We all know them—those little, round, candy-coated, chocolate-filled rainbow chips that “melt in your mouth, not in your hand.” But did you know that M&Ms are made by one of the biggest corporations in the world, originally spawned via a partnership with its biggest rival? Or that a LOT of people have weird sex things with a piece of candy? Join Nicole and Julia on this colorful caper through candy history, where they dare to ask…what IS it about the green ones? Also, we assign genders to anthropomorphized corporate mascots, as is our right and custom as Americans. 

Our theme song is “Red Onions” by Louie Zong, off of his album Vegetable Soul: https://louiezong.bandcamp.com/album/vegetable-soul 

We’re on Twitter at @girlslunch and on Instagram @girlslunchpod. Nicole is on Twitter @nicoleh262 and her website is nicolehylton.com. Julia is smarter than all of us and not on social media.

Sources:

• The Encyclopedia of Junk Food and Fast Food, by Andrew F. Smith

• The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars, by Joël Glenn Brenner

• “The History of the M&M Characters”, by Nostalgia Critic/Channel Awesome

• “Can a Green Candy Make Love Sweeter?” by Lena Williams

• “Chocolate as an Aphrodisiac: Are Green M&M’s Randy Candy?” by Robert MacGregor

• “Let the Green M&M Be a Nasty Little Slut,” by EJ Dickson

• YouTube playlist of commercials mentioned: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTvMCKU5ZqpMNsi-DNhCdGIZxzTVc26qI&si=VGlF9mIPJiSZsDui