On a trip to Spain during the Civil War in the 1930s, Forrest Mars Sr. son of the founder of the Mars Company Frank C. Mars, encountered soldiers who were eating pellets of chocolate that were encased in a hard sugary coating to prevent them from melting. Inspired by this idea, Mr. Mars went back to his kitchen and came up with the recipe for M&M's.
Mars received a patent for his own manufacturing process on March 3, 1941. At first they were sold exclusively to the military as an easily-transported way of providing the troops with chocolate on the battlefield which didn't melt easily. After the war, many troops were hooked on the candy and in 1946, M&M's became available for civilians.
M&M's were first sold to the public packaged in cardboard tubes. In 1948, the packaging was changed to the brown plastic pouch we know today.
M&M's chocolate stands for the initials for its inventors Mars and Bruce Murrie, son of Hershey Chocolate's president William F. R. Murrie, who had a 20 percent share in the product.
Peanut M&M's were introduced in 1954. Its creator was allergic to peanuts.
Rock group Van Halen included "a bowl of M&M candies, with absolutely all the brown ones removed" as an indicator whether the concert promoter had actually read the band's complicated contract. It served as a quick check to ensure safety of all equipment.
On Airforce One, commemorative packs of red, white, and blue-colored M&M's are given to guests in lieu of cigarette boxes. This was due to Nancy Reagan's request to ban smoking on Airforce One in 1988.
Blue M&Ms didn't exist until 1995, when a poll was held to replace the tan shade of M&M that was deemed redundant in addition to the brown M&M. Of pink, blue, and purple, blue won.
Two years after The Scream was stolen in 2004 in Norway, M&Ms created an advertising campaign offering 2 million dark chocolate M&Ms for the one who returned the famous painting. Just days after the campaign, the painting was found by the Norwegian Police. The Oslo police's candy reward was donated to the city's Munch Museum.
Mars received a patent for his own manufacturing process on March 3, 1941. At first they were sold exclusively to the military as an easily-transported way of providing the troops with chocolate on the battlefield which didn't melt easily. After the war, many troops were hooked on the candy and in 1946, M&M's became available for civilians.
M&M's were first sold to the public packaged in cardboard tubes. In 1948, the packaging was changed to the brown plastic pouch we know today.
M&M's chocolate stands for the initials for its inventors Mars and Bruce Murrie, son of Hershey Chocolate's president William F. R. Murrie, who had a 20 percent share in the product.
Peanut M&M's were introduced in 1954. Its creator was allergic to peanuts.
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Rock group Van Halen included "a bowl of M&M candies, with absolutely all the brown ones removed" as an indicator whether the concert promoter had actually read the band's complicated contract. It served as a quick check to ensure safety of all equipment.
On Airforce One, commemorative packs of red, white, and blue-colored M&M's are given to guests in lieu of cigarette boxes. This was due to Nancy Reagan's request to ban smoking on Airforce One in 1988.
Blue M&Ms didn't exist until 1995, when a poll was held to replace the tan shade of M&M that was deemed redundant in addition to the brown M&M. Of pink, blue, and purple, blue won.
Two years after The Scream was stolen in 2004 in Norway, M&Ms created an advertising campaign offering 2 million dark chocolate M&Ms for the one who returned the famous painting. Just days after the campaign, the painting was found by the Norwegian Police. The Oslo police's candy reward was donated to the city's Munch Museum.
On September 26, 1996, astronaut Shannon Lucid returned to Earth on September 26, 1996 after six months on board the Russian Mir space station. During her mission, Shannon Lucid became known for her love of M&M's candies, and she mentioned this preference to President Bill Clinton during a satellite conversation they had while she was in space. As a result, President Clinton sent her a giftwrapped box of M&M's upon her return to Earth, as a gesture of appreciation and a nod to her cravings while in space.
Beekeepers in northeastern France noticed that their bees were producing honey in unnatural shades of green and blue. The reason turned out to be that the bees had been eating remnants of M&M candy shells from a nearby factory.
To burn off one plain M&M candy, you need to walk the full length of a football field.
Americans consume over 100 million M&M's every day.
Source Food For Thought by Ed Pearce
To burn off one plain M&M candy, you need to walk the full length of a football field.
Americans consume over 100 million M&M's every day.
Source Food For Thought by Ed Pearce
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