Who made Skittles?

Skittles is a brand of fruit-flavoured sweets, currently produced and marketed by the Wrigley Company, a division of Mars, Inc. Skittles consist of hard sugar shells imprinted with the letter "S". read more

Neither answer is satisfactory since Skittles “were first made commercially in 1974 by a European company.” It wasn’t until 1979 that Mars Inc, became involved with the rainbow flavored candy when they began importing it into the United States. The candy does not have American origins. read more

This is where Skittles catch phrase comes from: "taste the rainbow." Mr. Skittle began to experiment with a myriad of different flavored candies in order to taste the rainbow. Finally he decided on one formula which would be the Skittle we all know and love today. read more