1936 founders bill and bob boyer headquarters altoona pennsylvania usa products chocolate products website website mallo cups their most well known product a split mallo cup boyer brothers inc. is a candy company located in altoona pennsylvania . the factory is located in the downtown district . history edit boyer brothers inc. was founded by brothers bill and bob boyer in 1936 . during the years of the great depression the brothers started a chocolate business within their own kitchen to supplement their family s income . although the business was started up by the two brothers the entire family provided a helping hand . their sister emily and their mother did the wrapping as bill was making the candy . bob would then go door to door selling the candy . they initially began with homemade fudge and nut raisin clusters but started to offer more varieties as the demand for their candy became more popular . after those early forays into the candy business boyer became notable in the late 1940s for mallo cups a cup shaped candy consisting of a whipped marshmallow creme center covered with chocolate . the company was acquired by american maize products a company that specializes in the manufacturing of corn . in june 1984 american maize sold the company to anthony forgione a new york entrepreneur and founder of consolidated brands . the company still operates from its original plant located in altoona pennsylvania . later the company expanded its line to include smoothies a peanut butter center covered with butterscotch confection and peanut butter cups a peanut butter center covered with chocolate . the company also produced other short lived cup candies such as fluffernutter a mixture of marshmallow and peanut butter covered in chocolate . the boyer candies factory in altoona pennsylvania play money program the play money program is a program that gives the consumers a coin printed on the cardboard package insert ranging from five cents to one dollar in each candy bar . the coins are used by consumers to redeem free candy and or prizes from boyer s catalog . this program is currently still in effect today . the play money program was implemented due to the increasing demands for the cup candy . prizes include t shirts hats cups free candy or even a 2.00 rebate . mallo cup varieties mallo cup originals also offered in a giant 4 pack size mallo cup fun bites mallo cup 8 pack mallo cup 6 pack dark chocolate mallo cup interesting facts over 2 000 000 cups were made in the boyer plant located in altoona pennsylvania every day . the largest amount of play money redeemed by one single customer was in 2006 by a man from uniontown ohio for 353.00 . references edit this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message external links edit official website boyer history v t e city of 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