Will South Africa get to taste Caramel M&M's?

19 October 2016 - 16:15 By Staff reporter
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Caramel M&M's will be available in the US in 2017.
Caramel M&M's will be available in the US in 2017.
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M&M's fans, brace yourselves: The candy company has revealed that an addictive new flavour - caramel - will be hitting the shelves of US stores in May 2017.

Even though chocoholics will have to wait until next year to get their hands on a packet of Caramel M&M's, the news was greeted with glee on social media:

What will these sweet treats taste like? Think of them as the love child of a regular M&M and a Rolo. They'll have a soft caramel centre engulfed in chocolate with a crisp rainbow-coloured candy shell.

Creating the sticky filling was apparently quite a technical challenge. Hank Izzo, vice president of research and development of M&M's parent company Mars Chocolate, told CNN: We've never had an M&M with a true so centre, so we had to figure out how to ensure the chocolate wouldn't be too sticky or too soft, otherwise it would collapse.

But, the most important question is: will we be able to get Caramel M&M's in South Africa?

Sadly not. Laura Stopforth, a Brand Manager at Mars South Africa, said that the company has no plans to introduce them into the country at this stage.

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