What does M&M stand for?

M&M’S have been around longer than most people on earth.

But at 80-years-old, what does M&M stand for? Find out here.

What does M&M stand for? 

Although many joked about the chocolate standing for 'Men and M'ladies' or 'Motor Mouth', it actually stands for Mars & Murrie.

The two ‘M’s in the name represent Forrest E. Mars sr - the founder of Mars - and Bruce Murrie, who was the son of Hershey Chocolate's president William F. R. Murrie.

After a fall-out with his father in 1932, Mars went to England to start manufacturing Mars bars.

During his time, he noticed volunteers eating small chocolate buttons with a hard sugar shell coating to prevent it from melting.

He began to get interested in the idea of developing a product which could be transported in high temperatures.

Mars approached Murrie with an idea for a new business venture, and lets just say the rest is history.

Who are the M&M characters?

Each M&M is associated with a different flavour.

Red

The Red M&M is milk either milk chocolate, dark chocolate peanut butter and crispy.

He is created with the IQ of a genius and physical prowess.

Yellow

Yellow has the flavour of peanut and dark chocolate peanut.

Yellow is one of the original colours since the chocolate was created.

Blue

Blue has the flavour of either almond, raspberry or dark chocolate.

Blue was created in 1995 after he was elected as the new M&M's colour.

Green

Green has the flavouring of either dark chocolate, dark chocolate mint or peanut butter.

Green is an anthropomorphic M&M created with natural beauty beyond description.

Orange 

Orange is the spokescandy for Pretzel M&Ms, Crispy M&Ms.

He is very paranoid, and is always scared or nervous due to the fact he always thinks that he will be eaten because he is delicious.

Brown 

Ms. Brown is one of the newest spokescandy.

Supposedly she is "the original milk chocolate", but according to the M&M website she has flavourings of fudge brownie.

Why was the green M&M changed?

The Green M&M has been given a makeover.

This involved her having to give up her iconic white go-go boots which were replaced by sensible white trainers.

Mars announced last week (January 20) that the chocolate M&M'S characters would be getting a global rebrand in order to make them more "representative of our consumer."

Speaking about the reasons behind the change, Anton Vincent, president of Mars Wrigley North America told CNN that the footwear is "a subtle cue, but it's a cue people really pick up on”.