New Dum-Dums Sucker Flavors
January 12, 2009 by Heather R.
Filed under Chocolate History, Chocolate Products
After a round of voting, Dum-Dums, the perfectly portioned little suckers, have announced two new sucker flavors for the coming year: Strawberry Shortcake and Banana Split.
The new flavors are pretty self-explanatory, and I have to admit I was pulling for the Strawberry Shortcake and Chocolate Caramel, so I’m glad at least one of them made it.
The Dum-Dums site has a neat little history page about the suckers, including a bunch of fun little facts. Now, I found this very amusing (it goes without saying that I’m easily amused):
Chocolate was the tenth sucker flavor added in 1955, but it was dropped in 1960 in favor of banana, which was dropped in 1966 when chocolate was re-added. Chocolate was then dropped again in 1975 in favor of raspberry and not re-added until 2002 before apparently being retired for good last year. Poor chocolate Dum-Dums!
What’s your favorite Dum-Dums flavor?
[image: flickr]
I’m a cream soda DumDum kind of girl. My kids love Bubble Gum and Cotton Candy.
When I turned 17 or 18, a friend gave me a card and two dumdums. One of them happened to be buttered popcorn, and I have not seen one since. It was by far better than the buttered popcorn jellybeans.