M&M's
M&M's is one of the world's most iconic candy brands, first created in 1941 by Forrest Mars Sr. and Bruce Murrie, whose surnames provide the M&M initials. The candy was inspired by a method soldiers used during the Spanish Civil War to carry chocolate without it melting, leading to the development of the candy-coated chocolate pellet. Originally produced for the U.S. military during World War II, M&M's became available to the public after the war and quickly rose to become one of America's fa...