what company was skittles made by?
- Skittles are small chewy candies in a package of original fruit flavors which are grape, green apple, lemon, orange and strawberry. Taste the rainbow of fruit flavors! Skittles History. Skittles were first made commercially in 1974 by a British company. They were then introduced in North America in 1979 as an import confectionery. Finally in 1982, domestic production of Skittles began in the United States. Today they are made by Wrigley.