In 1924, the Akron Candy Company in Ohio had developed a small, spherical hard candy on a stick. When it came to naming the confection, sales manager I.C. Bahr came up with "Dum Dums" because he thought it was a phrase that could easily be uttered by children. Simple, colorful, and inexpensive, Dum Dums soon became an institution.
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