# Who made and sold the first candy bar nationwide?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking, baseball-mlb\
**Created:** [December 25, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-made-and-sold-the-first-candy-bar-nationwide/995127 "2023-12-25T18:47:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-made-and-sold-the-first-candy-bar-nationwide/995127/21 "2023-12-27T20:52:57Z")

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And I learned from Wikipedia that the Murrie of M&M fame was the son of the president of Hershey.

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