A new purple M&M has joined the bag! "Purple" is the chocolate candy's first-ever female peanut M&M and its newest character for the first time in a decade, the brand announced Wednesday ...

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The candymaker is unveiling Purple as its latest addition to the M&Ms cast of characters, but fans may be disappointed to find that she will not be coming to their candy packets. Purple has "self ...

The new character – whose name is Purple – resembles a peanut M&M candy piece and she was designed to represent acceptance and inclusivity with "her earnest self-expression," according to a ...

That’s what they’re singing about the new “purple-y peanut shaped chocolate candy” joining the six current characters in M&Ms’ line-up of “melts on your mouth, not in your hand ...

The purple M&M is here, but not in the way you may think. The purple peanut M&M is a new “spokes-candy” character, which is the first new one in a decade. She sings and has a quirky ...

Mars says Purple was "designed to represent acceptance and inclusivity." When you grab a regular bag of M&M's, the colors will remain the same: red, orange, green, blue, yellow, and brown.