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1847
The Cadbury Brothers (John and Benjamin) form a partnership. John Cadbury's earlier experiments with roasting and grinding cocoa beans have resulted in sweetened chocolate powder, cocoa powder, and eating chocolate which he has been selling in France.

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1849
Domingo Ghirardelli moved from Latin America to San Francisco, and initially made his living selling supplies to miners with gold rush fever. But he had seen cacao growing in Guatemala, and was soon inspired to start a chocolate factory.

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1866
Cadbury's Cocoa Essence becomes the first pure cocoa to be sold in Britain. Richard and George Cadbury perfect a method of completely removing all traces of cocoa butter for the first time.

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1875
Milk chocolate is invented in Vevey, Switzerland when sweetened condensed milk and chocolate are mixed together by the Nestle Company.

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1893
36 year-old Milton Snavely Hershey goes to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. There he sees chocolate manufacturing machinery demonstrated. He purchases his own equipment, and begins experimenting with it in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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1894
The Hershey Chocolate Company is founded by Milton Hershey. He already has a caramel business, and considers this new venture only a sideline.

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1900
Milton Hershey sells his caramel company in favor of focusing on his chocolate manufacturing plant. This year the first milk chocolate "Hershey Bars" were produced.

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1903
13 miles from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in a small town called Derry Church, Milton Hershey builds a chocolate factory. He also builds homes to house his workers, as well as a street railway to make the connections needed to get his product out to the consumers. "Chocolate Avenue" and "Cocoa Avenue" are two new streets in the little town, which will soon be re-named Hershey, Pennsylvania.

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1920
The Good Humor bar is created by Harry Burt in Youngstown, Ohio.

The Baby Ruth is created by the Curtiss Candy Company of Chicago. It was named after President Cleveland's daughter.

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1921
Peter Paul Company makes the Mounds bar from a formula created by a chemist, George Shamlian.

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1923
The Butterfinger is introduced, the creation of the Curtiss Candy Company of Chicago. As a publicity stunt, Otto Schnering, the creator of the candy bar, drops Butterfingers and Baby Ruths from airplanes over 40 cities, pushing the popularity of both treats to new heights.

Frank C. Mars develops the Milky Way candy bar in Minneapolis/St. Paul. In one year, sales of the new candy go from $72,800 to $792,000.

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1925
The New York Cocoa Exchange is created by merchants, importers and brokers.

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1930
Mars, Inc. creates the Snickers bar.

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1932
Mars, Inc. introduces the 3 Musketeers bar. It sells for a nickel.

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1940
A candy-coated chocolate is created especially for the United States military forces by Forrest Mars and Bruce Murrie at Mars, Inc. Their initials lead to the name "M & M".

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