I can't help but ask....why in the world did you have 10 pounds of M&M's laying around?
My mom bought all candy like that. Wait until the day after a holiday and it was 75% off then buy a ton of it.
"Wait to buy candy". An interesting concept but I don't think it can actually be done.
Things men have made with wakened hands, and put soft life into
Are awake through years with transferred touch and go on glowing
For long years.
And for this reason some old things are lovely
Warm still with the life of forgotten men who made them.