Rocket Fizz facts for kids
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| Industry | Franchise chain of candy stores in the United States |
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| Founded | 2007 in Camarillo, California |
| Founder | Robert Powells Ryan Morgan |
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Number of locations
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103 (as of January 2025) |
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Key people
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Rich Shane (CEO) |
| Products | Candies and its own line of soft drinks |
Rocket Fizz is an American company that runs a chain of fun candy and soda shops. These stores are known for selling unique bottled soft drinks and a huge variety of candies.
The company also makes its own line of sodas with many different and sometimes unusual flavors. Rocket Fizz started in 2007. Its first main store opened in 2009 in Camarillo, California, but it closed in 2019.
Rocket Fizz also sells candies that are hard to find. These include popular treats from the 1960s to the 1980s. As of January 2025, there are 103 Rocket Fizz stores across the United States.
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Sweet Treats and Unique Drinks
Rocket Fizz stores are famous for their wide selection of candies and soft drinks. For example, one store in Beaverton, Oregon, offers over 4,000 types of candy. It also has more than 500 kinds of soda drinks.
Another store in Cary, North Carolina, sells over 1,200 types of candy. It also has over 430 different soft drinks. Many of the company's drinks are called "novelty soft drinks" because they have such unusual flavors.
Rocket Fizz Soda Flavors
The company's own soda products are sold under the Rocket Fizz brand name. One very popular soda they make is a bacon soda. Yes, it tastes like bacon!
In 2012, this bacon soda was the best-selling drink at their Denver, Colorado, store. A magazine called Indianapolis Monthly described the number of soft drinks at Rocket Fizz as "overwhelming." They also said the amount of candy was "copious," meaning there was a lot!
In 2017, Rocket Fizz started selling a line of sodas with the famous band KISS. These sodas included Destroyer Kola, KISS Army root beer, and Rock And Roll Over Cherry Kola.
Rocket Fizz also makes other surprising soda flavors. These include ranch dressing-flavored soda, buffalo wing-flavored soda, and coffee soda. They even have one called "dog drool."
Fun Novelty Items
Besides candy and soda, Rocket Fizz also sells fun novelty items. These include old-fashioned collectibles and funny prank gifts.
Store Locations Across the USA
As of January 2025, Rocket Fizz has 103 store locations. You can find Rocket Fizz stores in many U.S. states.
These states include Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming.
There are also two Rocket Fizz locations in Alberta, Canada.
Related Companies
- Jones Soda – This is another company that sometimes makes soft drinks with unique and interesting flavors.
