Dum Dums (lollipop)
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Dum Dums (stylized as Dum•Dums) are an American brand of spherical lollipops.
History
Dum Dums originated from Akron Candy Company in Bellevue, Ohio, in 1924.<ref name= "About Us">Template:Cite web</ref> I. C. Bahr, the early sales manager of the company, named them, thinking "Dum Dums" was a phrase any child could say. In 1953, Dum Dums were purchased by the Spangler Candy Company and moved manufacturing to Bryan, Ohio.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
Initially, there were 7 flavors: lemon, lime, orange, coconut-pineapple, cherry, grape, and butterscotch.<ref name= "About Us"/>
Spangler once experimented with plastic sticks instead of the current paper sticks, but they were met with complaints of potential injury due to the possible breakage of the unbending plastic in manufacturing leading to plastic fragments in the candy.<ref name=":0" />
Production
Approximately 12 million Dum Dum lollipops are produced per day in Bryan, Ohio.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Flavors
As of 2015, Dum Dums are made in 17 flavors, with new flavors rotating into the mix every so often, most recently a birthday cake flavor for the 100th anniversary.<ref name="FlavorHistory">Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref name=MysteryFlavor>Template:Cite web</ref>