On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:32:41 +0000, PeterL wrote:

> David Harmon > wrote in
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>> On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 19:48:57 +0000 (UTC) in rec.food.cooking, PeterL
>> > wrote,
>>>Seems you can use them, it's just an unknown quantity as to the end
>>>result......
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>> Tried it. Did not get the result I wanted. The m&ms partly dissolved,
>> leaving streaks of candy color here and there, which did not look very
>> nice. The chocolate centers ended up inside the cupcakes. However,
>> they were still edible, so no materials were wasted in the experiment.
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> Maybe if you crush them up first, then sprinkle them on??

I don't think that would work. They tend to "splinter" rather than crush.