Spangler Candy is a family-owned private company founded in 1906. Our well-known and loved brands include Dum Dums, Saf-T-Pops, Spangler Candy Canes, Spangler Circus Peanuts, Necco Wafers, Sweethearts, Bit-O-Honey and Canada Mints.

Our products include lollipops, candy canes, marshmallow circus peanuts, sugar-roll candies, and chewy candies.  To be your one-stop shop for giveaway candy, we sell other types of candies including mint candy, hard candy & mixes, chewy candy, soft mint sugar candy, and sugar-roll candy. This makes it easy for businesses and organizations to purchase everything they need for giveaway, thank-you candies, or for parties, crafting, decorations, birthdays, or special events.

We manufacture and market the licensed brand names of Airheads, Jelly Belly, Oreo, Skittles, Sour Patch, Starburst and Swedish Fish on select candy cane items.

Take a tour of our company store, museum, and factory, and buy candy at our online store.  Go to the fact sheet or check on career opportunities at Spangler Candy.

In 1906 Arthur G. Spangler acquired the Gold Leaf Baking Powder Company for $450, and moved the operation to Bryan, Ohio, where he changed the name to Spangler Manufacturing Company.

His younger brother Ernest, a candy jobber in nearby Toledo, joined the business in 1908 and they decided to add candy items. In 1911 they acquired the rights to a popular coconut item. Arthur hired the man who created the product, moved him to Bryan and introduced the Spangler Cocoanut Ball - Spangler's first candy brand.

Omar Spangler joined the firm in 1914. Omar's specialty was accounting. He left the Williams County Telephone Co., where he had been manager, to join his brothers. For detail and a list of historical moments look at our Spangler timeline.

Find out how the lollipop got its name.

Spangler Candy is headquartered in Bryan, Ohio, in a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility covering over 920,000 square feet. We operate a co-manufacturing facility in Juarez, Mexico for the production of a portion of our candy canes. We have made many great candies in our long history. Spangler now makes Dum Dums, Saf-T-Pops, Circus Peanuts, Spangler Candy Canes, Necco Wafers, Sweethearts, Bit-O-Honey, Canada Mints and several licensed candies. Learn how Dum Dums are made.

Board member C. Gregory Spangler is a third generation descendant of the founders, and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kirkland B. Vashaw is a fourth generation descendant. The candy industry is both fun and challenging, and we will continue to succeed by following the principles that have been established and guided our actions since our founding in 1906.

For a list of 'frequently asked questions' - go to Spangler FAQs.