Nickel-sized candies, commonly assumed by science to be the
pupa of the elusive
Peppermint Patty. Their skins are fragile and their insides
gooey and not-yet matured.
Slaughtered en masse and packaged by the Tootsie Roll corporation (yes, that's their actual name), the mastication of the Junior Mint has become a common ritual in American movie theatres.