Milk Duds
It's from 1928, before you were born.
- Maker
- The Hershey Company
- Type
- Caramel & chocolate candy
- Debuted
- 1928
- Note
- a movie-theater classic
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About
As of 2026, it's 98 years old.
Milk Duds are caramel and chocolate that have collectively decided to test your dental work. Famously, gloriously chewy, a single box can outlast an entire feature film — which is convenient, because the movie theater is their natural habitat.
The name is an act of admirable honesty: the candy makers couldn't get them perfectly round, gave up, and branded the lumpy result as 'duds.' Self-deprecation, in 1928, as a business model.
Sweet, sticky, and slightly defiant, Milk Duds are the rare candy that comes with an unspoken warning to chew responsibly.
Milk Duds through the years
Introduced
Chewy caramel covered in chocolate, named for their imperfect shape.
A movie-theater classic
The chewy box becomes a concession-stand fixture.
