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Milk Duds

Brand of caramel and cocoa confectionery

Field	Value
name	Milk Duds
logo	Milk duds logo.png
logo_size	200
image	2019-11-01 10 25 02 Milk Duds in the Dulles section of Sterling, Loudoun County, Virginia.jpg
image_size	200
caption	Milk Duds
type	Candy
currentowner	Highlander Partners / Iconic IP Interests
producedby	The Hershey Company
previousowners	{{plain list
* Leaf International<ref name	":0"
ambassador	M. J. Holloway & Co.
origin	United States
introduced
markets	Worldwide
tagline	Chocolatey, Caramely, and Rich with Milk
Chewy. Not Gooey.
website

F. Hoffman & Co.
Milton J. Holloway
Beatrice Foods
Leaf International Chewy. Not Gooey.

Milk Duds are a brand of candies made with chocolate, created in 1928 by Hoffman and Company of Chicago and now produced and marketed by The Hershey Company, under license from owners of the Highlander Partners, a Dallas-based global private equity firm.

The candy, sold in a golden-yellow theatre-style box, is an irregularly shaped caramel disk with a confectionery chocolate coating of cocoa and vegetable oil.

At its original naming, according to Hershey, "milk" referred to the product's initial milk ingredient, and "dud" referred to failed attempts to create a spherical shape.

History

In 1928, Hoffman and Company of Chicago tried to manufacture a spherical, chocolate-covered caramel candy. Because they were unsuccessful in achieving the spherical shape, the candies were called "duds". This inspired the candy's name, "Milk Duds". In the same year, Holloway took over Hoffman and Company and the production of Milk Duds.

In 1960 Holloway sold Hoffman and Co. to Beatrice Foods.

In 1986, Leaf purchased the Milk Duds business. In 1992, production of Milk Duds candy was moved to Leaf Candy Company's Robinson, Illinois plant.

In 1996, Leaf's North American confectionery operation was acquired by Hershey Foods Corporation of Hershey, Pennsylvania.

In 2018, Huhtamäki Oyj, a Finland-based food and beverage packaging company, sold ownership of Milk Duds to Highlander Partners, who licenses the candy to Hershey.

In 2022, Milk Duds launched a web-based marketing campaign where the official website became a small overlay to view different social media sites in the main area.

Ingredients

In 2008, the Hershey Company eliminated the recipe's relatively expensive cocoa butter, substituting cheaper oils in order to retain its then current price. There is also no milk in the new recipe, having been replaced with VersiLac (a dairy solids solution) in order to be more profitable.

Hershey's changed the description of the product and altered the packaging slightly, along with the ingredients. According to United States Food and Drug Administration food labeling laws, a chocolate-flavored coating that does not contain cocoa butter can not legally be described as milk chocolate and are instead described as "chocolate candy," as having "chocolate coating" or as "candy made with chocolate and caramel."

2024 ingredients :Corn Syrup

:Sugar

:Vegetable Oil (one or more of the following)

:::Shea Oil :::Sunflower Oil :::Palm Kernel Oil :::Safflower Oil :Dextrose :Nonfat Milk :Reduced Protein Whey :Chocolate :Contains 2% or Less of: :::Brown sugar :::Mono and Diglycerides :::Whey :::Baking Soda :::Confectioner’s Glaze :::Salt :::Tapioca Dextrin :::Lecithin :::Vanillin (artificial flavoring) ## References ## References 1. (April 30, 2018). ["Highlander Buys Big Candy Portfolio"](https://peprofessional.com/2018/04/highlander-buys-big-candy-portfolio/). 2. (2010-11-14). ["HERSHEY'S {{!}} Milk Duds Candy"](https://www.thehersheycompany.com/brands/milk-duds/candy.aspx). *Hershey's*. 3. ["MILK DUDS Candy"](https://www.hersheys.com/en_us/our-brands/milk-duds.html). *Hershey's*. 4. ["MILK DUDS Chewy Caramels {{!}} Chocolate and Caramel Candy"](https://www.hersheys.com/en_us/our-brands/milk-duds.html). *Hershey's*. 5. ["Official MILK DUDS Twitter"](https://twitter.com/MilkDudsUS). 6. Levy, Marc. (11 October 2008). ["Aggressive Mars breathes down Hershey's neck in US"](http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/economy/2008-10-11-3684973405_x.htm). *USA Today*. 7. Coffey, Laura T.. (September 19, 2008). ["Chocoholics sour on new Hershey's formula"](http://www.today.com/id/26788143). *Today*. ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_Duds) and is available under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the [article history page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_Duds?action=history). ::

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