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**Tweet Thread**Welcome to my laboratory! I wondered which had more chocolate: a plain M&M or a peanut M&M. I created a PopScience
experiment to find out....This thread follows my experiment.
It started with this tweet question. My hypothesis was that the amount of chocolate was the same for plain and peanut M&Ms.
Was I right? Dr. Migs decided to find out. https://twitter.com/OminousHallways/status/1283453693573173249?s=19
Was I right? Dr. Migs decided to find out. https://twitter.com/OminousHallways/status/1283453693573173249?s=19
I discussed ideas with my kids who know a lot about science & statistics. They mocked my idea & threw out concepts like "confidence intervals" and "differential masses of dyes" and "you cannot eat the components of the experiment." Apparently the last one is rule no. 1 of a lab.
Undeterred (and unsupported), I proceeded to develop my experiment. I started with 12 plain and 12 peanut M&Ms. Two of each color. Very scientific!!
The first step was to remove the shells. To do this, I placed the plain M&Ms in a Pyrex "beaker" and added water.
The dyes came off quickly!!
[Blue was stubborn.]
![The dyes came off quickly!! [Blue was stubborn.]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EfeVfw0XsAAZTKu.jpg "The dyes came off quickly!! [Blue was stubborn.]")
[Blue was stubborn.]
As the shells dissolve, the "m" from each candy floats to the top. Appetizing!!
Voila! I had the chocolate center!
The same process was completed with the peanut M&Ms.
Isn't it so lovely???
The chocolate dried overnight to add to the amazing scientific precision of my PopScience experiment!
experiment!
I had a kitchen scale and made a lab report sheet to take my precise measurements!!
My fist setback happened. The scale was not sensitive enough to measure one M&M. 
Plan B was to measure all 12 plain M&Ms together. More efficient anyway. Suck it universe, a win for Dr. Migs.
Same for peanut M&Ms.
I then removed the chocolate from the peanuts using a patented method I cannot reveal. Mmmmm 
Then I measured the weight of the peanuts....
Now it was pure math.
The 12 plain M&M cores had 0.30 ounces of chocolate by weight.
The 12 shell-less peanut M&Ms weighed 0.80 ounces and the peanuts weighed 0.30 ounces. Subtracting the weight of the peanuts, that meant 0.50 ounces of chocolate.
Soo......
The 12 plain M&M cores had 0.30 ounces of chocolate by weight.
The 12 shell-less peanut M&Ms weighed 0.80 ounces and the peanuts weighed 0.30 ounces. Subtracting the weight of the peanuts, that meant 0.50 ounces of chocolate.
Soo......
Peanut M&Ms have more chocolate than plan M&Ms!! 67% more!!
My measurements were not the most precise, but since it wasn't close, Dr. Migs feels confident. My hypothesis was WRONG!
My measurements were not the most precise, but since it wasn't close, Dr. Migs feels confident. My hypothesis was WRONG!
Thank you for reading!
* Note that 24 M&Ms were harmed in the conduct of this experiment, but it was in the advancement of human knowledge.
* Note that 24 M&Ms were harmed in the conduct of this experiment, but it was in the advancement of human knowledge.
