--- title: Turn Your Ice Maker Into a Candy Dispenser description: Little did you know you were living an unfulfilled life canonical: https://time.com/3535183/candy-dispenser-ice-machine/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-23T20:47:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:14:00.807Z og:title: Hero Turns Ice Maker Into Candy Dispenser og:description: Little did you know you were living an unfulfilled life og:url: https://time.com/3535183/candy-dispenser-ice-machine/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b7316e6844bce54/698762852dce0157e49db1ff/screen-shot-2014-10-23-at-4-10-09-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-10-23 at 4.10.09 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hero Turns Ice Maker Into Candy Dispenser twitter:description: Little did you know you were living an unfulfilled life twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b7316e6844bce54/698762852dce0157e49db1ff/screen-shot-2014-10-23-at-4-10-09-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Fill Your Life With Whimsy and Wonder By Turning Your Ice Maker Into a Candy Dispenser by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Oct 23, 2014 8:47 PM UTC  YouTube by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Oct 23, 2014 8:47 PM UTC Think about your life. Happy? Fulfilled? Just imagine how much better things would be if candy came out of your ice maker. [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/2jwo53/as%5Fa%5Fgrown%5Fman%5Fi%5Fthought%5Fthis%5Fwas%5Fa%5Fbetter%5Fuse/) user Deric Peace shared his brilliant frozen candy dispenser with the world — and for that we must say thank you. Because there’s something magical about the idea of candy streaming from your refrigerator — both for lifestyle and for pranks. Oh, just think of the pranks. Although we must ask, would the gross factor having unwrapped candy sit in your ice box outweigh the _wonderful_ factor of being able to place your bowl of ice cream under the dispenser and press a simple button for toppings? Turn Your Ice Maker Into a Candy Dispenser ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3535183/candy-dispenser-ice-machine/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3535183/candy-dispenser-ice-machine/"},"headline":"Fill Your Life With Whimsy and Wonder By Turning Your Ice Maker Into a Candy Dispenser","datePublished":"2014-10-23T20:47:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:00.807Z","description":"Little did you know you were living an unfulfilled life","url":"https://time.com/3535183/candy-dispenser-ice-machine/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","viral","Candy"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b7316e6844bce54/698762852dce0157e49db1ff/screen-shot-2014-10-23-at-4-10-09-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b7316e6844bce54/698762852dce0157e49db1ff/screen-shot-2014-10-23-at-4-10-09-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-10-23 at 4.10.09 PM","caption":"","creditText":"YouTube","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3535183/candy-dispenser-ice-machine/","name":"Fill Your Life With Whimsy and Wonder By Turning Your Ice Maker Into a Candy Dispenser"}}]}] ```