SWEETS

                                           M&M's

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
•  peanut butter

 M&M's originated in the United States in 1941 as a cheaper alternative to Smarties, and are now sold in over 100 countries. They are produced in different colors, some of which have changed over the years. The difference between the different colored M&Ms is the dye added to the outer coating.

Ever since the 1990's the Blue M&M campaign, M&M's introduced computer animated "spokescandies" in their television commercials.

• The cynical and sardonic "Red" (originally voiced by Jon Lovitz, thereafter Billy West), who is the mascot for milk chocolate M&M's
• The happy and gullible "Yellow" (originally John Goodman, thereafter J.K. Simmons), who is the mascot for peanut M&M's.
• The "cool one", Blue (originally Phil Hartman, thereafter Robb Pruitt) for almond
•  The seductive Green (Cree Summer) for peanut butter, mint, and dark chocolate (Green is the only female M&M's mascot)
• The slightly neurotic Orange (Eric Kirchberger) for other types of M&M's in general, who was initially not named after his color (for a time when he was introduced, he was known as Crispy due to his being a mascot for the Crispy M&M's, which debuted around the same time.)
• Although brown M&Ms have been around since the beginning of the candy, no brown M&M "spokescandy" was included.

SWEETS

Jelly beans

• Are a hard candy shell and have a gummy interior.
• The earliest known appearance of the jelly bean was during the American Civil War when William Schrafft of Boston promoted sending the candy to soldiers in the Union Army.
• It was not until 1930 that jelly beans became an easter candy, presumably from their resemblance to Easter eggs.