Launched in 1997 as The Candystand,[1] by LifeSavers Company, a division of Nabisco, Inc.,[2] it was the first major advergame portal available on the World Wide Web.

The site was created for LifeSavers by Skyworks Technologies, an online video game company founded in 1996 by Activision veterans Garry Kitchen and David Crane.

[3] In December 2010, Publishers Clearing House acquired Candystand.com from Funtank and retained executives Scott Tannen and James Baker.

July 1, 2009: Candystand.com launched Let's Dance a rhythm-dance game built in collaboration with Disney and featuring Hannah Montana.

Ported titles include Vector TD, Virble, Electric Box and Match Maker.