Top ten facts you might not know about PEZ candy!
- The name PEZ was derived from the German word for peppermint, Pfefferminz, because it was the original flavor.
- Over 3 billion of these sweet brick like treats are consumed in the United States alone annually.
- PEZ originally came in a small tin much like Altoids today.
- This candy has been around since 1927
- It wasn’t until 1955 that the now familiar PEZ character dispensers were created
- The highest sale of a PEZ dispenser was a Mickey dispenser sold from an Australian dealer and a California collector for $7000.
- There is a PEZ convention in Ohio called Pez-a-mania (http://www.pezamania.com/) that has been around since 1991
- Discontinued flavors include but are not limited to coffee, flower, and yogurt.
- The traditional spring cage design was patented in 1974
- The first PEZ dispensers made in the actual likeness of living people were manufactured in 2006. They were of the Teutul family from Orange County Choppers.
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