I should say that I really like coconut.  Although I definitely prefer it in the form of, you know, actual coconut.  (Like Almond Joy and Mounds.)  As opposed to just coconut flavoring, which is what's inside Coconut M&Ms.  Don't get me wrong, it's a very strong and convincing coconut flavoring.  It's just a little unsettling, is what it is.

One thing the Coconut M&Ms definitely have going for them is their size.  These are weirdly large, nearly the size of Peanut M&Ms, although I didn't have any handy for comparison.  The larger size gives a better ratio between candy shell and chocolate interior.  I really like the texture - it's less crunchy like the regular sized M&Ms, and comes off a little more creamy.  (Were Dark Chocolate M&Ms this size?  I confess that now I cannot remember.)

Coconut M&Ms come in a limited palette of white, brown, and green.  Which if you ask me is trying a little too hard.  Who's going to associate green with coconuts?  I mean, aside from cartoon coconut trees, of course.  This color scheme is carried throughout the wrapper, although I must say that I do like the graphic effect of having a mostly-white wrapper.  

As long as we're talking about graphic effects, one weird thing that I noticed is that the M is stamped in an odd, grayish-green ink color.  This works great on the white candy, but it's less successful on the brown candy.  However, it's… yeah… on the green candy?  Not so visible.

Keep an eye out for the oddball ones, which are stamped with a tiny M and a palm tree.  Cute!

PRETZEL M&Ms
These are capitalizing on the craze for sweet and salty together.  And I suppose on the tendency of some snack mixes to mix together pretzels and M&Ms.  The first thing I noticed when I picked up the bag - before I had even opened it - was the scent of pretzel.  But when I opened the bag and sniffed, I mostly smelled M&Ms.  Can they have impregnated the outside of the bag with the scent of pretzel?  I wouldn't put it past them.  Even though it's an awful lot of trouble for something that sells for less than a dollar apiece.

Pretzel M&Ms are strikingly round.  Rounder even than Peanut M&Ms, which are sort of oval.  These are so round that they cause a major hazard when they bounce out of the package and go rolling across the desk.  I had to pick up several from the floor and throw them away.  I wasn't happy about this, because the colossal size of each Pretzel M&M means that each one counts!

Their roundness, and the hardness of the pretzel center, also made them exceptionally dangerous to slice in half for the picture.  

I'm "meh" on the flavor of these, but I absolutely love the texture.   It's like a Peanut or Almond M&M, but with even more snap to the crunch.  The round pretzel nugget takes up about 2/3rds the volume of each candy, so it's mostly pretzel with a little coating of M&M candy.  

I think salty/sweet fans will prefer something with a little more salty.  These are heavily weighted towards the sweet part of that equation.  But it's still an interesting variation on the old standard.