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− | I eat so much candy I don't understand how I'm not diabetic. Anyway, here is a list of candies I have eaten and my opinion of them all. | + | I eat so much candy I don't understand how I'm not diabetic. Anyway, here is a list of candies I have eaten and my opinion of them all. See also, [[list of snack foods]]. |
==Candy Bars and Chocolates== | ==Candy Bars and Chocolates== | ||
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| Butterfinger || USA || Crispy peanut butter and honey center coated in chocolate. I used to love it but they switched the formula in 2019 and gave it a stronger roasted flavor, but it now has an almost burnt bitterness to it which I don't like as much. | | Butterfinger || USA || Crispy peanut butter and honey center coated in chocolate. I used to love it but they switched the formula in 2019 and gave it a stronger roasted flavor, but it now has an almost burnt bitterness to it which I don't like as much. | ||
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− | | Cadbury | + | | Cadbury - Crunchie || Ireland || Aerated crunchy honey candy coated in milk chocolate. Not bad. |
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− | | | + | | Cadbury - Double Decker || UK || A milk chocolate candy bar with marshmallow nougat on top and cereal crispies on the bottom. Pretty good. |
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− | | Caramello || USA || Milk chocolate bar with pockets of soft caramel. Extremely sweet, with a strange taste. Ghirardelli Squares with caramel are much better. | + | | Cadbury - Flake || UK || Thin layers of milk chocolate folded into a bar. Makes for an interesting texture, but it's still just milk chocolate. |
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+ | | Cadbury - Fudge || UK || Fudge coated in milk chocolate. Quite good. Note that this is not chocolate fudge. | ||
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+ | | Cadbury - Mini Eggs || USA || Milk chocolate "eggs" with a thin candy shell. The candy coating has an interesting egg-like crackly texture, but neither it nor the chocolate taste all that good. | ||
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+ | | Caramel Smooth || || Milky way knock-off from Meijer. Has a more mealy flavor. | ||
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+ | | Caramello - Cadbury || USA || Milk chocolate bar with pockets of soft caramel. Extremely sweet, with a strange taste. Ghirardelli Squares with caramel are much better. | ||
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| Carlos V || Mexico || Solid milk chocolate bar. Really good smooth chocolate like Dove. One of the best. | | Carlos V || Mexico || Solid milk chocolate bar. Really good smooth chocolate like Dove. One of the best. | ||
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| Chocolate Fish || Australia || Cherry fish-shaped soft marshmallow coated in dark chocolate. It's okay. | | Chocolate Fish || Australia || Cherry fish-shaped soft marshmallow coated in dark chocolate. It's okay. | ||
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+ | | Chokis - Frito Lay || Colombia || Semi-sweet chocolate balls with an airy puffed corn center. Nice flavor and good texture. | ||
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| Chunky || USA || Peanuts and raisins in a thick square chocolate bar. Hard to break, the raisins hurt the flavor. | | Chunky || USA || Peanuts and raisins in a thick square chocolate bar. Hard to break, the raisins hurt the flavor. | ||
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+ | | Coffee Crisp - Nestle || Canada, Ontario || Coffee flavored sandwich wafer wrapped in milk chocolate. Not bad. | ||
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+ | | Côte d'Or - Milk Dessert - Mondelez ★ || Belgium || A Milk chocolate bar filled with Belgium praline (a very soft milk chocolate). Very good. | ||
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| Corona - Crispy Chocolate || Egypt || A milk chocolate bar with rice crispies in it. It's okay, but the chocolate is only so-so. | | Corona - Crispy Chocolate || Egypt || A milk chocolate bar with rice crispies in it. It's okay, but the chocolate is only so-so. | ||
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+ | | Crunky - King Mona - Lotte || Japan || A white chocolate candy bar with ice cream flavor and little bits of ice cream cone mixed in. Very good. | ||
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| Daim || Sweden || Chocolate covered almond toffee. Very delicious, similar to a Heath bar. | | Daim || Sweden || Chocolate covered almond toffee. Very delicious, similar to a Heath bar. | ||
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| de la Rosa - Mazapán Original || Mexico || Powdered peanuts and sugar flattened into a disc. Kind of dry and boring. | | de la Rosa - Mazapán Original || Mexico || Powdered peanuts and sugar flattened into a disc. Kind of dry and boring. | ||
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− | | Dove | + | | de la Rosa - Nugs || Mexico || Milk chocolate bar with peanuts and caramel. Strange flavor, but good. |
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+ | | Délichoc Choco'Bar - Delacre || Belgium || A cookie bar coated in milk chocolate and little candy bits. A little boring, but tastes nice. | ||
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+ | | Dove - Chocolate || USA || Chocolate with a nice smooth texture. Better than the cheaper brands like Hershey. I prefer milk over dark. | ||
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+ | | Dove - Caramel Chocolate || USA || Dove's milk chocolate filled caramel. Better than Caramello, but not as good as Ghirardelli. | ||
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+ | | Drops Nazaré - Torrão Nougat || Portugal || Chopped peanuts molded into a bar with caramelized sugar. Gives it a burnt flavor which is bitter, but not awful. | ||
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| Dumle Snacks - Original || Finland || Milk chocolate and crispy rice with a soft toffee filling. Delicious. | | Dumle Snacks - Original || Finland || Milk chocolate and crispy rice with a soft toffee filling. Delicious. | ||
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| E. Wedel - Jedyna - Czekolada Wyborowa || Poland || A bar of dark chocolate. As bitter as you'd expect. | | E. Wedel - Jedyna - Czekolada Wyborowa || Poland || A bar of dark chocolate. As bitter as you'd expect. | ||
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+ | | Erdnuss-Schoko - Corny Big || Germany || A cereal bar consisting of peanuts, corn flakes, oats, and, I think, millet, all with a milk chocolate base. Reminds me more of a breakfast bar than a candy. | ||
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| Ferrero Rocher || Italy || A roasted hazelnut surrounded by soft chocolate, encapsulated by a thin wafer, and all enveloped in hard milk chocolate and chopped hazelnuts. Quite delicious. Flavors include milk chocolate, coconut, and dark chocolate. | | Ferrero Rocher || Italy || A roasted hazelnut surrounded by soft chocolate, encapsulated by a thin wafer, and all enveloped in hard milk chocolate and chopped hazelnuts. Quite delicious. Flavors include milk chocolate, coconut, and dark chocolate. | ||
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− | | Ghirardelli Squares || USA, California || Chocolate squares with a variety of flavors. Flavors include dark chocolate filled with raspberry, dark chocolate | + | | Fin Carré - Milk Chocolate with Roasted Hazelnuts || Germany || Milk chocolate with whole roasted hazelnuts. The chocolate is quite good, and the nuts add a lot of flavor and texture. |
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+ | | Fin Carré - White Chocolate || Germany || An acceptable white chocolate. | ||
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+ | | Flow - Jumbo || Colombia || Nougat topped with peanuts and caramel all wrapped in milk chocolate. Very similar to a Snickers, but not as good. | ||
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+ | | Fredrick's - Blood Orange Flavored Caramel Dark Chocolate - Meijer || USA, Michigan || A flat dark chocolate bar with a filling of bitter orange caramel. Not bad, but not great. | ||
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+ | | Fredrick's - Candied Chocolate Cherries - Meijer || USA, Michigan || A dried cherry coated in a layer of milk chocolate, then a layer of white chocolate (dyed red). Nice flavor. | ||
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+ | | Fredrick's - Candy Cane Yogurt Almonds - Meijer || USA, Michigan || Almonds coated with a layer of dark chocolate, then a layer of yogurt with tiny bits of peppermint candy in it. Although there is a crunch of the candy, the peppermint flavor is very mild. | ||
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+ | | Fredrick's - English Style Toffee Bites - Meijer || USA, Michigan || Milk chocolate coated hard toffee. Like a Heath bar with fewer almonds and not as good. | ||
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+ | | Fredrick's - Gingerbread Malted Milk Balls || USA, Michigan || Large malt balls coated in white chocolate with a powerful amount of ginger. Gingerbread isn't usually so strong, it's a bit overpowering. | ||
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+ | | Fredrick's - Key Lime Cordials - Meijer || USA, Michigan || A green candy ball with a hollow chocolate center, filled with key lime cordial. Quite good. | ||
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+ | | Fredrick's - Waffle Cone - Meijer || USA, Michigan || Milk chocolate bar with caramel and waffle cone bits on the back. Good, but you can barely taste the few waffle cone bits. | ||
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+ | | Ghirardelli Squares || USA, California || Chocolate squares with a variety of flavors. Flavors include: dark chocolate filled with raspberry ★, salted dark chocolate filled with caramel ★, dark chocolate filled with mint ★, milk chocolate with caramel and green apple, milk chocolate and white chocolate with peppermint candy, and plain dark chocolate. There are very good. | ||
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+ | | Ghirardelli Bunnies || USA, California || Ghirardelli milk chocolate filled with caramel, but in a rabbit shape. Just as delicious. | ||
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| Glosette || Canada, Ontario || Chocolate-covered peanuts. Exactly what you'd expect. | | Glosette || Canada, Ontario || Chocolate-covered peanuts. Exactly what you'd expect. | ||
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+ | | Gol || Columbia || Sandwich wafer with milk creme covered in milk chocolate and chopped nuts. Decent. | ||
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+ | | Goldenberg's Peanut Chews - Just Born || USA, Pennsylvania || Little candy bars filled with peanuts, and chewy molasses chew all coated in semi-dark chocolate. Pretty good. | ||
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| Goo Goo Cluster || USA || An overly-sweet patty of marshmallow nougat with caramel and peanuts enclosed in chocolate. Varieties are original, pecan, and peanut butter. The peanut butter replaces the nougat with sweetened peanut butter. Not a big fan of any of them. | | Goo Goo Cluster || USA || An overly-sweet patty of marshmallow nougat with caramel and peanuts enclosed in chocolate. Varieties are original, pecan, and peanut butter. The peanut butter replaces the nougat with sweetened peanut butter. Not a big fan of any of them. | ||
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| Hawaiian Sun - Kona Krunch || USA, Hawaii || A macadamia nut and puffed rice covered in milk chocolate. Decent, but nothing special. | | Hawaiian Sun - Kona Krunch || USA, Hawaii || A macadamia nut and puffed rice covered in milk chocolate. Decent, but nothing special. | ||
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− | | Heath || USA || English toffee with chopped almonds throughout, coated in chocolate. Really good, delicious toffee flavor and enjoyable crunch. | + | | Heath ★ || USA || English toffee with chopped almonds throughout, coated in chocolate. Really good, delicious toffee flavor and enjoyable crunch. |
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− | | Hershey's | + | | Hershey's Bells - Peppermint Bark || USA, Pennsylvania || White chocolate bells with a peppermint flavor and red and green sprinkles with a chocolate bottom. They're okay. |
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| Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme || USA || White chocolate bar with chocolate cookie bits. Not very good. | | Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme || USA || White chocolate bar with chocolate cookie bits. Not very good. | ||
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+ | | Hershey's Eggs || USA, Pennsylvania || Chocolate eggs for Easter wrapped in pastel foil. Flavors include white chocolate with sprinkles (decent), milk chocolate (boring), dark chocolate (also boring). | ||
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| Hershey's Gold || USA || Peanut butter flavored candy bar with a few bits of peanut and pretzels. I don't care for the flavor, and there isn't enough pretzels. | | Hershey's Gold || USA || Peanut butter flavored candy bar with a few bits of peanut and pretzels. I don't care for the flavor, and there isn't enough pretzels. | ||
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+ | | Hershey's Kisses || USA || Small pyramid-shaped chocolates wrapped in foil. Pretty boring, but various forms have been made including almond, mint, cherry, candy cane (white chocolate with peppermint candy), and "hugs" (white-chocolate and milk chocolate)/ | ||
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| Hershey's Milk Chocolate || USA || A simple milk chocolate bar. Too sweet, poor texture. | | Hershey's Milk Chocolate || USA || A simple milk chocolate bar. Too sweet, poor texture. | ||
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| Hershey's Symphony || USA || A milk chocolate bar with chopped almonds and toffee chips. Very good. | | Hershey's Symphony || USA || A milk chocolate bar with chopped almonds and toffee chips. Very good. | ||
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+ | | Idaho Candy - Idaho Spud || USA, Idaho || Chocolate marshmallow coated in milk chocolate and coconut shavings. Quite delicious. | ||
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+ | | Jack 'n Jill - Nips || Philippines || Little milk chocolate drops covered in a colorful candy shell. Essentially, M&Ms, but with different colors and non-American chocolate. | ||
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| Jeżyki - Baton Classic || Poland || Wheat biscuit wrapped in caramel, topped with rice crispies and chopped hazelnuts, all coated in milk chocolate. It's okay. | | Jeżyki - Baton Classic || Poland || Wheat biscuit wrapped in caramel, topped with rice crispies and chopped hazelnuts, all coated in milk chocolate. It's okay. | ||
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| Kex - Choklad || Sweden || Layered crispy wafers covered in milk chocolate. Kind of like a KitKat, but in one giant bar. | | Kex - Choklad || Sweden || Layered crispy wafers covered in milk chocolate. Kind of like a KitKat, but in one giant bar. | ||
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− | | Kinder Chocolate || Italy || Milk chocolate with sweet milk filling and a little Aryan boy on the cover. Kind of Nazi-looking, but extremely good. | + | | Kinder - Chocolate ★ || Italy || Milk chocolate with sweet milk filling and a little Aryan boy on the cover. Kind of Nazi-looking, but extremely good. |
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+ | | Kinder - Bueno ★ || Italy || Wafer pockets filled with hazelnut creme coated in milk chocolate with a light drizzle of dark chocolate. Very delicious. | ||
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+ | | Hershey - KitKat || USA || A wafer bar coated in chocolate. Decent flavor, nice crunch. | ||
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+ | | Hershey - KitKat - Blueberry Muffin || USA, Pennsylvania || KitKat coated in a white chocolate which tastes remarkably close to a blueberry muffin. Very good. | ||
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− | | KitKat || | + | | Hershey - KitKat - Chunky || Canada, Ontario || A larger KitKat with more layers of sandwich wafer and a thicker coating of milk chocolate. I prefer the smaller size. |
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− | | KitKat - Green Tea || Japan || KitKat coated in green tea flavored white chocolate. Not a fan. | + | | Hershey - KitKat - Green Tea || Japan || KitKat coated in green tea flavored white chocolate. Not a fan. |
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− | | KitKat - Mint || Japan || KitKat with dark chocolate on the bottom and mint chocolate on the top. Very good, better than the original. | + | | Hershey - KitKat - Mint ★ || Japan || KitKat with dark chocolate on the bottom and mint chocolate on the top. Very good, better than the original. |
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| Konti - Bonjour || Ukraine || A sugar cookie and a layer of cappuccino jelly topped with coffee whipped cream all in dome of milk chocolate. Interesting concept, messy to eat, the coffee makes it too bitter for my taste. | | Konti - Bonjour || Ukraine || A sugar cookie and a layer of cappuccino jelly topped with coffee whipped cream all in dome of milk chocolate. Interesting concept, messy to eat, the coffee makes it too bitter for my taste. | ||
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| Lazy Cow || Ukraine || Crispy wafer with sweetened milk flavoring coated in chocolate. Very good. | | Lazy Cow || Ukraine || Crispy wafer with sweetened milk flavoring coated in chocolate. Very good. | ||
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− | | Lindt Excellence - Chili || USA, New Hampshire || A large dark chocolate bar with chili extract. The dark chocolate is bitter, and the chili just adds heat, not much flavor. Not a fan. | + | | Lindt - Classic Recipe - Hazlenut || Switzerland || A large milk chocolate bar with chopped roasted hazelnuts. Very tasty. |
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+ | | Lindt - Excellence - Chili || USA, New Hampshire || A large dark chocolate bar with chili extract. The dark chocolate is bitter, and the chili just adds heat, not much flavor. Not a fan. | ||
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− | | Lindt Excellence - Intense Orange || USA, New Hampshire || A large dark chocolate bar with almonds, orange, and various other fruit extracts. The bitterness of the dark chocolate is helped by the fruit. It's decent. | + | | Lindt - Excellence - Intense Orange || USA, New Hampshire || A large dark chocolate bar with almonds, orange, and various other fruit extracts. The bitterness of the dark chocolate is helped by the fruit. It's decent. |
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− | | Lindt | + | | Lindt - Gourmet Truffles || USA, New Hampshire || An assortment of Lindors. Flavors include caramel dark chocolate, fudge swirl milk chocolate, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and white chocolate. Overly sweet. I only enjoyed the caramel. |
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| Lindt - Lindor || USA, New Hampshire || A milk chocolate shell with a soft filling. Fillings include fudge swirl, milk chocolate, and white chocolate. Good, but extremely sweet, and not worth the calories. | | Lindt - Lindor || USA, New Hampshire || A milk chocolate shell with a soft filling. Fillings include fudge swirl, milk chocolate, and white chocolate. Good, but extremely sweet, and not worth the calories. | ||
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− | | M&M's || USA, New Jersey || Candy-coated milk chocolate bites. The original is plain chocolate, but various fillings have been tried over the years. My favorites are: peanut, mint, crispy, pretzel, English toffee, almond, peanut butter, plain, and hazelnut spread. | + | | M&M's || USA, New Jersey || Candy-coated milk chocolate bites. The original is plain chocolate, but various fillings have been tried over the years. My favorites are: peanut, mint, crispy, dark chocolate peanut, pretzel, English toffee, brownie, crunchy cookie, almond, peanut butter, plain, caramel, and hazelnut spread. |
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| Mallo Cup || USA, Pennsylvania || Chocolate cups filled with runny marshmallow and coconut. Much better than I expected. | | Mallo Cup || USA, Pennsylvania || Chocolate cups filled with runny marshmallow and coconut. Much better than I expected. | ||
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| Marabou - Oreo || Sweden || Candy bar filled with sweet milk, Oreo pieces, and thinly wrapped in milk chocolate. Pretty good. | | Marabou - Oreo || Sweden || Candy bar filled with sweet milk, Oreo pieces, and thinly wrapped in milk chocolate. Pretty good. | ||
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+ | | Marsha's Homemade - Buckeyes || USA, Ohio || Sweetened peanut butter in a milk chocolate shell. Better than a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. | ||
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| Meivel - Turrón Viena || Spain || Wafer sandwiched with nougat and coated in chocolate. The flavor is a bit odd, but not bad. | | Meivel - Turrón Viena || Spain || Wafer sandwiched with nougat and coated in chocolate. The flavor is a bit odd, but not bad. | ||
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| Milky Way || USA || Nougat and soft caramel covered in chocolate. Was my favorite chocolate bar as a child, but now I find it to be a bit too sweet. | | Milky Way || USA || Nougat and soft caramel covered in chocolate. Was my favorite chocolate bar as a child, but now I find it to be a bit too sweet. | ||
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− | | Milky Way Caramel || USA || Soft caramel covered in chocolate. Too much caramel, not enough anything else. | + | | Milky Way - Simply Caramel || USA || Soft caramel covered in chocolate. Too much caramel, not enough anything else. |
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− | | Milky Way Midnight || USA || White nougat and caramel covered in dark chocolate. My favorite chocolate candy bar. | + | | Milky Way - Midnight || USA || White nougat and caramel covered in dark chocolate. My favorite chocolate candy bar. |
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| Moro || Australia || Caramel and nougat coated in milk chocolate. Structured like a Milky Way, but with a very different taste. The caramel has a more cooked, almost burnt flavor. | | Moro || Australia || Caramel and nougat coated in milk chocolate. Structured like a Milky Way, but with a very different taste. The caramel has a more cooked, almost burnt flavor. | ||
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| Nestlé Crunch || USA || Flat milk chocolate bar with crispy rice inside. Pretty good and better than Krispy. | | Nestlé Crunch || USA || Flat milk chocolate bar with crispy rice inside. Pretty good and better than Krispy. | ||
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+ | | Nestlé Nuts || Czech Republic || Nougat with the occasional hazelnut, topped with caramel and covered in milk chocolate. Pretty good. | ||
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| Nestlé Sundy || France || A sweetened corn flake bar half-dipped in dark chocolate. Not very good. | | Nestlé Sundy || France || A sweetened corn flake bar half-dipped in dark chocolate. Not very good. | ||
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| Oh Henry! || Canada, Ontario || A milk chocolate bar filled with peanuts, caramel, and peanut butter. Decent, but extremely sweet and gritty from the sugar. | | Oh Henry! || Canada, Ontario || A milk chocolate bar filled with peanuts, caramel, and peanut butter. Decent, but extremely sweet and gritty from the sugar. | ||
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+ | | Orion - Lentilky || Czech Republic || Small candy-coated milk chocolate bites. Like M&Ms, but with a thicker candy shell and more color variety. | ||
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| Ovation || USA || Dark chocolate stick filled with mild peppermint. They're okay. | | Ovation || USA || Dark chocolate stick filled with mild peppermint. They're okay. | ||
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| Ptasie Mleczko - Batonik Waniliowy || Poland || A long narrow vanilla marshmallow coated in dark chocolate. Not very good. | | Ptasie Mleczko - Batonik Waniliowy || Poland || A long narrow vanilla marshmallow coated in dark chocolate. Not very good. | ||
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− | | Reese's Peanut Butter Cup || USA || Sweetened peanut butter in a flat milk chocolate cup. Too sweet and oily. | + | | Reese's Peanut Butter Cup || USA, Pennsylvania || Sweetened peanut butter in a flat milk chocolate cup. Too sweet and oily. |
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− | | Reese's Peanut Butter Cup - White || Mexico || | + | | Reese's Peanut Butter Cup - Dark Thins|| USA, Pennsylvania || Uses semi-dark chocolate with less peanut butter. I like this one more than the original. |
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+ | | Reese's Peanut Butter Cup - White || Mexico || A Reese's Peanut Butter Cup with white chocolate. Not a fan of white chocolate, and just as oily as the original. | ||
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+ | | Regina Classic || Portugal || A milk chocolate bar with chopped almonds. Good chocolate, not enough almonds. | ||
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+ | | Regina Umbrella || Portugal || Umbrella-shaped chocolate. I've only had the milk chocolate flavor, it was good. | ||
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| Ritter Sport - Butter Biscuit || Germany || Tea biscuit coated in milk chocolate. Crunchy, but not much flavor. | | Ritter Sport - Butter Biscuit || Germany || Tea biscuit coated in milk chocolate. Crunchy, but not much flavor. | ||
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| Robin Eggs || USA || Whoppers with a thin candy shell. I prefer regular Whoppers, the candy coating only adds sugar and decreases the maltose flavor. | | Robin Eggs || USA || Whoppers with a thin candy shell. I prefer regular Whoppers, the candy coating only adds sugar and decreases the maltose flavor. | ||
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− | | Rolo || USA || | + | | Rocky Road - Annabelle's || USA, California || Marshmallow topped with chopped cashews and dipped in dark chocolate. Too much marshmallow. |
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+ | | Rolo || USA || A milk chocolate cylinder filled with grainy caramel. Sweet, but Bland. | ||
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| Roshen Dark Chocolate || Ukraine || Dark chocolate car filled with creamy fondant. Pretty good. The fondant makes it less bitter than normal dark chocolate. | | Roshen Dark Chocolate || Ukraine || Dark chocolate car filled with creamy fondant. Pretty good. The fondant makes it less bitter than normal dark chocolate. | ||
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| Sno Caps || USA, New Jersey || Semi-sweet chocolate chips coated in spherical white sprinkles. Gives them a crunchy texture. Decent, but nothing special. | | Sno Caps || USA, New Jersey || Semi-sweet chocolate chips coated in spherical white sprinkles. Gives them a crunchy texture. Decent, but nothing special. | ||
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+ | | Supercoco - Choco Snacks || Columbia || Small cubes of sweetened coconut covered in milk chocolate. Similar to Mounds. Very good. | ||
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| Take 5 || USA || Pretzels and peanut butter below peanuts and caramel, all coated in chocolate. Pretty good, and the pretzels are a nice change up. | | Take 5 || USA || Pretzels and peanut butter below peanuts and caramel, all coated in chocolate. Pretty good, and the pretzels are a nice change up. | ||
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+ | | Taste of Kilwins Heritage, A - Milk Chocolate || USA || Nice simple milk chocolate. Better than Hershey's. | ||
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| Timi - Banana || Ukraine || Crispy wafer with thin layers of banana creme, covered in milk chocolate. | | Timi - Banana || Ukraine || Crispy wafer with thin layers of banana creme, covered in milk chocolate. | ||
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| Tirma - Ambrosías || Spain || Crispy wafers layered with creme and coated in white chocolate. It's okay, but I'm not a white chocolate fan. | | Tirma - Ambrosías || Spain || Crispy wafers layered with creme and coated in white chocolate. It's okay, but I'm not a white chocolate fan. | ||
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− | | Twix || USA || | + | | Twix || USA || A cookie bar with a topping, and both dipped in milk chocolate. Most common topping is caramel which is pretty good. Peanut butter used to be very popular when I was a child, and I remember liking it, but they stopped making it. Cookie dough has a very dry texture and doesn't taste that great. |
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− | | Wafer Snap || || Cheap | + | | Wafer Snap || USA || Cheap knock-off of KitKat from Meijer. Has a mealy flavor. |
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| Wawel - Krówkowa || Poland || Milk chocolate bar with pockets of soft caramel. Like a Caramello, but with a better caramel flavor. | | Wawel - Krówkowa || Poland || Milk chocolate bar with pockets of soft caramel. Like a Caramello, but with a better caramel flavor. | ||
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| Whittaker's Peanut Slab || Australia || A thick milk chocolate bar filled with whole peanuts. It's fine, but nothing special. | | Whittaker's Peanut Slab || Australia || A thick milk chocolate bar filled with whole peanuts. It's fine, but nothing special. | ||
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− | | Whoppers || USA || | + | | Whoppers || USA || Malt sugar balls coated in chocolate milk. Lovely crunch, delicious flavor. |
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| Zero || USA || Caramel, peanut, and almond nougat covered in white chocolate. I don't care much for white chocolate, and the almond tastes more like extract than actual nuts. Not a fan. | | Zero || USA || Caramel, peanut, and almond nougat covered in white chocolate. I don't care much for white chocolate, and the almond tastes more like extract than actual nuts. Not a fan. | ||
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| Atkinson's - Peanut Butter Bar || USA, Texas || A crun-chewy candy with a delicious peanut butter flavor. Very good. | | Atkinson's - Peanut Butter Bar || USA, Texas || A crun-chewy candy with a delicious peanut butter flavor. Very good. | ||
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+ | | Aunt Sally's - Creole Pralines || USA, Louisiana || Soft praline with pecans. Great flavor, but you have to eat it out of the wrapper because it has no form. | ||
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| Bonds of London Assorted Toffee Whirls || England || Toffee swirled with a creme filling. Very sweet, but a little bland. | | Bonds of London Assorted Toffee Whirls || England || Toffee swirled with a creme filling. Very sweet, but a little bland. | ||
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| Charleston Chew || USA || Taffy-like nougat coated in chocolate. Nougats include chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry. Not that great. | | Charleston Chew || USA || Taffy-like nougat coated in chocolate. Nougats include chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry. Not that great. | ||
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+ | | Coffee Delight - Caramelo Blando de Cafe - Colombina || Colombia || Firm toffees with a creamy coffee flavor. Good at first, but has a bitter after taste. | ||
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+ | | CW - Milk Soft Candy || South Korea || A caramel with milk flavor. Nice chewy texture, good flavor. | ||
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+ | | CW - Pumpkin Candy || South Korea || A caramel with pumpkin flavor. Not pumpkin spice, pumpkin. It's pretty good actually. | ||
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+ | | Eclair - Trefin ★ || Belgium || Chocolate butter toffees. Delicious. | ||
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| Frango Caramel Chocolates || USA, New York || Chocolate covered caramels. Very chewy and buttery. Delicious. | | Frango Caramel Chocolates || USA, New York || Chocolate covered caramels. Very chewy and buttery. Delicious. | ||
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+ | | Jack 'n Jill - X.O. || Philippines || Hard toffee lozenges. Flavors are butter caramel and coffee. Both are quite good. | ||
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+ | | Kerr's Toffee || Canada || Soft toffees. I've had rum & butter, which definitely has a rum flavor. | ||
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| Kraft Caramels || USA || Clumpy bland caramels. Not a fan. | | Kraft Caramels || USA || Clumpy bland caramels. Not a fan. | ||
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| Milk Maid Royals || USA || Various flavors wrapped in a caramel tube. It's been a long time since I've had them, but I remember loving them. | | Milk Maid Royals || USA || Various flavors wrapped in a caramel tube. It's been a long time since I've had them, but I remember loving them. | ||
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+ | | Mrs. Prindables || USA, Illinois || Soft chewy caramels. Flavors are Tahitian vanilla, Hawaiian Red Sea salt, and Vietnamese cinnamon apple. | ||
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| Riesen || Germany || A chocolate caramel coated in dark chocolate. Not too sweet, and very delicious. | | Riesen || Germany || A chocolate caramel coated in dark chocolate. Not too sweet, and very delicious. | ||
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− | ! Candy !! Nation !! Notes | + | ! Candy !! Parent !! Nation !! Notes |
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+ | | Altoids Gum || Altoids || England || Small rounded-square gum with thin hard-candy shells sold in a small tin. Flavors include peppermint, cinnamon, wintergreen, spearmint, sour apple, and sour cherry. I've only had the peppermint which was okay, and the sour cherry, which I don't remember liking. | ||
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+ | | Bazooka Joe Bubble Gum || Topps || USA || A small rectangular piece of bubble gum wrapped with a tiny comic strip. When I was a kid the flavors included bubble gum, cherry, grape, and apple, but now only bubble gum flavor is sold. The gum also had groves on one side, but there were eliminated in the remake, and the gum was slightly smaller. All versions of the gum lost its flavor pretty quickly and was exceptionally hard. A special soft version was released. When I was in grade school, they redid the comics and character designs. I didn't care much for the later designs. The comic strips had a gag, a fortune, and a item that you could get by mailing in comics and money. | ||
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+ | | Beemans || Verburg || USA || Wintergreen flavored gum. Current style is pretty awful. Originally contained pepsin to control digestion, but no longer does. | ||
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+ | | Big Choice - Gum Cigars || Swell || USA || Bubblegum shaped like a cigar with a cigar label and individually wrapped. Decent gum, not exactly kid-friendly. Flavors are fruit, mint, and banana. | ||
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+ | | Big Red || Wrigley || USA || A strong cinnamon flavor. My favorite cinnamon gum. | ||
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+ | | Big League Chew || Ford Gum || USA || Shredded bubblegum in a pouch to resemble chewing tobacco. The flavors are usually great, the gum stays soft for a long time, and who doesn't love the idea of selling something which resembles chewing tobacco to children? My favorite flavors include bubblegum, grape, watermelon, strawberry. I remember having a sour apple flavored, but it was too sour to appreciate. I had cotton candy, but I don't remember the flavor. | ||
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+ | | Black Jack || Verburg || USA || A licorice flavored gum. Nice at first, but nauseates me after chewing for awhile. | ||
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+ | | Boby Bubble || Nahla || Iraq || Bubblegum with a comic. It's packaged nearly identical to Bazooka Joe. It looks like they took American comics and just removed the dialogue. There are several wrapper colors, but they all have the same generic pink flavor which is decent, but it becomes hard quickly making it difficult to blow bubbles. | ||
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+ | | Bubble Jug || Wrigley || USA || A small plastic jug filled with tiny bubble gum pellets and flavored powered sugar. Eating it was difficult and messy and resulted in a mouth full of powder. The only flavor I tried was tropical fruit. | ||
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+ | | Bubble Puck || ? || USA || Sold in a black plastic "hokey puck" container, it was a solid block of low-quality pink bubble gum. I remember buying this as a child and thinking it was really cool. | ||
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+ | | Bubble Tape || Wrigley || USA || Six feet of bubble gum stored in a plastic dispenser. Originally it came in a simple capped cylinder, but later versions had a built in slicers. A lot of flavors were made, but my favorites were grape, bubblegum, and strawberry. A Juicy Fruit flavor was made, but the texture was too different from the original for me to find it appealing. I once put an entire bubblegum flavored Bubble Tape roll in my mouth all at once just to see if it was possible. It took awhile, and a lot of drool, but I did it. A short-lived 10 foot long Mega Roll was made which used slightly thinner and narrower gum. | ||
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+ | | Bubblegum Cigarettes || World Confections || USA || Bubblegum wrapped in a paper to look like a cigarette in a box that used cigarette-like graphics. Even has powdered sugar you could blow out to make it look like smoke (though this only works once). Hard bland gum. A great way to convince children that smoking is cool. | ||
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+ | | Canel's || Canel's || Mexico || Chiclets-style gum sold in small packs of 4. A variety of flavors, loses flavor very quickly. | ||
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+ | | CareFree || Hershey || USA || A sugar free gum which claimed to whiten your teeth. No longer made. Flavors included bubble gum, spearmint, wintergreen, and peppermint. There was also a strawberry flavor which tasted like medicine and I remember liking it. | ||
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− | | | + | | Chewing Gum || Mahmoud Sharawi || Jordan || Candy coated squares of gum which loses flavor very quickly. Flavors include jungle berry (decent) and mastic (which has a faint black pepper flavor). |
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− | | | + | | Chiclets || Mondelēz || USA || A rounded-square chewing gum with a thin hard candy shell. Flavors include peppermint and fruit. I liked their shape and packaging, but they lost their flavor very quickly. It stopped being sold in the USA some time ago, but could be imported from Mexico. In 2016 it was discontinued world wide. |
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− | | | + | | Clove || Verburg || USA || Clove-flavored gum. Used to have a stronger flavor, but it's become weaker these days. |
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− | | | + | | Cry Baby || Tootsie || USA || Gumball with a citric acid coating to make them sour. Loses flavor and sourness extremely fast. |
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− | | | + | | Dentyne - Fire || Mondelēz || USA, New Jersey || Cinnamon gum. Hotter than typical cinnamon gums, but still not that hot. |
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− | | | + | | Doublemint || Wrigley || USA || Peppermint gum. Good flavor, long lasting. |
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− | | Bubble | + | | El Bubble - Gum Cigars || Swell || Canada || Bubblegum shaped like a cigar with a cigar label and individually wrapped. Hard poorly flavored gum, and not exactly kid-friendly. Flavors are fruit (Pink Owl), apple (El Bubble), and banana (Golden Dragon). |
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− | | | + | | Extra - Cinnamon || Wrigley || USA || Decent cinnamon flavor, but not as good as Big Red. |
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− | | | + | | Extra - Classic Bubble || Wrigley || USA || Classic bubble gum flavor. Good for bubble blowing. |
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− | | | + | | Extra - Polar Ice || Wrigley || USA || A strong wintergreen mint flavor. Very refreshing. |
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− | | | + | | Flash - Watermelon || Maghreb || Morocco || Flavored similar to real watermelon. Not very sweet or chewy. Loses flavor very quickly and turns bitter. |
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− | | | + | | Fortune Bubble || R.L. Albert & Son || USA, Connecticut || A thick sweet bubblegum that loses its flavor quickly and has a racist stereotype. Was sold for a penny a stick in the 1980s. Each wrapper had a fortune. |
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− | | | + | | Fruit Stripe || Ferrara || USA || Extremely sweet striped chewing gum sticks. Great flavor for a few seconds before it loses its flavor. |
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− | | | + | | Fruit Stripe Bubble Gum || Ferrara || USA || Extremely sweet striped bubble gum sticks. Great flavor for a few seconds before it loses its flavor. Slightly better for blowing bubbles. |
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− | | | + | | Gorilo - Um Doce de Gorila! || Lusiteca || Portugal || Bubble gum packaged nearly identically to Bazooka Joe, but with collectible cartoon gorilla faces instead of comics. The texture is softer, and it doesn't use artificial colors, but it loses its flavor just as quickly. Flavors are passion fruit, strawberry, banana, and orange. |
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− | | | + | | Hubba Bubba - Max - Original || Wrigley || USA, New Jersey || Stays medium-soft and the flavor lasts for quite awhile. Has a nice bubble gum flavor. |
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− | | | + | | Hubba Bubba - Max - Strawberry Watermelon || Wrigley, New Jersey || USA || The two flavors mix well enough. |
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− | | | + | | Hubba Bubba - Max - Sour Blue Raspberry || Wrigley, New Jersey || USA || Nicely tart, but kind of bland. |
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− | | | + | | Jelly Belly - Very Cherry || Wrigley || USA, New York || Sugar free, pieces are too small, cherry flavor is pretty artificial tasting. |
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− | | | + | | Jelly Belly - Island Punch || Wrigley || USA, New York || Sugar free, pieces are too small, punch flavor is mostly artificial grape. |
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− | | | + | | Juicy Fruit || Wrigley || USA || A mildly spicy fruit flavor a mix between banana and jackfruit. Delicious. |
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− | | | + | | Juicy Fruit - Collisions || Wrigley || USA || A combination of two fruit flavors. I've had tropical/berry and strawberry/watermelon. Both are tasty, but the texture is poorer than normal Wrigley's gum. |
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− | | | + | | Rain-Blo || Ferrara || USA || Multi-flavored gumballs. Usually lose their flavor and become hard very quickly. |
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− | | | + | | Seedlings || Tootsie || Canada || Fruit-shaped gumballs filled with small crunchy candy dots. Flavors are grape, watermelon, strawberry, apple, lemon, orange. Just like other Double Bubble gum, it quickly loses its flavor and becomes hard. |
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− | | | + | | Super Bubble || Ferrara || USA || Wax paper wrapped plain pink bubble gum. Good flavor for a very short time before it becomes bland and hard. |
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− | | | + | | Thrills || Tootsie || Spain || Purple chewing gum that, as the package attests, tastes like soap. It's kind of like a minty soap that makes your mouth tingle. It's off-putting, but certainly unique. |
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− | | | + | | Trident - Cinnamon || Mondelēz || USA, New Jersey || A perfectly suitable cinnamon chewing gum. |
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− | | | + | | Trident - Tropical Twist || Mondelēz || USA, New Jersey || Tropical flavor combining orange, kiwi, and mango. Nice taste. |
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− | | Wrigley | + | | Winterfresh || Wrigley || USA || A strong wintergreen flavored gum. |
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− | | | + | | Wrigley - Spearmint || Wrigley || USA || Spearmint flavored gum. Very tasty. Wrigley's started adding green food coloring in the 2000s which actually made it slightly less appealing to me. |
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− | | | + | | Ahlgrens Bilar - Original || Sweden || Sweet marshmallow cars with a hint fruit flavor. There are three flavors, but I can't identify any of them. The texture is unique. They're airy, so they collapse from a bite, but then they become rather dense. It's unique, but not unpleasant. Flavors are pink, green, white. |
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− | | | + | | Airheads || USA, Kentucky || Chewy candy strips in a wide variety of flavors. I don't like the texture, they're far too grainy. |
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− | | Airheads || USA | + | | Airheads Bites - Rainbow Berry || USA || Small chewy rainbow-colored candies. Better texture than ordinary Airheads and good semi-sour flavor. |
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− | | Albanese Gummi Bears || USA || My favorite brand for gummy. Softer than most competitors with a large variety of flavors, including: grape, blue raspberry, pineapple, pink grapefruit, green apple, watermelon, lime, strawberry, cherry, lemon, mango, and orange. | + | | Albanese Gummi Bears ★ || USA || My favorite brand for gummy. Softer than most competitors with a large variety of flavors, including: grape, blue raspberry, pineapple, pink grapefruit, green apple, watermelon, lime, strawberry, cherry, lemon, mango, and orange. |
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| Albanese Gummi Bears - Ultimate || USA || An all-natural flavors and colors variety. Half the flavors are so muted they're difficult to discern, and the similar colors don't help, the others like orange and mango are kind of gross. Flavors are: Amity Raspberry, Queen pineapple, crimson cranberry, black currant, Fuji apple, Asian pear, blood orange, and Alphonso mango. | | Albanese Gummi Bears - Ultimate || USA || An all-natural flavors and colors variety. Half the flavors are so muted they're difficult to discern, and the similar colors don't help, the others like orange and mango are kind of gross. Flavors are: Amity Raspberry, Queen pineapple, crimson cranberry, black currant, Fuji apple, Asian pear, blood orange, and Alphonso mango. | ||
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+ | | Amelio C. Enterprises - Cactus Candy || USA, Arizona || Firm jelly candy made with prickly pear cactus juice and coated in granular sugar. Great flavor. | ||
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+ | | Annabelle's - Abba-Zaba - Mystery Flavor || USA, California || Simple taffy with a "mystery" flavor. Nice taste and taffy texture, but it would be nice if there were more than one flavor. | ||
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+ | | Annabelle's - Abba-Zaba - Peanut Butter || USA, California || An unflavored taffy bar filled with creamy peanut butter. Nice taffy texture, but a very strange and messy combination. | ||
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+ | | Arizona Fruit Snacks - Arizona Beverages || USA || Because, when I think iced tea, I think fruit snacks. Varieties are Mixed Fruit (flavors are fruit punch, watermelon, grapeade, mucho mango, and orangeade) and Green Tea (plum blueberry, apple, green tea, and mandarin). The lack of artificial colors and only two shapes (tea can and Arizona logo) makes it had to distinguish the flavors, and, the lack of artificial flavors makes them all taste mild compared to other candy. There also isn't an even variety, the candy is mostly the cheaper flavors. | ||
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| Banana Skids || Sweden || Banana and toffee flavored hard taffy. A good combination of flavors. | | Banana Skids || Sweden || Banana and toffee flavored hard taffy. A good combination of flavors. | ||
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+ | | Bebeto - Super Belts || Turkey || Color strips of gummy candy coated in sour sugar. Nothing special. | ||
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| Betty Crocker - Fruit Flavored Snacks || USA, Minnesota || Assorted gummy snacks themed with the latest fad. Although they're made in different colors and advertised as having assorted flavors, they all taste the same with a vaguely fruity sweetness. Not very good. | | Betty Crocker - Fruit Flavored Snacks || USA, Minnesota || Assorted gummy snacks themed with the latest fad. Although they're made in different colors and advertised as having assorted flavors, they all taste the same with a vaguely fruity sweetness. Not very good. | ||
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− | | Black Forest Gummy Bears || USA || Better than Harbio, but not as good as Albanese. | + | | Black Forest - Gummy Bears || USA || Better than Harbio, but not as good as Albanese. |
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− | | Bonds of London Fruit Pastilles || London || Gummy candies coated in sugar. Basically, firm gumdrops, but made with real fruit juice. Better than most American gumdrops. | + | | Bonds of London - Fruit Pastilles || London || Gummy candies coated in sugar. Basically, firm gumdrops, but made with real fruit juice. Better than most American gumdrops. |
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− | | | + | | Brach's - Christmas Nougats - Ferrara || Mexico || Chewy nougats with Christmas decoration. Flavors are cinnamon, spearmint, and peppermint. Enjoyable. |
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+ | | Brach's - Autumn Mix - Ferrara || Mexico || Two kinds of candy corn and pumpkins. The normal candy corn and pumpkins have the same traditional marshmallow flavor. The candy corn with brown on the bottom has a fudge flavor. Very much what you'd expect. | ||
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+ | | Brown Sugar Boba Milk Tea - Toko || Taiwan || A chocolate gumdrop with a chocolate and brown sugar tea coating. | ||
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+ | | Classic Candy Corn - Brach's || Mexico || The same bland waxy texture and honey flavor you'd expect from candy corn. | ||
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| Cherri and Bubb || USA || Mike and Ike style candy with just cherry and bubble gum flavors. It was nice to have bubble gum, but cherry already existed in the original Mike and Ike, so it was redundant. | | Cherri and Bubb || USA || Mike and Ike style candy with just cherry and bubble gum flavors. It was nice to have bubble gum, but cherry already existed in the original Mike and Ike, so it was redundant. | ||
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− | | Chewy Lemonhead Fruit Mix || USA, Illinois || Chewy versions of Lemonheads. Flavors include: grape, lemon, cherry, lime, orange. | + | | Chewy Lemonhead - Fruit Mix - Ferrara Candy || USA, Illinois || Chewy versions of Lemonheads. Flavors include: grape, lemon, cherry, lime, orange. |
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− | | Chewy Lemonhead Pink Lemonade || USA, Illinois || Chewy versions of Lemonheads, just pink lemonade flavor. Kind of bland. | + | | Chewy Lemonhead - Pink Lemonade - Ferrara Candy || USA, Illinois || Chewy versions of Lemonheads, just pink lemonade flavor. Kind of bland. |
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+ | | Chewy Lemonhead - Tropical - Ferrara Candy || Mexico || Chewy candy balls with tropical fruit flavors. Pretty good. | ||
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| Chuckles || USA || Sugar-coated jellies. Like gum drops, but softer. Flavors are: cherry, lime, lemon, orange, and licorice. | | Chuckles || USA || Sugar-coated jellies. Like gum drops, but softer. Flavors are: cherry, lime, lemon, orange, and licorice. | ||
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+ | | Chewits - Extreme - Cloetta || UK || Taffy squares. I've had sour apple which was decent. | ||
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+ | | Potchi - Columbia's || Philippines || Strawberries and cream gummy discs. Kind of like marshmallow coated in granular sugar. Quite artificial tasting. | ||
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| Cougar Yogurt || Thailand || Yogurt-flavored chews. Has a tart mildly acidic yogurt flavor which is interesting. | | Cougar Yogurt || Thailand || Yogurt-flavored chews. Has a tart mildly acidic yogurt flavor which is interesting. | ||
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| Crazy Bee || Ukraine || Fruit jellies, not as chewy as gummies, with a fruit goop inside. Very good. I've only tasted strawberry, lime, and orange, but other flavors include grapefruit, sour cherry, and wild berry. | | Crazy Bee || Ukraine || Fruit jellies, not as chewy as gummies, with a fruit goop inside. Very good. I've only tasted strawberry, lime, and orange, but other flavors include grapefruit, sour cherry, and wild berry. | ||
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+ | | Seacom Dalcom - Crown ★ || South Korea || Fruit chews. Like Star Burst. I've only had lemon, but it was a more intense flavor closer to a real lemon. Quite enjoyable. | ||
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+ | | TTangKong - Caramel Peanut Candy - Crown || South Korea || Peanut-flavors caramels with chunks of peanut inside. Decent flavor. It's packages in four colors, but they're all the same. | ||
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| Crows || USA || Licorice flavored dots. Gross, unless you like licorice. | | Crows || USA || Licorice flavored dots. Gross, unless you like licorice. | ||
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| Drumstick Squashies - Sour Cherry & Apple || London || A hybrid of marshmallow and gummy. Good flavor and texture. Goofy name. They're not drumstick shaped, instead, they look like school erasers. | | Drumstick Squashies - Sour Cherry & Apple || London || A hybrid of marshmallow and gummy. Good flavor and texture. Goofy name. They're not drumstick shaped, instead, they look like school erasers. | ||
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+ | | Efrutti - Cheese Cake || China || Fruity cheese cake marshmallow candy with a firm graham cracker-like crust. | ||
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+ | | Efrutti - Cup Cake || China || Cupcake shaped candy with a marshmallow base and gummy top. Quite good. | ||
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+ | | Efrutti - Strawberry || China || Strawberry shaped gummy candy. Nice texture and flavor. | ||
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| Fabulicious - Sherbert Fizz || New Zealand || Red licorice tubes filled with a sour semi-fizzy ooze. Not much flavor, just sugary and sour. | | Fabulicious - Sherbert Fizz || New Zealand || Red licorice tubes filled with a sour semi-fizzy ooze. Not much flavor, just sugary and sour. | ||
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+ | | Ferris Nut Co - Salt Water Taffy || USA, Michigan || Salt water taffy with a large variety of flavors: Peppermint, blue raspberry, caramel, Neapolitan, vanilla, chocolate, apple, cinnamon, unknown (brown with white center), orange creamsicle, watermelon, popcorn, grape, and licorice. | ||
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+ | | Fettuccine Gummi - Bourbon || Japan || Strips of gummy candy, meant to look like fettuccine noodles, coated in sugar citric acid. I've had grape flavor, which is okay. | ||
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| Fini - Bricks Ladrillos - Strawberry? || Spain || Candy "bricks" with a white filling coated in sugar. Very sweet, but not much flavor. | | Fini - Bricks Ladrillos - Strawberry? || Spain || Candy "bricks" with a white filling coated in sugar. Very sweet, but not much flavor. | ||
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+ | | Fini - Jelly Bananas || Spain || Banana shaped and flavored gummies coated in sugar. Pretty good, but has the typical fake banana flavor that is slightly chemical tasting. | ||
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| Fini - Roller Fizz - Strawberry || Spain || Strawberry flavored candy roll covered with a tart sugar. Tastes good, but very messy. | | Fini - Roller Fizz - Strawberry || Spain || Strawberry flavored candy roll covered with a tart sugar. Tastes good, but very messy. | ||
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| Four Seas Daifuku Marshmallow || China || Marshmallow with a semi-sweet chocolate paste inside. Pretty good. | | Four Seas Daifuku Marshmallow || China || Marshmallow with a semi-sweet chocolate paste inside. Pretty good. | ||
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− | | Fruit Salad || Spain || Same texture and packaging as Star Burst, even to the point of using a tear drop, but only one flavor, a swirl of pineapple and raspberry. Sweet and chewy, but almost medicinal in taste. | + | | Barratt - Fruit Salad || Spain || Same texture and packaging as Star Burst, even to the point of using a tear drop, but only one flavor, a swirl of pineapple and raspberry. Sweet and chewy, but almost medicinal in taste. |
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+ | | Gimbal's - Gourmet Jelly Beans || USA || Used to be a good replacement for [[Jelly Belly]], but they changed their formula in 2020 and ruined the texture. Eats more like a cheap generic jelly bean now. | ||
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− | | | + | | Golden Casket - Millions ★ || UK || Tiny firm chewy candies. Quite good. I've only had strawberry, but there are many flavors. |
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| Good & Fruity || USA || Like Good & Plenty, only with cherry flavored candy in the center instead of licorice, and a different flavored coating based on the color. Original flavors were raspberry, cherry, lime, lemon, and orange. In 1992, the center candy was changed to match the exterior color. The candy frequently goes out of production. It was brought back in 2008 with raspberry replaced with blue raspberry. | | Good & Fruity || USA || Like Good & Plenty, only with cherry flavored candy in the center instead of licorice, and a different flavored coating based on the color. Original flavors were raspberry, cherry, lime, lemon, and orange. In 1992, the center candy was changed to match the exterior color. The candy frequently goes out of production. It was brought back in 2008 with raspberry replaced with blue raspberry. | ||
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| Good & Plenty || USA || Pink and white candy-coated licorice cylinders. Gross. | | Good & Plenty || USA || Pink and white candy-coated licorice cylinders. Gross. | ||
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+ | | Gummies - Jelly Belly || USA, California || Vegan gummies. Flavors are very cherry, berry blue, green apple, lemon, orange. More waxy than gummy, but not awful. | ||
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| Haribo - Friendship Rings || Germany || Gummy rings with a "stone." They're a bit hard and bland. Each ring has two flavors, one for the band, and one for the stone. The flavors are the same a Gold-Bears. | | Haribo - Friendship Rings || Germany || Gummy rings with a "stone." They're a bit hard and bland. Each ring has two flavors, one for the band, and one for the stone. The flavors are the same a Gold-Bears. | ||
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| Haribo - Happy-Cola || Germany || Gummy cola bottles. A bit hard, and, like most cola candy, the flavor is a bit off. | | Haribo - Happy-Cola || Germany || Gummy cola bottles. A bit hard, and, like most cola candy, the flavor is a bit off. | ||
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+ | | Haribo - Pasta Frutta Fizz || Belgium || Flat gummy squares coated in mildly sour sugar that causes a slight fizz in your mouth. Flavors include strawberry, lime, lemon, and orange. | ||
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| Haribo - Pik - Orangina || France || Gummy bottles of Orangina. They have a similar semi-bitter citrus flavor. Flavors are rouge and original. | | Haribo - Pik - Orangina || France || Gummy bottles of Orangina. They have a similar semi-bitter citrus flavor. Flavors are rouge and original. | ||
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+ | | Haribo - Pika - Spaghetti || Spain || Gummy strawberry spaghetti strings with sour sugar. Flavor and texture is good, but, with only a single flavor, it gets old fast. | ||
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+ | | Haribo - Rainbow Saver || Germany || Gummy flat tubes covered with tart sugar. Flavors are blackberry, "tropical," strawberry, and apple. They're okay. | ||
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| Haribo - Roulette - Cola || France || Gummy cola discs. I'm not a fan of candy cola flavor. Also, it's not exactly roulette if all the flavors are the same, is it? | | Haribo - Roulette - Cola || France || Gummy cola discs. I'm not a fan of candy cola flavor. Also, it's not exactly roulette if all the flavors are the same, is it? | ||
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| Haribo - Twin Snakes || Germany || Two gummy snakes, each a different flavor, merged together. One is sweet, the other is sour. A bit hard, but better flavor than Gold-Bears. | | Haribo - Twin Snakes || Germany || Two gummy snakes, each a different flavor, merged together. One is sweet, the other is sour. A bit hard, but better flavor than Gold-Bears. | ||
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− | | Hello Kitty - | + | | Hello Kitty - Marshmallow - Eiwa || China || Mild flavored marshmallow with a small amount of goop spread inside each one. Not too bad. Flavors are tropical pineapple, strawberry, and matcha. There is also a mango flavor, but I haven't tried it yet. |
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− | | Hi-Chew || Japan || A chewy candy of assorted flavors. The texture is like a cross between chewing gum and gummy candy. It uses real fruit so the | + | | Hi-Chew ★ || Japan || A chewy candy of assorted flavors. The texture is like a cross between chewing gum and gummy candy. It uses real fruit so the flavors are much more accurate compared to American candy. My favorite flavors are grape (especially good!), apple, strawberry, white peach, açai, kiwi, and mango. Uses foil wrappers for longer freshness. |
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| Hi-Chew Plus Fruit || Japan || Includes fruit pulp in the candy. Flavors are mango/pineapple and cranberry/grape. | | Hi-Chew Plus Fruit || Japan || Includes fruit pulp in the candy. Flavors are mango/pineapple and cranberry/grape. | ||
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| Hilal - Jiggles - Watermelon || Pakistan || Watermelon gummies shaped like watermelon slices and coated in sugar. Decent. | | Hilal - Jiggles - Watermelon || Pakistan || Watermelon gummies shaped like watermelon slices and coated in sugar. Decent. | ||
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− | | | + | | Horrocks Farm Market - Assorted Slices || Mexico || Fruit slice jellies coated in sugar. Overly sweet and artificial tasting flavor of cherry, grape, lime, lemon, and orange. |
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− | | | + | | Hot Tamales ★ || USA || Mike and Ike style candy, but all cinnamon. Nice flavor, decent heat, but gets boring with just one flavor. |
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− | | Jelly Belly || USA || | + | | Huer - Sour Cola Bottles || Canada, Quebec || Gummy cola bottles with a sour sugar coating. Decently sour, but I don't care much for cola candy, so I don't care much for these. |
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+ | | Saadet - Jellopy - Mr. Crocodile || Turkey || Just a gummy crocodile. The flavor is kind of a bland, and almost soapy. | ||
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+ | | [[Jelly Belly]] ★ || USA, California || Small jelly beans with dozens of flavors, many of which taste shockingly like their analog. I love these, but they're very expensive. | ||
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| Jengo - Sour Bites || Egypt || Gel cola bottles coated in sour sugar. Decent flavor, but dull. | | Jengo - Sour Bites || Egypt || Gel cola bottles coated in sour sugar. Decent flavor, but dull. | ||
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− | | Jolly Joes || USA || Mike and Ike style candy | + | | Jojo - Jahůdky || Czech Republic || Sugar coated candy balls with strawberry flavored candy jelly inside. Not unpleasant, but boring. |
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+ | | Jojo - Vexta || Czech Republic || Marshmallow cubes. The flavors taste quite natural and include cherry, apple, lemon, and orange. | ||
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+ | | Jolly Joes || USA || Mike and Ike style candy, but all grape flavor. Gets boring fast. | ||
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| Jolly Rancher Gummies || USA || Gummy Jolly Ranchers. Slightly waxy exterior. Flavors include green apple, watermelon, blue raspberry, grape, and cherry. | | Jolly Rancher Gummies || USA || Gummy Jolly Ranchers. Slightly waxy exterior. Flavors include green apple, watermelon, blue raspberry, grape, and cherry. | ||
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| Jujubes || USA || Semi-hard chewy candies in small cylinders. Flavors include (in order of appreciation): raspberry, lime, grape, lemon, orange. Usually too hard to enjoy. | | Jujubes || USA || Semi-hard chewy candies in small cylinders. Flavors include (in order of appreciation): raspberry, lime, grape, lemon, orange. Usually too hard to enjoy. | ||
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− | | Jujyfruits || USA || Semi-hard chewy candies in fruit shapes. Flavors include (in order of appreciation): raspberry, lime, lemon, orange, and anise. I like the idea, but I usually find they're too hard to appreciate because they get stuck in your teeth. | + | | Ferrara - Jujyfruits || USA || Semi-hard chewy candies in fruit shapes. Flavors include (in order of appreciation): raspberry, lime, lemon, orange, and anise. I like the idea, but I usually find they're too hard to appreciate because they get stuck in your teeth. |
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− | | [[Kasugai Gummy Candy]] || Japan || Gummy discs. Flavors include: grape, muscat, pineapple, peach, mango, kiwi, Ramune, lychee, yuzu, strawberry, watermelon, and apple. Others I haven't tasted include: cranberry, lemonade, melon, and orange. | + | | [[Kasugai Gummy Candy]] ★ || Japan || Gummy discs. Flavors include: grape, muscat, pineapple, peach, mango, kiwi, Ramune, lychee, yuzu, strawberry, watermelon, and apple. Others I haven't tasted include: cranberry, lemonade, melon, and orange. |
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| Lacasa Pikotas || Spain || Cherry balls with a gummy center. Enjoyable, but needs more variety. | | Lacasa Pikotas || Spain || Cherry balls with a gummy center. Enjoyable, but needs more variety. | ||
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| Mamba - Tropics || Germany || Fruit chews. Not as waxy as Starburst. Same assortment variety problem. Flavors I've tasted include pineapple-coconut, mango-orange, and apple-kiwi. | | Mamba - Tropics || Germany || Fruit chews. Not as waxy as Starburst. Same assortment variety problem. Flavors I've tasted include pineapple-coconut, mango-orange, and apple-kiwi. | ||
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− | | Mary Jane || USA || Peanut and molasses chews. Very good. | + | | Maoam - Bloxx || Germany || Slightly sour taffy bites. I've only had raspberry and orange. They're good, but nothing special. |
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+ | | Mary Jane ★ || USA || Peanut and molasses chews. Very good. | ||
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| Maynard - Juicy Squirts - Berry || Canada, Ontario || Fruit gummies with liquid center. Flavors are cherry, peach, strawberry. My pack was mostly peach and strawberry with only two cherry and no grape. These have a very artificial flavor with a medicinal aftertaste, not a fan. | | Maynard - Juicy Squirts - Berry || Canada, Ontario || Fruit gummies with liquid center. Flavors are cherry, peach, strawberry. My pack was mostly peach and strawberry with only two cherry and no grape. These have a very artificial flavor with a medicinal aftertaste, not a fan. | ||
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+ | | Meijer - Easter Sour Chicks & Bunnies || USA, Michigan || Gummy Easter shapes coated in sugar and citric acid. Not very sour. Only four flavors: grape, apple, lemon, and tangerine. | ||
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| Meiji Gummy Choco || Hong Kong || Strawberry gummy drops coated in milk chocolate. | | Meiji Gummy Choco || Hong Kong || Strawberry gummy drops coated in milk chocolate. | ||
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| Mott's Fruit Flavored Snacks || USA || Good texture, but very little flavor, they're just sweet. There are only 3 flavors: apple, pear, and sweet potato, and five shapes: grape, strawberry, apple, carrot, pear. | | Mott's Fruit Flavored Snacks || USA || Good texture, but very little flavor, they're just sweet. There are only 3 flavors: apple, pear, and sweet potato, and five shapes: grape, strawberry, apple, carrot, pear. | ||
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+ | | Nerds || USA || Small sugar crystals coated in candy. Nice crunch, but so sweet they hurt my teeth. They come in a variety of flavors, but strawberry and grape at the most common. | ||
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| Nerds - Big Chewy || USA || Chewy centers with a crunchy candy shell. A little tart, but otherwise bland, and I'm pretty sure this candy existed before and just now has a new branding. The bag I bought had a lot of orange and a little grape. Flavors are grape, strawberry, orange, and lemon. | | Nerds - Big Chewy || USA || Chewy centers with a crunchy candy shell. A little tart, but otherwise bland, and I'm pretty sure this candy existed before and just now has a new branding. The bag I bought had a lot of orange and a little grape. Flavors are grape, strawberry, orange, and lemon. | ||
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| Ninja Gummy || Japan || Firm gummy lozenges with a thin candy coating. Cola flavored. Not that great. | | Ninja Gummy || Japan || Firm gummy lozenges with a thin candy coating. Cola flavored. Not that great. | ||
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− | | Nordic Sweets Soft Raspberries || Sweden || Raspberry gumdrops. They are bouncier than American gumdrops and require more pressure to chew through. Good highly-sweet raspberry flavor. | + | | Nordic Sweets Soft Raspberries ★ || Sweden || Raspberry gumdrops. They are bouncier than American gumdrops and require more pressure to chew through. Good highly-sweet raspberry flavor. |
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| Norfolk Manor - Jelly Babies || UK || Child-shaped jellies coated in powdered sugar. Not very good. Flavors are raspberry, black current, strawberry, lime, lemon, and orange. | | Norfolk Manor - Jelly Babies || UK || Child-shaped jellies coated in powdered sugar. Not very good. Flavors are raspberry, black current, strawberry, lime, lemon, and orange. | ||
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− | | Now and Later Shell Shocked || USA || Puts a smooth hard shell on Now and Laters and sold unwrapped in a bag of assorted flavors. Kind of nice because they don't dry out as badly as ordinary Now and Laters, but they're also considerably softer which takes away some of the fun of the candy. I don't care much for them, but I like the favorite in the following order: cherry, grape, apple, banana, and strawberry (which tastes strange). | + | | Now and Later - Shell Shocked || USA || Puts a smooth hard shell on Now and Laters and sold unwrapped in a bag of assorted flavors. Kind of nice because they don't dry out as badly as ordinary Now and Laters, but they're also considerably softer which takes away some of the fun of the candy. I don't care much for them, but I like the favorite in the following order: cherry, grape, apple, banana, and strawberry (which tastes strange). |
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| Original Gummi Fun Mix || Spain || An assortment of gummy bears, worms, cherries, sharks, and Swirlz (large swirled gumdrops). Seems like a collection of the stuff that fell off the machine rather than a purposely made mix. The assortment claim 18 varieties, but they're including different flavors. The "worms" are so short they're more like maggots. The bears and worms aren't very good, but the sharks and drops are nice. | | Original Gummi Fun Mix || Spain || An assortment of gummy bears, worms, cherries, sharks, and Swirlz (large swirled gumdrops). Seems like a collection of the stuff that fell off the machine rather than a purposely made mix. The assortment claim 18 varieties, but they're including different flavors. The "worms" are so short they're more like maggots. The bears and worms aren't very good, but the sharks and drops are nice. | ||
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| Pascall Pineapple Lumps || Australia || Chewy pineapple bites coated in chocolate. Kind of like a Charleston Chew. Pretty good, but I would like more than just one flavor. | | Pascall Pineapple Lumps || Australia || Chewy pineapple bites coated in chocolate. Kind of like a Charleston Chew. Pretty good, but I would like more than just one flavor. | ||
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+ | | Pedro || Czech Republic || Strips of strawberry fruit leather coated with semi-sour granulated sugar. It's fine, but it would be better if it had more than one flavor. | ||
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| Pelon Pelonetes || Mexico || Little candy balls with a chewy center. Despite the rainbow colors, they are all tamarind flavor. Not that great. | | Pelon Pelonetes || Mexico || Little candy balls with a chewy center. Despite the rainbow colors, they are all tamarind flavor. Not that great. | ||
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− | | Puchao || Japan || | + | | Primrose - Salt Water Taffy || USA, Illinois || Standard chewy salt water taffy chunks wrapped in wax paper. Flavors are orange creamsicle, cherry, blue berry, watermelon, lemon/lime, Neapolitan, chocolate, orange, and peppermint. |
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+ | | Puchao || Japan || Multi-textured chewy candies of assorted flavors. The fruit flavors are grape, mango, strawberry, and cantaloupe. The pop flavors are cola and Ramune which have little pockets of fizzy powder in them. The Ramune flavor is spot on, while the cola flavor is a bit bitter. | ||
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+ | | Pulparindo - de la Rosa || Mexico || Salted and spiced Tamarind pulp. Tart and sweet, but so salty it's gritty. | ||
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+ | | Pulparindots - de la Rosa || Mexico || Tamarind jellies with a candy shell. Quite hot. I've only had mango flavor. | ||
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+ | | Rowntree's - Fruit Gems || UK || Firm fruit gummies with a small amount of real fruit flavor. Flavors are grape, lime, strawberry, lemon, and orange. | ||
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+ | | Rowntree's - Randoms || UK || Gummies is a variety of shapes and real fruit flavors. Great flavor and texture. | ||
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+ | | Seoju - Secret Jelly || South Korea || Moon and star-shaped black gummies with a "secret" fruit flavor. Tastes like mango and plum mixed. Nice taste and dyed with squid ink! | ||
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− | | | + | | Seoju - Yang Jelly || South Korea || Cat paw shaped gummies flavored with pink grapefruit and lychee. Soft texture, decent flavor. The lychee cuts the acidity of the grapefruit. |
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| Skalle Skum - Cool Hallon || Sweden || Sour raspberry gummy skull and crossbones. Good flavor, nice and chewy. | | Skalle Skum - Cool Hallon || Sweden || Sour raspberry gummy skull and crossbones. Good flavor, nice and chewy. | ||
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| Skittles - Darkside || USA || Flavors are forbidden fruit, black berry, midnight lime, dark berry, blood orange. | | Skittles - Darkside || USA || Flavors are forbidden fruit, black berry, midnight lime, dark berry, blood orange. | ||
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− | | Skittles - Dips || USA || Same flavors as original Skittles, but with a yogurt coating. The crumbly texture of the yogurt is a little off, and the sweetness of the candy clashes with the yogurt, but it does add a nice creaminess to the flavor. | + | | Skittles - Dips || USA || Same flavors as original Skittles, but with a yogurt coating. The crumbly texture of the yogurt is a little off-putting, and the sweetness of the candy clashes with the yogurt, but it does add a nice creaminess to the flavor. |
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+ | | Skittles - Smoothies || USA, New Jersey || Flavors are all smoothies and a bit bitter including: raspberry, strawberry banana, peach guava, mango, and blueberry (which is especially bitter). | ||
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| Skittles - Wild Berry || USA || Flavors are wild cherry, melon berry, berry punch, raspberry, and strawberry. | | Skittles - Wild Berry || USA || Flavors are wild cherry, melon berry, berry punch, raspberry, and strawberry. | ||
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| Skittles - Wild Berry - Gummy || USA || Same flavors as Wild Berry, but as gummies without a candy shell. Has an oily texture. | | Skittles - Wild Berry - Gummy || USA || Same flavors as Wild Berry, but as gummies without a candy shell. Has an oily texture. | ||
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+ | | Sour Jelly Beans - Trader Joes || Ireland || Mini jellybeans with added sourness. Flavors are and pineapple, red, blue, apple, and orange. | ||
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| Sour Patch Kids || USA || Gummy kid-shaped candies coated in sugar and citric acid. Flavors are blue raspberry, raspberry, lime, lemon, and orange. | | Sour Patch Kids || USA || Gummy kid-shaped candies coated in sugar and citric acid. Flavors are blue raspberry, raspberry, lime, lemon, and orange. | ||
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− | | Sour Patch Kids - Watermelon || Turkey || Gummy watermelon-slice shaped candy coated in a mildly sour sugar. Decent taste, but too | + | | Sour Patch Kids - Heads || Canada || Gummy kid-shaped candies coated in sugar and citric acid. Larger than regular ones. The heads are one flavor, the bodies another. Flavors are blue raspberry and pink lemonade, pineapple and redberry, and peach and orange. |
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+ | | Sour Patch Kids - Watermelon || Turkey || Gummy watermelon-slice shaped candy coated in a mildly sour sugar. Decent taste, but too homogeneous. | ||
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| Spangler Marshmallow Circus Peanuts || USA || Bright orange marshmallow candies shaped like large peanuts. Nicely chewy, but extremely sweet with a hint of citrus flavor. | | Spangler Marshmallow Circus Peanuts || USA || Bright orange marshmallow candies shaped like large peanuts. Nicely chewy, but extremely sweet with a hint of citrus flavor. | ||
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− | | Spice Drops || USA || Gumdrops with spice and mint flavors. Different per manufacturer, but the usual flavors include cinnamon (red), wintergreen (green), clove (yellow), peppermint (white), orange (orange), and anise (purple). | + | | Spice Drops ★ || USA || Gumdrops with spice and mint flavors. Different per manufacturer, but the usual flavors include cinnamon (red), wintergreen (green), clove (yellow), peppermint (white), orange (orange), and anise (purple). |
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| Spree (Chewy) || USA || A chewy version of the normal candy. I like these slightly better than the hard ones. | | Spree (Chewy) || USA || A chewy version of the normal candy. I like these slightly better than the hard ones. | ||
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| Starburst || USA || Firm fruit chews. Flavors are strawberry, cherry, lemon, and orange. | | Starburst || USA || Firm fruit chews. Flavors are strawberry, cherry, lemon, and orange. | ||
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− | | Starburst FaveReds || USA || Starburst with the flavors: fruit punch, cherry, strawberry, and watermelon. | + | | Starburst FaveReds ★ || USA || Starburst with the flavors: fruit punch, cherry, strawberry, and watermelon. |
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| Starburst GummiBursts || USA || Fruit snacks with liquid centers. Nice texture combination, but the flavors don't match the original candy. Flavors are strawberry, cherry, lemon, orange. | | Starburst GummiBursts || USA || Fruit snacks with liquid centers. Nice texture combination, but the flavors don't match the original candy. Flavors are strawberry, cherry, lemon, orange. | ||
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+ | | Starburst Mini - Mars Wrigley || Mexico || Small Starburst chews sold unwrapped in a bag. A bit firmer than regular Starburst, but the same flavors. | ||
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+ | | Sugus || Portugal || Starburst with a different name and sold as mixed flavors, or an entire pack of a single flavor. I've only had orange flavor (laranja) which has more of an orange concentrate flavor compared with Starburst orange. | ||
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| Swedish Fish || Turkey || Fish-shaped gummy candy, waxier than most other gummies, but not unpleasant. Flavors include an unique red flavor, lime, lemon, and orange. The red flavor is interesting, the others are generic. | | Swedish Fish || Turkey || Fish-shaped gummy candy, waxier than most other gummies, but not unpleasant. Flavors include an unique red flavor, lime, lemon, and orange. The red flavor is interesting, the others are generic. | ||
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− | | Sweet Tarts - Chewy || USA || Round flat discs, much larger than a regular Sweet Tart, but with an added chewiness. I prefer these over the original. Flavors are: grape, cherry, lime, lemon. | + | | Sweet Tarts - Chewy ★ || USA || Round flat discs, much larger than a regular Sweet Tart, but with an added chewiness. I prefer these over the original. Flavors are: grape, cherry, lime, lemon. |
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| Sweet Tarts - Mini Chewy || USA || Nice texture, but they don't taste all that great. More sour than flavor. Seems like there are more yellow and orange than any other color. | | Sweet Tarts - Mini Chewy || USA || Nice texture, but they don't taste all that great. More sour than flavor. Seems like there are more yellow and orange than any other color. | ||
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| Sweet Tarts - Soft & Chewy Ropes || USA || The cherry punch straw is decent, but the cream inside is awful. | | Sweet Tarts - Soft & Chewy Ropes || USA || The cherry punch straw is decent, but the cream inside is awful. | ||
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+ | | Sweetpeople - Spring Marshmallow Flowers || Spain || Standard vanilla marshmallows shaped like flowers. A bit more firm than US marshmallows, but otherwise nothing special. | ||
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+ | | Têtes Brulées - Barres De Rire (Hot Heads - Laughing Bars) || France || Sour chewy candy like Airheads with a sweet fruity center. Flavors are apple and strawberry. Not bad, and very sour. | ||
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| Tootsie Fruit Chews || USA || Chewy Tootsie Roll-shaped fruit candies with a harder shell in the flavors of lemon, lime, cherry, orange, and blue raspberry. They're the same artificial flavors as fruity Tootsie Roll candies. Enjoyable, but a little waxy. | | Tootsie Fruit Chews || USA || Chewy Tootsie Roll-shaped fruit candies with a harder shell in the flavors of lemon, lime, cherry, orange, and blue raspberry. They're the same artificial flavors as fruity Tootsie Roll candies. Enjoyable, but a little waxy. | ||
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− | | Tootsie Fruit Chews Rolls || USA || Same consistency as a Tootsie Roll, but with alternate flavors. My favorite flavors in order of best to worst are vanilla, cherry, lime, orange, and lemon. I especially like mixing vanilla with orange or cherry. | + | | Tootsie Fruit Chews Rolls ★ || USA || Same consistency as a Tootsie Roll, but with alternate flavors. My favorite flavors in order of best to worst are vanilla, cherry, lime, orange, and lemon. I especially like mixing vanilla with orange or cherry. |
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| Trolli Sour Brite Crawlers Minis || Germany || Bland, not very sour, only 3 flavors and they all taste similar. | | Trolli Sour Brite Crawlers Minis || Germany || Bland, not very sour, only 3 flavors and they all taste similar. | ||
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| Trolli Sour Brite Eggs || Germany || Rubbery texture, not sour at all, only 3 flavors and they all taste similar, nice color fade though. | | Trolli Sour Brite Eggs || Germany || Rubbery texture, not sour at all, only 3 flavors and they all taste similar, nice color fade though. | ||
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− | | Turkish Taffy || USA || Taffy so hard you can shatter it, Flavors include chocolate (great cocoa taste), vanilla, strawberry, and banana. I haven't had banana, but I love all the flavors I've tasted. | + | | Turkish Taffy ★ || USA, Pennsylvania || Taffy so hard you can shatter it, Flavors include chocolate (great cocoa taste), vanilla, strawberry, and banana. I haven't had banana, but I love all the flavors I've tasted. |
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| Twizzlers || USA || Bland waxy flavor. Original is strawberry, but they make other flavors. | | Twizzlers || USA || Bland waxy flavor. Original is strawberry, but they make other flavors. | ||
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− | | Twizzlers Pull 'n' Peel || USA || Fun to eat at first, chewy, but not much flavor. Green apple: decent, cherry: acceptable, watermelon: bland. | + | | Twizzlers - Filled Twists || USA || Twizzlers with a soft sticky center. Two flavors in one package cherry kick and citrus punch. Extremely sweet, but tastes good. |
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+ | | Twizzlers - Pull 'n' Peel || USA || Fun to eat at first, chewy, but not much flavor. Green apple: decent, cherry: acceptable, watermelon: bland. | ||
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+ | | Ube Pastillas - Aiza's Sweets || Philippians || Soft milk candy with purple yam flavoring. The flavor isn't unpleasant, but the texture is like eating starchy dough. | ||
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+ | | Ülker - Kremini - Candy Mini Sour (Ekşi)|| Turkey || Small chewy candies with a thin hard candy shell, very similar Skittles, and quite enjoyable. Flavors are raspberry, lemon, apple, and orange. | ||
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+ | | Ülker - Kremini - Toffee || Turkey || Chewy candy squares, very similar in shape and texture to Starburst. I've only tried watermelon, which is decent. | ||
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| Vidal - Gummi Spicy Mangos || Spain || Gummi mango candy that's actually pretty hot. Not a fan. | | Vidal - Gummi Spicy Mangos || Spain || Gummi mango candy that's actually pretty hot. Not a fan. | ||
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| White Rabbit || USA, Hawaii || Milk-flavored taffy. A bit bland. | | White Rabbit || USA, Hawaii || Milk-flavored taffy. A bit bland. | ||
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− | | Wiley Wallaby || USA, Minnesota || Chewy licorice-shaped candy. Decent. Flavors include blueberry pomegranate, strawberry, triple berry, huckleberry, and licorice. | + | | Wiley Wallaby - Soft & Chewy || USA, Minnesota || Chewy licorice-shaped candy. Decent. Flavors include blueberry pomegranate, strawberry, triple berry, huckleberry, and licorice. |
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+ | | Wiley Wallaby - Sourrageous Drops || USA, Minnesota || Tiny licorice drops with a sour candy coating. Nothing special. Flavors are watermelon, green apple, and lemon. | ||
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| Yoyo Jelly - Cola || Thailand || Like Kasugai gummies, but cola flavored. A bit generic. | | Yoyo Jelly - Cola || Thailand || Like Kasugai gummies, but cola flavored. A bit generic. | ||
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+ | | 10 Komori Fruit - Ribon ★ || Japan || Fruit flavored hard candy balls. Flavors are muscat, pineapple, grape, lemon, white peach, Ibara King melon, apple, strawberry, orange, mango. | ||
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| Altoids Candy Sours || England || Small hard candy sour drops of various fruit flavors sold in a circular tin. Flavors include: citrus, apple, raspberry, tangerine, mango, and passion fruit. I've only tasted a couple; they were okay. | | Altoids Candy Sours || England || Small hard candy sour drops of various fruit flavors sold in a circular tin. Flavors include: citrus, apple, raspberry, tangerine, mango, and passion fruit. I've only tasted a couple; they were okay. | ||
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| Atomic Fireball || USA || A hot cinnamon jawbreaker. Too hot to be enjoyable. | | Atomic Fireball || USA || A hot cinnamon jawbreaker. Too hot to be enjoyable. | ||
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− | | Blow Pop || USA || | + | | Blow Pop || USA || Lollipop with a hard candy shell and a bubblegum center. I love these. My favorite flavors are: cherry, blue raspberry, grape, watermelon, strawberry, apple. |
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+ | | Bon Bon Bum - Colombina || Columbia || Lollipop with a hard candy shell and a bubblegum center. Flavors are lulo and strawberry. | ||
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| Bonds of London Barley Sugar || England || A sweet hard candy from the UK that's very familiar tasting, but still unique. | | Bonds of London Barley Sugar || England || A sweet hard candy from the UK that's very familiar tasting, but still unique. | ||
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| Brach's Cinnamon Discs || USA || Strong cinnamon flavor, nice hard candy. Simple but delicious. | | Brach's Cinnamon Discs || USA || Strong cinnamon flavor, nice hard candy. Simple but delicious. | ||
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− | | Brach's Root Beer Barrels || USA || The flavor is a bit off, | + | | Brach's Root Beer Barrels || USA || The flavor is a bit off, but they're still enjoyable. |
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| Bubbaloo Xtreme || Mexico || A strawberry sucker with bubble gum at the center, sold in a package filled with chili salt. Very unusual. | | Bubbaloo Xtreme || Mexico || A strawberry sucker with bubble gum at the center, sold in a package filled with chili salt. Very unusual. | ||
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+ | | Calpis Candy - Asahi || Japan || Hard candy lozenges flavored with Calpis (a tart milky drink) with fruit. Flavors include grape, plain Calpis, white peach, and lemon. | ||
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| Candy Buttons || USA || Small candy blobs adhered to a sheet of paper. Despite their colors, they're often the same bland flavor. You usually end up eating a fair amount of paper trying to eat the buttons. | | Candy Buttons || USA || Small candy blobs adhered to a sheet of paper. Despite their colors, they're often the same bland flavor. You usually end up eating a fair amount of paper trying to eat the buttons. | ||
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− | | Candy Cigarettes || USA || Long cigarette-shaped white candy rods. Bland flavor, but the cigarette packaging | + | | Candy Cigarettes || USA || Long cigarette-shaped white candy rods. Bland flavor, but the cigarette packaging helps children believe smoking is cool. |
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| Charms Mini Pops || USA || Pretty awful suckers. They all have a strange chemical flavor. The bag advertises 12 flavors, but the vast majority are of only 6 flavors. Of them, the only one I like is fruit punch. | | Charms Mini Pops || USA || Pretty awful suckers. They all have a strange chemical flavor. The bag advertises 12 flavors, but the vast majority are of only 6 flavors. Of them, the only one I like is fruit punch. | ||
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+ | | Claey's || USA, Indiana || Hard candy lozenges. Flavors I've had include root beer (pretty herbal, but not bad) and horehound (pretty awful). | ||
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+ | | Classic Series - Guava Candy || China || A nice guava candy drop with added citric acid to give it some sour bite. | ||
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+ | | Cuby Rop - Burbon || Japan || Small hard candy cubes with assorted flavors. Two come in a pack which yields interesting combinations. Flavors are: muscat, pineapple, Ramune, peach, grape, strawberry, orange, lemon. | ||
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+ | | Dad's Old Fashioned Root Beer barrels || USA, Massachusetts || Barrel-shaped root beer flavored hard candy. I enjoy the flavor, but I assume they use the name as a marketing gimmick and don't use the actual root beer to flavor it. | ||
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| Dum Dums || USA || Small lollypops with a large variety of flavors. I used to like them more as a child, but now I find them to have a rather odd after taste. My favorite flavor is cream soda. | | Dum Dums || USA || Small lollypops with a large variety of flavors. I used to like them more as a child, but now I find them to have a rather odd after taste. My favorite flavor is cream soda. | ||
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| Fizzy Booom! || Ukraine || Hard candy with fizzy powder inside. Basically Zotz. Flavors are lime, cola, and orange. | | Fizzy Booom! || Ukraine || Hard candy with fizzy powder inside. Basically Zotz. Flavors are lime, cola, and orange. | ||
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+ | | Floco de Neve || Portugal || Hard "Snow Flake" candy lozenges. Has a mild vanilla flavor which is hard to describe, but quite good. | ||
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+ | | Gicopa || Belgium || Flower-shaped hard candy lozenges. I've had violet flavor, which is quite delicious with a tart floral flavor. | ||
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+ | | Haetae - Blueberry Candy || South Korea || A hard blueberry lozenge with a delicious tart flavor. | ||
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| [[Harry Potter Candy]] || England || | | [[Harry Potter Candy]] || England || | ||
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| Jaw Busters || USA, Illinois || A grape-sized multi-layered hard spherical candy. Kind of bland, but they last a long time. Also comes in mini which are about the size of a peanut. | | Jaw Busters || USA, Illinois || A grape-sized multi-layered hard spherical candy. Kind of bland, but they last a long time. Also comes in mini which are about the size of a peanut. | ||
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− | | Jolly Rancher || USA || Hard candy with a variety of flavors, most of which are delicious. Sold in a variety of shapes including long flat sticks, short flat sticks, smaller rectangular drops, and suckers. I prefer the smaller rectangular drops. | + | | Jolly Rancher ★ || USA || Hard candy with a variety of flavors, most of which are delicious. Sold in a variety of shapes including long flat sticks, short flat sticks, smaller rectangular drops, and suckers. I prefer the smaller rectangular drops. |
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| Kabang || USA || Basically Zotz but more bitter. So-called "energy" candy because it has vitamins and ginseng. Didn't give me energy. Flavors include cherry and grape. | | Kabang || USA || Basically Zotz but more bitter. So-called "energy" candy because it has vitamins and ginseng. Didn't give me energy. Flavors include cherry and grape. | ||
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+ | | Kanshindo - Rennyu Matcha Latte || Japan || Hard candy ball with matcha tea flavor with a chewy milk candy center. I'm not a huge matcha fan, so it's just okay to me. | ||
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| Lemonhead || USA || A hard lemon candy spheres with a slightly chewy coating. Sold individually as grape-sized candies and in a box with smaller chick pea-sized candies. Later flavors include Grapeheads, Cherryheads, Appleheads, and Orangeheads. | | Lemonhead || USA || A hard lemon candy spheres with a slightly chewy coating. Sold individually as grape-sized candies and in a box with smaller chick pea-sized candies. Later flavors include Grapeheads, Cherryheads, Appleheads, and Orangeheads. | ||
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+ | | Lemonhead Mini Pops || USA || A hard candy lollipops with flavors the same as Lemonheads: grape, cherry, apple, and orange. | ||
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| Li Hing Mui Drops || Taiwan || Hard candy with a golden plum pit inside. Nice sickly sweet flavor, and the plum pit is certainly interesting, but makes it harder to eat. | | Li Hing Mui Drops || Taiwan || Hard candy with a golden plum pit inside. Nice sickly sweet flavor, and the plum pit is certainly interesting, but makes it harder to eat. | ||
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| LifeSavers || USA || Small torus-shaped hard candies. I enjoy most of the flavors. My favorite fruit flavors are: cherry, blackberry, pineapple, watermelon, and orange (they've changed over the years, and I don't remember how much I liked the older flavors). I really like the butter rum flavor which is butterscotch with a hint of rum. | | LifeSavers || USA || Small torus-shaped hard candies. I enjoy most of the flavors. My favorite fruit flavors are: cherry, blackberry, pineapple, watermelon, and orange (they've changed over the years, and I don't remember how much I liked the older flavors). I really like the butter rum flavor which is butterscotch with a hint of rum. | ||
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− | | M Gourmet Collection Maple Lollipop || Canada, Quebec || An all-natural maple syrup hard candy lollipop which, as you might expect, tastes like real maple syrup. The herbal flavor is quite enjoyable and separates it from artificial flavors. | + | | Lotte - Lollipop Ice Candy || South Korea || Assorted suckers shaped and flavored like popular Korean ice cream bars. They're quite good with unique flavors (except cola which tastes generic and looks like a brown buttplug). They also use a plastic stick, which I prefer. Flavors are Jaws (orange strawberry), Watermelon (watermelon milk), Screw Bar (strawberry and cream), and cola. |
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+ | | Lump Candy - South Word Brand || China || Lumps of crystalized sugar. Just sugar. No flavoring. Rather boring. | ||
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+ | | M Gourmet Collection Maple Lollipop ★ || Canada, Quebec || An all-natural maple syrup hard candy lollipop which, as you might expect, tastes like real maple syrup. The herbal flavor is quite enjoyable and separates it from artificial flavors. | ||
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− | | Necco Wafers || England || Candy wafers of assorted flavors sold in a wax paper roll. Flavors are: clove (purple), wintergreen (pink), cinnamon (white), chocolate (brown), lime (green), lemon (yellow), orange (orange), and licorice (black). | + | | Mammos - Hard Candy || South Korea || Hard candy lozenges. Flavors I've had are raspberry and cinnamon. Both are simple, but delicious. |
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+ | | Necco Wafers || England || Candy wafers of assorted flavors sold in a wax paper roll. Flavors are: clove (purple), wintergreen (pink), cinnamon (white), chocolate (brown), lime (green), lemon (yellow), orange (orange), and licorice (black). They are also sold in an all-chocolate roll. | ||
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| Nerds || USA || Sugar crystals coated in a colorful candy shell. Originally sold in a box with two compartments, each with a different flavor. Over the years, many different flavors have been made, but they're generally sold now with just grape and strawberry. I liked these as a child, but now I find them to be too sweet. | | Nerds || USA || Sugar crystals coated in a colorful candy shell. Originally sold in a box with two compartments, each with a different flavor. Over the years, many different flavors have been made, but they're generally sold now with just grape and strawberry. I liked these as a child, but now I find them to be too sweet. | ||
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| Nerds Rope || USA || Just Nerds stuck onto some taffy. It's fine, I guess, but not worth in increased price tag. | | Nerds Rope || USA || Just Nerds stuck onto some taffy. It's fine, I guess, but not worth in increased price tag. | ||
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+ | | Original Gourmet || USA || Large hard lollipops with over 30 flavors. I've had orange creamsicle (good), hot fudge (good), cherry cheesecake (good), bluberries & cream (good), bubble gum (okay), and piña colada (decent). | ||
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| Pez || USA || Pressed powered sugar tablets meant to be put into cheap plastic dispensers. Even as a child, I found the dispensers only get in the way of eating the candy. The flavors are mild, but not unpleasant. In order: raspberry, lemon, strawberry, orange, and sugar cookie. | | Pez || USA || Pressed powered sugar tablets meant to be put into cheap plastic dispensers. Even as a child, I found the dispensers only get in the way of eating the candy. The flavors are mild, but not unpleasant. In order: raspberry, lemon, strawberry, orange, and sugar cookie. | ||
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| Rain-Blo Pops || USA || Cheap knock-off of Blow Pops, but with worse flavors and less gum. | | Rain-Blo Pops || USA || Cheap knock-off of Blow Pops, but with worse flavors and less gum. | ||
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+ | | Regal Crown - Sour Cherry - Iconic Candy || USA, New York || Sour cherry lozenges. Enjoyable sour artificial cherry flavor. | ||
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| Red Hots || USA || Small hard cinnamon candies. Just enough cinnamon to become hot, but not so much to burn like Atomic Fireballs. Very enjoyable. | | Red Hots || USA || Small hard cinnamon candies. Just enough cinnamon to become hot, but not so much to burn like Atomic Fireballs. Very enjoyable. | ||
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| Sweet Tarts - Conversation Hearts || USA || Sweet Tarts in the shape of hearts. With very short messages on them like "KISS ME" or "XOXO". Same flavor and texture as regular Sweet Tarts, except no orange (even though the packaging depicts orange. | | Sweet Tarts - Conversation Hearts || USA || Sweet Tarts in the shape of hearts. With very short messages on them like "KISS ME" or "XOXO". Same flavor and texture as regular Sweet Tarts, except no orange (even though the packaging depicts orange. | ||
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+ | | Tayas - Coffee Intense || Turkey || Coffee flavored lozenges with a chewy center. I don't like coffee, but these aren't too bad. | ||
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| Tic-Tac Fruit Adventure || Canada || Assorted fruit-flavored Tic-Tacs. Flavors are passion fruit, cherry, orange mint, and apple. | | Tic-Tac Fruit Adventure || Canada || Assorted fruit-flavored Tic-Tacs. Flavors are passion fruit, cherry, orange mint, and apple. | ||
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| Altoids || England || A small, but powerful mint with a circular tablet shape and sold in a tin. I find these to be too strong and cause me mild nausea. Other flavors include cinnamon, wintergreen, and spearmint, which I don't find to be as strong. Rarer flavors that I haven't tried include ginger, licorice, creme de menthe, and cool honey. | | Altoids || England || A small, but powerful mint with a circular tablet shape and sold in a tin. I find these to be too strong and cause me mild nausea. Other flavors include cinnamon, wintergreen, and spearmint, which I don't find to be as strong. Rarer flavors that I haven't tried include ginger, licorice, creme de menthe, and cool honey. | ||
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+ | | E-Ma - Uha || Japan || Hard mints in a variety of flavors. I've only had grape, which is quite nice and has a hint of mint. | ||
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| Jack 'n Jill - Dynamite || Thailand || Mint lozenge with chocolate creme inside. The strong mint flavor overpowers the chocolate unless you suck off the majority of the candy shell first. | | Jack 'n Jill - Dynamite || Thailand || Mint lozenge with chocolate creme inside. The strong mint flavor overpowers the chocolate unless you suck off the majority of the candy shell first. | ||
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| Pearson's - Mint Patties || USA, Minnesota || A peppermint patty coated with dark chocolate. Like a York Peppermint Pattie, but there is more filling and it's a bit gooier. | | Pearson's - Mint Patties || USA, Minnesota || A peppermint patty coated with dark chocolate. Like a York Peppermint Pattie, but there is more filling and it's a bit gooier. | ||
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+ | | Ramune Candy - Morinaga || South Korea || Little candies made from hardened powered sugar and flavored like ramune soda. I've had grape and Ramune flavors, which are both okay. | ||
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| Red Bird Peppermint Candy Puffs || USA || A crunchy mint that easily falls apart when you chew it and has a mild peppermint flavor. I love these because, unlike most peppermint candies, they're not overpowering. | | Red Bird Peppermint Candy Puffs || USA || A crunchy mint that easily falls apart when you chew it and has a mild peppermint flavor. I love these because, unlike most peppermint candies, they're not overpowering. | ||
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| Tic Tac Mints || Italy || Various flavors of mint in tiny candies. My favorite flavors are wintergreen, orange, cinnamon, and fresh mint. | | Tic Tac Mints || Italy || Various flavors of mint in tiny candies. My favorite flavors are wintergreen, orange, cinnamon, and fresh mint. | ||
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+ | | Violet - Choward's || USA, New York || A chalky mint with a floral flavor very reminiscent of soap. Kind of awful, but still hard to stop eating. | ||
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| York Peppermint Pattie || USA || A peppermint patty coated with dark chocolate. Very enjoyable and good texture. | | York Peppermint Pattie || USA || A peppermint patty coated with dark chocolate. Very enjoyable and good texture. | ||
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+ | | Fun Dip || USA || Ferrara || Flavored powered sugar with citric acid (similar to Pixy Stix) in little pouches to be eaten with the included candy sticks which are also powered sugar pressed into a long tablet. You lick the stick to get it wet, dip it in the powder which sticks to the wet stick, and then eat the powder off the stick. Originally called Lik-M-Aid until 1989 and sold with four flavors: cherry, grape, lime, and orange. Now, there are all sorts of flavors. | ||
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− | | | + | | Pixy Stix || USA || Ferrara || Flavored powered sugar and citric acid in a paper straw. Not much flavor, but fun to eat by emptying the powder and sucking it up through the straw. Several flavors have been made over the years. When I was a kid my favorite flavors in order were punch (blue), cherry, grape, lime, and orange. Now, packages are sold with only four flavors: punch, cherry, strawberry, and orange. The powder is very similar to Fun Dip, and the flavors are very similar to Sweet Tarts. |
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− | | | + | | Sherbert Fountain || UK || Barratt || White powered sugar that becomes a foam in your mouth. Nice flavor, but too sweet. Includes a black licorice dipping "stick." |
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Latest revision as of 20:26, 13 November 2023
I eat so much candy I don't understand how I'm not diabetic. Anyway, here is a list of candies I have eaten and my opinion of them all. See also, list of snack foods.
Contents
Candy Bars and Chocolates
Candy | Nation | Notes |
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3 Musketeers | USA | Chocolate nougat coated in chocolate. Nice and fluffy, but a bit boring. Originally sold with three bars: chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry, but only chocolate remains. I wish I could buy it in three flavors because I've never had them. |
100 Grand | USA | Caramel-coated in puffed rice all coated in chocolate. The puffed rice adds a nice crispiness making an otherwise boring candy enjoyable. |
Alfie - Milk & Strawberry | Thailand | Candy bar with crispies in it, half strawberry, half milk. Strange texture that leaves an odd film in your mouth. |
Almond Joy | USA | Sweetened coconut with whole almonds and coated in chocolate. Very good, nice crunch from the almonds. Better than Mounds. |
Andes Mints | USA | Layered milk chocolate and mint. Nice flavor. |
Baby Ruth | USA | A bar of nougat topped with caramel and covered in peanuts, all coated in milk chocolate. Fairly good, but I prefer a Pay Day. |
Bounty | The Netherlands | Sweetened coconut in milk chocolate. Basically Mounds, but with milk chocolate instead of dark chocolate. I like Mounds more. |
Bun | USA | A soft patty coated in chocolate with nuts. Flavors include: maple, caramel, and vanilla. Far too sweet. |
Butterfinger | USA | Crispy peanut butter and honey center coated in chocolate. I used to love it but they switched the formula in 2019 and gave it a stronger roasted flavor, but it now has an almost burnt bitterness to it which I don't like as much. |
Cadbury - Crunchie | Ireland | Aerated crunchy honey candy coated in milk chocolate. Not bad. |
Cadbury - Double Decker | UK | A milk chocolate candy bar with marshmallow nougat on top and cereal crispies on the bottom. Pretty good. |
Cadbury - Flake | UK | Thin layers of milk chocolate folded into a bar. Makes for an interesting texture, but it's still just milk chocolate. |
Cadbury - Fudge | UK | Fudge coated in milk chocolate. Quite good. Note that this is not chocolate fudge. |
Cadbury - Mini Eggs | USA | Milk chocolate "eggs" with a thin candy shell. The candy coating has an interesting egg-like crackly texture, but neither it nor the chocolate taste all that good. |
Caramel Smooth | Milky way knock-off from Meijer. Has a more mealy flavor. | |
Caramello - Cadbury | USA | Milk chocolate bar with pockets of soft caramel. Extremely sweet, with a strange taste. Ghirardelli Squares with caramel are much better. |
Carlos V | Mexico | Solid milk chocolate bar. Really good smooth chocolate like Dove. One of the best. |
Charles Chocolates - Nuggle | Trinidad and Tobago | A bar of nougat covered in peanuts and a little caramel, all coated in milk chocolate. Very similar to a Baby Ruth, but with less caramel. |
Charles Chocolates - Ping Pong | Trinidad and Tobago | Milk chocolate covered peanuts. Not bad. |
Chocoball - Pineapple | Japan | Small balls of biscuit coated in candy. The pineapple flavor is very accurate. |
Chocolate Fish | Australia | Cherry fish-shaped soft marshmallow coated in dark chocolate. It's okay. |
Chokis - Frito Lay | Colombia | Semi-sweet chocolate balls with an airy puffed corn center. Nice flavor and good texture. |
Chunky | USA | Peanuts and raisins in a thick square chocolate bar. Hard to break, the raisins hurt the flavor. |
Coffee Crisp - Nestle | Canada, Ontario | Coffee flavored sandwich wafer wrapped in milk chocolate. Not bad. |
Côte d'Or - Milk Dessert - Mondelez ★ | Belgium | A Milk chocolate bar filled with Belgium praline (a very soft milk chocolate). Very good. |
Corona - Crispy Chocolate | Egypt | A milk chocolate bar with rice crispies in it. It's okay, but the chocolate is only so-so. |
Crunky - King Mona - Lotte | Japan | A white chocolate candy bar with ice cream flavor and little bits of ice cream cone mixed in. Very good. |
Daim | Sweden | Chocolate covered almond toffee. Very delicious, similar to a Heath bar. |
de la Rosa - Mazapán Original | Mexico | Powdered peanuts and sugar flattened into a disc. Kind of dry and boring. |
de la Rosa - Nugs | Mexico | Milk chocolate bar with peanuts and caramel. Strange flavor, but good. |
Délichoc Choco'Bar - Delacre | Belgium | A cookie bar coated in milk chocolate and little candy bits. A little boring, but tastes nice. |
Dove - Chocolate | USA | Chocolate with a nice smooth texture. Better than the cheaper brands like Hershey. I prefer milk over dark. |
Dove - Caramel Chocolate | USA | Dove's milk chocolate filled caramel. Better than Caramello, but not as good as Ghirardelli. |
Drops Nazaré - Torrão Nougat | Portugal | Chopped peanuts molded into a bar with caramelized sugar. Gives it a burnt flavor which is bitter, but not awful. |
Dumle Snacks - Original | Finland | Milk chocolate and crispy rice with a soft toffee filling. Delicious. |
E. Wedel - Jedyna - Czekolada Wyborowa | Poland | A bar of dark chocolate. As bitter as you'd expect. |
Erdnuss-Schoko - Corny Big | Germany | A cereal bar consisting of peanuts, corn flakes, oats, and, I think, millet, all with a milk chocolate base. Reminds me more of a breakfast bar than a candy. |
Ferrero Rocher | Italy | A roasted hazelnut surrounded by soft chocolate, encapsulated by a thin wafer, and all enveloped in hard milk chocolate and chopped hazelnuts. Quite delicious. Flavors include milk chocolate, coconut, and dark chocolate. |
Fin Carré - Milk Chocolate with Roasted Hazelnuts | Germany | Milk chocolate with whole roasted hazelnuts. The chocolate is quite good, and the nuts add a lot of flavor and texture. |
Fin Carré - White Chocolate | Germany | An acceptable white chocolate. |
Flow - Jumbo | Colombia | Nougat topped with peanuts and caramel all wrapped in milk chocolate. Very similar to a Snickers, but not as good. |
Fredrick's - Blood Orange Flavored Caramel Dark Chocolate - Meijer | USA, Michigan | A flat dark chocolate bar with a filling of bitter orange caramel. Not bad, but not great. |
Fredrick's - Candied Chocolate Cherries - Meijer | USA, Michigan | A dried cherry coated in a layer of milk chocolate, then a layer of white chocolate (dyed red). Nice flavor. |
Fredrick's - Candy Cane Yogurt Almonds - Meijer | USA, Michigan | Almonds coated with a layer of dark chocolate, then a layer of yogurt with tiny bits of peppermint candy in it. Although there is a crunch of the candy, the peppermint flavor is very mild. |
Fredrick's - English Style Toffee Bites - Meijer | USA, Michigan | Milk chocolate coated hard toffee. Like a Heath bar with fewer almonds and not as good. |
Fredrick's - Gingerbread Malted Milk Balls | USA, Michigan | Large malt balls coated in white chocolate with a powerful amount of ginger. Gingerbread isn't usually so strong, it's a bit overpowering. |
Fredrick's - Key Lime Cordials - Meijer | USA, Michigan | A green candy ball with a hollow chocolate center, filled with key lime cordial. Quite good. |
Fredrick's - Waffle Cone - Meijer | USA, Michigan | Milk chocolate bar with caramel and waffle cone bits on the back. Good, but you can barely taste the few waffle cone bits. |
Ghirardelli Squares | USA, California | Chocolate squares with a variety of flavors. Flavors include: dark chocolate filled with raspberry ★, salted dark chocolate filled with caramel ★, dark chocolate filled with mint ★, milk chocolate with caramel and green apple, milk chocolate and white chocolate with peppermint candy, and plain dark chocolate. There are very good. |
Ghirardelli Bunnies | USA, California | Ghirardelli milk chocolate filled with caramel, but in a rabbit shape. Just as delicious. |
Glosette | Canada, Ontario | Chocolate-covered peanuts. Exactly what you'd expect. |
Gol | Columbia | Sandwich wafer with milk creme covered in milk chocolate and chopped nuts. Decent. |
Goldenberg's Peanut Chews - Just Born | USA, Pennsylvania | Little candy bars filled with peanuts, and chewy molasses chew all coated in semi-dark chocolate. Pretty good. |
Goo Goo Cluster | USA | An overly-sweet patty of marshmallow nougat with caramel and peanuts enclosed in chocolate. Varieties are original, pecan, and peanut butter. The peanut butter replaces the nougat with sweetened peanut butter. Not a big fan of any of them. |
Hawaiian Sun - Kona Krunch | USA, Hawaii | A macadamia nut and puffed rice covered in milk chocolate. Decent, but nothing special. |
Heath ★ | USA | English toffee with chopped almonds throughout, coated in chocolate. Really good, delicious toffee flavor and enjoyable crunch. |
Hershey's Bells - Peppermint Bark | USA, Pennsylvania | White chocolate bells with a peppermint flavor and red and green sprinkles with a chocolate bottom. They're okay. |
Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme | USA | White chocolate bar with chocolate cookie bits. Not very good. |
Hershey's Eggs | USA, Pennsylvania | Chocolate eggs for Easter wrapped in pastel foil. Flavors include white chocolate with sprinkles (decent), milk chocolate (boring), dark chocolate (also boring). |
Hershey's Gold | USA | Peanut butter flavored candy bar with a few bits of peanut and pretzels. I don't care for the flavor, and there isn't enough pretzels. |
Hershey's Kisses | USA | Small pyramid-shaped chocolates wrapped in foil. Pretty boring, but various forms have been made including almond, mint, cherry, candy cane (white chocolate with peppermint candy), and "hugs" (white-chocolate and milk chocolate)/ |
Hershey's Milk Chocolate | USA | A simple milk chocolate bar. Too sweet, poor texture. |
Hershey's Symphony | USA | A milk chocolate bar with chopped almonds and toffee chips. Very good. |
Idaho Candy - Idaho Spud | USA, Idaho | Chocolate marshmallow coated in milk chocolate and coconut shavings. Quite delicious. |
Jack 'n Jill - Nips | Philippines | Little milk chocolate drops covered in a colorful candy shell. Essentially, M&Ms, but with different colors and non-American chocolate. |
Jeżyki - Baton Classic | Poland | Wheat biscuit wrapped in caramel, topped with rice crispies and chopped hazelnuts, all coated in milk chocolate. It's okay. |
Kex - Choklad | Sweden | Layered crispy wafers covered in milk chocolate. Kind of like a KitKat, but in one giant bar. |
Kinder - Chocolate ★ | Italy | Milk chocolate with sweet milk filling and a little Aryan boy on the cover. Kind of Nazi-looking, but extremely good. |
Kinder - Bueno ★ | Italy | Wafer pockets filled with hazelnut creme coated in milk chocolate with a light drizzle of dark chocolate. Very delicious. |
Hershey - KitKat | USA | A wafer bar coated in chocolate. Decent flavor, nice crunch. |
Hershey - KitKat - Blueberry Muffin | USA, Pennsylvania | KitKat coated in a white chocolate which tastes remarkably close to a blueberry muffin. Very good. |
Hershey - KitKat - Chunky | Canada, Ontario | A larger KitKat with more layers of sandwich wafer and a thicker coating of milk chocolate. I prefer the smaller size. |
Hershey - KitKat - Green Tea | Japan | KitKat coated in green tea flavored white chocolate. Not a fan. |
Hershey - KitKat - Mint ★ | Japan | KitKat with dark chocolate on the bottom and mint chocolate on the top. Very good, better than the original. |
Konti - Bonjour | Ukraine | A sugar cookie and a layer of cappuccino jelly topped with coffee whipped cream all in dome of milk chocolate. Interesting concept, messy to eat, the coffee makes it too bitter for my taste. |
Krispy | USA | Flat milk chocolate bar with crispy rice inside. Not as good as a Nestlé Crunch bar. |
Lazy Cow | Ukraine | Crispy wafer with sweetened milk flavoring coated in chocolate. Very good. |
Lindt - Classic Recipe - Hazlenut | Switzerland | A large milk chocolate bar with chopped roasted hazelnuts. Very tasty. |
Lindt - Excellence - Chili | USA, New Hampshire | A large dark chocolate bar with chili extract. The dark chocolate is bitter, and the chili just adds heat, not much flavor. Not a fan. |
Lindt - Excellence - Intense Orange | USA, New Hampshire | A large dark chocolate bar with almonds, orange, and various other fruit extracts. The bitterness of the dark chocolate is helped by the fruit. It's decent. |
Lindt - Gourmet Truffles | USA, New Hampshire | An assortment of Lindors. Flavors include caramel dark chocolate, fudge swirl milk chocolate, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and white chocolate. Overly sweet. I only enjoyed the caramel. |
Lindt - Lindor | USA, New Hampshire | A milk chocolate shell with a soft filling. Fillings include fudge swirl, milk chocolate, and white chocolate. Good, but extremely sweet, and not worth the calories. |
M&M's | USA, New Jersey | Candy-coated milk chocolate bites. The original is plain chocolate, but various fillings have been tried over the years. My favorites are: peanut, mint, crispy, dark chocolate peanut, pretzel, English toffee, brownie, crunchy cookie, almond, peanut butter, plain, caramel, and hazelnut spread. |
Mallo Cup | USA, Pennsylvania | Chocolate cups filled with runny marshmallow and coconut. Much better than I expected. |
Marabou | Sweden | Milk chocolate bar, with or without nuts. Creamier than American chocolate. |
Marabou - Dubbel Nougat | Sweden | Layered candy bar that's half milk chocolate and half almond praline. It's okay, but very sweet. |
Marabou - Oreo | Sweden | Candy bar filled with sweet milk, Oreo pieces, and thinly wrapped in milk chocolate. Pretty good. |
Marsha's Homemade - Buckeyes | USA, Ohio | Sweetened peanut butter in a milk chocolate shell. Better than a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. |
Meivel - Turrón Viena | Spain | Wafer sandwiched with nougat and coated in chocolate. The flavor is a bit odd, but not bad. |
Milky Way | USA | Nougat and soft caramel covered in chocolate. Was my favorite chocolate bar as a child, but now I find it to be a bit too sweet. |
Milky Way - Simply Caramel | USA | Soft caramel covered in chocolate. Too much caramel, not enough anything else. |
Milky Way - Midnight | USA | White nougat and caramel covered in dark chocolate. My favorite chocolate candy bar. |
Moro | Australia | Caramel and nougat coated in milk chocolate. Structured like a Milky Way, but with a very different taste. The caramel has a more cooked, almost burnt flavor. |
Mounds | USA | Sweetened coconut coated in dark chocolate. Pretty good, but not as good as Almond Joy. |
Mr. Big | Canada, Ontario | A vanilla sandwich wafer wrapped in caramel, rice crispies, and chopped peanuts, all wrapped in milk chocolate. Pretty good. |
Mr. Goodbar | USA | Hershey's milk chocolate with peanuts. Better than the plain chocolate bar, but not amazing. |
Nestlé Crunch | USA | Flat milk chocolate bar with crispy rice inside. Pretty good and better than Krispy. |
Nestlé Nuts | Czech Republic | Nougat with the occasional hazelnut, topped with caramel and covered in milk chocolate. Pretty good. |
Nestlé Sundy | France | A sweetened corn flake bar half-dipped in dark chocolate. Not very good. |
Novy Star Bar | Egypt | A firm chewy nougat (like a Charleston Chew) with a very thin layer of chopped peanuts and caramel all coated in milk chocolate. Quite bland. |
Now - Chocolate Paste | Pakistan | Chocolate frosting in a plastic wrapper. Messy to eat and not very good. |
Oh Henry! | Canada, Ontario | A milk chocolate bar filled with peanuts, caramel, and peanut butter. Decent, but extremely sweet and gritty from the sugar. |
Orion - Lentilky | Czech Republic | Small candy-coated milk chocolate bites. Like M&Ms, but with a thicker candy shell and more color variety. |
Ovation | USA | Dark chocolate stick filled with mild peppermint. They're okay. |
PayDay | USA | Peanut butter nougat coated with caramel, and a thick layer of salted peanuts. Really good. Better than a Baby Ruth. |
Pixie Caramel | Australia | A caramel bar covered in semi-dark chocolate. Enjoyable. |
Plopp | Sweden | Milk chocolate bar filled with gooey toffee. Quite good, if you can get past the name. |
Ptasie Mleczko - Batonik Waniliowy | Poland | A long narrow vanilla marshmallow coated in dark chocolate. Not very good. |
Reese's Peanut Butter Cup | USA, Pennsylvania | Sweetened peanut butter in a flat milk chocolate cup. Too sweet and oily. |
Reese's Peanut Butter Cup - Dark Thins | USA, Pennsylvania | Uses semi-dark chocolate with less peanut butter. I like this one more than the original. |
Reese's Peanut Butter Cup - White | Mexico | A Reese's Peanut Butter Cup with white chocolate. Not a fan of white chocolate, and just as oily as the original. |
Regina Classic | Portugal | A milk chocolate bar with chopped almonds. Good chocolate, not enough almonds. |
Regina Umbrella | Portugal | Umbrella-shaped chocolate. I've only had the milk chocolate flavor, it was good. |
Ritter Sport - Butter Biscuit | Germany | Tea biscuit coated in milk chocolate. Crunchy, but not much flavor. |
Ritter Sport - Corn Flakes | Germany | Milk chocolate bar with cornflakes. They add crunch, but the flavor isn't great. |
Ritter Sport - Hazelnut | Germany | Chocolate bar with lots of whole hazelnuts. Sold in milk chocolate and dark chocolate. Good flavor and crunch. |
Ritter Sport - Marzipan | Germany | Dark chocolate bar with marzipan filling. A bitter and unappealing combination. |
Ritter Sport - Milk Chocolate | Germany | Basic milk chocolate bar. Slightly different flavor and texture from American chocolate. |
Ritter Sport - Praline | Germany | Milk chocolate bar with praline filling. Quite delicious. |
Robin Eggs | USA | Whoppers with a thin candy shell. I prefer regular Whoppers, the candy coating only adds sugar and decreases the maltose flavor. |
Rocky Road - Annabelle's | USA, California | Marshmallow topped with chopped cashews and dipped in dark chocolate. Too much marshmallow. |
Rolo | USA | A milk chocolate cylinder filled with grainy caramel. Sweet, but Bland. |
Roshen Dark Chocolate | Ukraine | Dark chocolate car filled with creamy fondant. Pretty good. The fondant makes it less bitter than normal dark chocolate. |
Sanders - Sea Salt Caramel Pecan Clusters | USA, Michigan | Chopped pecans and caramel coated in chocolate and sprinkled with sea salt. Good caramel, and the salt adds to it. I'm not a big fan of pecans though. |
Skor | USA | Thin toffee coated in chocolate. Pretty good, but Heath is better. |
Special Dark | USA | A dark chocolate bar. Slightly bitter, better than Hershey's milk chocolate. |
Snickers | USA | A nougat bar topped with caramel and peanuts, coated in chocolate. Very enjoyable. Growing up, I preferred Milky Way, but now I like Snickers more. |
Snickers Almond | USA | Snickers but with almond pieces instead of peanuts which gives it a more unique flavor. This is my favorite Snickers. |
Snickers Crisper | USA | Snickers but with rice crisps added. I like this more than regular Snickers. |
Snickers Peanut Brownie | USA | Brownie with caramel and peanuts coated in milk chocolate. Pretty good. |
Snickers Peanut Butter | USA | Snickers but with the peanuts replaced with a layer of sweet peanut butter. I prefer regular Snickers. |
Sno Caps | USA, New Jersey | Semi-sweet chocolate chips coated in spherical white sprinkles. Gives them a crunchy texture. Decent, but nothing special. |
Supercoco - Choco Snacks | Columbia | Small cubes of sweetened coconut covered in milk chocolate. Similar to Mounds. Very good. |
Take 5 | USA | Pretzels and peanut butter below peanuts and caramel, all coated in chocolate. Pretty good, and the pretzels are a nice change up. |
Taste of Kilwins Heritage, A - Milk Chocolate | USA | Nice simple milk chocolate. Better than Hershey's. |
Timi - Banana | Ukraine | Crispy wafer with thin layers of banana creme, covered in milk chocolate. |
Toblerone | Switzerland | Prism-shaped chocolate triangles. Contains chopped almond and nougat bits. Not very good. |
Tirma - Ambrosías | Spain | Crispy wafers layered with creme and coated in white chocolate. It's okay, but I'm not a white chocolate fan. |
Twix | USA | A cookie bar with a topping, and both dipped in milk chocolate. Most common topping is caramel which is pretty good. Peanut butter used to be very popular when I was a child, and I remember liking it, but they stopped making it. Cookie dough has a very dry texture and doesn't taste that great. |
Wafer Snap | USA | Cheap knock-off of KitKat from Meijer. Has a mealy flavor. |
Wawel - Krówkowa | Poland | Milk chocolate bar with pockets of soft caramel. Like a Caramello, but with a better caramel flavor. |
Whitman's Sampler | USA | A mix of various chocolate candies. Flavors include: chocolate whip, fruit & nut caramel, caramel, dark maple fudge, chocolate truffle, toffee (kind of burnt taste), cherry cordial, dark chocolate covered almonds, cashew cluster, chocolate covered peanuts, coconut, dark molasses chew, pecan & walnut cluster, and messenger boy (plain milk chocolate). |
Whittaker's Peanut Slab | Australia | A thick milk chocolate bar filled with whole peanuts. It's fine, but nothing special. |
Whoppers | USA | Malt sugar balls coated in chocolate milk. Lovely crunch, delicious flavor. |
Zero | USA | Caramel, peanut, and almond nougat covered in white chocolate. I don't care much for white chocolate, and the almond tastes more like extract than actual nuts. Not a fan. |
Caramels and Toffees
Candy | Nation | Notes |
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Atkinson's - Peanut Butter Bar | USA, Texas | A crun-chewy candy with a delicious peanut butter flavor. Very good. |
Aunt Sally's - Creole Pralines | USA, Louisiana | Soft praline with pecans. Great flavor, but you have to eat it out of the wrapper because it has no form. |
Bonds of London Assorted Toffee Whirls | England | Toffee swirled with a creme filling. Very sweet, but a little bland. |
Bonds of London Clotted Cream Fudge | England | Kind of like a clumpy version of American caramel. Good flavor, not as chewy as I'd like. |
Charleston Chew | USA | Taffy-like nougat coated in chocolate. Nougats include chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry. Not that great. |
Coffee Delight - Caramelo Blando de Cafe - Colombina | Colombia | Firm toffees with a creamy coffee flavor. Good at first, but has a bitter after taste. |
CW - Milk Soft Candy | South Korea | A caramel with milk flavor. Nice chewy texture, good flavor. |
CW - Pumpkin Candy | South Korea | A caramel with pumpkin flavor. Not pumpkin spice, pumpkin. It's pretty good actually. |
Eclair - Trefin ★ | Belgium | Chocolate butter toffees. Delicious. |
Frango Caramel Chocolates | USA, New York | Chocolate covered caramels. Very chewy and buttery. Delicious. |
Jack 'n Jill - X.O. | Philippines | Hard toffee lozenges. Flavors are butter caramel and coffee. Both are quite good. |
Kerr's Toffee | Canada | Soft toffees. I've had rum & butter, which definitely has a rum flavor. |
Kraft Caramels | USA | Clumpy bland caramels. Not a fan. |
Milanówek Milky Cream Fudge | Poland | Clumpy bland caramel. |
Mimix - Dolce | Egypt | Hard coffee-flavored toffee lozenges. Delicious. |
Milk Duds | USA | Chocolate covered caramel lumps. Kind of bland. |
Milk Maid Royals | USA | Various flavors wrapped in a caramel tube. It's been a long time since I've had them, but I remember loving them. |
Mrs. Prindables | USA, Illinois | Soft chewy caramels. Flavors are Tahitian vanilla, Hawaiian Red Sea salt, and Vietnamese cinnamon apple. |
Riesen | Germany | A chocolate caramel coated in dark chocolate. Not too sweet, and very delicious. |
Slo Poke | USA | Chewy caramel. Better than most American caramels like pasty Sugar Babies or the grainy Kraft caramel. |
Sugar Babies | USA | Bean-sized caramels with a firm exterior. Pretty bland and grainy. |
Sugar Daddy | USA | Hard caramel on a stick. The caramel is good, but I would like it more without the stick. I always end up eating a bit of paper trying to get the caramel off. |
Toffifay | Germany | A thin caramel cup holds toffee and hazlenuts with a dab of milk chocolate. Lots of good flavors, but they don't totally mesh. |
Tootsie Roll | USA, Illinois | A chewy chocolate caramel. Simple, old fashioned, and delicious. |
Tootsie Roll Mini Bites | USA, Illinois | Smaller, candy-coated Tootsie Roll cylinders. Similar taste, but less messy. |
Walker's Original Toffee | England | Very hard chewy toffee. Tastes like a Werther's, but slightly chewy, very nice. |
Werther's Original | Germany | Hard butter toffees. Very enjoyable. |
Gum
Candy | Parent | Nation | Notes |
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Altoids Gum | Altoids | England | Small rounded-square gum with thin hard-candy shells sold in a small tin. Flavors include peppermint, cinnamon, wintergreen, spearmint, sour apple, and sour cherry. I've only had the peppermint which was okay, and the sour cherry, which I don't remember liking. |
Bazooka Joe Bubble Gum | Topps | USA | A small rectangular piece of bubble gum wrapped with a tiny comic strip. When I was a kid the flavors included bubble gum, cherry, grape, and apple, but now only bubble gum flavor is sold. The gum also had groves on one side, but there were eliminated in the remake, and the gum was slightly smaller. All versions of the gum lost its flavor pretty quickly and was exceptionally hard. A special soft version was released. When I was in grade school, they redid the comics and character designs. I didn't care much for the later designs. The comic strips had a gag, a fortune, and a item that you could get by mailing in comics and money. |
Beemans | Verburg | USA | Wintergreen flavored gum. Current style is pretty awful. Originally contained pepsin to control digestion, but no longer does. |
Big Choice - Gum Cigars | Swell | USA | Bubblegum shaped like a cigar with a cigar label and individually wrapped. Decent gum, not exactly kid-friendly. Flavors are fruit, mint, and banana. |
Big Red | Wrigley | USA | A strong cinnamon flavor. My favorite cinnamon gum. |
Big League Chew | Ford Gum | USA | Shredded bubblegum in a pouch to resemble chewing tobacco. The flavors are usually great, the gum stays soft for a long time, and who doesn't love the idea of selling something which resembles chewing tobacco to children? My favorite flavors include bubblegum, grape, watermelon, strawberry. I remember having a sour apple flavored, but it was too sour to appreciate. I had cotton candy, but I don't remember the flavor. |
Black Jack | Verburg | USA | A licorice flavored gum. Nice at first, but nauseates me after chewing for awhile. |
Boby Bubble | Nahla | Iraq | Bubblegum with a comic. It's packaged nearly identical to Bazooka Joe. It looks like they took American comics and just removed the dialogue. There are several wrapper colors, but they all have the same generic pink flavor which is decent, but it becomes hard quickly making it difficult to blow bubbles. |
Bubble Jug | Wrigley | USA | A small plastic jug filled with tiny bubble gum pellets and flavored powered sugar. Eating it was difficult and messy and resulted in a mouth full of powder. The only flavor I tried was tropical fruit. |
Bubble Puck | ? | USA | Sold in a black plastic "hokey puck" container, it was a solid block of low-quality pink bubble gum. I remember buying this as a child and thinking it was really cool. |
Bubble Tape | Wrigley | USA | Six feet of bubble gum stored in a plastic dispenser. Originally it came in a simple capped cylinder, but later versions had a built in slicers. A lot of flavors were made, but my favorites were grape, bubblegum, and strawberry. A Juicy Fruit flavor was made, but the texture was too different from the original for me to find it appealing. I once put an entire bubblegum flavored Bubble Tape roll in my mouth all at once just to see if it was possible. It took awhile, and a lot of drool, but I did it. A short-lived 10 foot long Mega Roll was made which used slightly thinner and narrower gum. |
Bubblegum Cigarettes | World Confections | USA | Bubblegum wrapped in a paper to look like a cigarette in a box that used cigarette-like graphics. Even has powdered sugar you could blow out to make it look like smoke (though this only works once). Hard bland gum. A great way to convince children that smoking is cool. |
Canel's | Canel's | Mexico | Chiclets-style gum sold in small packs of 4. A variety of flavors, loses flavor very quickly. |
CareFree | Hershey | USA | A sugar free gum which claimed to whiten your teeth. No longer made. Flavors included bubble gum, spearmint, wintergreen, and peppermint. There was also a strawberry flavor which tasted like medicine and I remember liking it. |
Chewing Gum | Mahmoud Sharawi | Jordan | Candy coated squares of gum which loses flavor very quickly. Flavors include jungle berry (decent) and mastic (which has a faint black pepper flavor). |
Chiclets | Mondelēz | USA | A rounded-square chewing gum with a thin hard candy shell. Flavors include peppermint and fruit. I liked their shape and packaging, but they lost their flavor very quickly. It stopped being sold in the USA some time ago, but could be imported from Mexico. In 2016 it was discontinued world wide. |
Clove | Verburg | USA | Clove-flavored gum. Used to have a stronger flavor, but it's become weaker these days. |
Cry Baby | Tootsie | USA | Gumball with a citric acid coating to make them sour. Loses flavor and sourness extremely fast. |
Dentyne - Fire | Mondelēz | USA, New Jersey | Cinnamon gum. Hotter than typical cinnamon gums, but still not that hot. |
Doublemint | Wrigley | USA | Peppermint gum. Good flavor, long lasting. |
El Bubble - Gum Cigars | Swell | Canada | Bubblegum shaped like a cigar with a cigar label and individually wrapped. Hard poorly flavored gum, and not exactly kid-friendly. Flavors are fruit (Pink Owl), apple (El Bubble), and banana (Golden Dragon). |
Extra - Cinnamon | Wrigley | USA | Decent cinnamon flavor, but not as good as Big Red. |
Extra - Classic Bubble | Wrigley | USA | Classic bubble gum flavor. Good for bubble blowing. |
Extra - Polar Ice | Wrigley | USA | A strong wintergreen mint flavor. Very refreshing. |
Flash - Watermelon | Maghreb | Morocco | Flavored similar to real watermelon. Not very sweet or chewy. Loses flavor very quickly and turns bitter. |
Fortune Bubble | R.L. Albert & Son | USA, Connecticut | A thick sweet bubblegum that loses its flavor quickly and has a racist stereotype. Was sold for a penny a stick in the 1980s. Each wrapper had a fortune. |
Fruit Stripe | Ferrara | USA | Extremely sweet striped chewing gum sticks. Great flavor for a few seconds before it loses its flavor. |
Fruit Stripe Bubble Gum | Ferrara | USA | Extremely sweet striped bubble gum sticks. Great flavor for a few seconds before it loses its flavor. Slightly better for blowing bubbles. |
Gorilo - Um Doce de Gorila! | Lusiteca | Portugal | Bubble gum packaged nearly identically to Bazooka Joe, but with collectible cartoon gorilla faces instead of comics. The texture is softer, and it doesn't use artificial colors, but it loses its flavor just as quickly. Flavors are passion fruit, strawberry, banana, and orange. |
Hubba Bubba - Max - Original | Wrigley | USA, New Jersey | Stays medium-soft and the flavor lasts for quite awhile. Has a nice bubble gum flavor. |
Hubba Bubba - Max - Strawberry Watermelon | Wrigley, New Jersey | USA | The two flavors mix well enough. |
Hubba Bubba - Max - Sour Blue Raspberry | Wrigley, New Jersey | USA | Nicely tart, but kind of bland. |
Jelly Belly - Very Cherry | Wrigley | USA, New York | Sugar free, pieces are too small, cherry flavor is pretty artificial tasting. |
Jelly Belly - Island Punch | Wrigley | USA, New York | Sugar free, pieces are too small, punch flavor is mostly artificial grape. |
Juicy Fruit | Wrigley | USA | A mildly spicy fruit flavor a mix between banana and jackfruit. Delicious. |
Juicy Fruit - Collisions | Wrigley | USA | A combination of two fruit flavors. I've had tropical/berry and strawberry/watermelon. Both are tasty, but the texture is poorer than normal Wrigley's gum. |
Rain-Blo | Ferrara | USA | Multi-flavored gumballs. Usually lose their flavor and become hard very quickly. |
Seedlings | Tootsie | Canada | Fruit-shaped gumballs filled with small crunchy candy dots. Flavors are grape, watermelon, strawberry, apple, lemon, orange. Just like other Double Bubble gum, it quickly loses its flavor and becomes hard. |
Super Bubble | Ferrara | USA | Wax paper wrapped plain pink bubble gum. Good flavor for a very short time before it becomes bland and hard. |
Thrills | Tootsie | Spain | Purple chewing gum that, as the package attests, tastes like soap. It's kind of like a minty soap that makes your mouth tingle. It's off-putting, but certainly unique. |
Trident - Cinnamon | Mondelēz | USA, New Jersey | A perfectly suitable cinnamon chewing gum. |
Trident - Tropical Twist | Mondelēz | USA, New Jersey | Tropical flavor combining orange, kiwi, and mango. Nice taste. |
Winterfresh | Wrigley | USA | A strong wintergreen flavored gum. |
Wrigley - Spearmint | Wrigley | USA | Spearmint flavored gum. Very tasty. Wrigley's started adding green food coloring in the 2000s which actually made it slightly less appealing to me. |
Gummy / Chewy
Candy | Nation | Notes |
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Ahlgrens Bilar - Original | Sweden | Sweet marshmallow cars with a hint fruit flavor. There are three flavors, but I can't identify any of them. The texture is unique. They're airy, so they collapse from a bite, but then they become rather dense. It's unique, but not unpleasant. Flavors are pink, green, white. |
Airheads | USA, Kentucky | Chewy candy strips in a wide variety of flavors. I don't like the texture, they're far too grainy. |
Airheads Bites - Rainbow Berry | USA | Small chewy rainbow-colored candies. Better texture than ordinary Airheads and good semi-sour flavor. |
Albanese Gummi Bears ★ | USA | My favorite brand for gummy. Softer than most competitors with a large variety of flavors, including: grape, blue raspberry, pineapple, pink grapefruit, green apple, watermelon, lime, strawberry, cherry, lemon, mango, and orange. |
Albanese Gummi Bears - Ultimate | USA | An all-natural flavors and colors variety. Half the flavors are so muted they're difficult to discern, and the similar colors don't help, the others like orange and mango are kind of gross. Flavors are: Amity Raspberry, Queen pineapple, crimson cranberry, black currant, Fuji apple, Asian pear, blood orange, and Alphonso mango. |
Amelio C. Enterprises - Cactus Candy | USA, Arizona | Firm jelly candy made with prickly pear cactus juice and coated in granular sugar. Great flavor. |
Annabelle's - Abba-Zaba - Mystery Flavor | USA, California | Simple taffy with a "mystery" flavor. Nice taste and taffy texture, but it would be nice if there were more than one flavor. |
Annabelle's - Abba-Zaba - Peanut Butter | USA, California | An unflavored taffy bar filled with creamy peanut butter. Nice taffy texture, but a very strange and messy combination. |
Arizona Fruit Snacks - Arizona Beverages | USA | Because, when I think iced tea, I think fruit snacks. Varieties are Mixed Fruit (flavors are fruit punch, watermelon, grapeade, mucho mango, and orangeade) and Green Tea (plum blueberry, apple, green tea, and mandarin). The lack of artificial colors and only two shapes (tea can and Arizona logo) makes it had to distinguish the flavors, and, the lack of artificial flavors makes them all taste mild compared to other candy. There also isn't an even variety, the candy is mostly the cheaper flavors. |
Banana Skids | Sweden | Banana and toffee flavored hard taffy. A good combination of flavors. |
Bebeto - Super Belts | Turkey | Color strips of gummy candy coated in sour sugar. Nothing special. |
Betty Crocker - Fruit Flavored Snacks | USA, Minnesota | Assorted gummy snacks themed with the latest fad. Although they're made in different colors and advertised as having assorted flavors, they all taste the same with a vaguely fruity sweetness. Not very good. |
Black Forest - Gummy Bears | USA | Better than Harbio, but not as good as Albanese. |
Bonds of London - Fruit Pastilles | London | Gummy candies coated in sugar. Basically, firm gumdrops, but made with real fruit juice. Better than most American gumdrops. |
Brach's - Christmas Nougats - Ferrara | Mexico | Chewy nougats with Christmas decoration. Flavors are cinnamon, spearmint, and peppermint. Enjoyable. |
Brach's - Autumn Mix - Ferrara | Mexico | Two kinds of candy corn and pumpkins. The normal candy corn and pumpkins have the same traditional marshmallow flavor. The candy corn with brown on the bottom has a fudge flavor. Very much what you'd expect. |
Brown Sugar Boba Milk Tea - Toko | Taiwan | A chocolate gumdrop with a chocolate and brown sugar tea coating. |
Classic Candy Corn - Brach's | Mexico | The same bland waxy texture and honey flavor you'd expect from candy corn. |
Cherri and Bubb | USA | Mike and Ike style candy with just cherry and bubble gum flavors. It was nice to have bubble gum, but cherry already existed in the original Mike and Ike, so it was redundant. |
Chewy Lemonhead - Fruit Mix - Ferrara Candy | USA, Illinois | Chewy versions of Lemonheads. Flavors include: grape, lemon, cherry, lime, orange. |
Chewy Lemonhead - Pink Lemonade - Ferrara Candy | USA, Illinois | Chewy versions of Lemonheads, just pink lemonade flavor. Kind of bland. |
Chewy Lemonhead - Tropical - Ferrara Candy | Mexico | Chewy candy balls with tropical fruit flavors. Pretty good. |
Chuckles | USA | Sugar-coated jellies. Like gum drops, but softer. Flavors are: cherry, lime, lemon, orange, and licorice. |
Chewits - Extreme - Cloetta | UK | Taffy squares. I've had sour apple which was decent. |
Potchi - Columbia's | Philippines | Strawberries and cream gummy discs. Kind of like marshmallow coated in granular sugar. Quite artificial tasting. |
Cougar Yogurt | Thailand | Yogurt-flavored chews. Has a tart mildly acidic yogurt flavor which is interesting. |
Crazy Bee | Ukraine | Fruit jellies, not as chewy as gummies, with a fruit goop inside. Very good. I've only tasted strawberry, lime, and orange, but other flavors include grapefruit, sour cherry, and wild berry. |
Seacom Dalcom - Crown ★ | South Korea | Fruit chews. Like Star Burst. I've only had lemon, but it was a more intense flavor closer to a real lemon. Quite enjoyable. |
TTangKong - Caramel Peanut Candy - Crown | South Korea | Peanut-flavors caramels with chunks of peanut inside. Decent flavor. It's packages in four colors, but they're all the same. |
Crows | USA | Licorice flavored dots. Gross, unless you like licorice. |
Dare Real Fruit Gummies - Superfruits | Canada, Ontario | Plant-based gummies. Very waxy and not much flavor. Flavors are: blueberry, cranberry, blackberry, and black currant. |
Dots | USA | Chewy gumdrops without any sugar coating. Flavors, in order of appreciation are: strawberry, cherry, lime, lemon, and orange. |
Drumstick Squashies - Sour Cherry & Apple | London | A hybrid of marshmallow and gummy. Good flavor and texture. Goofy name. They're not drumstick shaped, instead, they look like school erasers. |
Efrutti - Cheese Cake | China | Fruity cheese cake marshmallow candy with a firm graham cracker-like crust. |
Efrutti - Cup Cake | China | Cupcake shaped candy with a marshmallow base and gummy top. Quite good. |
Efrutti - Strawberry | China | Strawberry shaped gummy candy. Nice texture and flavor. |
Fabulicious - Sherbert Fizz | New Zealand | Red licorice tubes filled with a sour semi-fizzy ooze. Not much flavor, just sugary and sour. |
Ferris Nut Co - Salt Water Taffy | USA, Michigan | Salt water taffy with a large variety of flavors: Peppermint, blue raspberry, caramel, Neapolitan, vanilla, chocolate, apple, cinnamon, unknown (brown with white center), orange creamsicle, watermelon, popcorn, grape, and licorice. |
Fettuccine Gummi - Bourbon | Japan | Strips of gummy candy, meant to look like fettuccine noodles, coated in sugar citric acid. I've had grape flavor, which is okay. |
Fini - Bricks Ladrillos - Strawberry? | Spain | Candy "bricks" with a white filling coated in sugar. Very sweet, but not much flavor. |
Fini - Jelly Bananas | Spain | Banana shaped and flavored gummies coated in sugar. Pretty good, but has the typical fake banana flavor that is slightly chemical tasting. |
Fini - Roller Fizz - Strawberry | Spain | Strawberry flavored candy roll covered with a tart sugar. Tastes good, but very messy. |
Four Seas Daifuku Marshmallow | China | Marshmallow with a semi-sweet chocolate paste inside. Pretty good. |
Barratt - Fruit Salad | Spain | Same texture and packaging as Star Burst, even to the point of using a tear drop, but only one flavor, a swirl of pineapple and raspberry. Sweet and chewy, but almost medicinal in taste. |
Gimbal's - Gourmet Jelly Beans | USA | Used to be a good replacement for Jelly Belly, but they changed their formula in 2020 and ruined the texture. Eats more like a cheap generic jelly bean now. |
Golden Casket - Millions ★ | UK | Tiny firm chewy candies. Quite good. I've only had strawberry, but there are many flavors. |
Good & Fruity | USA | Like Good & Plenty, only with cherry flavored candy in the center instead of licorice, and a different flavored coating based on the color. Original flavors were raspberry, cherry, lime, lemon, and orange. In 1992, the center candy was changed to match the exterior color. The candy frequently goes out of production. It was brought back in 2008 with raspberry replaced with blue raspberry. |
Good & Plenty | USA | Pink and white candy-coated licorice cylinders. Gross. |
Gummies - Jelly Belly | USA, California | Vegan gummies. Flavors are very cherry, berry blue, green apple, lemon, orange. More waxy than gummy, but not awful. |
Haribo - Friendship Rings | Germany | Gummy rings with a "stone." They're a bit hard and bland. Each ring has two flavors, one for the band, and one for the stone. The flavors are the same a Gold-Bears. |
Haribo - Gold-Bears | Germany | Gummy bears that are a bit bland and hard. I prefer Albanese. Flavors are: pineapple, cherry, lime, lemon, and orange. |
Haribo - Happy Cherries | Germany | Gummy cherries that are a bit hard with a medicinal cherry flavor. Not awful. |
Haribo - Happy-Cola | Germany | Gummy cola bottles. A bit hard, and, like most cola candy, the flavor is a bit off. |
Haribo - Pasta Frutta Fizz | Belgium | Flat gummy squares coated in mildly sour sugar that causes a slight fizz in your mouth. Flavors include strawberry, lime, lemon, and orange. |
Haribo - Pik - Orangina | France | Gummy bottles of Orangina. They have a similar semi-bitter citrus flavor. Flavors are rouge and original. |
Haribo - Pika - Spaghetti | Spain | Gummy strawberry spaghetti strings with sour sugar. Flavor and texture is good, but, with only a single flavor, it gets old fast. |
Haribo - Rainbow Saver | Germany | Gummy flat tubes covered with tart sugar. Flavors are blackberry, "tropical," strawberry, and apple. They're okay. |
Haribo - Roulette - Cola | France | Gummy cola discs. I'm not a fan of candy cola flavor. Also, it's not exactly roulette if all the flavors are the same, is it? |
Haribo - Starmix | Germany | An assortment of Harbio gummies (Gold-Bears, Happy Cherries, Twin Snakes, Happy-Cola, and Friendship Rings). The tartness of the cola flavor leeches into the other candies a little. |
Haribo - Tagada | France | Marshmallow gummies with a red sugar shell. A bit tart and very sweet. Enjoyable. |
Haribo - Twin Snakes | Germany | Two gummy snakes, each a different flavor, merged together. One is sweet, the other is sour. A bit hard, but better flavor than Gold-Bears. |
Hello Kitty - Marshmallow - Eiwa | China | Mild flavored marshmallow with a small amount of goop spread inside each one. Not too bad. Flavors are tropical pineapple, strawberry, and matcha. There is also a mango flavor, but I haven't tried it yet. |
Hi-Chew ★ | Japan | A chewy candy of assorted flavors. The texture is like a cross between chewing gum and gummy candy. It uses real fruit so the flavors are much more accurate compared to American candy. My favorite flavors are grape (especially good!), apple, strawberry, white peach, açai, kiwi, and mango. Uses foil wrappers for longer freshness. |
Hi-Chew Plus Fruit | Japan | Includes fruit pulp in the candy. Flavors are mango/pineapple and cranberry/grape. |
Hi-Chew Sours | Japan | Not sour at all, just citrusy. Flavors are lime, grapefruit, and lemon. |
Hilal - B-rry Bites | Pakistan | Raspberry and blackberry gumdrops coated in candy dots. Good flavor. |
Hilal - Jiggles - Crunch | Pakistan | Small jelly beans with a candy shell for added crunch. Not bad. Flavors are red fruit, black currant, lemon, and orange. |
Hilal - Jiggles - Watermelon | Pakistan | Watermelon gummies shaped like watermelon slices and coated in sugar. Decent. |
Horrocks Farm Market - Assorted Slices | Mexico | Fruit slice jellies coated in sugar. Overly sweet and artificial tasting flavor of cherry, grape, lime, lemon, and orange. |
Hot Tamales ★ | USA | Mike and Ike style candy, but all cinnamon. Nice flavor, decent heat, but gets boring with just one flavor. |
Huer - Sour Cola Bottles | Canada, Quebec | Gummy cola bottles with a sour sugar coating. Decently sour, but I don't care much for cola candy, so I don't care much for these. |
Saadet - Jellopy - Mr. Crocodile | Turkey | Just a gummy crocodile. The flavor is kind of a bland, and almost soapy. |
Jelly Belly ★ | USA, California | Small jelly beans with dozens of flavors, many of which taste shockingly like their analog. I love these, but they're very expensive. |
Jengo - Sour Bites | Egypt | Gel cola bottles coated in sour sugar. Decent flavor, but dull. |
Jojo - Jahůdky | Czech Republic | Sugar coated candy balls with strawberry flavored candy jelly inside. Not unpleasant, but boring. |
Jojo - Vexta | Czech Republic | Marshmallow cubes. The flavors taste quite natural and include cherry, apple, lemon, and orange. |
Jolly Joes | USA | Mike and Ike style candy, but all grape flavor. Gets boring fast. |
Jolly Rancher Gummies | USA | Gummy Jolly Ranchers. Slightly waxy exterior. Flavors include green apple, watermelon, blue raspberry, grape, and cherry. |
Jolly Rancher Misfits | USA | Gummy candies with two flavors in each piece. Flavors include green apple/cherry, blue raspberry/watermelon, and strawberry/lemon. Candy uses proper Jolly Rancher flavors, and I like the gummy texture, but I would prefer if the flavors were separate. |
Jujubes | USA | Semi-hard chewy candies in small cylinders. Flavors include (in order of appreciation): raspberry, lime, grape, lemon, orange. Usually too hard to enjoy. |
Ferrara - Jujyfruits | USA | Semi-hard chewy candies in fruit shapes. Flavors include (in order of appreciation): raspberry, lime, lemon, orange, and anise. I like the idea, but I usually find they're too hard to appreciate because they get stuck in your teeth. |
Kasugai Gummy Candy ★ | Japan | Gummy discs. Flavors include: grape, muscat, pineapple, peach, mango, kiwi, Ramune, lychee, yuzu, strawberry, watermelon, and apple. Others I haven't tasted include: cranberry, lemonade, melon, and orange. |
Lacasa Pikotas | Spain | Cherry balls with a gummy center. Enjoyable, but needs more variety. |
Laffy Taffy | USA | Taffy in assorted flavors with lame jokes on the wrappers. The taffy has a good texture, and most of the flavors are good. Although a lot of flavors have been made over the years, you usually only see strawberry and banana. The cheap packaging causes the taffy to harden after a couple days. |
Lem and Mel | USA | Mike and Ike style candy consisting of just lemon and watermelon flavors. The watermelon was a nice addition, but lemon was in the original, so it's redundant. |
Lush Chocolates | Thailand | Small chocolate chews filled with chocolate creme. Kind of bland. |
Li Hing Mui - Rainbow Belts | USA, Hawaii | Chewy rainbow strips flavored with Chinese li hing mui plums. A mix of sweet, salty, and fruity. Enjoyable to eat. |
Lunch Buddies Fruit Flavored Snacks | USA | Generic fruit snacks. Decent texture, little flavor, fruit shape doesn't always match flavor. Flavors include: cherry, grape, apple, strawberry, lime, orange. |
Mamba | Germany | Fruit chews. Not as waxy as Starburst. Assortments have problems giving an equal amount of flavors. One bag I had was almost entirely orange with no cherry, while the bar-form promise four flavors, but only contain three at random. Flavors I've tasted include raspberry, strawberry, orange, and lemon. |
Mamba - Tropics | Germany | Fruit chews. Not as waxy as Starburst. Same assortment variety problem. Flavors I've tasted include pineapple-coconut, mango-orange, and apple-kiwi. |
Maoam - Bloxx | Germany | Slightly sour taffy bites. I've only had raspberry and orange. They're good, but nothing special. |
Mary Jane ★ | USA | Peanut and molasses chews. Very good. |
Maynard - Juicy Squirts - Berry | Canada, Ontario | Fruit gummies with liquid center. Flavors are cherry, peach, strawberry. My pack was mostly peach and strawberry with only two cherry and no grape. These have a very artificial flavor with a medicinal aftertaste, not a fan. |
Meijer - Easter Sour Chicks & Bunnies | USA, Michigan | Gummy Easter shapes coated in sugar and citric acid. Not very sour. Only four flavors: grape, apple, lemon, and tangerine. |
Meiji Gummy Choco | Hong Kong | Strawberry gummy drops coated in milk chocolate. |
Mentos - Mint | Netherlands | Hard candy shell with a chewy center with a peppermint flavor. I like the texture, but the same flavor gets old fast. |
Mentos - Fruit | Netherlands | Hard candy shell with a chewy center with three fruit flavors: strawberry, orange, and lemon. There is little variety as 66% of the flavors are citrus, and they seem to appear far more frequently than the strawberry flavor. |
Mentos - Soda Mix | Thailand | Hard candy shell with a chewy center with four flavors: grape, honeydew, lemon, and strawberry. The flavors are just fruit flavors with a slightly more acidic flavor, only the grape flavor tastes like actual grape soda. The strawberry tastes a bit bitter. Not very good. |
Mike and Ike | USA | Barrel-shaped candies with a chewy center and semi-hard shell. Flavors are: cherry, strawberry, lime, lemon, and orange. |
Mike and Ike - Mega Mix | USA | Mike and Ike with 10 fruit flavors including: Caribbean punch, strawberry-banana, paradise punch, grape soda, kiwi banana, mango delight, watermelon, pineapple banana, peach berry, and blue raspberry. Far more enjoyable than the regular mix. |
Mixed Berry Pastilles | Malaysia | Chewy blackcurrant and grape gumdrops coated in sugar. Sour and delicious. |
Mott's Fruit Flavored Snacks | USA | Good texture, but very little flavor, they're just sweet. There are only 3 flavors: apple, pear, and sweet potato, and five shapes: grape, strawberry, apple, carrot, pear. |
Nerds | USA | Small sugar crystals coated in candy. Nice crunch, but so sweet they hurt my teeth. They come in a variety of flavors, but strawberry and grape at the most common. |
Nerds - Big Chewy | USA | Chewy centers with a crunchy candy shell. A little tart, but otherwise bland, and I'm pretty sure this candy existed before and just now has a new branding. The bag I bought had a lot of orange and a little grape. Flavors are grape, strawberry, orange, and lemon. |
Nerds - Big Chewy - Sour | USA | Chewy centers with a crunchy candy shell. Mildly sour. Flavors are blue raspberry, watermelon, blood orange, strawberry lemonade. |
Ninja Gummy | Japan | Firm gummy lozenges with a thin candy coating. Cola flavored. Not that great. |
Nordic Sweets Soft Raspberries ★ | Sweden | Raspberry gumdrops. They are bouncier than American gumdrops and require more pressure to chew through. Good highly-sweet raspberry flavor. |
Norfolk Manor - Jelly Babies | UK | Child-shaped jellies coated in powdered sugar. Not very good. Flavors are raspberry, black current, strawberry, lime, lemon, and orange. |
Now and Later - Shell Shocked | USA | Puts a smooth hard shell on Now and Laters and sold unwrapped in a bag of assorted flavors. Kind of nice because they don't dry out as badly as ordinary Now and Laters, but they're also considerably softer which takes away some of the fun of the candy. I don't care much for them, but I like the favorite in the following order: cherry, grape, apple, banana, and strawberry (which tastes strange). |
Original Gummi Fun Mix | Spain | An assortment of gummy bears, worms, cherries, sharks, and Swirlz (large swirled gumdrops). Seems like a collection of the stuff that fell off the machine rather than a purposely made mix. The assortment claim 18 varieties, but they're including different flavors. The "worms" are so short they're more like maggots. The bears and worms aren't very good, but the sharks and drops are nice. |
Orion Jelly - Grape | South Korea | Medium-sized gummy snacks with a decent flavor. Flavors are grape and peach. |
Panditas | Mexico | Gummy pandas. Too hard, not enough flavor or variety. Flavors are strawberry, lime, orange, and pineapple. |
Paradise | Egypt | Candy chews. Flavors include pineapple, strawberry, mango, and cola. |
Pascall Fruit Burst | Australia | Chewy fruit bites. Flavors are wild berry, banana, strawberry, lemon & lime. |
Pascall Pineapple Lumps | Australia | Chewy pineapple bites coated in chocolate. Kind of like a Charleston Chew. Pretty good, but I would like more than just one flavor. |
Pedro | Czech Republic | Strips of strawberry fruit leather coated with semi-sour granulated sugar. It's fine, but it would be better if it had more than one flavor. |
Pelon Pelonetes | Mexico | Little candy balls with a chewy center. Despite the rainbow colors, they are all tamarind flavor. Not that great. |
Primrose - Salt Water Taffy | USA, Illinois | Standard chewy salt water taffy chunks wrapped in wax paper. Flavors are orange creamsicle, cherry, blue berry, watermelon, lemon/lime, Neapolitan, chocolate, orange, and peppermint. |
Puchao | Japan | Multi-textured chewy candies of assorted flavors. The fruit flavors are grape, mango, strawberry, and cantaloupe. The pop flavors are cola and Ramune which have little pockets of fizzy powder in them. The Ramune flavor is spot on, while the cola flavor is a bit bitter. |
Pulparindo - de la Rosa | Mexico | Salted and spiced Tamarind pulp. Tart and sweet, but so salty it's gritty. |
Pulparindots - de la Rosa | Mexico | Tamarind jellies with a candy shell. Quite hot. I've only had mango flavor. |
Rowntree's - Fruit Gems | UK | Firm fruit gummies with a small amount of real fruit flavor. Flavors are grape, lime, strawberry, lemon, and orange. |
Rowntree's - Randoms | UK | Gummies is a variety of shapes and real fruit flavors. Great flavor and texture. |
Seoju - Secret Jelly | South Korea | Moon and star-shaped black gummies with a "secret" fruit flavor. Tastes like mango and plum mixed. Nice taste and dyed with squid ink! |
Seoju - Yang Jelly | South Korea | Cat paw shaped gummies flavored with pink grapefruit and lychee. Soft texture, decent flavor. The lychee cuts the acidity of the grapefruit. |
Skalle Skum - Cool Hallon | Sweden | Sour raspberry gummy skull and crossbones. Good flavor, nice and chewy. |
Skittles | USA | Small chewy candies with a thin hard shell. Flavors are cherry, grape, sour apple, lemon, and orange. |
Skittles - Brightside | USA | Flavors are paradise punch, pink lemonade, watermelon, kiwi banana, and tangerine. |
Skittles - Darkside | USA | Flavors are forbidden fruit, black berry, midnight lime, dark berry, blood orange. |
Skittles - Dips | USA | Same flavors as original Skittles, but with a yogurt coating. The crumbly texture of the yogurt is a little off-putting, and the sweetness of the candy clashes with the yogurt, but it does add a nice creaminess to the flavor. |
Skittles - Smoothies | USA, New Jersey | Flavors are all smoothies and a bit bitter including: raspberry, strawberry banana, peach guava, mango, and blueberry (which is especially bitter). |
Skittles - Wild Berry | USA | Flavors are wild cherry, melon berry, berry punch, raspberry, and strawberry. |
Skittles - Wild Berry - Gummy | USA | Same flavors as Wild Berry, but as gummies without a candy shell. Has an oily texture. |
Sour Jelly Beans - Trader Joes | Ireland | Mini jellybeans with added sourness. Flavors are and pineapple, red, blue, apple, and orange. |
Sour Patch Kids | USA | Gummy kid-shaped candies coated in sugar and citric acid. Flavors are blue raspberry, raspberry, lime, lemon, and orange. |
Sour Patch Kids - Heads | Canada | Gummy kid-shaped candies coated in sugar and citric acid. Larger than regular ones. The heads are one flavor, the bodies another. Flavors are blue raspberry and pink lemonade, pineapple and redberry, and peach and orange. |
Sour Patch Kids - Watermelon | Turkey | Gummy watermelon-slice shaped candy coated in a mildly sour sugar. Decent taste, but too homogeneous. |
Spangler Marshmallow Circus Peanuts | USA | Bright orange marshmallow candies shaped like large peanuts. Nicely chewy, but extremely sweet with a hint of citrus flavor. |
Spice Drops ★ | USA | Gumdrops with spice and mint flavors. Different per manufacturer, but the usual flavors include cinnamon (red), wintergreen (green), clove (yellow), peppermint (white), orange (orange), and anise (purple). |
Spree (Chewy) | USA | A chewy version of the normal candy. I like these slightly better than the hard ones. |
Starburst | USA | Firm fruit chews. Flavors are strawberry, cherry, lemon, and orange. |
Starburst FaveReds ★ | USA | Starburst with the flavors: fruit punch, cherry, strawberry, and watermelon. |
Starburst GummiBursts | USA | Fruit snacks with liquid centers. Nice texture combination, but the flavors don't match the original candy. Flavors are strawberry, cherry, lemon, orange. |
Starburst Mini - Mars Wrigley | Mexico | Small Starburst chews sold unwrapped in a bag. A bit firmer than regular Starburst, but the same flavors. |
Sugus | Portugal | Starburst with a different name and sold as mixed flavors, or an entire pack of a single flavor. I've only had orange flavor (laranja) which has more of an orange concentrate flavor compared with Starburst orange. |
Swedish Fish | Turkey | Fish-shaped gummy candy, waxier than most other gummies, but not unpleasant. Flavors include an unique red flavor, lime, lemon, and orange. The red flavor is interesting, the others are generic. |
Sweet Tarts - Chewy ★ | USA | Round flat discs, much larger than a regular Sweet Tart, but with an added chewiness. I prefer these over the original. Flavors are: grape, cherry, lime, lemon. |
Sweet Tarts - Mini Chewy | USA | Nice texture, but they don't taste all that great. More sour than flavor. Seems like there are more yellow and orange than any other color. |
Sweet Tarts - Soft & Chewy Ropes | USA | The cherry punch straw is decent, but the cream inside is awful. |
Sweetpeople - Spring Marshmallow Flowers | Spain | Standard vanilla marshmallows shaped like flowers. A bit more firm than US marshmallows, but otherwise nothing special. |
Têtes Brulées - Barres De Rire (Hot Heads - Laughing Bars) | France | Sour chewy candy like Airheads with a sweet fruity center. Flavors are apple and strawberry. Not bad, and very sour. |
Tootsie Fruit Chews | USA | Chewy Tootsie Roll-shaped fruit candies with a harder shell in the flavors of lemon, lime, cherry, orange, and blue raspberry. They're the same artificial flavors as fruity Tootsie Roll candies. Enjoyable, but a little waxy. |
Tootsie Fruit Chews Rolls ★ | USA | Same consistency as a Tootsie Roll, but with alternate flavors. My favorite flavors in order of best to worst are vanilla, cherry, lime, orange, and lemon. I especially like mixing vanilla with orange or cherry. |
Trolli Sour Brite Crawlers Minis | Germany | Bland, not very sour, only 3 flavors and they all taste similar. |
Trolli Sour Brite Eggs | Germany | Rubbery texture, not sour at all, only 3 flavors and they all taste similar, nice color fade though. |
Turkish Taffy ★ | USA, Pennsylvania | Taffy so hard you can shatter it, Flavors include chocolate (great cocoa taste), vanilla, strawberry, and banana. I haven't had banana, but I love all the flavors I've tasted. |
Twizzlers | USA | Bland waxy flavor. Original is strawberry, but they make other flavors. |
Twizzlers - Filled Twists | USA | Twizzlers with a soft sticky center. Two flavors in one package cherry kick and citrus punch. Extremely sweet, but tastes good. |
Twizzlers - Pull 'n' Peel | USA | Fun to eat at first, chewy, but not much flavor. Green apple: decent, cherry: acceptable, watermelon: bland. |
Ube Pastillas - Aiza's Sweets | Philippians | Soft milk candy with purple yam flavoring. The flavor isn't unpleasant, but the texture is like eating starchy dough. |
Ülker - Kremini - Candy Mini Sour (Ekşi) | Turkey | Small chewy candies with a thin hard candy shell, very similar Skittles, and quite enjoyable. Flavors are raspberry, lemon, apple, and orange. |
Ülker - Kremini - Toffee | Turkey | Chewy candy squares, very similar in shape and texture to Starburst. I've only tried watermelon, which is decent. |
Vidal - Gummi Spicy Mangos | Spain | Gummi mango candy that's actually pretty hot. Not a fan. |
Vimto Mini Fizzy Pencils | England | I like the Vimto flavor, but the strawberry cream filling is awful. |
Wawel - Fresh Fruity | Poland | Fruit jellies with jam filling coated in sugar. Quite nice. Flavors include raspberry, pineapple, and orange. There is also lime and lemon, but I haven't had them. |
Welch's Fruit Snacks | USA | |
White Rabbit | USA, Hawaii | Milk-flavored taffy. A bit bland. |
Wiley Wallaby - Soft & Chewy | USA, Minnesota | Chewy licorice-shaped candy. Decent. Flavors include blueberry pomegranate, strawberry, triple berry, huckleberry, and licorice. |
Wiley Wallaby - Sourrageous Drops | USA, Minnesota | Tiny licorice drops with a sour candy coating. Nothing special. Flavors are watermelon, green apple, and lemon. |
Yoyo Jelly - Cola | Thailand | Like Kasugai gummies, but cola flavored. A bit generic. |
Zozole - Hello Żelo - Rainbow | Poland | Strips of chewy multi-colored candy coated in sugar and citric acid. They're okay, but nothing special. |
Hard Candies
Candy | Nation | Notes |
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10 Komori Fruit - Ribon ★ | Japan | Fruit flavored hard candy balls. Flavors are muscat, pineapple, grape, lemon, white peach, Ibara King melon, apple, strawberry, orange, mango. |
Altoids Candy Sours | England | Small hard candy sour drops of various fruit flavors sold in a circular tin. Flavors include: citrus, apple, raspberry, tangerine, mango, and passion fruit. I've only tasted a couple; they were okay. |
Amira - Tamarind | Thailand | Delicious tamarind and cream lozenges. |
Atomic Fireball | USA | A hot cinnamon jawbreaker. Too hot to be enjoyable. |
Blow Pop | USA | Lollipop with a hard candy shell and a bubblegum center. I love these. My favorite flavors are: cherry, blue raspberry, grape, watermelon, strawberry, apple. |
Bon Bon Bum - Colombina | Columbia | Lollipop with a hard candy shell and a bubblegum center. Flavors are lulo and strawberry. |
Bonds of London Barley Sugar | England | A sweet hard candy from the UK that's very familiar tasting, but still unique. |
Bonds of London Rhubarb & Custard | England | Hard candy with a mildly tart flavor. Pretty good, and, thankfully, doesn't taste much like real rhubarb. |
Boston Baked Beans | USA | Candy coated peanuts. I used to like them a lot as a child, but now I find they have an almost papery flavor. |
Bottle Caps | Mexico | Bottle cap shaped soda-flavored candies. Pretty awful, only the cherry is a decent flavor. Flavors are cherry, orange, grape, cola, root beer. |
Brach's Butterscotch Discs | USA | Enjoyable Buttery flavor and nice hard candy. What's not to love? |
Brach's Cinnamon Discs | USA | Strong cinnamon flavor, nice hard candy. Simple but delicious. |
Brach's Root Beer Barrels | USA | The flavor is a bit off, but they're still enjoyable. |
Bubbaloo Xtreme | Mexico | A strawberry sucker with bubble gum at the center, sold in a package filled with chili salt. Very unusual. |
Calpis Candy - Asahi | Japan | Hard candy lozenges flavored with Calpis (a tart milky drink) with fruit. Flavors include grape, plain Calpis, white peach, and lemon. |
Candy Buttons | USA | Small candy blobs adhered to a sheet of paper. Despite their colors, they're often the same bland flavor. You usually end up eating a fair amount of paper trying to eat the buttons. |
Candy Cigarettes | USA | Long cigarette-shaped white candy rods. Bland flavor, but the cigarette packaging helps children believe smoking is cool. |
Charms Mini Pops | USA | Pretty awful suckers. They all have a strange chemical flavor. The bag advertises 12 flavors, but the vast majority are of only 6 flavors. Of them, the only one I like is fruit punch. |
Claey's | USA, Indiana | Hard candy lozenges. Flavors I've had include root beer (pretty herbal, but not bad) and horehound (pretty awful). |
Classic Series - Guava Candy | China | A nice guava candy drop with added citric acid to give it some sour bite. |
Cuby Rop - Burbon | Japan | Small hard candy cubes with assorted flavors. Two come in a pack which yields interesting combinations. Flavors are: muscat, pineapple, Ramune, peach, grape, strawberry, orange, lemon. |
Dad's Old Fashioned Root Beer barrels | USA, Massachusetts | Barrel-shaped root beer flavored hard candy. I enjoy the flavor, but I assume they use the name as a marketing gimmick and don't use the actual root beer to flavor it. |
Dum Dums | USA | Small lollypops with a large variety of flavors. I used to like them more as a child, but now I find them to have a rather odd after taste. My favorite flavor is cream soda. |
Fizzy Booom! | Ukraine | Hard candy with fizzy powder inside. Basically Zotz. Flavors are lime, cola, and orange. |
Floco de Neve | Portugal | Hard "Snow Flake" candy lozenges. Has a mild vanilla flavor which is hard to describe, but quite good. |
Gicopa | Belgium | Flower-shaped hard candy lozenges. I've had violet flavor, which is quite delicious with a tart floral flavor. |
Haetae - Blueberry Candy | South Korea | A hard blueberry lozenge with a delicious tart flavor. |
Harry Potter Candy | England | |
Hilal - Candeez - Aamrus | Pakistan | A hard aamrus mango candy lozenge with with chewy center. Very mangoy flavor, but nothing special. |
Howe - French Burnt Peanuts | USA | Peanuts with a red candy coating. Kind of bland and chewy. |
Jaw Busters | USA, Illinois | A grape-sized multi-layered hard spherical candy. Kind of bland, but they last a long time. Also comes in mini which are about the size of a peanut. |
Jolly Rancher ★ | USA | Hard candy with a variety of flavors, most of which are delicious. Sold in a variety of shapes including long flat sticks, short flat sticks, smaller rectangular drops, and suckers. I prefer the smaller rectangular drops. |
Kabang | USA | Basically Zotz but more bitter. So-called "energy" candy because it has vitamins and ginseng. Didn't give me energy. Flavors include cherry and grape. |
Kanshindo - Rennyu Matcha Latte | Japan | Hard candy ball with matcha tea flavor with a chewy milk candy center. I'm not a huge matcha fan, so it's just okay to me. |
Lemonhead | USA | A hard lemon candy spheres with a slightly chewy coating. Sold individually as grape-sized candies and in a box with smaller chick pea-sized candies. Later flavors include Grapeheads, Cherryheads, Appleheads, and Orangeheads. |
Lemonhead Mini Pops | USA | A hard candy lollipops with flavors the same as Lemonheads: grape, cherry, apple, and orange. |
Li Hing Mui Drops | Taiwan | Hard candy with a golden plum pit inside. Nice sickly sweet flavor, and the plum pit is certainly interesting, but makes it harder to eat. |
LifeSavers | USA | Small torus-shaped hard candies. I enjoy most of the flavors. My favorite fruit flavors are: cherry, blackberry, pineapple, watermelon, and orange (they've changed over the years, and I don't remember how much I liked the older flavors). I really like the butter rum flavor which is butterscotch with a hint of rum. |
Lotte - Lollipop Ice Candy | South Korea | Assorted suckers shaped and flavored like popular Korean ice cream bars. They're quite good with unique flavors (except cola which tastes generic and looks like a brown buttplug). They also use a plastic stick, which I prefer. Flavors are Jaws (orange strawberry), Watermelon (watermelon milk), Screw Bar (strawberry and cream), and cola. |
Lump Candy - South Word Brand | China | Lumps of crystalized sugar. Just sugar. No flavoring. Rather boring. |
M Gourmet Collection Maple Lollipop ★ | Canada, Quebec | An all-natural maple syrup hard candy lollipop which, as you might expect, tastes like real maple syrup. The herbal flavor is quite enjoyable and separates it from artificial flavors. |
Mammos - Hard Candy | South Korea | Hard candy lozenges. Flavors I've had are raspberry and cinnamon. Both are simple, but delicious. |
Necco Wafers | England | Candy wafers of assorted flavors sold in a wax paper roll. Flavors are: clove (purple), wintergreen (pink), cinnamon (white), chocolate (brown), lime (green), lemon (yellow), orange (orange), and licorice (black). They are also sold in an all-chocolate roll. |
Nerds | USA | Sugar crystals coated in a colorful candy shell. Originally sold in a box with two compartments, each with a different flavor. Over the years, many different flavors have been made, but they're generally sold now with just grape and strawberry. I liked these as a child, but now I find them to be too sweet. |
Nerds Rope | USA | Just Nerds stuck onto some taffy. It's fine, I guess, but not worth in increased price tag. |
Original Gourmet | USA | Large hard lollipops with over 30 flavors. I've had orange creamsicle (good), hot fudge (good), cherry cheesecake (good), bluberries & cream (good), bubble gum (okay), and piña colada (decent). |
Pez | USA | Pressed powered sugar tablets meant to be put into cheap plastic dispensers. Even as a child, I found the dispensers only get in the way of eating the candy. The flavors are mild, but not unpleasant. In order: raspberry, lemon, strawberry, orange, and sugar cookie. |
Pop Rocks | USA | Candy crystal with cavities filled with slightly pressurized carbon dioxide. When the shell weakens, from coming into contact with saliva, the gas escapes with a small pop which creates a tingling sensation in your mouth. There are various flavors. While I like the idea of the candy, it's too expensive for the small amount you get in each pack. |
Rain-Blo Pops | USA | Cheap knock-off of Blow Pops, but with worse flavors and less gum. |
Regal Crown - Sour Cherry - Iconic Candy | USA, New York | Sour cherry lozenges. Enjoyable sour artificial cherry flavor. |
Red Hots | USA | Small hard cinnamon candies. Just enough cinnamon to become hot, but not so much to burn like Atomic Fireballs. Very enjoyable. |
Rellerindos | Mexico | Tamarind hard candy with a chewy center. Quite tart and slightly spicy. Good flavor, but the candy is a bit gritty. |
Ribbon Candy | USA | Hard candy with colorful bands folded into ribbons. Usually with spice and mint flavors. I love these around Christmas time. |
Spree | USA | A disc-shaped candy with a bright glossy coating. Similar to a Sweet Tart, only more intense. Flavors are (in order of my favorite to least): cherry, grape, sour apple, lemon, and orange. |
Sweet Tarts | USA | Powered sugar hardened into discs. Flavors include fruit punch (blue), cherry, grape, sour apple, orange, and lemon. |
Sweet Tarts - Conversation Hearts | USA | Sweet Tarts in the shape of hearts. With very short messages on them like "KISS ME" or "XOXO". Same flavor and texture as regular Sweet Tarts, except no orange (even though the packaging depicts orange. |
Tayas - Coffee Intense | Turkey | Coffee flavored lozenges with a chewy center. I don't like coffee, but these aren't too bad. |
Tic-Tac Fruit Adventure | Canada | Assorted fruit-flavored Tic-Tacs. Flavors are passion fruit, cherry, orange mint, and apple. |
Tootsie Pop | USA | |
Zotz | Italy | Hard candy with a sour fizzy powder inside. It's a strange, but not unpleasant feeling. Comes in various flavors. |
Mints
Candy | Nation | Notes |
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Altoids | England | A small, but powerful mint with a circular tablet shape and sold in a tin. I find these to be too strong and cause me mild nausea. Other flavors include cinnamon, wintergreen, and spearmint, which I don't find to be as strong. Rarer flavors that I haven't tried include ginger, licorice, creme de menthe, and cool honey. |
E-Ma - Uha | Japan | Hard mints in a variety of flavors. I've only had grape, which is quite nice and has a hint of mint. |
Jack 'n Jill - Dynamite | Thailand | Mint lozenge with chocolate creme inside. The strong mint flavor overpowers the chocolate unless you suck off the majority of the candy shell first. |
Junior Mints | USA | Small semi-sweet chocolate discs with a gooey peppermint filling. Quite good, but not as good as a York Peppermint Pattie. |
King - Peppermint | Holland | Peppermint discs. Kind of like a large Altoid, but a bit milder. |
Life Savers Mints | USA | Various mint flavors in Life Savers form. My favorites are orange mint, wint-o-green, pep-o-mint, and sweet mint. |
Mentos Mint | Netherlands | Good texture, nice minty flavor. |
Pearson's - Mint Patties | USA, Minnesota | A peppermint patty coated with dark chocolate. Like a York Peppermint Pattie, but there is more filling and it's a bit gooier. |
Ramune Candy - Morinaga | South Korea | Little candies made from hardened powered sugar and flavored like ramune soda. I've had grape and Ramune flavors, which are both okay. |
Red Bird Peppermint Candy Puffs | USA | A crunchy mint that easily falls apart when you chew it and has a mild peppermint flavor. I love these because, unlike most peppermint candies, they're not overpowering. |
Rito - Wintergreen | Canada | Pink wintergreen mints. I love the flavor, but they're a bit harder than they need to be. |
Starbrite Peppermint Discs | USA | Basically a candy cane in disc form. Boring and too strong a flavor. Gives me nausea after only a couple. |
Starbrite Spearmint Discs | USA | A spearmint-flavored disc. Fairly boring, but better than the peppermint. |
Tic Tac Big Berry Adventure | Canada | Mix of raspberry and blueberry Tic Tac mints. The combination of berry and mint is a bit odd, and, with only two flavors, it's hardly an "adventure." |
Tic Tac Mints | Italy | Various flavors of mint in tiny candies. My favorite flavors are wintergreen, orange, cinnamon, and fresh mint. |
Violet - Choward's | USA, New York | A chalky mint with a floral flavor very reminiscent of soap. Kind of awful, but still hard to stop eating. |
York Peppermint Pattie | USA | A peppermint patty coated with dark chocolate. Very enjoyable and good texture. |
Powders
Candy | Company | Country | Notes |
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Fun Dip | USA | Ferrara | Flavored powered sugar with citric acid (similar to Pixy Stix) in little pouches to be eaten with the included candy sticks which are also powered sugar pressed into a long tablet. You lick the stick to get it wet, dip it in the powder which sticks to the wet stick, and then eat the powder off the stick. Originally called Lik-M-Aid until 1989 and sold with four flavors: cherry, grape, lime, and orange. Now, there are all sorts of flavors. |
Pixy Stix | USA | Ferrara | Flavored powered sugar and citric acid in a paper straw. Not much flavor, but fun to eat by emptying the powder and sucking it up through the straw. Several flavors have been made over the years. When I was a kid my favorite flavors in order were punch (blue), cherry, grape, lime, and orange. Now, packages are sold with only four flavors: punch, cherry, strawberry, and orange. The powder is very similar to Fun Dip, and the flavors are very similar to Sweet Tarts. |
Sherbert Fountain | UK | Barratt | White powered sugar that becomes a foam in your mouth. Nice flavor, but too sweet. Includes a black licorice dipping "stick." |