How PEZ Is Made | The Making Of

PEZ candies were created over 90 years ago They've been manufactured in the same factory since the early 1970s in Orange, Connecticut. We got rare access inside to learn how PEZ is made.

Following is a transcript of the video: 

Narrator: Recognizable for their brick shape and fun dispensers, PEZ is an American candy staple.First created as a breath mint more than 90 years ago, today, PEZ has an endless amount of flavors and types of dispensers. But how does a family-owned company that started in 1927 continue to find success in the competitive candy industry today?

Shawn Peterson: It's nostalgia. It's relatable. I think everybody's had one at some point in their life, whether it was purposefully or just given as a gift, but everybody knows what a PEZ dispenser is, and even if you say PEZ dispenser, and they're like, "what?" You kinda give 'em one of these... "Oh, yeah, I know what you're talkin' about," you know, and how many brands really have that level of recognizability?

Narrator: Orange, Connecticut, has been home to the PEZ factory since 1973, and we were able to get a look inside. So we're all geared up, we have our lab coat on, our hairnet. Shawn is gonna give me rare access to see how PEZ candies are made here in the factory. So, are you ready, Shawn?

Shawn Peterson: Let's go.

Narrator: The process begins with granulated table sugar, which is stored outside in the factory's sugar silo. 600 pounds of sugar are used in one batch of PEZ, totaling around one million rolls of wrapped candy per day. A giant set of rollers crushed that sugar to turn it into a powder to easily shape the brick tablets. To get PEZ's signature sweet taste, corn syrup and flavorings are carefully weighed and added to the sugar.

Next up, the tablet press, a powerful machine that compresses the mix into the brick-shaped tablets.It smells so good in here.The factory makes about 12 million individual tablets a day. Tablets are sorted into bins and placed on the conveyor belt, making their way into the wrapping room.

The candies are then poured out of the bins and tightly pushed down a conveyor in rolls of 12. My favorite part: watching the endless rows of tablets form into a completed PEZ pack.

This is the Vanilla Cupcake flavor that we just saw being made. It's hot. It's right off the machine. I'm excited to try this flavor. It's a new one for PEZ. I'm gonna eat this whole pack.

Of course, one of the best parts of PEZ is the fun dispenser that it's paired with. It's amazing to see what part of the process is done by machinery and what part is done by hand.

Shawn Peterson: Right.

Narrator: Yeah.

From there, the PEZ candies are ready to be packaged and shipped to stores. And I couldn't resist stopping by the PEZ Visitor Center on my way out.

Shawn Peterson: It's one of those things that's stood the test of time, and we want people to continue to enjoy that. We still look for what the new, hottest properties are, the trends that are gonna hopefully be around for a while, we try to capture that in a PEZ dispenser. It's fun. That's really what we need today.

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How PEZ Is Made | The Making Of

[ShaquilleOatmeal]

OMG! This was my childhood!!! I haven’t had a PEZ in so long! And they taste so good. Great to see their still successful and the new generation can taste these great sweets.

[RestorationObsession]

I am eating a pile of orange PEZ as I watch this. At 54 I still absolutely love them!

[jaygrand]

The PEZ guy on pawn star would be proud

[isabellahansston]

I love PEZ there so delicious. I think it is so cool how they are made.

[jaywarren]

This is a compliment to the PEZ community!

[penginbot]

I used to "prescribe" Pez to my siblings when we were little... pretty sure I loved popping them out of the dispenser more than actually eating them lol

[davidjones]

I had about twenty of them when I was a kid, Scooby Doo , Popeye and so on but they got thrown any back in the mid 80's when I lift home bet some of the ones from the 70's would be worth some money now !

[orion__]

I love the vanilla cupcake Pez. They are amazing.

[JessicaMarquez-txrl]

This is a blessing for the PEZ community

[rayhanfajri]

This is the beginning of the pez community

[markkennethnicart]

I never had pez. Would love to buy one and try it myself.

[helenzhong]

Is it me or does it sound like something is in her throat. It annoys me so

[ghostechful]

Why can't I find these anymore? Used to have them when I was small.

[Lhead]

Addicted to pez I wish I could just a buy a bin from this factory lol

[MrNuss]

It‘s funny how the video implies PEZ to be an American candy and nobody even bothers to mention that it was actually created in 1927 Austria where the headquarters of the company are also still located. The facility in the US is a subsidiary specialized in production and distribution of the candy across the United States and Canada.

[Fatima-vwvi]

My child-self always wondered how they were made😁

[softmochis]

no one:

not one soul:

her: iT sMeLLs So gOoD iN hErE! *inhales*

[itsnateross]

I only thought that there were 4 flavors. Guess we were poor growing up. But not anymore, buying some now!!!

[keefyboi]

While I'm watching this, I am now eating the cola flavoured pez. My childhood fav until now 😌

[caotuanvo]

Pez is my childhood. But I didn't know they still made the dispensors