The candy was made in purple when M&Ms were launched in 1941, according to Teen Vogue, but it was replaced by tan eight years later. Customers can purchase bags of purple candy separately from the ...

The candymaker is unveiling Purple as its latest addition to the M&Ms cast of characters, but fans may be disappointed to find that she will not be coming to their candy packets.

A new purple M&M has joined the bag! "Purple" is the chocolate candy's first-ever female peanut M&M and its newest character for the first time in a decade, the brand announced Wednesday, Sept. 28.

In the Tablet Room, 1,000 tablets per minute are shot out of the pressing machine from two separate heads. “The six flavors in an original roll are made individually, round-the-clock, and dumped ...

Purple joins Red and Yellow, introduced in 1954, Blue, Green and Orange from 1998, and Brown, debuting in 2012. “Peanut-shaped” Purple is the third female in the line-up, joining Brown and ...

The new character – whose name is Purple – resembles a peanut M&M candy piece and she was designed to represent acceptance and inclusivity with "her earnest self-expression," according to a ...