I'm serious. I've been asking people since elementary school.
2007-06-20 18:43:55 · 16 answers · asked by hating the imprints & the girl 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
The letter "m" on each candy is a vegetable dye printed using a process similar to offset printing. Blank M&Ms are run through the printing press on a special conveyor belt with rows of dimples on it--indentations, actually--to hold the little guys in place.
2007-06-20 18:49:32 · answer #1 · answered by Jennifer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They have a tray made out of a rubber sheet with dimples that the m&ms fit in and the pour the m&ms onto that tray and run em through a machine that stamps the m&m onto them many at a time. That special tray is what keeps em from breaking.
2007-06-20 18:50:57 · answer #2 · answered by mes210 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Okay, if you want the long answer, get the book called "Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? And Other Imponderables". As a short answer, they print it on as part of the candy coating... I think.
2007-06-21 06:45:15 · answer #3 · answered by redwallmaxmms 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The exact method & design of the machine that stamps the m's on M & M's are trade secrets of Mars, the company that makes M & M's.
Source: "Emperors of Chocolate" by Joel Glenn Brenner
2007-06-20 19:26:02 · answer #4 · answered by Treadstone 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Most likely an automated machine that stamps the M on there.
2007-06-20 18:46:07 · answer #5 · answered by Shaggy 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
If you want the real answer I can't help you but maybe there is very little people that write them on the m&m's with there little tiny markers... lmao
2007-06-20 18:47:16 · answer #6 · answered by spfldchris 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
each one is stamped on gently they show this in one of thoes discovery specials i am not sure if it is a food show or the how it is made show. try the m&m website.
2007-06-20 18:47:35 · answer #7 · answered by xx_muggles_xx 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its a stamp with white food coloring that acts like an ink, they put all the m&m through a machine that stamps them and they come out with the m
2007-06-20 19:29:12 · answer #8 · answered by Sabrina Z 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
A fine tipped printer.
2007-06-20 18:46:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
They have this printing thingy but they use candy stuff instead of ink.
2007-06-20 18:47:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋