(AFX) - Facts about Dippin' Dots, the brainchild of one-time southern Illinois farm boy Curt Jones:
WHAT THEY ARE: Tiny, croygenically frozen beads of ice cream, yogurt, sherbet and flavored ice.
ORIGIN: Invented in 1988 by Curt Jones, a microbiology graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
VARIETY: Dippin' Dots offered in some two dozen flavors, plus seasonal ones.
SALES: Jones expects sales this year to be about $50 million.
THE COMPANY: Based in Paducah, Ky., Dippin' Dots Inc. has nearly 2,000 locations across the country, from mall kiosks to amusement parks and stadiums. Dippin' Dots also are sold at dozens of sites in at least 10 other countries.
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