Candy Apple M&M's

Place purchased: Walmart (Exclusive) 

Price: $2.88

Number of reviewers: 6

Appearance - 6.7

The Candy Apple M&M's have candy apple flavored milk chocolate centers with either bright red or dark red candy shells. 

E: BIG! Large size discrepancy. Nice color. 
E2: Very large for an M&M! But I like the fall colors. 
J: Nice deep red colors. Seem larger than normal. 
S: Large M&M's. 

Flavor and Taste - 6.4

The only apple flavor detectable is at the very beginning, during the first chew. The milk chocolate quickly overpowers any apple flavor in the M&M's. Furthermore, when eating the Candy Apple M&M's consecutively, the chocolate aftertaste from the previous M&M interferes with the apple flavor of the next M&M. So, the only time I was able to taste the apple was from the first Candy Apple M&M I ate. 

C: Chocolate is very apparent. Get a little bit of apple at the beginning, but not very strong. 
E: Definitely has an apple taste, but comes off stale with the sour chocolate. 
E2: Very little apple flavor, only a teeny hint of sour apple at the beginning. Otherwise, it just tastes like an M&M.
J: Good fresh red apple flavor. Chocolate flavor is also strong. 
S: Light apple flavor. 

Texture - 6.8

The M&M's have a crunchy candy shell and smooth milk chocolate, like regular M&M's. 

C: Good texture, same as regular M&M's. 
E: Crisp shell, chocolate melts nicely. 
E2: Like a normal M&M. Crispy, crunchy, slightly melt in the mouth. 

Aftertaste - 6.1

The aftertaste is very sweet with a lingering milk chocolate flavor. 

C: Chocolate, get a little of the apple. 
E: Weird sour apple, fatty. 
E2: M&M. 
J: I wish it was more apple. 

Overall - 6.3

Overall, the Candy Apple M&M's were lacking in apple flavor. If more apple flavor had been used or white chocolate instead of milk chocolate, the product would have done better at living up to its name. 

E: Worse than plain M&M's. 
E2: Disappointing. 
J: They could sell this all year and call it Apple M&M's. But they are good! 

Candy Hunting - New Mars and Wrigley Products

Crispy M&M's

THEY'RE BACK!!! While Crispy M&M's have been available overseas, they are being re-released in the US! 

SRP: $1.19
Release: December 2014

Snickers Xtreme 

Snickers Xtreme will be introduced as a full-time product. It was previously available as a limited edition product twice. 

SRP: $1.89
Release: December 2014

Other New Mars Products

I do not have pictures for these yet, so I will just list them. Edit: View photos here. 

3 Musketeers Mint Bites

Release: December 2014

Twix Creamy Peanut Butter

Release: January 2015

Milky Way Marshmallow

Release: Summer 2015

Juicy Fruit Starburst Gum

Flavors: Strawberry and Cherry
SRP: $1.29
Release: December 2014

Hubba Bubba Bubble Tape Sour Blue Raspberry

SRP: $1.39
Release: December 2014

Link to More new Mars products. 

Link to More new Wrigley products.

Peanut Mega M&M's

Place purchased: CVS

Price: $4.39

Number of reviewers: 4

Appearance - 7.0 

The Peanut Mega M&M's are very irregular in shape and look like slightly larger peanut M&M's.

J: They do not look much different from a normal peanut M&M. 

L: They don't look that different. 

Flavor and Taste - 7.3 

The M&M's have a strong peanut flavor. The milk chocolate is secondary to the flavor of the peanut. 

J: Normal, expected. 

L: Little oxidized peanut.

Texture - 7.8 

The shell is crispy, and the peanut is crunchy. 

J: Texture still good despite bigger size. 

Aftertaste - 7.3 

The aftertaste is that of milk chocolate and peanuts. 

Overall - 7.1

The Peanut Mega M&M's are delicious, just like regular peanut M&M's. However, they do not seem that different from normal peanut M&M's, and they are not available in single serve size bags. 

L: They're pretty much the same. 

S: Could have added more chocolate. Not much bigger than the normal ones. 

Milk Chocolate Mega M&M's

Place purchased: CVS

Price: $4.39 (Milk Chocolate Mega M&M's are also available in single serve size bags.) 

Number of reviewers: 4

Appearance - 5.3 

The Milk Chocolate Mega M&M's are circular and flat. They are also clearly much larger than normal milk chocolate M&M's. 

J: I really do not like the large, wafer size of the M&M. It looks like someone sat on it, or they melted or something.

L: They look like Sprees. Could be confusing.

S: Look like Sprees.

Flavor and Taste - 7.3 

The Mega M&M's are sweet and have a milk chocolate flavor, like milk chocolate M&M's. 

J: Tastes great!

S: A little sour dairy.

Texture - 7.3 

The shell is very crispy and crunchy. 

J: I'm not as in to the texture. Loses some of the M&M crunch you expect because there is so much chocolate.

Aftertaste - 6.8 

The aftertaste is sweet and slightly chocolaty. 

L: Sour dairy. 

Overall - 7.1

Overall, these taste exactly like normal milk chocolate M&M's. The only difference is the size and shape, which is not that exciting. 

J: Good overall! 

L: Just like M&M's but bigger. 

Candy Hunting - Walmart Easter Candy

Cold Stone Creamery Easter Eggs

Strawberry Banana Rendezvous, Cake Batter Cookie Bash (Review), and Cookies & Creamery

Russell Stover Cookie Dough Easter Bunny

Carrot Cake M&M's

Returning for the second year. 

Price: $2.88

Coconut Speck-tacular Eggs M&M's

Price: $2.88

3 Musketeers Marshmallow

Returning for the fourth year. 

Price: $2.88

York Peppermint Pattie Eggs

According to Hershey's website, the egg shape is new. 

Price: $2.88

Crest Mint Chocolate Trek Toothpaste

Okay, so this is not candy and it is not an Easter product, but it is mint chocolate flavor! 

Also available: Lime Spearmint Zest and Vanilla Mint Spark (Crest previously made Refreshing Vanilla Mint toothpaste as part of the Whitening Expressions range). 

Birthday Cake M&M's

Place purchased: CVS

Price: $3.99 

Number of reviewers: 9 

The Birthday Cake M&M's are also available in single serve size bags (1.40 oz/39.7g).

Appearance - 7.5

The Birthday Cake M&M's are larger than milk chocolate M&M's. They come in three colors: blue, yellow, and red. I think they should have used lighter colors; I have never seen a primary colored birthday cake. 

Flavor and Taste - 6.5

The M&M's have a faint chocolate cake and frosting flavor. The flavor starts out as cake, then is dominated by the milk chocolate, and returns to the cake flavor. Also, the more M&M's I eat, the more the cake flavor becomes apparent. 

C: At the end tastes like powdered sugar or baking soda. It has a weird artificial flavor. 
E: Tastes like normal M&M's. 
J: Hardly tastes like anything. The flavor is so faint, I would almost miss it. Otherwise, the flavor is fine, but basically a plain M&M. 
L2: Intensity of cake is good. 
P: It tastes like cake and cookies and cream ice cream. 
S: Weird off-note. Fruity?
S2: A little too sweet for me. 

Texture - 7.3

These have the same texture as milk chocolate M&M's.

C: Kind of gritty. 

Aftertaste - 6.5

There is a chocolate cake flavor aftertaste.

C: Has that weird baking soda/grit taste. 
J: All chocolate. 
P: Sweet. 
S: Burnt caramel aftertaste.

Overall - 6.7

While the cake flavor is subtle, it is enough to taste different than milk chocolate M&M's. 

J: I'm disappointed the cake flavor is so weak. 

Candy Hunting - 2/14/14

Birthday Cake M&M's

Place found: CVS

Price: $3.99

Milk Chocolate Mega M&M's 

Place found: CVS

Price: $4.39 (on sale for $3.00)

Peanut Mega M&M's

Place found: CVS

Price: $4.39 (on sale for $3.00)

All of the new M&M's were still in boxes when I went to CVS this morning. The press release from Mars, Inc. in September stated that the Birthday Cake and Mega M&M's would be introduced in May 2014. Luckily, the M&M's are being released in conjunction with Easter candy.