In my junk food bloggin’ journey, I’ve witnessed many twists and turns in the evolution of M&M’s. From the return of Crispy M&M’s, to new flavors of Crispy M&M’s  through voting contests with chilis and Thai coconuts, to the injection of caramel and fudge brownie… I’ve pretty much experienced it all.

I guess you could say my road to obesity goes directly through M&M’s, and right now’m sitting in a 40-car pileup.

Rockin’ Nut Road M&M’s

The new Rockin’ Nut Road M&M’s are exclusive to stores owned by Albertson. Good luck finding the road to a store owned by Albertsons because I’ve never heard of most of them. They include:

• Albertsons (obviously)
• Safeway
• Acme
• Vons
• Shaw’s
• Jewel-Osco
• Amigos
• Andronico’s
• Balducci’s
• Carrs
• Haggen
• King’s Food Market
• Lucky
• Market Street
• Pak ‘n Save
• Pavilions
• Randalls
• Star Market
• United Supermarkets
• An actual store called “Tom Thumb”

Rockin’ Nut Road M&M’s are also an evolution of another Mars product: Rockin’ Nut Road Snickers, which debuted all the way back in 2008.

The Rockin’ Nut Road M&*M’s are marshmallow-flavored with a peanut inside. As of press time, they’ve only been spotted in the 9.0 oz “sharing size” bag of which you’ll share exactly 0.0 oz with friends and family.

As I pop a few into my mouth, I’m greeted with the familiar Peanut M&M’s flavor and a hint of moderately marshmallow flavor. While the marshmallow addition isn’t the strongest, it does pair nicely with the flavors already present. Since Peanut M&M’s already rule, this makes for a fun little twist.

One bummer is that the more you eat, the less you realize there’s even a marshmallow flavor added. This suggests that the marshmallow flavor could stand to be stronger if these wanted to maintain their novelty. I also think it would be more unique and taste even better if they used the Dark Chocolate Peanut M&M’s as the building block.

Criticisms aside, these are quite addictive and I’m on the expressway to not fitting into my swim trunks this summer.

Burning Questions:

1. When you swim, do you sink straight to the bottom? Yes.
2. Does this taste like rocky road ice cream? No.
3. Why is it called “Tom Thumb”? I guess Tommy Toes was taken.

Place of Purchase: Not “Tom Thumb”

Rating: 7.5 out of 10

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