# How exactly DO they get the little M's onto M&Ms?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-do-they-get-the-little-ms-onto-m-ms/98863>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 18, 2002, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-do-they-get-the-little-ms-onto-m-ms/98863 "2002-03-18T12:42:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Palve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Palve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palve)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-do-they-get-the-little-ms-onto-m-ms/98863/1 "2002-03-18T12:42:23Z")

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This question suddenly came to mind, and I thought I’d throw it out to the Doper community. Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-do-they-get-the-little-ms-onto-m-ms/98863/2 "2002-03-18T12:55:33Z")

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[How do they get the M’s on M&M’s?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_112.html) (not revealed by an archive search for M&Ms, I just knew I’d seen it)