Valentine Dots, which have a Vanilla (white) base with either a Cherry (red) or Passion Fruit (pink) top.Christmas Dots, which have a Vanilla (white) top with either a Cherry (red) or Lime (green) base.Other holiday specialties have included: Candy Corn Dots are candy corn flavored and resemble candy corn.Bat Dots are black-colored Dots that are blood orange flavored.Ghost Dots are translucent light green, with the same flavors of Original Dots, but without the different colors to indicate which flavor any particular gum drop might have.Three special Halloween varieties of Dots have been marketed: In addition to current varieties of Original Dots (also known as Mason Dots), Tropical Dots, Yogurt Dots, Sour Dots, and Crows, past varieties (including special short-term promotional offerings) have included: However, research-including the fact that the name was copyrighted before the candies ever came with wrappers-reveals that this story is not true. There is an urban legend that Crows were supposed to be called 'Black Rose', but the printer misheard the name as 'Black Crows' and printed wrappers with the wrong name on them. Д¬rows, black licorice flavored gum drops, are also considered to be part of the Dots family, created in the 1890s by confectioners Ernest Von Au and Joseph Maison. Flavors for Tropical Dots include Island Nectar, Wild Mango, Grapefruit Cooler, Carambola Melon, and Paradise Punch and for Yogurt Dots, Banana, Orange, Blackberry, and Lemon-Lime. Sour Dots have five flavors, but are created with citric acid: cherry, lemon, orange, grape, and green apple. Flavors and varieties Flavors Д¬urrent flavors for 'Original Dots' include cherry (red), lemon (yellow), lime (green), orange (orange), and strawberry (pink). Original dots date back to 1945, Tropical Dots to 2003, and Yogurt Dots to 2007. Д¬rows are the oldest candy in the Dots family, first created in the late 19th century. Prior to that acquisition they were manufactured by Mason, AU and Magenheimer Confectionery Manufacturing Company of Brooklyn and later Mineola, New York. In 1972, Tootsie Roll Industries acquired the Dots brand by purchasing the Mason Division of Candy Corporation of America. Dots were introduced in 1945 by Mason and trademarked that year.

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