Fear's Confections in Lakewood Brings Back 'Trump Dumps' For Inauguration Day

LAKEWOOD, OH — Cassandra Fear didn't anticipate the popularity of the creamy chocolate ganache topped with modeling chocolate toupees she named "Trump Dumps" when she introduced them prior to the Republican National Convention.

The candy was originally intended to be a one-time limited offering during the RNC, however Fear said the store received so many requests for the Dumps following the RNC she decided to bring them back for Election Day.

However, the Election Day return of the Trump Dumps came with a couple rules:

1. If Trump wins the election, Fear's Confections will never make the Dumps again.
2. If Trump loses the election, Fear's will declare Nov. 28 "Trump Day" (the day he told everyone to vote) and offer the wig-wearing chocolate treat one last time.

Now if Fear's Confections were to play by its own rules, the outcome of the election would mean that the Trump Dumps were never to return, right? Well, not so fast. Being an unconventional candy store (much like our unconventional president-elect), Fear's Confections doesn't always play by the rules.

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Fear says that while her store was closed for a post-holiday break, she discovered that the store had received multiple requests for the bigly popular candy on her voicemail. So, due to popular demand, she began taking orders for the Trump Dumps for Inauguration Day.

Cassandra posted the news of the candy's return on Fear's Confection's Facebook page, and the reaction was almost immediate. She said that orders for the Dumps began streaming in via email, phone and social media. "We are making Dumps around the clock," she said.

Fear's even got an unintentional boost from a former WTAM radio personality and current morning politics/news personality for @1420TheAnswer and @Sportsradio1065 Bob Frantz when he posted the following comment on Fear's Facebook page:

Can you please show me your hand-crafted works of edible art that depict our outgoing president as a pile of s---, please?

I'm certain you wouldn't just blatantly offend half of your potential customer base like that, right? You have both styles, right?

Please let me know when I can pick up the President Obama Pile of S--- desserts, so I can have them in time for next Friday's inauguration party.

Thank you!

Frantz's comment created a Trump Dumpster fire on the Facebook page with commenters, many of them Trump supporters attempting to turn the lighthearted (and delicious) parody candy into some sort of political statement by demanding that the candy shop create Dumps resembling Barack Obama.

In spite of several explanations on the history of the Trump Dumps, and the fact the Fear's Confections was at one time being considered to be a preferred vendor at the RNC, the Facebook thread devolved into comments that had nothing to do with candy.

The comments didn't end on Facebook, Fear told Patch. She said that she discovered that people were creating new accounts on Yelp and Twitter in an attempt to smear the store's name and discourage people from buying the Trump Dumps. "This is ridiculous! I just want to sell candy!" she said.

One Twitter account tried to amplify the hornet's nest by retweeting an image of the Dumps and tagging various right-wing Twitter accounts.

Through all of the back and forth and thread drift on politics and chocolate ganache, Fear and her staff took the high road while continuing to take names and make Dumps.

Eventually, Cassandra did respond to Bob Frantz's original question after 73 shares, more than 200 engagements and hundreds of comments on the Facebook thread:

"Ok Bob. I think I'm ready to respond and I'm glad we can speak truthfully to one another. I have seen who I must assume are those who listen to your show comment that they want the dumps with "Obama hair" . So. . . That means a slightly peppered black brush cut... I suppose by special order with confirmed payment ahead of time I could make that happen. They'd more look like just a poop emoji, but it is what it is I suppose. The hair has been a Trump joke for as long as I have been alive and the name and the hair doesn't work as well with our outgoing POTUS, but if it's what you would like in a chocolate souvenir, it can be made. I don't discriminate, but the subject isn't as timely or as relevant with him leaving office and I try to, as a small business, stay relevant with incoming pop culture and the like as possible. So, in conclusion, if this is something you or your followers would like, I could make it happen. Though I don't think knit would have the relevance and impact you hope for and it certainly wouldn't have the same relevance to myself or my clientele. But I won't discriminate against your desires. It's not how I was raised and not how I roll. . ."

The Trump Dumps have taken on a life of their own, and in fact, the Dumps now have their own Twitter account which has been receiving death threats. Fears swears that she is not running the @TheRealTrumpDum account.

Undeterred by the static and the politics, Fear says the shop is continuing to take orders for the candy. She also hinted that Inauguration Day may not be the last time the shop squeezes out the Dumps — they could make another comeback if a Trump impeachment occurs.

"I just want to Make Ganache Great Again!" Fear exclaimed.

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