M&M's are color-varied sugar-coated dragée chocolate confectionery, each of which has the letter "m" printed in lower case in white on one side, consisting of a candy shell surrounding a filling which varies depending upon the variety of M&M's. The original candy has a semi-sweet chocolate filling which, upon introduction of other variations, was branded as the "plain, normal" variety. Peanut M&M's, which feature a peanut coated in milk chocolate, and finally a candy shell, were the first variation to be introduced, and they remain a regular variety. Numerous other variations have been introduced, some of which are regular widespread varieties while others are limited in duration or geographic availability. M&M's are the flagship product of the Mars Wrigley Confectionery division of Mars, Incorporated.
M&M's
Peanut M&M's have a different shape.
Milk Chocolate M&M's were introduced in 1941.
Orange M&M's chocolate candy in cross-section with millimeter ruler for scale. Shows layers of hard-panned coating.
A dragée, is a bite-sized confectionery with a hard outer shell.
A form of dragée: Jordan almonds
Another form of dragée: "Liebesperlen" sweets (love pearls)
Spinner (turbine) used to apply sugar to the candies
A chocolate cake decorated with icing, strawberries, and silver metallic dragées