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+Pez Candy Information

This page is for those who love Pez.

 

Pez Information

Pez began life as a peppermint candy in Austria, back in the 1920s (well before Arnold Schwarzenneger began lifting weights in Austria!).

Since Austrians speak German, they called these peppermint candies by the German word for peppermint: Pfefferminz. Shortened, that's simply PEZ.

Today, PEZ Candy, Inc., makes PEZ candies in Orange, CT, and sells over 3 billion candies in the USA alone, each year.

PEZ sells candies and dispensers in over 60 countries. The dispensers, made in Austria and several other nations, are the the big draw. With their variety of shapes and designs, they are fun to play with and fun to collect. Thus, PEZ has great popularity all over the world.

You can't buy discontinued PEZ dispensers from the company. Once they stop making a particular one, they sell their inventory of it. This adds to the rarity and value of individual PEZ items.

There are fake PEZ containers, like the Elvis Presley one that appeared in the film, "The Client." PEZ did not make this--it was a prop for the movie.

 

Check out these Pez posters:

 

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