Dum Dums are habits, you often stick to a few and avoid the others at all costs. You can’t judge a book by its cover, and definitely not by the Dum Dums they pull out of my bag. Yet, everyone has their preferences, everyone has their flavors, and no two people are ever the same. The front left pocket of my backpack helps me spread smiles to anyone I encounter. Dum Dums don’t just power me, but power those around me. One has been with me since Freshman year of high school and the other is used to cut stuff. Then there are the 3 Mystery Mania flavors currently part of a sweepstakes ending 12/31.Two things I always keep on me: a knife and a stash of Dum Dums. To say nothing of the filled Chewy Dum Dums test-marketed over the past few years…only the Shrek versions are still available on from the website…in Double Melon, Sour Apple Caramel, Lime Lemon, Mint Fudge, and “Ogre”…described as “Parfait on the outside, Sweet Ear Wax on the inside”…lovely. In the Pop Vote ’08 promotion, the above 2 flavors won and were added…the 6 below didn’t…but then, they were available flavors, so perhaps belong on the list…Orange Cream (attempting a comeback), Cool Lime, Luscious Lemon, Raspberry Cream, Chocolate Caramel, and Cinnamon Roll.
Happy Hallowe’en, you little monster!ģ2 flavors in the “Official” lineup…16 current, 16 retired. Most of these flavors are normal, like Cherry, Lime, or Raspberry. Made in Akron, Ohio, Dum Dums are a type of sucker that comes in a variety of different flavors. Dum Dums Mystery Flavor Banana (19601966, 20052008) Banana Split (20092011) Black Cherry (19681970) Blue Raspberry (1995Present) Blueberry (2010. Left below, a wrapper from the early 1980s…”Mixed Flavors” certainly substantiates that story…compared to a current Mystery Flavor wrapper… yes, they used to be bigger! But the change in name suggests there may be something to Theory 2…”mixed” wouldn’t be appropriate for unwrapped pops, but “mystery” would…comes to that, if they flat ran out of one flavor wrapper, “mystery” could be used, nez pah? Anecdotally, some Boomers report being told as kids that the Mystery Flavor pops were formed from broken pieces and solidified drippings swept off the factory floor…ha ha.īut then, what the heck are “Dummys”? Perhaps the predecessor of Mystery Flavor? If I knew, I’d tell you…I don’t. Dum Dums 'mystery flavor' is a combination of the end of one batch of candy and the start of another. Someone purporting to work for Spangler left this message at Uncle Wiki’s Dum Dum discussion page, and he confirms Theory #1… According to the company’s website, The Mystery Flavor is a secret. As a kid, I was a big fan of the Mystery Flavor TM Dum Dums lollipop. But as to your specific question…In October of last year, I posed and answered the question in an article in Fourth Coast Entertainment…yup, I’ve really been passing out Dum Dums for over 30 years…and still the kids come back… For Ohio’s Spangler Candy Company, the manufacturers of Dum Dums lollipops since 1953, the answer seems to be inefficiency, or perhaps a simple aversion to cleaning. On their website there’s a continuing vote for “future” flavors…below are some of the suggestions over the years…others included Cranberry, French Toast, Strawberry Cheesecake, Caramel Popcorn, and Chocolate Cookie Dough…what? no Pomegranate? Give it time, bro…Ĭurrently, Bacon (!!) is leading the voting, with a write-in Pizza a distant 2nd…sweet. Buttered Popcorn was one of the strangest, but it did sort of taste like what it was, if a bit burnt. By happy coincidence, there are also 16 “retired” flavors, as outlined below. Today they say they have 16+1 flavors, that “1” being the Mystery Flavor. The Mystery Flavor Mystery While we order a half million Dum Dums a year, we’re only a very small part of Spangler Candy’s total revenue. The lineup remained at 10, 11 or 12 flavors for the next 50 years, with only around a dozen revisions and substitutions in all that time. They promptly added Root Beer…then Strawberry in 1954 and Chocolate in 1955. The 'Mystery Flavor' is the result of the end of one batch mixing with the next batch, rather than stopping production to clean machines in between flavors. Bahr gave them that name with the idea it would be easy for kids to say and remember…Dada, wawa, Dum Dum…get it? Spangler bought the brand in 1953, inheriting 7 flavors: Lemon, Lime, Orange, Coconut-Pineapple, Cherry, Grape, and Butterscotch. Dum Dums are now made in 16 flavors, with new flavors rotating into the mix every so often. Dum Dum pops were conceived in 1924 by the Akron Candy Co., Bellevue Ohio. Dear Big Dummy: So what’s the Dum Dum Pops “Mystery Flavor” anyway? …from Lolly, in Parkerhouse Roll City, PAĭear Lolly, you sucker: Unlike so many knucklehead companies today, Spangler keeps pretty good records of their flavor history… see it all here.
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