The M&Ms Store at Disney Springs: A Tantalizing Sweet Interactive Experience
What happens when you take one of the most popular candies in the world and transport it to the happiest place on Earth? You get a uniquely immersive, interactive experience that will leave your sweet tooth craving for more!
Newly opened in January of this year, the M&Ms Store at Disney Springs is a one-of-a-kind shopping adventure complete with exclusive Disney-themed merchandise, customizable M&Ms candies, a giant chocolate wall, and life-size M&Ms waiting to photobomb your next selfie. With only seven locations in the entire world, M&Ms Stores are already highly sought-after destinations for chocolate lovers. What makes this one so special is how it combines the magic of Disney with the sweetness of M&Ms.
If you’re a fan of Mickey Mouse and possess a fondness for chocolate, then you’ll definitely want to add the M&Ms Store to your to-do list for your next visit to the world! (Disney World, that is.)
M&Ms Store Meets Mickey Mouse
Located on the west side of Disney Springs, next to Splitsville Luxury Lanes, the M&Ms Store is your one-stop-shop for Disney-inspired M&Ms goodies, gifts, and souvenirs. With everything from Disney-themed M&Ms candies to blankets, mugs, water bottles, beach towels, and apparel for adults and kids alike, you are sure to find a creative and unique keepsake.
While you’re there, you’ll definitely want to check out the candy dispensers, which include collectible containers featuring the famous M&Ms characters, Red and Yellow, riding roller coasters from Disney’s theme parks. There’s even an interactive tablet that you can slide around to see how each of the dispensers work. For the chef in the family, be sure to also look at the exclusive Disney-themed oven mitts, aprons, and kitchen towels, which showcase a mix of the M&Ms logo alongside those infamous Mickey Mouse ears.
Of course, there’s also a large selection of traditional M&M apparel, home goods, and souvenirs. You can find a variety of keychains, magnets, tote bags, pens and pencils, notepads, shot glasses – there are even M&M-themed golf balls! (Fore! Splat!! Oh… so sorry, guess I didn’t see you there? umm…that looks kind of bad!) For those who love M&Ms characters, you can pick out character-specific merchandise and apparel. Are you a fan of Green? Grab a graphic t-shirt that says, “You may call me Queen Bee.” Or maybe Red is your favorite? If so, make sure to pick up a pillow featuring a large self-portrait of Red himself.
A Chocolate Lover’s Paradise
For our candy lovers out there, paradise awaits! Covering the entire back wall of the M&Ms Store, you can find a giant chocolate display featuring every kind of M&Ms candy imaginable, alongside some new, one-of-a-kind additions. In each tube of candy, which runs the full height of the wall, you’ll find a different flavor in a different color. This rainbow display features typical M&M flavors, such as milk chocolate, peanut, peanut butter, crispy, almond, etc… Still, there are some special flavors mixed in, like white chocolate cheesecake, coffee nut, and of course, Mickey and Minnie Mouse mixes.
There are actually quite a few different mixes that you can choose from, sorted by colors and still others by theme. There’s the Mermaid Mix, which is an assortment of blue, purple, and pink M&Ms, or the Ocean Mix featuring shades of blue, green, and white, as well as the Color Blast Mix, which includes a wide variety of different colored M&Ms candies.
The greatest part about all of this is that you can pick and choose, mix and match whichever ones you like! ( Talk about a sweet choice!!) You simply start by selecting your preferred size container (small, medium, or large) and then fill it up as you please. Grab a little bit of each or fill your container up with the same flavor or color – it’s all up to you!
If you’d rather purchase a curated gift set, there are also Stack’M Gift Boxes. These candy sets come with three stackable containers. You can pick and choose between 8 different containers, each featuring a different color and a different mix of M&Ms.
Make Your Own M&MS
As if the chocolate wall wasn’t reason enough to visit the M&Ms Store, M&Ms and Disney have taken it a step further by providing customers the option to create their own customizable M&Ms candies. Using a large tablet kiosk, you can select the images and text you would like to appear on your M&Ms.
You can choose up to four different designs to include in your candy bag. These designs may consist of short messages or photos, which can be uploaded from your smartphone or taken in-store at the M&Ms photo booth. You also have the option to select from an array of preloaded icons featuring M&Ms logos, Disney parks, Disney Princesses, Sports, and so much more.
Once you’ve selected the images and text that you would like to feature on your M&Ms candies, you will then get to choose your packaging. Options for packaging include M&Ms Stack’M gift boxes, gift jars, heart boxes, occasion bottles (which look just like wine bottles), and your more traditional bulk bags and cups. From there, you can get to select the colors of your M&Ms. There are 26 different colors and mixes to choose from, providing you with everything you need to mix up the perfect bag or wine bottle of M&Ms!
Once you’ve confirmed all of your choices, the kiosk will provide you with a personalized card listing your selections. You give this card to a staff member and then step back and wait while your creations are made. Your personalized candies will come shooting down a yellow tube, where a staff member will package them up and hand them off for you to enjoy! The big question is, will you share them or will you enjoy them all by yourself?!
Coming Soon: M&Ms Mirror
The M&Ms Store has one more unique and interactive activity on the way. The M&Ms Mirror, which will be available for customer use soon, uses state-of-the-art technology to provide guests the opportunity to become an M&Ms candy! Look in the mirror and see yourself pictured back as one of the famous M&Ms characters. Make funny faces and watch as the M&Ms candy mimics your every move. Record yourself in the mirror, and then share the laughter and fun by uploading your video to social media for all your family and friends to see!
With the addition of the M&Ms Store at Disney Springs, Disney World has certainly become a much sweeter place! Their interactive, hands-on experiences provide the exciting opportunity to get involved in the magic of the candy-making process. In contrast, their exclusive merchandise provides unique, one-of-a-kind Disney-inspired keepsakes that can’t be found anywhere else in the world. Whether you are looking for that perfect Disney-themed souvenir or want to grab a bag of M&Ms, you are sure to find what you are looking for and a whole lot more at the M&Ms Store at Disney Springs!
Would you like to visit the M&Ms Store at Disney Springs? Would you like to customize your own M&Ms? If so, what would you want to put on your own M&Ms candies? Let us know in the comments below!
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