Candy crush

It’s a sweet trip to the candy shop as Cecil devours the arcane mysteries of M Ms and PEZ while S [The Straight Dope] Candy crush By [The Straight Dope]( • Issue #21 • [View online]( It’s a sweet trip to the candy shop as Cecil devours the arcane mysteries of M&Ms and PEZ while SDStaff Jill checks out if the British put blood in their chocolate. Threadspotting The best of the Straight Dope Message Board  May 22, 2020: [Shuffling for certain values of random](. Straight Dope Classic: August 5, 1988 [Illustration by Slug Signorino] Illustration by Slug Signorino [How do they get the M’s on M&M’s]( Dear Cecil: Here’s a deep one for you. How do they get the Ms on M&Ms? My wife says they have a machine that stamps them one at a time, but I say that’s too time-consuming. Can you give us the straight dope? — G. Glenn Mahoney, Atlanta  Dear Cecil: I’m troubled by the expiration date on the enclosed M&M wrapper. As you can see, it says: 19 DEC 88 805 AMMy question is, what happens at 8:06?  —  Barry M., Chicago Cecil replies:  You’re on to something here, boys, although with luck and a little baking soda maybe you’ll still pass the urine test. M&Ms are definitely mysterious. I first tried to find out how they get the Ms on M&Ms years ago, but was stymied by the company’s total refusal to cooperate. The culprit was M&M/Mars’s parent company, Mars, Inc., whose paranoia is the stuff of legend.  [Click here to keep reading](. Straight Dope Staff Report: June 14, 2000 [Do the English put blood in chocolate to give it a rich color]( Dear Straight Dope:  We recently had a discussion with some German friends about the relative merits of American vs. European chocolate. While I happen to agree with them that German chocolate is far superior to American chocolate, they also tried to convince us that the English put blood in their chocolate to make it a richer color. Does this mean I can get mad cow disease from eating Cadbury Easter eggs? — kathyh in honolulu SDStaff Jillgat replies:  Oh, those zany blutwurst-eating Germans, always quick to pull your leg. The British may eat blood pudding, but they’ve never added blood to their chocolate. Cocoa is what gives chocolate its rich color.  [Click here to keep reading](. Straight Dope Classic: April 25, 1997 [What is the meaning of PEZ]( Dear Cecil: What is the meaning of PEZ? — NgCarolyn, via AOL Cecil replies: Glad you put it that way, Carolyn. Your unimaginative type of person might have asked, “What do the letters PEZ stand for?” The answer to which is, they’re an abbreviation of the German Pfefferminz, peppermint. Excuse me while I yawn. But the meaning of PEZ — whoa! Give me a minute and I’ll drag in Plato, deconstructionism, and the World Bank. [Click here to keep reading](. Did you enjoy this issue? [The Straight Dope]( By [The Straight Dope]( Fighting ignorance since 1973. (It's taking longer than we thought.) [Tweet](    [Share]( If you don't want these updates anymore, please unsubscribe [here](. If you were forwarded this newsletter and you like it, you can subscribe [here](. Powered by [Revue](