M&M's stands for Mars and Murrie, the last names of the two men who created the candy: Forrest Mars Sr. and Bruce Murrie. Forrest Mars Sr. teamed up with Murrie, the son of a Hershey Chocolate executive, to create the melt-proof chocolate in the 1940s.
But, let's look at it this way. What if they decided to name the chocolates F&B's after their first names instead of their last names? Would they still be popular today? Or was it the good taste and the catchy M&M's name?
Then there are the colors. The original colors of M&Ms in 1941 were red, yellow, green, brown, and violet. Violet was discontinued and replaced with tan around 1949.
1941: Red, yellow, green, brown, and violet.
1949: Violet was replaced by tan.
1976: Red was temporarily discontinued due to concerns over the red dye #2 (which M&M's never actually used) and was replaced by orange.
1987: Red was brought back.
1995: Tan was replaced by blue after a public vote.
And nowadays you can get M&M's in pretty much any color, with personalized photos on them or names/sayings on them.
So the question is this? Would you still eat M&M's if named something else?
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