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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.

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The name PEZ comes form the German word for peppermint, "pfefferminz", taking P from the first letter, E from the middle, and Z from the last letter.

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"Pfefferminz," the German word for peppermint. PEZ is derived from the first, middle, and last letter.

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The candy PEZ originated in Austria.

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Pez was created in 1927.

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