M&M’s are by now ubiquitous. If you visit any candy shop, supermarket or even a gas station store, chances are you would be able to buy a pack of M&M’s. These are small, round chocolate candies which have multi-coloured shell on the outside, with a tiny M printed on top.
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But how many of us actually know what its name stands for? Turns out, not too many!
As reported by The Sun, people are only just finding out what exactly the 'M&M' stands for after all these decades of the candy’s existence.
What does the M&M stand for?
According to The Sun, people have joked in the past that the M&M stands for 'Men and M'ladies' or 'Motor Mouth', but it actually has a far simpler explanation. It stands for Mars & Murrie.
The two names refer to Forrest E. Mars Sr who was the founder of the company Mars, and Bruce Murrie was the son of Hershey Chocolate's president William F. R. Murrie. They are the two important figures responsible for the creation of M&M’s in 1940.
The idea of M&M’s came about when Mars left for England to create Mars bars, and noticed people eating chocolate buttons with a hard shell to prevent it from melting. The idea stuck with him and so began the creation of M&M’s, which went on to be a huge success.
What does different M&M’s colour imply?
M&M’s come in a variety of colours and in fact, each colour attributes to a different taste. According to The Sun, the following are some of the different flavours associated with different M&M’s colours
- Red M&M’s are made of milk chocolate, dark chocolate peanut butter and crispy
- Yellow M&M’s are flavoured with peanut and dark chocolate peanut
- Blue M&M’s have almond, raspberry or dark chocolate taste
- and Green M&M’s taste of dark chocolate, dark chocolate mint or peanut butter
Sources used:
The Sun: ‘SWEET REVEAL People are only just discovering what M&M’s stands for after all these years’
The Sun:‘SWEET! What does M&M stand for?’
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