Russell Stover Candies threaten to sue some kids over the use of the word "sampler"

Elise Macmillan was 11 years old when she co-founded her Denver-based company, the Chocolate Farm, in 1998. Her brother, Evan, was 13.

In 1999, the siblings received an Entrepreneur of the Year Award from accounting giant Ernst & Young. This year, they've received something else: a cease-and-desist demand from Kansas City, Mo.-based Russell Stover Candies.

The corporate confectionery, which owns Whitman's Candies, wants the Macmillans to stop using the word "sampler." On their website, www.thechocolatefarm.com, the siblings sell a "Chocolate Farm Sampler," which includes three-quarters of a pound of candy and a recipe book.

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