Chocolate giant will trade green M&M character’s stilettos for sneakers and end her rivalry with brown M&M in order to reflect ‘a more dynamic, progressive world’

  • The changes, which will take effect immediately, gives the characters a more modern look to emphasize each character’s ‘personalities’ 
  • The biggest changes appear to be to the two explicitly female M&Ms, the green and brown ones 
  • Mars, the maker of the candies, has been criticized in the past for making the green M&M ‘too sexy’ and a possible flirtation with the brown M&M 
  • The solution appears to be the green M&M losing her stiletto boots in favor of sneakers and the brown M&M wearing slightly lower heels than before
  • Mars wants the green M&M to be ‘better represented to reflect confidence and empowerment, as a strong female, and known for much more than her boots’
  • The red M&M – who has vacillated between leader and bully toward the other M&Ms – will be adjusted to be more kind to his fellow charactersÂ