M&M’s dropped bittersweet news on Monday, announcing that the "beloved spokescandies" are too polarizing and that the cartoon chocolates ... brown and purple candy-coated chocolates.

The candy brand announced that Maya Rudolph would replace its promotional cartoon characters ... after Mars Wrigley introduced a new purple M&M to the roster, and the others got a new look.

M&M's spokescandies — the cartoon versions of the candies that ... "But now we get it — even a candy's shoes can be polarizing." In response to the tweet announcing the pause, Skittles tweeted ...