
As the green-colored M&M, Ms. Green, is billed as having star quality and a fabulous, flirty demeanor, the green room included eye-popping wallpaper, framed pictures of the character's fake magazine covers, and a green vanity with green makeup.
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Inspired by the personality of the original M&M's "Spokescandy," the red room featured nostalgic touches including a Hardman, Peck & Company piano.
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The blue room was meant to resemble a bachelor pad and featured contemporary artwork, a ping-pong table, and neon signage of the candy brand's tagline that served as a photo op for guests.
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Introduced in 1999 during a Super Bowl commercial, the orange M&M's backstory revolves around his popularity amongst fans and his fear of being eaten. The orange room was designed as a comfortable hideout bunker, complete with a map of M&M's World locations.
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As the brown M&M is known for her smarts—her backstory involves getting a business degree from an Ivy League school—the brown room was designed as a classy study with dark wood and low lighting.
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One of the more popular spaces was the yellow room, which had a ball pit and an animated photo booth provided by Shake and Share Media.
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Part of the anniversary campaign asks customers to vote for the next permanent flavor of peanut M&M's. Guests were able to sample the three candidates—honey nut, chili nut, and coffee nut—and numerous colors at a custom candy machine.
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The event featured cocktails inspired by the different M&M's colors.
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Patina assumed catering duties for the Recording Academy’s massive “Grammy Celebration,” the official after-party for the Grammy awards in Los Angeles in February. At the Candy Land-inspired event, the caterer’s dessert station offered sweets like blue chocolate popcorn, Pop Rocks shooters, and liquid chocolate s’mores—plus cotton candy trees, where guests could pluck their treats right from the branches.
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At an in-office preview for its clients' wares during the holidays in 2015, Los Angeles-based PR agency BWR offered a metallic dessert bar decorated with the word “Joy” in marquee-style letters.
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Last year in Chicago, Restoration Hardware hosted an opening event with a dessert bar that consisted of vintage-style candies presented in apothecary jars and on glass cake plates.
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To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Sterling Engagements hosted a party in Los Angeles in 2015, where vast catering options throughout the residential venue included a milk-and-cookies dessert bar.
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In 2013, the New York City Opera staged the United States premiere of the opera Anna Nicole. The dessert table got a boudoir-inspired look, with a menu was written on mirrors in lipstick. Candy overflowed from jewelry boxes and glass jars, and Lucite displays offered pink cotton candy presented in paper cones.
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The Meridian International Center celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2010 with its annual black-tie Meridian Ball in Washington. There, the dessert table had black-and-white trompe l'oeil look. It included candelabras, arrangements of monochromatic roses, and—of course—copious desserts.
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Guests noshed on freshly sliced prosciutto, along with crostini with poularde mousse, egg, and pearl onion, at Italienne's station.
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