{"id":4108,"date":"2012-05-21T19:53:56","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T23:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=4108"},"modified":"2012-05-21T19:53:56","modified_gmt":"2012-05-21T23:53:56","slug":"candy-care-package-from-australia-and-what-are-those-coconuts-covering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=4108","title":{"rendered":"Candy Care Package from Australia! And what are those coconuts covering?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>As a candy collector, traveling out of the country is a great opportunity to find fun and foreign versions of candy packaging.\u00a0 Of course, if you’re not a regular globetrotter, it helps to have friends pitch in for the hunt.<\/p>\n

A pal of mine recently put together a great care package of current offerings from the candy shelves of Australia.\u00a0 She had done so a few years earlier, so when I saw a fun new M&M’s package from down under, I asked if she could do so again.<\/p>\n

The M&M’s package that prompted this latest candy care package request was for the new Coconut M&M’s.\u00a0 I saw the Australian version online and immediately noticed a difference – the M&M mascot Green was wearing a coconut top:<\/p>\n

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Australian Coconut-wearing Green M&M<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve mentioned before about how the Australian branch of the M&M\/Mars company has a bit more fun with their mascots<\/a> than we do, and this is clearly another case of that.\u00a0\u00a0 After all, in the United States market, these were the versions of Green that we got on our M&M’s Coconut packages:<\/p>\n

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M&M-Mars - M&M's Coconut - Limited Edition candy package - 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

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M&M-Mars - M&M's Coconut - candy package - 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

And here’s the full Australian package:<\/p>\n

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Australia - M&M-Mars - M&M's Coconut - 200g candy package - 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

Two other M&M’s packs came in the care package.\u00a0 One for M&M’s Crispy, which have been discontinued here for a few years, and another for M&M’s Almond, which are new to the Australian market.\u00a0 The packaging for the Almond flavor presents an X-Ray scenario similar to the United States’ M&M’s Pretzel flavor packages.<\/p>\n

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Australia - M&M-Mars - M&M's Almond - NEW- 160g candy package - 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Australia - M&M-Mars - M&M's Crispy - 160g candy package - 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

So a bit of fun from the other side of the globe for today.\u00a0 I’ll leave it to you to decide just what Australia’s Miss Green was covering up with her coconuts…<\/p>\n

[Special thanks to my pal Elli from Australia!]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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