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Sean le Noble
1926: Sean le Noble from Hoffman and Company, Chicago, tries to manufacture a perfectly round, chocolate-covered caramel candy, but when its machines turn out confections that are less than round, an employee calls them "duds". -
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Milk Duds
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Take over
1928: Holloway takes over the original manufacturer of Milk Duds chocolate covered caramels from F. Hoffman & Company of Chicago. -
sell
1960: Holloway sells F. Hoffman & Company to Beatrice Foods. -
purchased
1986: Leaf purchases the Milk Duds business. -
Moved
1992: Production of Milk Duds candy is moved to Leaf Candy Company's Robinson, Illinois, plant. -
operation
1996: Leaf's North American confectionery operation is acquired by Hershey Foods Corporation of Hershey, Pennsylvania. -
change
The Hershey Company, in 2008, changed the ingredients of some of its products, in order to replace the relatively expensive cocoa butter with cheaper oil substitutes. -
Today
They are still made today for halloween for sure.