M&M's Peanut Chocolate Candies, Share Size, 3.27 oz — DUMP

Name: M&M's Peanut Chocolate Candies, Share Size, 3.27 oz
Brand: m&m's

Munch or Dump rates M&M's Peanut Chocolate Candies, Share Size, 3.27 oz by m&m's DUMP — score 20/90.

There's real milk chocolate and real peanuts in here, and the brand makes no health claims — it's honest candy. But the candy shell is tinted with a full rainbow of synthetic dyes: Blue 1, Blue 2, Red 40, Yellow 5 and Yellow 6, each in lake and dye form. That artificial-color stack is what tips a simple treat into dump territory.

Why this verdict

Roughly ten distinct artificial color additives (Blue 1/2, Red 40, Yellow 5/6, all as dyes and lakes) coat the shell
Sugar is the first ingredient inside the chocolate and appears again as its own line — sweet-dominant
Shell relies on cornstarch, dextrin, corn syrup, palm oil and carnauba wax to build the candy coating
Real peanuts and cocoa give it some substance and protein, keeping it from being pure sugar
No health claims are made, so this is straightforward junk-food candy — a dump, not a deception

Ingredients (8)

Milk chocolate (moderate) — Real chocolate but sugar-led, the coating on all four bars.
Peanuts (safe) — Whole-food component of the Snickers bar, adds some protein.
Sugar (caution) — The sole sweetener; present in dessert quantities.
Cornstarch & dextrin (moderate) — Refined starches that build the hard candy shell.
Palm Oil (moderate) — Saturated refined oil used for texture and shelf stability.
Corn Syrup (caution) — A second refined sweetener present in all four bars.
Artificial colors (Blue 1, Blue 2, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6) (avoid) — A full stack of synthetic petroleum dyes, dye-and-lake forms, purely for the rainbow shell.
carnauba wax (safe) — Plant wax for the candy's glossy coating.