If you know me, then you are aware that I looooove peanut M&M’s. But I think I now love almond M&M’s even more! Mr. Basketmaker came home with a little surprise for me. Well, it turns out it wasn’t so little — a medium-sized bag of almond M&M’s. Yum!
He quickly adds “Don’t eat them all at once!” So I grabbed the bag, opened it up, put a few in my mouth, then lifted up the bag so I could see how many calories for one serving—out of curiosity of course.
There, right on the front, it clearly states it. I can afford 200 calories. No problem.
And there’s only 7 servings in this bag. Cool. I can estimate how many candies in a serving. So I told Mr. Basketmaker I would do a little test — eat what I think is one serving straight from the bag and then weigh the rest out and put them in little individual containers.
After I ate my “estimated serving” I turned over the bag and saw that one serving is a measly 1.5 ounces. Uh oh, I think I’m in trouble.
So I got out my scale, weighed all that was left and wound up with only 4 container/servings! Verdict: I ate a total of 3 servings x 220 equals 660 calories! Yikes!
So why are there only 3 containers? I ate one of them before taking this photo. I think candy companies should put a picture of the actual serving, like the photo I took below. It would really help us sugar-crazed folks who cannot judge how much ONE serving is! Honestly, who can really stop at this tiny amount when you have a whole bag staring at you?
I did notice that with the almond, there was a little more protein and a little less sugar, if thats any consolation. Almonds are good for you, right. It is hard to stick to portions, no matter what it is.
I bought M&M’s in bulk, and without a scale I was clueless as to what an oz or serving actually looked like. I think your idea of posting a serving size picture on the package is ABSOLUTELY GREAT. Like how some pills and capsules will have on their packages. Thanks for posting this!
You are very welcome! Thanks for reading!
Umm, could use this for almost everything! we eat more than we think. lol