M and Ms

[kirstie*c]

Can anyone remember what M and Ms used to be called please?

Thanks

[issie]

Not sure about this but.....are they the same as Treats. I remember you could get Peanut Treats which don't seem to be around anymore

[kirstie*c]

I think you're right - thanks very much!!

[T00N]

I used to prefer the Toffee treats...but they stopped making them when they turned into M & Ms, making them smarty ones insted

[lady_p_gold]

I think they were called Treets ....

[lady_p_gold]

Peanut M & M's are just the same as peanut Treets ...

[lady_p_gold]

See here :

That same year, the M&M's brand characters and the famous slogan "The milk chocolate melts in your mouth, not in your hand" were both trademarked. The candies were originally made in six colors: red, orange, yellow, green, brown, and tan. (Peanut candies were made in the same colors, except tan.) Red was eliminated from the mix in the 1970s because of health concerns about the red dyes. By 1986, safer red dyes had been developed, and the red candies were reintroduced. In the United Kingdom Peanut M&Ms were known as Treets until 1990. Additionally, Toffee Treets were also available for some time. The chocolate versions were not introduced until the brand became M&Ms. This was partly to do with the market dominance of the simlar candy Smarties which made competing under anything but a very high profile brand difficult, with the added risk of reducing sales of the exisitng Treets brand. In 1993, Mars ran a promotion in which consumers were invited to vote on which of blue, pink, or purple would be introduced. Blue was the winner, and was added in early 1994. The tan candies were eliminated at this time. Around the same time, novelty M&Ms were available in specialty stores, such as F.A.O. Schwarz, in 24 different colors