Next year the Milky Way candy bar turns 100. Not the one in my cupboard, mind you, but Milky Way bars in general. So I’d like to share with you a use for Milky Way bars that inventor Frank C. Mars ...

One hundred years ago, in 1923, the first Milky Way bar was made and sold in Minneapolis. Within a year, sales reached $800,000 — the equivalent of more than $14 million in today’s dollars. Dreamstime ...

Surprise: Milky Way wasn't named after our home galaxy. Let's take a brief stroll down the etymological candy aisle and ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Frank Mars needed a breakthrough. The Minnesota candyman was having limited success with his Mar-O-Bar. The chocolate-coated whipped cream confection was too fragile to travel far and ...

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