| 1923 | Clara and Russell Stover begin making candy in the kitchen of their Denver bungalow home. The company, initially employing seven employees, is first known as Mrs. Stover's Bungalow Candies |
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| 1924 | The Stovers operate five stores in Denver and stores in Kansas City, Lincoln, Omaha and St. Louis. |
| 1928 | The Stovers find their business is expanding rapidly and open their first factory in Kansas City, Missouri. |
| 1932 | All company operations relocate to Kansas City. |
| 1934 | The Stovers open a drive-in store, ice cream parlor and ice cream factory in Kansas City. |
| 1943 | The company name is officially changed to Russell Stover Candies. Russell Stover heads the Committee for the National Confectioners Association in Washington D.C. |
| 1954 | Russell Stover dies at the age of 66 on May 11th. |
| 1960 | Louis Ward, a box maker who has been supplying packaging materials to Russell Stover Candies, purchases controlling interest in the company. At this time the company is publicly traded. |
| 1975 | Clara Stover dies at the age of 93. |
| 1981 | Russell Stover Candies again becomes a privately owned company. |
| 1993 | Tom and Scott Ward are named co-presidents of Russell Stover Candies. Russell Stover Candies acquires Whitman's Candies. |
| 1994 | It is a box of Russell Stover chocolates that leads Forrest Gump to quote his mother..."My mama always said, life was like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get." |
| 1996 | Louis Ward dies at the age of 76 on February 10th. |
| 1998 | Russell Stover Candies launches a line of sugar-free chocolates and quickly becomes the leading producer of sugar-free candies in America. |
| 2002 | Russell Stover Candies was awarded six Gold Taste Awards by the prestigious American Culinary Institute. The awards recognized Russell Stover as having America's best-tasting toffee, chocolate covered cherries, fudge, truffles, nut bars and sugar-free chocolates. |
| 2003 | Russell Stover Candies launches a Net Carb line of "reduced carb" chocolates to meet the needs of consumers leading low carb lifestyles. A Net Carb Whitman's Sampler® is also introduced. |
| 2004 | Two new product lines designed specifically for diabetic consumers are also added. Diabetix, by Russell Stover and Whitman's Sucratrol lines offer diabetic consumers great-tasting chocolates that are also fortified with chromium, zinc and magnesium. |
| 2005 | Whitman's Candies partners with Weight Watchers International to launch the Weight Watchers® by Whitman's® line of chocolate candies. each of these chocolate candies has a POINTS® value of 1 per piece and contains no trans fat. |
| 2008 | Russell Stover Candies celebrates their 85th anniversary |
| 2012 | Whitman's Sampler® celebrates its 100th anniversary |
| 2014 | Pangburn's® of Texas celebrates its 100th anniversary |
| 2014 | Lindt & Sprungli, manufacturer of premium quality chocolates worldwide, acquires Russell Stover Candies (and changes name to Russell Stover Chocolates) and Whitman's Candies. |
| 2019 | Launched popular Copper Chocolate Gift Box Collection |
| 2020 | Launched Sugar Free Baking Chips in two flavors |
| 2021 | Awarded Newsweek's American's Best Online Shop |
| 2021 | Launch Joy Bites - No sugar added chocolate candy collection |
| 2023 | Russell Stover Chocolates celebrates their 100th anniversary |
| 2023 | Russell Stover Chocolates earns GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® title for the Largest Box of Chocolates, weighing in at 5,616 pounds. The gigantic Russell Stover novelty box measured 30 ft. 4.5 in. wide x 15 ft. 5 in. tall |
| 2024 | To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Forrest Gump movie, Russell Stover Chocolates released a special edition 9.4 oz. gift box of chocolates, replicating the iconic box used by Tom Hanks in the film. |
| 2025 | Russell Stover Chocolates reimagined indulgence with the debut of its newest innovation: Russell Stover Dubai Style Chocolate |