president, William F. R. Murrie, who had a 20 percent share in the product. The arrangement allowed the candies to be made with Hershey chocolate, as at the time, Hershey had control of the rationed chocolate in USA. Production of the confection began in 1941 in a factory located at 285 Badger Avenue in Clinton Hill, Newark, New Jersey.

Nestlé archives note that George Harris of Rowntree did not attempt