“What’s every road worker’s favorite candy?”/“A pavemint.”

Pavement contains no mint, except in “pave-mint”/“pavemint” jokes.
     
“The freshest street in town is made of pave-mint” was posted on Twitter by Richard Backeberg on September 30, 2013.
     
“What’s every road-worker’s favorite candy? A pavemint” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on May 18, 2021. “What kind of candy does a sidewalk eat? Pave-mint” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on November 17, 2021.
 
     
Twitter
Richard Backeberg
@thatisrich
The freshest street in town is made of pave-mint.
7:23 PM · Sep 30, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
hundl
@TheRealWeezyH
Ate a peppermint off the sidewalk, thats a PaveMint #RapLikeLilWayne
10:51 AM · Oct 10, 2013·Twitter for Android
       
Twitter
SagiPants
@SagiPants
A road made out of spearmint. #pavemint
9:02 PM · Jan 15, 2014·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
custodian
@custardxcpt
a sweet you find on the side of the road that makes your breath smell better, call that a pavemint
10:12 AM · Apr 13, 2016·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
custodian
@custardxcpt
A sweet that freshens your breath, but also lums on the side of the road, call that a pavemint
4:02 AM · Jan 11, 2017 from Hout Bay, South Africa·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
MitchZesty
@MitchZesty
Did you guys know Crest released a street-flavored toothpaste?
It’s called pavemint.
1:27 AM · Apr 27, 2019·Twitter Web Client
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/vanillathunda1989 May 18, 2021
What’s every road-worker’s favorite candy?
A pavemint.
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/abombregardless November 17, 2021
My 7yo came up with this gem: “What kind of candy does a sidewalk eat?”
Pave-mint
 
Twitter
Michael May
@michaelmay
What kind of candy does a sidewalk eat?
Pave-mint
#mikeshumor #candy
2:59 PM · Nov 17, 2021·Buffer