Thomas Tidwell Sr. in a photo dated August 1983. Tidwell invented the candy now known as the Charms Blow Pop. Thomas Tidwell moved to Knoxville in 1969, the News Sentinel reported in 1983.

Charms Blow Pops is ranked in the top three favorite Halloween candies of Ohio, Louisiana, West Virginia and Washington D.C., according to data collected by CandyStore.com between 2007 and 2022.