lifestyle Facts about Halloween candy so sweet they’ll give you a sugar high (15 photos) By: Alex In: Facts, Food and Drink, Interesting, Lifestyle Oct 28, 2017 259 Liked! 21 Disliked 0 1 Milk Duds were intended to be a clean, symmetrical shape. When they came out of the machine looking like shapeless lumps of chocolate and caramel, an employee called them “duds.” The name stuck, much like the candies do to the roof of your mouth. Like this post? 259 Liked! 0