He said, "Yeah, I learned from this experiment that I don’t actually like Skittles, which is probably good, so a lot of Skittles were bagged and handed off to relatives." To learn from this experiment that he doesnt like them, that means he must have started out eating them. But yes, he didn't eat them all (thank goodness for his teeth!)
Anyone do the math on this?
The cheapest 36 packs of 2.17oz bags I can find on Amazon are $20.99[1], which would cost $272.87 (plus tax?) for the 13 boxes used in the study.