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August 26, 2016
Dum Dum Mystery Cracked
For some time now (since I became addicted to Dum Dums earlier this year, I think it was in the spring) I've been puzzled by the fact that even though the bags of 300* (below)
I buy from Amazon note on the outside that each Dum Dum contains 20 calories, the bags at Harris Teeter say 25 calories.
How can this be?
I put my Crack Investigative Team©® on the case and they took the proverbial bull by the horns, decamping from bookofjoe Mission Control and its secure undisclosed location for Harris Teeter.
Lo and behold, there were the Dum Dums, in bags of 44.
Sure enough, as any fool can plainly see (upper right hand corner; below),
these Dum Dums have 25 calories apiece.
Looking carefully at individual specimens (top) of the two iterations side by side, the 25 calorie version (left) is definitely larger.
Sidebar: the specimen purple Dum Dums are Grape, one my of most disliked flavors — others in this category include Cotton Candy, Bubble Gum, and Lemon-Lime.
But I digress.
Anyhoo, the mystery of differing Dum Dum calorie counts is now solved.
It's good to know that I can drill down and focus on something important for a change rather than the fluff and frivolity that seems to dominate this space.
But I digressed yet again.
Nicely done, team — and yes, you can have the Dum Dums as a bonus.
Who said I'm not a great boss?
*$13.34/bag of 300 = less than 4.5 cents each.
August 26, 2016 at 12:01 PM | Permalink
Comments
Clifyt.. I think you mis-wrote genius. The Mystery flavors are the (previously thrown away) lollipops that are created during the flavor change over in the machines.
Posted by: Rocketboy | Aug 28, 2016 12:24:20 AM
All this Dum-Dum talk has got me curious.
I think I hate them, but to be honest, that is based on a Halloween haul I took in when I was about eight and found a couple dozen of these in my bag and felt justified in believing that I could just as easily have been given the far superior Tootsie Roll Pops (which back in those days were the size of ping-pong balls and not the measly little nickel-sized afterthoughts you get today).
Maybe I should try again. I mean, all those flavors! Is there a pineapple? There should be pineapple. Why has only Life Savers ever taken the pineapple candy leap?
Anyway, I will save up for the bag of 8000 (of the deluxe 25 calorie large size) and see what the fuss is all about. Whenever I do, I'll report back.
Posted by: Flautist | Aug 26, 2016 1:34:00 PM
Yeah...but what about the mystery of the mystery flavor!
Posted by: clifyt | Aug 26, 2016 1:06:01 PM
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