A new purple M&M has joined the bag! "Purple" is the chocolate candy's first-ever female peanut M&M and its newest character for the first time in a decade, the brand announced Wednesday, Sept. 28.

While Purple is a new character, over the years M&M’s candy fans have hoped to find the color purple in a bag of the fan-favorite little chocolates.

M&M’s is introducing a new character for the first time in a decade, but you probably won’t see the new hue in your next bag of regular peanut M&M’s. Joining the iconic M&M’s crew is a new ...