In just a few days, we will be stepping into the 99th year since the founding and creation of PEZ. Many of us still remember a time when PEZ released no more than four new series each year, but those days are clearly long behind us.
Over the past few days, we once again took the opportunity to look back at the current year and, as we have done every year since 2014, create our annual PEZ Pictorial. Back in 2014, obtaining good-quality images of upcoming dispensers was still quite a challenge. Fortunately, over the years, the process has become significantly easier, more reliable, and far more professional.
A Record-Breaking Year for Original Molds
We are very happy to share this pictorial with you, whether as a checklist, a collector’s overview, or simply as a celebration of everything PEZ brought us throughout the year. Feel free to print it, frame it, or even gift it to fellow collectors.
At the same time, we would like to sincerely thank PEZ for the incredible creativity they continue to show, for the thoughtful designs, the fantastic ideas, and the colorful, vibrant dispensers they create for all of us collectors.
On a more personal note, we also want to thank PEZ for their patience with us throughout the year. We certainly kept them busy with questions about information, images, release dates, and more, and they always found the time to support us properly. Thank you for that, PEZ!
Before we dive in, we know you are all waiting for the important facts.As always, the dispensers are listed by release date. That means, for example, that this year’s Valentine dispensers, which were released at the end of last year, are therefore included in the 2024 Pictorial.
Without any doubt, this was a year of superlatives! Everything we collectors love made an appearance:
Crystal PEZ dispensers (4 new ones) 2 golden PEZ dispensers (Presenter Girl and Golden Santa Bronze Nutcracker). Plus absolute highlights that made us go crazy: the Alien dispenser and the two Glow in the Dark PEZ dispensers.
Many of you probably already had the feeling that this year brought more new PEZ dispensers than ever before, and yes, you were absolutely right!
We are very happy to officially confirm that in 2025, PEZ released an incredible 114 new dispensers (including the Walmart Hello Kitty variation) for our collections.For comparison: there were 103 new dispensers in both 2023 and 2024. Among these 114 new dispensers were 6 completely new PEZ assortments, resulting in 27 brand-new dispensers:
- 4× TMNT Turtles
- 3× Squishmallows
- 3× Jurassic Explorers
- 7× Nightmare Before Christmas
- 3× Naruto
At the same time, this means:
52 dispensers were USA-only 18 dispensers were Europe-only.
We often read in PEZ communities that PEZ tends to reuse the same molds. This year proves otherwise in an impressive way: 40 brand-new molds, yes, forty! A number very few of us would have expected. With 25 online-exclusive dispensers (including the Golden Advent Calendar Santa), we landed exactly at the same number as last year.
A total of 24 dispensers were released as online exclusives in the USA through PEZ Candy Inc., while 21 additional exclusives were made available to European collectors through PEZ International. Another especially noticeable highlight this year was the remarkable number of customer-specific PEZ dispensers released. With a total of 21 different customer exclusives, this category set yet another new record, driven largely by the many Disney Parks releases throughout the year. Of those 21 customer-specific dispensers, 17 were released in the United States, while 4 were distributed in Europe. Breakdown:
- 8× Disney Parks
- 3× Walmart (including Hello Kitty variation)
- 1× Hello Kitty Osaka Expo
- 1× Pudgy Penguin
- 3× Sonic Spain (Jijonenca)
- 2× Target Dogs
- 3× Trucks (ACE, Wawa, Abt)
At this point, we would also like to share the link to all PEZ Pictorials from 2014 to 2025.
And if that’s still not enough, you will find many more fantastic PEZ Pictorials from us right here.
Even though PEZ also enjoys some well-deserved rest during the holidays, one thing is certain: While we were looking back at this year’s dispensers, PEZ has already been working behind the scenes on exciting things for 2026. It all starts very early in the year, so stay tuned, there is a lot to come!
We will definitely be hearing the slogan “I NEED SPACE”, and honestly, it perfectly reflects our daily collector’s life!
Finally, we would like to thank you, our community, for your loyalty and support. We wish you and your loved ones a wonderful New Year filled with happiness, success, good health, and of course, many new PEZ dispensers for your collections.
Here’s to an amazing 99th year with PEZ!
🎇🎇Happy Collecting, and Happy New Year!🎇🎇
Full PEZ Pictorial with all the releases of 2025!
December 30, 2025
