M&M's

Invention of M&m's

• Forrest Mars came up with the idea for M&M's in the 1930s
• He saw soldiers eating chocolate with a shell of tempered chocolate
• Mars received a patent for his own process on March 3, 1941

The first M&M's

• The first M&M's were milk chocolate
• They were introduced in 1941
• Original colors were brown, yellow, green, red, and violet

History of M&M's

• Production began in 1941 in a factory in New Jersey
• During World War II, M&M's were sold exclusively to the military
• In 1950, a black "M" was imprinted on the candies
• It was changed to white in 1954

Peanut M&M's

• Peanut M&M's were introduced in 1954
• First appeared only in the color tan
• When peanut M&M's made their debut, so did the tagline:
•  'Melts in your mouth, not in your hand.'
• In 1960, M&M's added the yellow, red, and green colors

History of M&M's cont.

• In the 1980s, M&M's were introduced internationally
• In 1986, M&M's launched HOLIDAYS Chocolate Candies
• Easter candies had bunny, chick, and egg symbols on pastel-colored shells
• Christmas candies had pine tree and candle symbols on red and green shells;

Introduction of Flavors

• In 1991, Peanut Butter M&M's were released
• In 1996, Mars introduced "M&M's Minis"
• In 1999, Crispy M&M's were released
• In 2010, Pretzel M&M's were released
• In 2013, the M&M's chocolate bar was re-released

Flavors of M&M's

• milk chocolate, dark chocolate, crisped rice, mint chocolate,
• peanuts, almonds, orange chocolate, coconut, pretzel, wild cherry,
• cinnamon, raspberry, birthday cake, pumpkin spice, candy corn,
• cherry cordial, strawberried peanut butter, peppermint, gingerbread,
• peanut butter, red velvet, carrot cake, dark chocolate peanut

Sources

• M&M's From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%26M%27s