Skittles are a type of sugar candy printed with the letter "S". They were created in 1974 by the Wrigley Company in England.
Background
Skittles came to America in 1979. The Skittles' slogan "taste the rainbow" came from New York by a company called D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles.
Description
Skittles is a type of chewy fruit-flavored candy. They have a hard outside with a chewy inside and an "s" on one side. Skittles come in many flavors. The original flavors were lime, lemon, grape, orange, and cherry.
Timeline
1974- Skittles are first made by company in Britain
1979- Skittles came to America
1989- New flavors: Tropical skittles and Wild Berry Skittles
2000- New flavor: sour skittles
2004- Skittles launches its first bubble gum
2005- New flavor: Skittles smoothie mix
2006- Skittles launches X-treme fruit skittles gum (first limited edition variety) 2009- New flavor:Skittles crazy cores 2010-New flavor: Skittles Fizzl'd Fruits™ 2012- New flavor: Riddles 2013- New flavor: Dark side skittles 2014- New flavor: Skittles desserts 2015- New flavor: Orchards