The M & M guys and gal Sweet milk chocolate drops in a colorful, crunchy shell. Ubiquitous and delightful, M & M's candy has been part of American life for nearly 70 years. We all know they're the chocolate that "melts in your mouth, not in your hands", but how did M & M's become such an essential American treat? In the 1930's, Forrest Mars, Sr. got the idea for M & M's by seeing Spanish Civil War soldiers eating chocolate pellets that had a hard shell covering the inside so the candies would not melt. In 1941 production for M & M's began in a factory located in Newark, New Jersey. One M stands for Forrest Mars and the other M stands for William Murrie, the president of Hershey's Chocolate. Murrie had 20 percent interest in the production of M & M's. When Operations were started, the chocolates were made in five colors: yellow, brown, green, red, and violet. They were originally served in a c
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