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'''M&M's''' is the brand name of a color-varied sugar-coated, [[dragée]] [[chocolate]] [[confectionery]] made by the [[Wrigley Company|Mars Wrigley Confectionery]] division of [[Mars Inc.]] that was founded as M&M Limited in 1941. The confection consists of a candy shell surrounding a filling that determines the specific type or variety. Each piece has the letter "m" printed in [[lower case]] in white on one side. They are produced in different colors, some of which have changed over the years.
The original confection of this brand had a [[semi-sweet chocolate]] filling that upon introduction of other varieties, was branded as the "plain, normal" variety. The first alternate variety to be introduced was the Peanut M&M in 1954. It featured a peanut coated in milk chocolate and finally, coated with a candy shell.
In 1941, the confection came into production in the United States.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JbOsI9RG8fYC&q=peanut+m&pg=PA84|title=Peanuts: The Illustrious History of the Goober Pea|last=Smith|first=Andrew F.|date=2002|publisher=[[University of Illinois Press]]|isbn=9780252025532|language=en}}</ref> Since 2003, the confections have been sold in more than 100 countries.<ref name="usat03"/> The candy-coated chocolate confection was created by [[Forrest Mars Sr.]], likely inspired from [[Smarties]] confection that he may have encountered during the [[Spanish Civil War]] (1936–1939).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/forrest-mars-mms-late-1930s/|title=Forrest Mars. M&Ms. Late 1930s|website=MoMA.org}}</ref> A sugar coating made it possible to carry chocolate in warm climates [[Melting point of chocolate|without it melting]] and that characteristic eventually prompted his company's longest-lasting marketing slogan that became, "the milk chocolate that melts in your mouth, not in your hand".
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