I'm not talking about anything important, anything that really matters in the world. Although a world without fun is, well, it's just a job. A job without natural lights, a chair that kills your ass and back, cube mates who emit funny aromas, a boss who leaves you twitching like an epileptic rabbit by Friday afternoon, and pays you just enough to fall behind on your phone bill each month. So, yes, this is not as important as a cure to cancer, but it's something I like a lot.

Kissables. New mini Hershey kisses coated in candy, a la M&Ms. Only a lot more fun. For one thing, you get just a bit more chocolate with Kissables than you do with M&Ms. "More chocolate" is, by definition, a good thing. (How many hearts leap in joy at the sound of the words "less chocolate"?) Kissables are, of course, nothing more than milk chocolate chips (and here's hoping a semi-sweet version is soon to follow, for those of us who love sweet & dark chocolate). Coating chocolate chips with candy was an idea that, frankly, I'm suprised took Hershey so long to get onto market. Perhaps they spent the past forty sitting around the R&D meeting room wondering how they hell they hadn't invented M&Ms.

They got this part really right, though: Kissables' colors are more vibrant than M&Ms. Maybe it's because the Kissables are that little bit bigger. Maybe it's how Hershey does the coating. I don't know. But they shine and glisten and just look great. Now this may sound weird, but they remind of some of my kids' best toys when they were little, like Brio trains and other wooden toys painted rich primary colors. Or maybe it's because no two Kissables are alike, their little peaked tops wavering and teetering idiosyncratically; every M&M is the same damn size and shape.

Problems: Too many yellows and only 2 greens in my initial pack. I mean, how am I to properly do Univ of Oregon colors when yellows outnumber greens 10-1? There were no oranges; not sure if this is good or bad. Another problem: the bottoms are rounded. They need to be flatter so they are easy to stand in rows. It is essential that colored candies be sortable and easy to arrange in rows, circles and other pleasing shapes. Kissables tend toward uber-Weebliness. You remember: Weebles wobble but they don't fall down. But Kissables do fall down, a minor irritant, less bothersome than the color diversity. But at least there are no browns or tans. Chocolate chips are browns. Kissables are rainbow drops of color!

M&Ms have become anthropomorphized in the past few years. It's disturbing (to the point that M&Ms commercials have even played on that). Kissables are just candy. They are not a tradition, they are not a fluffy toy, they are not clothing or plastic advertising shit disguised as collectibles. They are just bright, colorful and yummy candy. They are fun, and that's half of what candy is about: fun.

I can't wait to mix Kissables and M&Ms in a big candy bowl for my next party. It's sure to be the highlight of the social season.