Timeline
- 1926: Sean le Noble from Hoffman and Company, Chicago, tries to manufacture a perfectly round, chocolate-covered caramel candy, but when its machines turn out confections that are less than round, an employee calls them "duds".
- 1928: Holloway takes over the original manufacturer of Milk Duds chocolate covered caramels from F. Hoffman & Company of Chicago.
- 1960: Holloway sells F. Hoffman & Company to Beatrice Foods.
- 1986: Leaf purchases the Milk Duds business.
- 1992: Production of Milk Duds candy is moved to Leaf Candy Company's Robinson, Illinois, plant.
- 1996: Leaf's North American confectionery operation is acquired by Hershey Foods Corporation of Hershey, Pennsylvania.
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