Morning 6-Pack - Say Bye-Bye to Some M&M Colors! Can you believe it’s been a whopping 31 years since blue M&Ms took over from the tan ones? That’s right, time flies faster than a runaway candy cart! This week, we’re diving into the scoop about the new all-natural M&M lineup that’s ditching some colors while they figure out how to get those blues and browns back in the mix. Spoiler alert: they’re trying to use algae for blue—yes, you heard me, pond scum! We’ll also share some hilarious "natural" ideas for turning those M&Ms blue, like Smurfette’s bath water and, oh, denying them sex! So grab your coffee, kick back, and let’s get snackin’ on some sweet laughs!

Takeaways:

• 31 years ago, blue M&Ms crashed the party, leaving tan ones feeling super sad!
• Mars is on a mission to ditch artificial dyes and go all-natural with M&Ms by 2028!
• Did you know the color blue in M&Ms is a tricky little devil? They're testing spirulina, aka pond scum!
• Brown M&Ms are also on the chopping block, but don't panic— they'll be back, pinky promise!
• If you're a blue M&M fan, don’t fret! They’re just taking a little vacay while Mars finds a natural hue!
• The quest for naturally-colored M&Ms is a multi-million dollar adventure, but hey, no extra costs for us, right?

Good morning.

It's Haystack.

And can you believe that it's been 31 years since Blue M and M's replaced The tan ones?

31 Years.

I feel like this is the single thing that makes me feel older than anything, is that it's been 31 years.

Because to me, it seems like yesterday that the blue M and M thing was, was a major headline everywhere.

And now blue M&M's are making news again, along with brown M&MS.

As Mars, the company that makes M&MS, is introducing a new version of M&M's that are made without any artificial dyes, which is a cool thing.

They're gonna be sold exclusively on Amazon starting in August.

But if you open one of those bags, you're gonna notice something missing.

Well, you're gonna notice two something's missing.

Brown M and M's and blue M and M's.

They'll be gone now.

They're not gone forever.

No need to panic if you're a brown or blue fan.

But Mars, again, the company Behind M&Ms, they're trying to figure out how to make natural alternatives for those colors.

So they are temporarily going to leave them out of these all natural versions while they work on a solution.

Their goal is to move all M and Ms. To natural food coloring.

And they've already found options that are natural for red, orange, yellow, and green, although they may be a little less bright than what you're used to.

But they're using ingredients like beets and turmeric to create those colors.

Blue has turned out to be a tricky one.

They're experimenting with something called spirulina.

It's basically a high protein algae that some people call a superfood, others call it pond scum.

But the problem is that this particular thing is clogging up their equipment.

So they're trying to figure out whether they need to modify their machines to handle it or find a different way to make the blue color.

Brown is complicated too, because creating brown requires some blue as part of the process.

So that's why regulators have kind of begun to push food companies to remove artificial dyes.

And Mars at first thought, well, we'll just change all the colors up or maybe just reduce any of the ones that we have issues with.

But they said they're, they're committed to bringing all the familiar colors back using natural ingredients.

In fact, the company has an entire team dedicated to solving the color problem.

It's already become a multimillion dollar project.

I'm sure none of that cost will get passed on to us, right?

Right?

No, of course not.

Mars says that their goal is to have naturally colored M and Ms.

Of course, by that point, it sounds like the artificially dyed versions will be phased out.

So in the meantime, the new bags clearly labeled as free of synthetic dyes, the regular M and Ms. That you're used to, still available in stores in your brick and mortar walk in.

Pick it up off the shelf for the foreseeable future.

But I really think they should just hit me up because I can come up with natural ways to turn an MM blue.

Well, gather round, folks.

It's the time of day when we laugh and smile in a lighthearted way.

Tune in for the giggles and let's kick back.

Here comes the fun.

It's the morning six pack.

Here we go.

Six natural ways that we can make blue MMs.

Number six, dunk them in Smurfette's bath water.

Five, force them to hold their breath until the Strait of Hormuz reopens.

Number three, hire the company that painted the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting pool.

Just be prepared for all the M and Ms. To turn green.

Number two, get them a job at Best Buy.

And the number one way, the number one natural way to make M&M's turn blue?

Deny them sex.