Confessions of an M&M Junkie

I admit it, I am an M&M junkie. I LOVE them plain, peanut, peanut butter and dark (not overly fond of the almond ones - but I have been known to eat those too). At Walgreens, the medium size bags are currently on sale 2/$5. When you buy 2, you get a $1 RR, so that makes them 2/$4. Add in the $1/2 coupon from the 6/7 RP and they are 2/$3. Not a bad deal at all considering a Tear & Share (aka King Size) bag is $1.89.

I am a snob when it comes to my M&M's - they must be fresh! How do you know if they are fresh or not? On the back of the package, there is a white box with a code in it. The first number of the code is the year the M&Ms were made (so it should be a 9 for freshest taste). The next 2 digits indicate the week of the year the contents were produced. The ones I bought said 18 - I passed on the 08 ones. If you do happen to get a package that is not fresh - be sure to call m&m's/Mars - they do send coupons to make up for it. Yes, I've done it twice.