{"id":16193,"date":"2014-12-21T15:32:14","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T20:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=16193"},"modified":"2014-12-21T15:32:14","modified_gmt":"2014-12-21T20:32:14","slug":"christmas-countdown-mms-2012-holiday-packs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=16193","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Countdown: M&M’s 2012 Holiday Packs!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CC_M&MBack in 2011-2012, M&M\/Mars expanded their seasonal\u00a0M&M’s offerings by adding\u00a0holiday releases in standard-sized packs. \u00a0Since that time, I’ve covered their Candy Corn M&M’s<\/a>, M&M’s Holiday Mints<\/a>, and even an array of twelve different Easter packages<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While Candy Corn M&M’s have returned each year since their introduction, the other standard-sized holiday packs appear to have been retired, though M&M\/Mars did release a pair of\u00a0cool Christmas theater boxes last year<\/a>. \u00a0 Since I didn’t\u00a0cover the regular Christmas-themed packs during their initial release, I wanted to do so today. \u00a0It’s an impressive variety with twelve different festive\u00a0packages to see. \u00a0So make the jump to check out M&M’s holiday-themed packs from 2012!<\/p>\n

While I appreciate and enjoy the larger bags of M&M’s that have been getting holiday-themed packaging for years, there’s something a little extra neat about collecting the standard-sized packs. \u00a0 It’s especially fun when they put out such a great variety – this release alone features a dozen unique pieces of M&M’s mascot art, six different for M&M’s Milk Chocolate and six for M&M’s Peanut. \u00a0Check ’em out:<\/p>\n

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M&M’s Holiday Packs – Milk Chocolate – Red – 1.69 oz Christmas candy packages – December 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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M&M’s Holiday Packs – Milk Chocolate – Green – 1.69 oz Christmas candy packages – December 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

As with the other standard-size holiday packs I’d covered in the past, these sport slight variations on the backs of the packages. \u00a0Some packages place the UPC on the upper section of the layout, while others place it on the lower.\u00a0 Another difference is that one version features a large “MARS” logo, while the other does not.\u00a0 I’m not sure why.<\/p>\n

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M&M’s Holiday Packs – Milk Chocolate – 1.69 oz Christmas candy package backs – December 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

Now here are the Peanut packs:<\/p>\n

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M&M’s Holiday Packs – Peanut – Yellow – 1.74 oz Christmas candy packages – December 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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M&M’s Holiday Packs – Peanut – Blue – 1.74 oz Christmas candy packages – December 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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M&M’s Holiday Packs – Peanut – 1.74 oz Christmas candy package backs – December 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

That’s all twelve of them. \u00a0I thought they were awfully fun when they were released and I’m glad\u00a0to finally be able to bring them together to share here.<\/p>\n

Outside of Candy Corn M&M’s, I haven’t seen any other standard-size holiday-themed M&M’s packages in stores for 2014, so we might have seen the end of these for now. \u00a0Hopefully, M&M’s hasn’t given up on doing these kinds of themed packages in the standard size as I think they’re pretty awesome.<\/p>\n

And that’s everything for today’s coverage of\u00a0M&M’s 2012 holiday packs. \u00a0See you next time!<\/p>\n

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Back in 2011-2012, M&M\/Mars expanded their seasonal\u00a0M&M’s offerings by adding\u00a0holiday releases in standard-sized packs. \u00a0Since that time, I’ve covered their Candy Corn M&M’s, M&M’s Holiday Mints, and even an array of twelve different Easter packages. While Candy Corn M&M’s have … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[658,50,4,59],"tags":[321,316,328,351,332,1226,14,324,78,333,29,1204,1209,21,450,1120,15,341,11],"class_list":["post-16193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas","category-holiday-2","category-mms","category-mars","tag-candy-collecting","tag-candy-collection","tag-candy-collector","tag-candy-wrapper-collection","tag-candy-wrapper-collector","tag-christmas","tag-collectible","tag-collecting-candy","tag-confectionery","tag-confections","tag-holiday","tag-mms","tag-mars","tag-packaging","tag-packaging-design","tag-seasonal","tag-sweets","tag-vintage-candy-wrappers","tag-wrapper"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2aFGk-4db","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16193"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16218,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16193\/revisions\/16218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}