Let's Celebrate M&M'S Day!

Due to its yummy chocolate taste and timeless tagline since 1954, "It melts in your mouth, not in your hands," everyone's favorite candy might just be M&M'S.

Do you have a favorite flavor of M&M'S? Milk chocolate, caramel, peanut butter, dark chocolate, almond, or pretzel? Do you have a favorite color? Have you ever been to a M&M'S World store? They're located in New York City (Times Square), Mall of America (Minnesota), Disney Springs (Florida), Las Vegas (Nevada), Berlin (Germany), London (United Kingdom), and two in China (Shanghai and Disneytown Shanghai). And do you have any M&M'S memorabilia, such as apparel, mugs, or figurines?

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According to the chocolate candy's website, "We believe in championing the power of fun to bring people together. We know that fun doesn't happen in a vacuum; it is meant to be shared, and no one brings more fun together than M&M'S. We've always been a fun brand, and we love bringing fans together, making people laugh and helping everyone be their true selves. We believe in the power of fun and shared laughter and look forward to continuing to create colorful experiences for our consumers that bring people together."

Let's take a walk back through M&M'S colorful history:

1941: Forrest E. Mars, Sr., established M&M'S Limited in Newark, New Jersey, and M&M'S Plain Chocolate Candies were introduced. During World War II, M&M'S were exclusively sold to the U.S. military.

1950: M&M'S had become so popular that an ingenious solution for consumers to distinguish the real M&M'S from inferior imitators was to stamp each candy with the now famous "m."

1954: M&M'S Peanut Chocolate Candies were introduced, and the color used to print the "m" on M&M'S Plain and Peanut Chocolate Candies was changed from black to white.

1981: Mars became the first candy in space when M&M'S Chocolate Candies were chosen by the first space shuttle astronauts to be included in their food supply. 

1984: M&M'S Plain and Peanut Chocolate Candies became the "Official Snack Foods of the Olympic Games" in Los Angeles.

During the 1980's: M&M'S Candies went global, expanding into Asia Pacific, Australia, Europe, and Russia.

2000: M&M'S Chocolate Candies became "The Official Candy of the New Millennium" because MM was the Roman numeral for 2000. 

2004: M&M'S Chocolate launched "My M&M'S," the new online service for consumers to design their own customized message on M&M'S Chocolate Candies. 

2008: M&M'S Chocolate launched "Faces" so customers could upload personal images to their personalized candies.

2022: M&M'S launched SPOKESCANDIES and announced a new global brand platform celebrating the power of fun.

2022: The M&M'S crew got even more colorful with the launch of the first new character in over a decade, Purple. "With keen self-awareness, authenticity, and confidence, Purple reminds us to celebrate what makes us unique and to embrace our authentic selves."

Do you know all the colors? Here's a list of the colors with quotes from their website:

RED: "I instinctively know I have great instincts."

YELLOW: "My favorite thing about today is everything."

ORANGE: "I find your lack of concern extremely concerning."

PURPLE: "Flawless? How about flaw more!"

GREEN: "I'm too busy shining to throw shade."

BROWN: "Not bossy. Just the boss."

BLUE: "I woke up like this."

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Image Credit: Mars, Inc./M&M'S.