M&M/MARS claimed trademark infringement, in part because the characters on The Green Ones' packages were quite similar to the trademarked M&M cartoon figures, and as part of a settlement Ms. Jaffe ...

M&M’S is making a statement with its latest candy pack, which features an all-female set of characters — including Purple, its newest addition. It put the company once again knee-deep into ...

Over the past year, M&M’s has been the subject of Fox News tirades and criticism from a small segment of fans — first for changing the Green M&M’s footwear and more recently featuring female ...

The green M&M, for instance, started sporting sneakers instead of the high-heeled go-go boots she had worn since the spokescandies debuted in the 1990s. The brown M&M, meanwhile, switched to heels ...

He was absolutely enraged that the Green M&M was being made less sexy. “M&Ms will not be satisfied until every last cartoon character is deeply unappealing and totally androgynous,” he continued.

The purple, brown and green M&Ms, the only colors represented by female spokescandies, are offered together in a limited-edition candy pack that the company touts as supporting women, ...

The M&M Controversy Recently, the green M&M underwent a minor makeover — the “spokescandy” ditched their thigh-high heels and replaced them with sneakers.

Last year, M&Ms unveiled new looks for some of their talking candies. The Green M&M got sneakers instead of heels, and the Brown M&M replaced her stilettos for block heels.

When Mars redesigned its M&M characters in January, Green's transformation stood out – she no longer had her original white heeled go-go boots, but instead "cool, laid-back sneakers to reflect ...