Peanut M&M’s

Pros: Y’all, these are very good. I have never been a big Peanut M&M’s fan, but these are a real improvement on the original format. I can’t pretend I can taste all the finer notes mentioned in their official list of flavors, but these are very convincing “Cinnamon Peanut” M&M’s. A perfect pick for the holidays, no doubt about it. I hope we see these become a regular annual release, because THP M&M’s could easily become a tradition in my house.

Cons: I’m no flavor scientist, but some combination of the cinnamon, vanilla, spiced sugar, and caramel made these taste like…maple? That isn’t a bad thing, just not what I was expecting from a release with so many other official flavor notes. If anything, it makes me want to see a full-force Maple Peanut M&M. Finally, a candy for Canadian Independence Day.

Credit: Liv Averett / Walmart

Rating:

8/10

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Where can you buy these new M&M’s?

Toasty Holiday Peanut M&M’s are available anywhere M&M’s are sold – aka, everywhere. So far, I’ve personally seen these at CVS Pharmacy, Target, Walmart, and a Pilot gas station in the middle of nowhere. These are sold in a couple different sizes, from single-person packet to family-sized sack. My recommendation? Pick up the biggest container you can find, dump them into a glass dish, and become the grandma you want to see in the world.


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Griffin Parker

Griffin Parker is a writer, award-winning charity auctioneer, and "influencer in the beverage space" according to a few PR agencies. Please do not ask him about the cotton candy business he started right out of high school. When he's not contributing to Sporked or running the @SodaSeekers news pages, you can find Griffin espousing the virtues of Dayton-style pizza, Cincinnati-style chili, and Dolly Parton's Fabulously Fudgy Brownie Mix.

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  • To me, they taste like coffee, not like maple. That’s not a good thing, because I don’t like coffee.

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  • absolutely demolished these. I’m glad I tried them and I want more, so good!!

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  • My family tried them and no one liked them. To us they had a strong coffee taste (kind of like Timamisu). We bought a Share Size package and still have over 3/4 of the package left. We can’t recommend them to anyone.

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  • I just bought these new M&M’s yesterday and tried them. They had a definite coffee-ish flavor to me and tasted strongly of artificial flavorings. I’m not a fan of the Toasted Peanut flavor.

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  • These toasty POS’s remind me of burnt coffee with chocolate. NOT good. I strongly recommend against.

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  • Those M&Ms are gross! Dont get any!

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  • It’s mentioned here that the PB&J M&Ms are a next year (2025) thing but they’re totally available now in Nov 2024. I have a bag right here in my living room lol

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