[2][3] In 1921, Russell Stover and his partner at the time, Eskimo Pie inventor Iowa schoolteacher Christian Kent Nelson, created a chocolate-dipped ice cream sandwich.

soon began to release similar chocolate-dipped ice cream products, Russell Stover was nearly forced out of business.

In 1923, Russell and Clara created a new company from their home, Mrs. Stover's Bungalow Candies, which packaged and sold boxed chocolates.

[8] Integrating Russell Stover Chocolates into Lindt group resulted in a structural reorganization of the company; this included tripling its marketing team and shifting focus away from seasonal products.

[13] The company was among those that participated in a July 2020 virtual job fair hosted by the Kansas public workforce program, designed to allow jobseekers impacted by the COVID pandemic to find employment while still practicing social distancing measures.