Fact: Mangos are valued for their reputation as an aphrodisiac in countries such as Guatemala and India.
Soldiers in WWII helped solidify the popularity of a new candy. In their ration packs, they got paper tubes of button-shaped chocolate candies, coated with a sugar shell. It made them convenient to carry, handy for quick munching, and the heat of their hands didn't melt the chocolate. They were snacking on M&Ms, first produced in 1941.
Originally just a plain chocolate center, with a non-flavored candy sugar and corn syrup outer shell, M&Ms came in a rainbow of colors: red, yellow, green, brown, orange and violet. The only shifts in the rainbow, would be replacing violet with tan in 1949, and then replacing tan with blue, in 1995.
The milk chocolate centers are formed in a special machine, and then "tumbled" to achieve the smooth, rounded shape. The centers then go into another machine for "panning", a process whereby the candies are placed in pans that rotate while being constantly covered in the liquid outer coating. The constant movement eventually results in a smooth, even shell.
The finishing touch is their trademark name: M&M, which is stamped on each candy with a machine designed not to crack the delicate shell. The letters stand for Forrest E. Mars, the candymaker, and his associate Bruce Murrie.
Soldiers in WWII helped solidify the popularity of a new candy. In their ration packs, they got paper tubes of button-shaped chocolate candies, coated with a sugar shell. It made them convenient to carry, handy for quick munching, and the heat of their hands didn't melt the chocolate. They were snacking on M&Ms, first produced in 1941.
Originally just a plain chocolate center, with a non-flavored candy sugar and corn syrup outer shell, M&Ms came in a rainbow of colors: red, yellow, green, brown, orange and violet. The only shifts in the rainbow, would be replacing violet with tan in 1949, and then replacing tan with blue, in 1995.
The milk chocolate centers are formed in a special machine, and then "tumbled" to achieve the smooth, rounded shape. The centers then go into another machine for "panning", a process whereby the candies are placed in pans that rotate while being constantly covered in the liquid outer coating. The constant movement eventually results in a smooth, even shell.
The finishing touch is their trademark name: M&M, which is stamped on each candy with a machine designed not to crack the delicate shell. The letters stand for Forrest E. Mars, the candymaker, and his associate Bruce Murrie.
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