8/8/2008

Cheap Dum Dums

Filed under: — Dave @ 2:49 pm

Want to get your Halloween candy shopping done early? Need some cheap long-lasting candy for the office? Or maybe you just like Dum Dums pops like I do…

The Vons across the street from my house is selling a 2-lb bag of Dum Dums for $1.14 after Vonsclub and the coupon on the bag. I’ve already bought two bags and I’m going to keep getting at least one a day until they run out.

While doing exhaustive research for this post, I found this ode to Dum Dums, which contains both the term “Dum-Dums. Are. Completely. Totally. Rad.” and the origin story of the Dum Dums “Mystery Flavour” pop. This story is 100x more awesome than I was expecting, and I was expecting greatness.

2 Comments »

  1. This is bugging me, because I do remember Dum Dums as being not entirely vile and irritating, and yet I succeeded in snagging 1) the mystery flavor of doom on attempt #1, some combination of flavors (coconut and grapefruit?) that proved roughly equivalent to moth balls and 2) I don’t remember the sticks giving up the ghost so very fast that 1/4 of the Dum Dum was still left before you had to abandon the thing or choke on paper. Alas, my cherry cola!

    I liked the additional information (found in the comments section of the link you provided) offered by a Dum Dum employee about the mystery flavors: If it’s not wrapped properly at inspection time, it gets set aside and rewrapped later as mystery flavor.

    Comment by Jared — 8/12/2008 @ 11:24 pm

  2. Jared is right. I’ve gotten a couple Dum Dums where the sticks didn’t hold up to the candy and at the end I was getting cardboard in my lollipop.

    I also sucked the head off one earlier today. They seem to be of varying stick grip, or maybe this one had gotten a little humid.

    I haven’t actually tried a mystery flavour yet.

    I’m up to about six bags… I’m going to keep most of them sealed, hoping for them not to go bad by Halloween.

    Comment by Dave — 8/18/2008 @ 8:58 pm

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