When your sweet tooth demands both the rich taste of dark chocolate and the cool, fresh flavor of peppermint, there's no need to choose reach for junior mints, America's favorite chocolate covered creamy mint since its introduction in 1949. Named after a popular Broadway show of the time, junior miss, the pure chocolate covered candy has been both a movie theater and at-home entertainment favorite. It even played an integral role in a classic Seinfeld episode storyline (a Junior Mint was dropped into the abdominal cavity of a surgery patient who later miraculously recovered).