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A new purple M&M has joined the bag! "Purple" is the chocolate candy's first-ever female peanut M&M and its newest character for the first time in a decade, the brand announced Wednesday, Sept. 28.

M&M’s has a new "spokescandy" and she’s joining the brand’s iconic cast of characters. The new character – whose name is Purple – resembles a peanut M&M candy piece and she was designed to represent ...

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Sept. 29 (UPI) --A new character is joining the lineup of M&M's mascots to mark the addition of purple candies to the bags of color-coated chocolate. Mars Inc., which portrays different colored M&Ms ...

For the first time in 10 years, the M&M’s cast of characters has a new member. M&M’s announced today that Purple, who is female and includes a peanut, will join the colorful cast of character candies.

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When you grab a regular bag of M&M's, the colors will remain the same: red, orange, green, blue, yellow, and brown. But for the brand's advertising campaigns, there's a new color on the block: Purple.