Originally, they were cigarette lighters. The first characters were a full body santa clause and a fully body robot.
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According to the Pez website, the first Pez dispensers were designed in 1948 by Oscar Uxa, who called them "Box Regulars." The dispensers were introduced to the public in the 1949 Vienna Trade Fair. Pez itself was invented in 1927 by Eduard Haas III.
Although kids love collecting Pez dispensers, Pez candy was originally marketed as candy to help adults quit smoking.
The first PEZ (candy) was invented in 1927 in Vienna, Austria by a candyman named Edward Haas III. Edward Haas came up with the idea for this new peppermint candy. It was an adult breath mint that he decided to market as an alternative for smoking. Back then, PEZ, the brick-shaped candies were carried around in pocket tins.The first PEZ dispenser was invented in 1947, naturally, looked like a cigarette lighter.The word "PEZ" comes from the German word for peppermint, which is phefferminz. You take the first, middle, and last letters of the German word - PheffErminZ, put them together and you get "PEZ".
PEZ was first marketed as a compressed peppermint candy over 83 years ago in Vienna, Austria. The name PEZ was derived from the German word for peppermint... PfeffErminZ. Today, over 3 billion PEZ Candies are consumed annually in the U.S.A. alone.
The first Pez was created in 1927 in Vienna. It looks like it does now with the same shape and it was white. It was created to be a breath mint for adults.
Peppermint. Indeed, the name PEZ itself is derived from the word Pfefferminz, German for that flavor.
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PEZ was first marketed as a compressed peppermint candy over 70 years ago in Vienna, Austria. The name PEZ was derived from the German word for peppermint...PfeffErminZ
The plural is simply PEZ.
Bernhard Pez was born in 1683.
Bernhard Pez died in 1735.