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One of the first soft drinks in the United States, Dr Pepper debuted in Waco, TX in 1885. Read on for more information.
You've Got Questions?
They've Got Answers!
- The Dr Pepper Website
- The one and only Dr Pepper site(though not necessarily the best place to find answers).
- The Highly Unofficial Dr Pepper FAQ
- Intensively researched information.
- What Wikipedia Says
- Because somehow, Wikipedia always knows.
- "Answers" Answers
- This is a hodgepodge of facts from Answers.com about Dr Pepper.
- A Short History of Dr Pepper
- A wonderfully concise and to the point history of the drink on About.com.
Dr Pepper on Amazon
Things that aren't books.
Dr. Pepper Good for Life Metal Sign
Amazon Price: $11.49 (as of 12/19/2009) 
Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dr. Pepper Neon Clock (red) (15"H x 15"W x 3"D)
Amazon Price: $78.39 (as of 12/19/2009)
Usually ships in 2-3 business days
DR PEPPER DRINKERS PARKING street sign
Amazon Price: $19.95 (as of 12/19/2009)
Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Say It Ain't So!
Debunking Dr Pepper Urban Legends
- I Pledge . . . .
- Snopes (best urban legend debunking site in the whole wide web) explains how Dr Pepper did not, in the aftermath of 9/11, produce a patriotic can of soda that left out the words "under God" from the pledge of allegiance. They produced a patriotic can of soda whose only non-soda words were "One Nation . . . Indivisible" along with an iconic image of the Statue of Liberty. If only they had used a comma instead of an ellipses (those three . . . dots), this probably would have been avoided. Punctuation counts, kids. Punctuation counts.
- No Prunes Here
- Snopes may not know what Dr Pepper contains, but they know what it doesn't contain - prunes.
Vote on Your Favorite Dr. Pepper
There are a bunch of versions - which is the best?
1
Dr Pepper
2 points
2
Diet Dr Pepper
0 points
3
Cherry Vanilla Dr Pepper
0 points
4
Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr Pepper
0 points
5
Caffeine Free Dr Pepper
0 points
6
Caffeine Free Diet Dr Pepper
0 points
7
Berries & Cream Dr Pepper
0 points
8
Diet Berries & Cream Dr Pepper
0 points
9
Red Fusion
Only available 2002 - 2004.0 points
Dr Pepper, The Official Sponsor of . . .
- ...Houston, TX.
- ...Dallas, TX.
- ...the Oklahoma State Fair.
- ...the Gregg County State Fair.
- ...the largest prize won by Evelyn Ryan (also known as The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio).
- ...the Hispanic Heritage Foundation's Youth Award with Community Service, for students committed to bettering their community.
- ...Big Twelve Conference Football Championship.
- . . . NASCAR #50.
- ...The Amateur Athletic Union.
- ...the Baylor [University] Bears.
- ...the Army/Navy game on December 4, 2004. (The first official soft drink of an Army/Navy game ever.)
- ...Grapevine High School (in Dallas, TX).
- ...a celebriduck (a rubber ducky) in the likeness of the Indianapolis Firebirds' Raymund Philyaw. No, seriously.
- ...Chely Wright's CD The Metropolitan Hotel
release-week CD signings at Walmart. - ...Associated Colleges of Illinois' Road to Success essay contest (2005).
- ...Excellence in Advertising on Television and Radio awards (2002).
- ...the fourth annual "What's Wrong With This Episode? April Fool's Contest" for The Drew Carey Show (2001).
- ...Songahm Taekwondo World Millennium Expo (June, 2000).
- ...spot on WHOO-AM (part of the ABC radio network) show in 1967 which gave little known facts about US Presidents.
- ...Dick Clark's Celebrity Party (1963).
- ...Texas State Fair.
Books on Dr Pepper
Two Go-To Books plus a Fun One
There are a lot of articles available as well, but these books are the books that look the most interesting. Feel free to buy one and send it to me. Or, you know, keep it.
The Road to Dr Pepper, Texas: The Story of Dublin Dr Pepper
Amazon Price: $11.53 (as of 12/19/2009)
The Legend of Dr Pepper/7-Up
Amazon Price: (as of 12/19/2009)
Cooking with Dr Pepper and 7Up (A Cookbook of Popular Recipes Containing Dr Pepper and 7Up Products)
For some reason, this just cracks me up.
Amazon Price: (as of 12/19/2009)
You thought YOU liked Dr Pepper?
fan sites
- Dr Pepper 10-2-4 Club
- The Dr Pepper 10-2-4 Club is a national organization of people dedicated to the study of the history and collecting of memorabilia of the Dr Pepper Company. They are now affiliated with the Dr Pepper Museum.
They even have an annual convention. - Bring Dr Pepper Back to Australia
- For Aussies to petition Cadbury Schweppes to return the sweet nectar to the land down under.
- Google's alt.fan Newsgroup
- You can subscribe to the group to get messages emailed to you, or you can just visit and read what fans are saying.
Famous People Who Drink Dr. Pepper
They Want to Be a Pepper Too
If you know of someone who drinks this fabulous concoction, please let me know and I will add him or her to the list.
- Michael Ian Black
- The Dixie Chicks
- Tom Hanks
- Celia Cruz
- Garth Brooks
- LL Cool J
- Smokey Robinson
- LeAnn Rimes
- Reba McEntire
- Paulina Rubio
- Run DMC
- Rutland, VT City Fire Chief Robert Schlachter
- Princeton Senior High's Golf Team (Princeton, WV)
How much of your soda drinking is Dr Pepper drinking?
How well you tolerate other sodas.
Some people like Dr Pepper. Some people love Dr Pepper. Some people can't tell the difference between Mr Pibb and Dr Pepper (?!!?) and some people still insists it tastes like prunes. Some people drink cola instead.
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You Oughtta Be in Pictures
Prominent Product Placements
- Forrest Gump drinks Dr Pepper
- Interesting article over all.
- Spiderman 2
- cf Dr Pepper and . . . Miranda?
- Cast Away
- But I won't tell you when, because I don't want to spoil anything.
- X-Men 2
- Because the good Dr has special abilities of his own.
- Student Bodies
- Thanks for the heads-up Keith! Dr Pepper is everywhere in this film.
- Ocean's Eleven
- I have not yet confirmed this.
- Mr. Deeds (The remake, obviously)
- I have not yet confirmed this.
- Madea's Family Reunion
- I have not yet confirmed this.
- Snakes on a Plane
- I have not yet confirmed this.
Vintage Dr Pepper Items on eBay
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Dr Pepper in the Blogosphere
- The Knowledge For Thirst
- Soda reviews, juice reviews, beverage reviews, a beverage-centric website by two gentlemen who really enjoy juices and sodas. This link will take you directly to everything they say about Dr Pepper.
Dr Pepper Internationally
Places you can buy Dr Pepper in different countries around the world. If you know of others, let me know.
- Buy Dr Pepper in Japan
- I haven't any idea what this website is about because I don't speak any Japanese, but it is called Hakataya (or Hakata ya) and you can buy Dr Pepper through it.
- Or Buy It Here
- Oddly enough, this is a Coca-Cola site, but you can buy Dr Pepper here and you have a good variety of sizes as well.
- Buy Dr Pepper in France
- I think this is located in France. It's kind of hard to tell.
- Places to Buy Dr Pepper in Australia
- This is a Facebook page dedicated to letting Australians know who imports our favorite drink.
Dr Pepper Items on CafePress
Randomly picked items on CafePress.
Dr Pepper Slogans
- Wouldn't You Like to be a Pepper Too? (Be a Pepper.)
- King of Beverages.
- Be You.
- Just What the Dr Ordered.
- Dr Pepper, It Makes the World Taste Better.
- America's Most Misunderstood Soft Drink.
- Drink a bite to eat.
A Dr Pepper Place to Visit
The Dr Pepper Museum
I haven't been here yet, because I have never been to Waco, but I'd like to go.The Dr Pepper Museum is 18,500 square feet and offers three floors of exhibits. There is a scaled recreation of the Old Corner Drugstore (where Dr Pepper was first mixed) complete with a talking animatron of Doc Alderton (Dr Pepper creator). Bottling equipment, containers, and an interior artesian well are also featured, along with 25 years of Dr Pepper commercials. Other exhibits include soft drink marketing and advertising campaigns, as well as a recreation of a 1930s country store.
Miscellaneous
These things all have to do with Dr Pepper, but they seem to defy catagorization.
- Sign Up To Be An Dr Pepper Honorary Ball Kid!
- ...with the Dallas Mavericks.
- Online Petition to Make Dr Pepper Available in every restaurant
- According to the write of the petition, "Dr.Pepper should be an option for people when choosing the right drink in any restaurant. What is wrong with people? Do they think Dr.Pepper isn't good enough . . . "
- Dr Pepper Junior Rangers
- With the Texas Rangers (for kids)
- Pepper Your Community
- Old Dr Pepper contest where people nominated other people in their community who made a difference.
This is part of their whole "23" campaign, which I don't think is working very well. It eludes to Dr Peppers secret blend of 23 flavors. - If I drank 273 Dr Peppers in one sitting, I would die from the caffeine.
- How much of your favorite caffeinated drink would it take to kill you? Take this quick test and find out.
Reader Feedback
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- TheGreenerMe TheGreenerMe Nov 30, 2009 @ 6:47 am
- Dr. Pepper is pretty good, very different from the other sodas. Nice work!
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- Shannon Shannon May 24, 2009 @ 2:47 pm
- Loved this post! I do live in Waco, TX and have been many times to the Dr. Pepper Museum. It's Dr. Pepper heaven here!
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- Amy Amy Feb 23, 2009 @ 7:49 pm
- Love me some Dr. Pepper!
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- dc64 dc64 Aug 4, 2008 @ 4:50 pm
- What? A lens on my favorite soda? Cool! 5 stars
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Finance and Corporate
- Cadbury Schweppes Media Center
- This leads you the press releases page of the owner of Dr Pepper, Cadbury Schweppes.
- Information from Hoovers - a Dun & Bradstreet Company
- Some free information about the Key People, the Key Competitors, the Key Numbers, etc., but mostly it is trying to get you to subscribe to their in depth service. Still, it's worth a look if you have the interest.
Waco, TX, Home of Dr Pepper
I'm a Pepper
I love Dr Pepper; it's the best. When I tried to find a lens on it, none existed. I thought to myself, "How is that possible? That's just wrong. I must remedy the situation immediately."
by Einsteinium
I'm not a cola drinker; I don't need a taste test. When I drink soda, it is almost always Dr Pepper. If there's no Dr Pepper, there's no party.... (more)
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