M&M’s Store on Times Square

The M&M’s Store on Times Square can’t be missed. This huge store has M&M’s in all different colours and a wide range of different flavours, filled with milk chocolate, dark chocolate, crispy rice, mint chocolate, peanuts, almonds, orange chocolate, coconut, pretzel, wild cherry, cinnamon, raspberry or peanut butter. There is a reason why these small treats are so popular! M&M’s have been around since 1941 in the United States and one of the largest M&M’s stores is located in the heart of New York, on Times Square.

Eric's Index

1 Shopping at the M&M’s Store in New York
- 1.1 Personalise your M&M’s
2 History of M&M’s
- 2.1 Practical Information
3 FAQ

Shopping at the M&M’s Store in New York

The M&M’s Store in New York is located in the heart of Times Square. It’s the perfect place for all chocolate lovers! With nearly 25,000 feet and three floors, it offers a large variety of M&M’s products. Not only M&M’s chocolate but also products such as kitchenware, jewellery, bath products and much more.

Personalise your M&M’s

Another nice feature in the store is the personal printer. This allows M&M’s lovers to choose from a wide range of images or to create their own text and print it on the M&M’s chocolates within minutes.

Visitors can get a print of “Big Apple”, “I Love NY”, the Statue of Liberty, New York Giants, New York Jets, New York Yankees, New York Mets logo and many others.

Eric’s Tip: “Beware when filling up your bag of M&M’s. It might seem like you don’t have a lot, but wait until you see the price on the cash register! They have a great selection of M&M’s, but they are a little pricey.”

History of M&M’s

M&M’s were invented by Forrest Mars, Sr. in the ’30s when he saw soldiers during the Spanish Civil War eat chocolate pellets (the chocolate was wrapped in a hard shell so that it did not begin to melt). Mr Mars received a patent for his idea in March 1941 and began immediately with the production in New Jersey. The company was originally founded at that time as M&M’s Limited.

M&M’s are made of chocolate from Hershey’s Chocolate. The two-letter “M’s” stand for the name Mr Mars himself and Bruce Murrie, son of William F.R. Murrie, the owner of the Hershey’s Company.

M&M’s with peanut butter was introduced in 1954. Then, however, it was only covered in chocolate brown. All other colours and flavours of the M&Ms came much later. When the peanut butter M&M’s became successful along with the slogan ‘Melts in your mouth, not in your hand’, M&M’s started to produce chocolate in the colours red, yellow, and green.

Practical Information

Location: 1600 Broadway, on the corner of Broadway and 48th Street
How to get there: There are several subway stations nearby. The closest is 49th St, which you can reach with the N R and W trains.
Accessibility: The store is wheelchair accessible./li>

In addition to the M&M’s Store, there are many more toy stores in New York to visit.

FAQ

The big M&M’s Store at Times Square has three floors full of M&M’s and M&M’s souvenirs.

Of course, you can shop for as many flavours and colours of M&M’s as you like! You’ll also find plenty of souvenirs and memorabilia, including mugs, t-shirts, and more. And as the cherry on top, you can even personalise your own M&M’s.

Yes, you can enter the M&M’s Store for free, there’s no entrance fee.

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