4035. M & M Yellow

Age: Unknown but he's in touch with his inner child

Weight: around average... for a peanut with milk chocolate padding.

Likes: Pretty ladies with fluffy things.

Bestfriend: Red because he seems to know a lot

Best attribute: sees the good in everything

Appearance: Plump, yellow and all smiles

Shortcomings: nice guys finish last

3823. Lisa Lilac

M&M's (named after the surnames of Forrest Mars, Sr., & Bruce Murrie of Hershey's) are dragée-like "colorful button-shaped candies" produced by Mars, Incorporated. The candy shells, each of which has the letter "m" printed in lower case on one side, surround a variety of fillings, including milk chocolate, dark chocolate, crisped rice, mint chocolate, peanuts, almonds, orange chocolate, coconut, pretzel, wild cherry, and peanut butter. M&M's originated in the United States in 1941, and are now sold in over 100 countries. They are produced in different colors, some of which have changed over the years.

Forrest Mars, Sr., the founder of the Mars Company, got the idea for the confection in the 1930s during the Spanish Civil War when he saw soldiers eating chocolate pellets with a hard shell of tempered chocolate surrounding the inside, preventing the candies from melting. Mars received a patent for his own process on March 3, 1941. Production began in 1941 in a factory located at 285 Badger Avenue in Clinton Hill, Newark, New Jersey. One M was for Forrest E. Mars Sr., and one for Bruce Murrie, the son of Hershey's Chocolate president William F. R. Murrie. Murrie had 20 percent interest in the product. The arrangement allowed the candies to be made with Hershey chocolate which had control of the rationed chocolate. When operations were started, the hard-coated chocolates were made in five colors: red, yellow, brown, green, and violet. They were served in a cardboard tube (similar to Smarties).
The practicality of the candies during World War II caused an increase in production and its factory moved to bigger quarters at 200 North 12th Street in Newark, New Jersey where they remained until 1958 when it moved to a bigger factory at Hackettstown, New Jersey. During the war, the candies were exclusively sold to the military.
1998

3066. M and M Purple

M&M's (named after the surnames of Forrest Mars, Sr., & Bruce Murrie of Hershey's) are dragée-like "colorful button-shaped candies" produced by Mars, Incorporated. The candy shells, each of which has the letter "m" printed in lower case on one side, surround a variety of fillings, including milk chocolate, dark chocolate, crisped rice, mint chocolate, peanuts, almonds, orange chocolate, coconut, pretzel, wild cherry, and peanut butter. M&M's originated in the United States in 1941, and are now sold in over 100 countries. They are produced in different colors, some of which have changed over the years.

In 2000, "Plain" M&M's (a name introduced in 1954 when Peanut M&M's were introduced) were renamed "Milk Chocolate" M&M's, and pictures of the candy pieces were added to the traditional brown and white packaging.
In July 2001, Dulce de Leche M&M's were introduced in five markets with large Hispanic populations: Los Angeles, CA, San Diego, CA, Miami, FL, Mcallen-Brownsville, TX, and San Antonio, TX. The flavor never became popular with the Hispanic community, who preferred existing M&M's flavors, and it was discontinued in most areas by early 2003. The flavor was widely panned for containing 36 grams of fat per serving.
In 2002, Mars solicited votes in their first ever "M&M's Global Color Vote" to add a new color from three choices: aqua (turquoise), pink, and purple. This time, purple won and was featured for a limited time.

2053. Blue

2044. Yellow Peanut

2012. M & M Green

The good folks at Mars Inc., makers of a plethora of chocolate confections including the ever-popular M&Ms, have apparently decided the old adage "Sex sells" applies to candy, too. After 30 years of mostly ignoring the inexplicable urban legend to the effect that green M&Ms have aphrodisiacal powers, the company has rolled out new magazine and TV ads unabashedly exploiting the candy's sexy reputation. In addition to the ads, which feature teasers like "What is it about the green ones?" and "You'll melt in my hands," specially-marked packages will contain green M&Ms stamped with the sultry, trademarked face of the candy's animated spokesmodel.

2001. M & M Orange Peanut

Peanut M&M's were introduced in 1954, but were only made in the tan color. Red candies were reintroduced later and later on the the orange colored Peanut M&Ms.

6. Redbert Einstein

Last December 28 of 2010, my brother arrived from Kuwait for a holiday vacation here with the family. Of course if you joined in with the "fetching in the airport committee" which I did, you get to go to the Duty Free stores after. Men, I was really ogling at the new and rare products in Duty Free. One such find is the M&M's  Redbert Einstein which I think is a genius of a character. He may not be Nobel Prize winner in Physics or regarded as the Father of Modern Physics but he certainly knows the equation  E(Energy) = eating lots of M&M chocolates. And he is the only M&M character that can do Albert Einstein impressions  so uncannily. Wouldn't you agree Mr Einstein?




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5. Orange

I got this Orange character of M&M when my  brother arrived from the States in 2002 if I am not mistaken. I just love going to the airport and fetching the Balikbayans because you get to go to Duty Free after. This particular toy is just a freebie when you buy two big bags of M&M products.
Orange is basically the newest character of M&M. he has the habit of looking both ways repeatedly even when he's not crossing the street. His hidden talent is the ability to spot a hungry person in the room. No wonder he's always looking over his shoulders.




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