We found and tried "Hershey-ets", seasonal in a candy cane shaped container.
Looked like M's but not as tasty to me. However, these are the safest and cheapest way to have this type of candy around. We cannot afford to keep Skippers around either money-wise or calorie-wise. I called Hershey's and told them there is a big market for this type of product if they could make it pnut and treenut free and offer it year round.
I emailed Mars about M&Ms and they just emailed back saying I should call (during business hours).
I'll post back when I've had a chance.
We purchased these as well at our local Target. They look just like M&Ms. I've only seen them this year at Christmas.
Hershey's used to make an M&M-like product: It was candy-coated but in the shape of a kiss. They were called Kissables. I don't believe they make them anymore. We enjoyed them for a couple of years but then they changed the formulation to include shea butter, and we stopped eating them.
CM and Jessica, we picked up those candy-coated Cadbury balls/BBs too. As Jessica said, they're like smaller versions of Cadbury Mini Eggs. BTW, my local Wegman's already had a display of the teeny bags of Mini Eggs out on New Year's Eve.