The Secret Behind The Dum Dums Mystery Flavor, Revealed

Some of lifes mysteries cant be explained, but the mystery behind Dum Dums mystery flavor ' and why its so hard to pinpoint ' has finally been solved.Dum Dums mystery flavor, which is indicated with a purple wrapper covered in question marks, is not a surprise fruit flavor, but really just a genius idea born out of a candy companys need to save time and maximize profits.Rather than stop the lollipop machines to clean out a flavor while transitioning from one to the next, Akron Candy Company just continues running the machines to create a new combo flavor. That means some lollipops have a mixture of two different flavors ' and those are the lollipops that are labeled as mystery.Our friends at Eater explain it all in the video above. Watch it and learn ' but be prepared, youll never be able to feel the same way about eating Dum Dums again.type=type=RelatedArticlesblockTitle=Related... + articlesList=58dd2c9de4b08194e3b7dffa,579f93dfe4b00e7e269fff58,5720c4c3e4b01a5ebde40738,56310c47e4b0631799107ac1 -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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