Milk Duds

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Milk Duds are a milk chocolate-covered caramel candy. They are currently manufactured by The Hershey Company.

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According to the manufacturer, the word "Milk" in the name refers to the large amount of milk in the product and the word "Duds" came about because the original aim of having a perfectly round piece was found to be impossible. [1]

  • 1928: Milton J. Holloway took over F. Hoffman & Company of Chicago, the original manufacturer of MILK DUDS chocolate covered caramels.
  • 1960: Holloway sold the business to Beatrice Foods.
  • 1986: Leaf purchased the business.
  • 1992: Production of MILK DUDS candy moved to Leaf's Robinson, Illinois, plant.
  • 1996: Hershey Foods Corporation acquired the Leaf North America confectionery operations from Huhtamaki Oy of Helsinki, Finland.

Corn syrup; milk chocolate (sugar; cocoa butter; chocolate; nonfat milk; milk fat; lactose; soy lecithin; salt; and vanillin, artificial flavor); sugar; partially hydrogenated soybean oil; nonfat milk; dextrose; brown sugar; contains 2% or less of; mono- and diglycerides; sodium bicarbonate; artificial flavors; salt; tapioca dextrin; resinous glaze; and soy lecithin.

Confectionery products of The Hershey Company
Chocolate-based
5th Avenue | Almond Joy | Bar None (discontinued) | Cherry Blossom | Fast Break | Glosette (Canada only) | Heath bar | Hershey bar | Hershey's Kiss | Hershey's Kissables | Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme | Hershey's Pops | Hershey's S'mores | Kit Kat (U.S. only) | Krackel | Milk Duds | Mounds | Mr. Goodbar | Oh Henry! (Canada only) | PayDay Chocolate (Limited Edition) | Rolo | Reese's Peanut Butter Cup | Reese's Pieces | ReeseSticks | Skor | Take 5 (Also known as Max 5) | Whoppers | York Peppermint Pattie
Non-Chocolate
Bubble Yum | Ice Breakers | Jolly Rancher | Koolerz | PayDay | ZAGNUT
Other
Good & Plenty | Snack Barz | Swoops | Twizzlers | Whatchamacallit | ZERO
Hershey also manufactures Cadbury-branded products in the U.S. and military chocolate for the U.S. armed forces
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