Candy Controversy: M&M’s Replaces ‘Spokescandies’ After ‘Woke’ Backlash From Conservatives

Candy Controversy: M&M’s Replaces ‘Spokescandies’ After ‘Woke’ Backlash From Conservatives

Essence Magazine:

By Melissa Noel ·Updated January 25, 2023

Who would have thought that the M&M’s ‘spokescandies’— you know, the cartoon version of the beloved chocolate candies we’ve all seen in ads— could stir up major controversy? 

But, yet at the start of 2023, here we are. 

Mars Wrigley,

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