Dum Dum Candy

Dum-Dums are Yum-Yums

When it comes to inexpensive candy in bulk that everyone loves, you can't beat Dum-Dums. These lollipops are favorites for Halloween treats, party favors and on the counter of businesses for their youngest customers. We sell bulk quantities of Dum-Dums at a low price you won't find anywhere else.

Simply put, if you need some inexpensive candy and you need a lot of it, buying Dum-Dums from us is Smart-Smart!

The "Bank Candy"

Dum-Dums are often known as "Bank Candy" because they're so often found at bank counters. These sweet lollipops aren't there by happenstance - the company that makes Dum-Dums has a marketing effort specific to banks and credit unions.

The History of Dum-Dums

These small lollipop favorites have been around since 1924. They were invented by Akron Candy Co. and originally had seven flavors:

1. Butterscotch
2. Lemon
3. Coconut-Pineapple
4. Orange
5. Lime
6. Grape
7. Cherry

It wasn't long before Root Beer was added as a flavor. By 2005 there were 16 flavors in "circulation" for Dum-Dums. The roster of flavors frequently changes, and in recent years the company has allowed fans on social media to dictate the flavors being retired and released.

Akron Candy Co. continued to flourish despite the Great Depression (just like we did!). In fact, the year Oriental Trading began was the same year Dum-Dums flaunted a shipment of 1 million Dum-Dums to a distributor. That year was 1932 - a year when around 300,000 companies went out of business.

Spangler Candy Co. bought Dum-Dums from Akron Candy Co. in 1953 and still owns the candy production today.

What's The Dum-Dums Mystery Flavor?

Ever eaten a Mystery Flavor Dum-Dum and you can't quite place the flavor, yet you know you know it? That's because the Mystery Flavor is made up of existing Dum-Dum flavors - specifically, the last batch made the previous day and the first batch made in the new day. That's why Mystery Flavor keeps changing, and you can't quite place the flavor!

Why are They Called "Dum-Dums"?

A sales manager with the company that originally made Dum-Dums wanted to find a name for the candy that even young kids could remember and say and settled on a reference to World War I bullets - not in honor of the bullets, but because it's a name kids would remember. After all, if kids can ask for a specific candy by name, that's a powerful marketing win! The sales manager settled on the name and they've been called Dum-Dums ever since.