# Candy Buttons

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{{Short description|Round peg candy brand sold by NECCO}}
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'''Candy Buttons''', '''Candy Dots''', or '''Pox''' are small rounded flat pegs of candy that are attached to a strip of paper. This classic sugar candy was originally introduced by the Cumberland Valley company and J Sudak and Son of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. In 1977, Sudak, which changed its name to Uncle Nibbles Candy Factory, sold to a repackager in Manhattan named CeeDee Candy, they sold to [NECCO](/source/NECCO). After that acquisition, Necco bought the Cumberland Valley Company in 1980, which made them the exclusive manufacturer of this product in the [United States](/source/United_States). Each strip of the candy includes three flavors: [cherry](/source/cherry) (pink), [lime](/source/lime_(fruit)) (blue), and [lemon](/source/lemon) (yellow). Candy Buttons come in two strip sizes: long and short. The long is 22{{fraction|1|2}} inches, while the short is 11{{fraction|1|4}} inches. NECCO made 750 million candy buttons in the course of a year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mynecco.com/index.php/product-types/candy.html |title=Necco Candy |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231103347/http://mynecco.com/index.php/product-types/candy.html |archivedate=2015-12-31 |accessdate=2016-01-11 |quote=We make approximately 750 million NECCO candy buttons each year.}}</ref> Following NECCO's 2018 bankruptcy, Candy Buttons were bought at auction by Cincinnati's [Doscher's Candies](/source/Doscher's_Candies).<ref>{{cite news|last=Brownfield|first=Andy|title=Cincinnati candy company acquires childhood favorite|publisher=Cincinnati Business Courier|date=27 September 2018|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2018/09/27/cincinnati-candy-company-acquires-childhood.html}}</ref> They were subsequently the first former Necco candy back to market.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.candystore.com/blog/candy-news/candy-buttons-doschers-new-home/|title=Candy Buttons Are First NECCO Candy to Return, Thanks to Doscher's|date=2019-03-06|website=CandyStore.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-20|archive-date=2019-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320192452/https://www.candystore.com/blog/candy-news/candy-buttons-doschers-new-home/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Engineer and inventor [George Theofiel Dib](/source/George_Theofiel_Dib) is credited with the invention of the candy button machine.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rubino|first=Anthony|title=Why didn't I think of that? : 101 inventions that changed the world by hardly trying|year=2010|publisher=Adams Media|location=Avon, Mass.|isbn=978-1-4405-0010-7|page=61|url=https://www.amazon.com/Why-Didnt-Think-That-Inventions/dp/B004KAB6SG}}</ref>

==See also==
* [List of confectionery brands](/source/List_of_confectionery_brands)

== References ==
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{{Necco brands}}

Category:Necco brands
Category:Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2018

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