List of candies facts for kids

A candy shop in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Candy in Damascus, Syria

Bulk candies

Various candies from Austria, Denmark, France and Sweden.

Candy, also known as sweets or confectionery, is a popular treat enjoyed all over the world. There are many different kinds of candy. What makes them different often depends on things like the size of the sugar crystals, how much air is in them, how much sugar they have, their color, and the type of sugar used.

Most candy starts with simple sugar (sucrose). It's made by dissolving sugar in water, then cooking this mix to make it thicker. After that, it can either become a soft solid or form sugar crystals. For example, Maple sugar candy has been made this way for thousands of years, by thickening maple sap through freezing or heating.

Other types of sugars, sugar substitutes, and corn syrup can also be used. Some chewy candies, like gumdrops and gummies, use special ingredients such as starch, pectin, or gelatin to give them their bouncy texture. Another fun type of candy is cotton candy, which is made from spun sugar threads.

Long ago, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy (Native peoples) in North America gave special thanks to the Sugar Maple tree. They recognized its gift of sugar, especially when food was scarce in winter. Maple sugar candy, made from tree sap, was an important food source during those cold months.

Candy Across Continents

Candy is enjoyed in many forms around the world. Let's explore some of the unique sweets from different continents!

African Sweets

South Africa

Asian Sweets

Bangladesh

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Tiler Khaja			A sweet candy from Bangladesh made from sesame seeds.

China

Chinese candies and sweets, called táng, are usually made with cane sugar, malt sugar, and honey.

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Deuk Deuk Tong		-	Also known as "Ding Ding Tong," this is a hard maltose candy with sesame and ginger flavors.
Dragon's beard candy			This candy is like spun sugar and is a traditional art from ancient China. It's found in many Chinese communities.
Orange jelly candy			These soft jelly candy sticks are often sold in Hong Kong. They are one of the few candies historically made there.
Peen tong			This is a Chinese brown sugar candy.
White Rabbit Creamy Candy	Shanghai Guan Sheng Yuan Food, Ltd.		This candy is soft and chewy, similar to nougat or taffy. Each candy is wrapped in edible sticky rice paper, which you can eat!
Zaotang			This candy is made of maltose. People in China use it as an offering to the kitchen god before Chinese New Year.
Haw flakes			A sweet and tangy disc-shaped candy made from hawthorn fruit.

Indonesia

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Kino Candy	Kino Indonesia		This was the very first product from Kino Indonesia.
Kopiko	Mayora Indah		A candy made from coffee extract, using Indonesia's best coffee beans.

Japan

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Botan Rice Candy	JFC International	-	These chewy rice candies have an edible rice paper wrapper that melts in your mouth. Each box also comes with a fun sticker!
Hi-Chew	Morinaga & Company		A chewy, fruit-flavored candy first released in 1975. It's now sold in sticks with individually wrapped pieces.
Konpeitō			This small, bumpy sugar candy was brought to Japan by the Portuguese in the 16th century. Its name comes from the Portuguese word "confeito."
Meiji	Meiji Seika		Meiji chocolates come in many flavors, including cheese, black pepper, jasmine, basil, and lemon salt.
Pocky	Ezaki Glico		These are biscuit sticks coated with chocolate, and they come in many other flavors too.
Pucca Chocolate	Meiji Seika		This baked pretzel candy has a chocolate cream center. It's also available in strawberry and milk flavors.
Puccho	UHA Mikakutō Co. Ltd.		These gummy squares have a unique texture, like a mix of gummy bears and taffy. They often have chewy gummy "balls" inside.

Korea

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Dalgona or ppopgi			A Korean sweet candy made from melted sugar and baking soda.

Philippines

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Balikucha			A pulled sugar candy from the Ilocos region, often used to sweeten coffee.
Chatlet	Cosmetique Asia Corporation		A chocolate-peanut candy brand in the Philippines.
Choc Nut	Unisman and later, Annie's Sweets Manufacturing and Packaging Corporation		A popular chocolate product in the Philippines, made from powdered peanuts and chocolate.
Choco Mani	Cosmetique Asia Corporation		Another chocolate-peanut candy brand in the Philippines.
Chubby	Rebisco		A chewy candy.
Flat Tops	Ricoa (Comfoods)		A circular milk chocolate wrapped in shiny metallic paper.
Hany	Annie Candy Manufacturing		Hany milk chocolate is a mix of chocolate and peanuts, similar to Choc Nut.
Haw Haw Milk Candy	New Soonly Food Products inc.		A rectangular milk powder candy often sold in small local stores.
Judge	Rebisco		Judge is a chewing gum, usually spearmint flavor, but also comes in other flavors like cherry.
Lipps	Rebisco		A hard candy without menthol.
Maxx	Universal Robina		A menthol candy that helps cool and freshen your breath.
Mr. Candies	Rebisco		A chewy candy with a cream filling. It comes in five flavors: Buko (coconut), Keso (cheese), Mais (sweet corn), Melon, and Yema.
Nata de coco			This chewy, jelly-like food is made from fermented coconut water. It's often sweetened and used in desserts, drinks, and fruit mixes.
Potchi	Columbia International Food Products		A gummy candy with a strawberry pink top and white base, covered in sugar for extra flavor. It's usually strawberry cream, but there's also a chocolate version.
Queen Mani	Cosmetique Asia Corporation		Another chocolate-peanut candy brand in the Philippines.
Starr	Rebisco		Formerly known as Storck, this is a mentholated hard candy that cools and freshens breath.
V-tal	Cosmetique Asia Corporation		A chocolate-peanut candy brand in the Philippines.
Vita Cubes	Rebisco		A healthy and tasty jelly candy.

European Sweets

European candies often include toffees, nougats, and rock candies.

Austria

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Pez			Invented in 1927 in Vienna. These candies come in refill packs for Pez dispensers, which are often shaped like famous cartoon characters.

Belgium

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Cuberdon	Confiserie Geldhof, Eeklo		This cone-shaped candy has a soft, melty center and a crisp outer shell. It's usually flavored with raspberry.
Vanparys	Vanparys		Vanparys makes chocolate dragées. These are dark chocolate pieces coated with thin layers of sugar, available in many colors.

Bulgaria

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Lokum			This is a type of Turkish delight, sometimes plain or flavored with rose petals, white walnuts, or "endreshe."

Denmark

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Dracula Piller	Scan Choco A/S		Disc-shaped hard candies with a salty liquorice flavor.
Kongen af Danmark			Red, hard candies flavored with aniseed, and they get their color from beetroot juice.
Spunk			Small pastilles that come in fruit and salty liquorice flavors.

Estonia

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Draakon	Kalev		Small, chewy sweets that come in various fruity flavors.

Finland

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Salmiakki			This is salty liquorice, flavored with ammonium chloride. It's very common in Nordic countries.
Geisha	Fazer		Fazer Geisha is a soft milk chocolate with a hazelnut nougat filling.
Dumle			Fazer Dumle is a milk chocolate that has a chewy toffee inside.
Marianne			Fazer Marianne has a hard outer shell and a chocolate center.
Turkish Peber			Fazer Tyrkisk Peber has a hard, thick shell and contains salmiakki powder.
London drops			Pastel-colored liquorice drops with a hard, sugary aniseed-flavored coating.
Pirate coins			Coin-shaped candies with salty liquorice and fruit flavors, featuring pirate-inspired pictures.
Finlandia			Round, fruit-flavored marmalade candies.
Vihreät kuulat			Round, pear-flavored marmalade candies.
Liqueur Fills			Chocolates with a liquid alcohol center (like Rum or Cherry Brandy) inside a sugar shell.
Kiss-Kiss			Oblong, pink toffee-filled candies.
Hopeatoffee	Cloetta		A chewy toffee candy bar with a salty liquorice flavor.
Aakkoset			Lozenge-shaped soft, chewy candies in various flavors, decorated with capital letters.
Mynthon			Small, disc-shaped hard breath mints.
Manalan makeiset	Poppamies		Hard fruit-flavored candies that contain strong chili extract.
Sisu	Leaf International		Small, black, chewy, liquorice-flavored breath mints made with gum arabic.
Vanhat Autot	Halva		Black, car-shaped chewy pieces of salty liquorice candy.

France

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Anis de Flavigny			Small, white sugar balls with an anise seed inside. Rose flavor is very popular.
Bergamote de Nancy	Lefèvre-Denise		Shiny, small candy squares made from sugar and bergamot essential oil.
Bêtise de Cambrai
Cachou Lajaunie	Mondelēz International		Hard licorice candies with mint extract.
Calisson			This traditional French candy is a smooth, pale yellow paste of candied fruit (like melons and oranges) and ground almonds, topped with royal icing.
Carambar	Delespaul-Havez company		A chewy caramel candy. It has been around since 1954!
Chocolate truffle	Various		Chocolate truffles are usually made with a chocolate ganache center, coated in chocolate, icing sugar, or nuts.
Hollywood	Mondelez International		This was the first French chewing gum, created in 1952. It was inspired by American troops who brought chewing gum to France in 1944.
Macaron			A sweet cookie sandwich made with meringue, with a filling like ganache or jam between two halves.
Marron glacé			A sweet treat from southern France and northern Italy. It's a chestnut candied in sugar syrup and then glazed.
Vichy Pastilles	Eurazeo		A French candy made in the town of Vichy, invented in 1825.
Violette de Toulouse	Candiflor

Georgia

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Churchkhela			A candle-shaped candy made from grape juice, nuts, and flour.

Germany

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Milka	Mondelēz International		A milk chocolate candy first created in 1901. It's known for its iconic lilac-colored cow on the packaging.
Nappo	WAWI chocolate AG		A diamond-shaped, chocolate-covered nougat made in Germany since 1925.
Maoam	Haribo		Rectangular, chewy toffee candies with fruit flavors.

Gummies

Gummies are chewy candies made with gelatin. They come in many shapes, colors, and flavors. The famous gummy bear first came from Germany. It's known there as Gummibär (rubber bear). Hans Riegel Sr., a candy maker from Bonn, started the Haribo company in 1920.

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Fraise Tagada	Haribo, others		Invented in 1969 by Haribo. This candy is shaped like a strawberry, covered in sugar, and is pink and scented. It's one of the most popular candies in France.
Gummi bears	Various (Haribo, Trolli)		Chewy, fruit-flavored candies made with gelatin.
Gummi worms	Various (Trolli)		Chewy, fruit-flavored candies made with gelatin, shaped like worms.

Greece

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Akanes			A Greek sweet similar to loukoumi, but flavored with fresh buffalo butter instead of fruit.

Hungary

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Túró Rudi			A chocolate bar popular in Hungary since 1968. It has a thin chocolate coating and a curd filling.
Sport szelet			A chocolate bar made in Hungary since the 1950s. It has a dark chocolate coating and a rum-flavored filling.
Negro	Győri Keksz Kft.		A Hungarian candy. Its black color comes from molasses, and it's flavored with menthol.
Szaloncukor			A Christmas candy made of fondant, covered in chocolate, and wrapped in shiny colored foil.

Italy

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Ferrero Rocher	Ferrero SpA		A round chocolate introduced in 1982 by Italian chocolatier Michele Ferrero.
Jordan almonds			Almonds covered in sugar, often in pastel colors. They are thought to come from ancient Greece.
Raffaello	Ferrero SpA		A round coconut and almond sweet.

Netherlands

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Hopje	Rademaker		A sweet made of coffee, caramel, cream, and butter.
Mentos	Perfetti Van Melle		Scotch-mints.

Poland

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Krówki			Fudge, which are semi-soft milk toffee candies.
Miodek turecki			A candy traditionally sold in Kraków, Poland, during All Saints' Day.
Ptasie mleczko			Soft, chocolate-covered candy filled with meringue or milk soufflé.
Prince Polo	Kraft Jacobs Suchard		Introduced in 1955, this is a chocolate-covered wafer bar with four layers of wafer and three layers of chocolate filling.

Portugal

Romania

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Rahat			Fruit-flavored Turkish delight.

Russia

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Pastila			A fruit-based candy made in the town of Kolomna since the 14th century.
Hematogen			A nutrition bar with sugar, milk, and bovine serum albumin as main ingredients.
Curd snack			A snack made from pressed curd cheese, covered with chocolate or cream.

Spain

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Turrón			Traditional Spanish nougat. A well-known type is Turrón de Jijona.

Sweden

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Polkagris			White and red striped candy sticks with peppermint flavor.
Ahlgrens bilar	Cloetta		Car-shaped, soft, foamy fruit-flavored candies.
Läkerol			Soft, sugar-free breath mints in various flavors.
Daim	Marabou, Mondelez International		A soft chocolate-covered caramel sweet.
Swedish Fish	Malaco, Mondelez International		Fish-shaped, chewy fruit and liquorice flavored candies.
Lakrisal	Malaco		Hard, brittle disc-shaped candies with a salty liquorice flavor.
Djungelvrål			Chewy black liquorice-flavored candies covered in a strong salty liquorice powder. The bag has a picture of a chimpanzee.

Switzerland

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Ricola	Ricola ltd		These are popular cough drops and breath mints.
Toblerone	Mondelez International		A chocolate bar shaped like triangular prisms.

United Kingdom

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Aero			Aero is a chocolate bar with air bubbles inside, originally made by Rowntree's.
Aniseed twist			Red or orange aniseed-flavored boiled sweets.
Black Jack	Barratt		Square-shaped black chewy candies with an aniseed flavor.
Bounty			This chocolate bar has a coconut filling coated with milk or dark chocolate.
Crunchie			Crunchie is a chocolate bar with a crunchy honeycomb toffee inside.
Fruit Salad	Barratt		Square-shaped pink chewy candies with a raspberry and pineapple flavor.
Kit Kat	Nestlé		A chocolate-covered wafer bar created by Rowntree's of York.
Mars	Mars		A British chocolate bar.
Maltesers			Maltesers have a round, malted milk center covered in milk chocolate.
Pink shrimps	Barratt's		A strawberry-flavored, shrimp-shaped pink sweet with a light, foamy texture.
Polo	Nestlé		Circular breath mints with a hole in the middle.
Skittles			Skittles are fruit-flavored candies with a hard shell. They were first made in 1974 by a British company.
Smarties			Similar to M&M's, Smarties are round chocolate candies covered in a candy shell.
Starburst	The Wrigley Company		Square-shaped, soft, chewy fruit-flavored candies.
Wine gums			Chewy, firm pastille-type sweets that don't have a sugar coating.

Scotland

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Tablet			A medium-hard, sugary sweet from Scotland. It's usually made from sugar, condensed milk, and butter.

Former Yugoslavia and Albania

Middle Eastern Sweets

Turkish delight and rock candy are often found in the Middle East.

Iran

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Rock candy	Various		Candied sugar has its origins in Iran. It's a type of sweet made from a crystallized sugar solution.

Israel

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Hanukkah gelt	Carmit, Strauss, Steenland Chocolate		These are chocolate coins given to Jewish children during the festival of Hanukkah.
Klik	Unilever		Chocolate-covered corn flakes and malted milk balls.
Pesek Zman	Strauss		This chocolate bar is made in Israel.

Turkey

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Pişmaniye			Turkish cotton candy is a sweet with fine strands, made by blending flour roasted in butter into pulled sugar.

North American Sweets

Canada

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Cadbury Caramilk	Cadbury Adams		A chocolate bar filled with caramel, first made in 1968.
Coffee Crisp	Nestlé		A coffee-flavored wafer candy bar covered in chocolate.
Maple taffy	traditional		Boiled maple syrup poured onto fresh snow, which makes it hard, then rolled around a stick.

Mexico

United States

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Take 5	Hershey		This bar has Reese's peanut butter, peanuts, pretzel, caramel, and chocolate.
Fudge	Various		Fudge is a type of sweet made by mixing sugar, butter, and milk.
Almond Joy	Hershey		This candy has a coconut center topped with two almonds, all covered in milk chocolate.
Aplets & Cotlets	Liberty Orchards		A sweet similar to lokum, made with apples and apricots.
Big Hunk	Annabelle Candy Company		A bar of roasted peanuts covered in honey-sweetened nougat.
Bit-O-Honey	Nestlé		Introduced in 1924 by the Schutter-Johnson Company.
Candy Raisins	Lake Country Candies		A soft jujube candy popular in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Good & Plenty	Hershey		Licorice candy first made in 1893, known as one of the oldest candy brands in the U.S.
Mounds	Hershey		Similar to Almond Joy, but it has a coconut center covered in dark chocolate and no almonds.
Reese's Pieces	Hershey		Peanut Butter candy, round and covered in yellow, orange, or brown candy shells.
U-No Bar	Annabelle Candy Company		A truffle-like bar with almond bits, covered in chocolate.
Jolly Rancher	The Hershey Company		Fruit-flavored hard candy.
Twizzlers	The Hershey Company		A fruit-flavored chewy candy.
Opera cream			A chocolate candy most popular in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Bridge Mix	Various		A mix of nuts and candies covered in dark and milk chocolate.
Zotz	G.B. Ambrosoli		Fizzy and sour hard candy with sherbet inside.

South American Sweets

Panelas, cocadas, and natillas are common sweets in South and Central America.

Argentina

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Mantecol	Cadbury		A peanut butter nougat bar.
Palitos de la selva	Cadbury		"Jungle stickies," a taffy stick with two flavors and two colors. The wrappers often have information about animals.

Brazil

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Garoto	Garoto		Assorted chocolates from Brazil.
Mariola	DaColonia, among others.		Small, flat blocks made of banana pulp.
Pé-de-moleque			Made with Rapadura, Molasses, and peanuts.
Paçoca			Candy made from ground peanuts, sugar, and salt.
Trident	Cadbury		A well-known candy and gum brand in Brazil.

Colombia

Peru

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Chocopunch	Compañía Nacional de Chocolates de Perú S.A.		A cream sweet with three flavors (chocolate, hazelnut, and toffee) in one container.
King Kong milk candy			Made of milk cookies, filled with Peruvian blancmange, pineapple sweet, and sometimes peanuts. It comes in large sizes.
Teja			Manjar blanco (a sweet milk cream) coated in fondant.

Uruguay

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Candel Astra	Penino & Corona		Pink taffy with a fantasy flavor and a crunchy texture that becomes chewy when wet.
Garrapiñada			Sugar-coated peanuts sold on the street. Vendors often package them tightly in long cellophane bags.
Zabala			Dulce de leche candies made in Uruguay.

Oceanian Sweets

Australia

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Jaffas			Small, round sweets with a soft chocolate center and a hard, orange-flavored, red outer shell.
Musk stick			Semi-soft sticks of fondant (usually pink) with a floral scent.

New Zealand

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Chocolate fish			Pink or white marshmallow covered in a thin layer of milk chocolate.
Pineapple Lumps			Chocolate-covered sweets with a soft, chewy pineapple-flavored center.

Western Candies: Popular Types

Chewing Gum

Chewing gum is often thought of as a type of candy.

Chocolate Treats

Chocolate is made from the beans of the tropical cacao tree, which are fermented, roasted, and ground. Chocolate itself is a mix of cocoa, cocoa butter, sugar, and other ingredients like milk or flavorings, making it sweet.

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Take 5 (candy)	Hershey		This candy bar has Reese's peanut butter, peanuts, pretzel, caramel, and chocolate.
Cadbury	Cadbury		A British sweet company, one of the largest globally.
Dark chocolate			Made by adding fat and sugar to cocoa, with little to no milk.
Hershey Bar	Hershey		The classic Hershey Milk Chocolate Bar was first sold in 1900.
Hershey's Kisses	Hershey		Small, bite-sized pieces of chocolate with a special shape, wrapped in aluminum foil.
Jersey Milk			A milk chocolate bar.
Kit Kat	U.S.-Hershey, UK-Nestlé		A chocolate-covered wafer biscuit bar.
Lindt	Lindt
Maltesers	Mars, Inc.
Milk Duds	Hershey		A caramel candy covered with a chocolate-like coating.
Milky Way	Mars, Inc.		A chocolate bar. The picture shows American (left) and European (right) versions.
Peppermint bark			A chocolate sweet with peppermint candy pieces, often in white chocolate on top of dark chocolate.
Reese's Peanut Butter Cup	Hershey		Peanut butter covered in milk chocolate.
Rolo	U.S.-Hershey, UK-Nestlé		Chocolate-coated caramels.
Snickers	Mars, Inc.		Peanuts and caramel covered in milk chocolate.
Twix	Mars, Inc.		Caramel and cookie covered in milk chocolate.
Whoppers	Hershey		Chocolate-covered malted milk balls.

Classic Candies

Many of these candies were created between the 1880s and 1950s by different candy makers.

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Abba-Zaba	Annabelle Candy Company		Taffy candy bars with peanut butter centers.
Almond Roca	Brown and Haley		Buttercrunch toffee.
Brittle	Various		A type of sweet made of hard sugar candy with nuts like pecans or peanuts.
Caramac	Nestlé		A pale yellow bar made with sweetened condensed milk, butter, and flavors.
Cotton candy	Various		A sweet treat made by spinning sugar. Also called candy floss.
Gumdrop	Various		Brightly colored, usually cone-shaped, gelatin- or pectin-based pieces coated in sugar.
Jelly Tots	Rowntree's		Round, sugar-coated, gumdrop-like sweets that contain fruit juices.
M&M's	Mars, Inc., Various		Candies in different colors, with centers like peanuts or chocolate, covered in a hard candy shell.
Mallo Cups	Boyer Brothers		The first cup candy, made with cupcake papers.
Mary Jane	Necco		Butter-flavored taffy with peanut butter in the middle.
Peach Blossoms	Necco		Peanut butter wrapped in a crunchy shell. They are peach-colored but not peach-flavored.
Rocky Road Candy	Annabelle Candy Company		Candy that mixes chocolate, marshmallow, and nuts (usually almonds or walnuts).
Salt water taffy	Various		A soft taffy originally made and sold in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Skittles	Wrigley Company		Skittles have hard sugar shells with the letter S. The inside is mostly sugar, corn syrup, and fruit juice.
Sky Bar	Necco		An American candy bar with four sections, each with a different filling: caramel, vanilla, peanut, and fudge, all covered in milk chocolate.
Toffee	Various		A sweet made by caramelizing sugar or molasses with butter, and sometimes flour.
Tootsie Roll	Tootsie Roll Industries		A chewy chocolate candy.

Hard Candy

Hard candies, also called boiled sweets, are sugary candies that slowly melt in your mouth. One famous type is the "pirulin" in Spanish-speaking countries. There are many local kinds, like the hazelnut-filled Mässmogge from Basel, Switzerland.

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Butterscotch	Various		A type of sweet made mainly from brown sugar and butter.
Candy Buttons	Necco Yamunna		Small, round pieces of candy attached to a strip of paper.
Candy canes	various		A traditional Christmas treat, usually peppermint flavored. Their cane shape lets them hang on a Christmas tree.
Gobstoppers / Jawbreakers	The Willy Wonka Candy Company (Nestlé)		Candies with many layers of color. The Everlasting Gobstopper was introduced in 1976.
Horehound candy			Bittersweet hard candies made with sugar and an extract from the Marrubium vulgare plant.
Jolly Rancher	Jolly Rancher Company		A hard and tart candy.
Life Savers	Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company		Ring-shaped mints and fruit-flavored hard candies.
Love Hearts or Shannens	Swizzels Matlow		Hard, fizzy, heart-shaped sweets with short, love-related messages on them.
PEZ	PEZ		Small, rectangular candies that go into PEZ dispensers, which come in many fun character shapes.
Ribbon candy	Various		A type of hard candy often sold around the Christmas holiday season in North America.
Rock	various		A traditional British stick sweet with letters spelling out where it was bought, often a holiday spot.
Stick candy	various		Like a large, straight candy cane, sold by the piece in many colors and flavors.
Sweethearts	Necco		Small, heart-shaped candies, popular around Valentine's Day, with messages like "Be Mine" or "Kiss Me."

Liquorice

Licorice is a chewy candy. It was originally flavored with an extract from the root of the liquorice plant. Licorice candies are often black with a licorice flavor, or red with strawberry or cherry flavors.

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Red Vines	American Licorice Company		A popular candy for over 90 years, often enjoyed at movie theaters.
Snaps	American Licorice Company		Candies with a pastel coating and a liquorice center, introduced in the 1930s.
Trolli	Trolli - Mederer GmbH		Various soft liquorice gums.
Twizzlers	The Hershey Company		Fruit-flavored candy sticks.

Lollipops

Lollipops, or Lollies, are hard candies on a stick. The name "lollipop" was first used by George Smith, who owned the Bradley Smith Company. He named the stick candy after his favorite race horse, Lolly Pop, and trademarked the name in 1931.

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Chupa Chups	Perfetti Van Melle		A wide range of flavors and types, including solid candy pops and those with gum centers.
Dum Dum Pop	Spangler Candy Company		Lollipops that come in a large variety of flavors.
Lollipop	Various		A type of sweet, mostly hardened, flavored sucrose with corn syrup, on a stick.
Sugar Daddy	Tootsie Roll Industries		First called "Papa" when invented in 1925, its name changed to Sugar Daddy in 1932.

Sours

Sours are popular for their intense, tangy flavor and acidity.

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Description
Brain Licker	Key Enterprises		A sour liquid candy.
Sour Patch Kids	Cadbury Adams		Sour fruit-flavored candies.
Sour Punch	American Licorice Company		A type of sour candy.
Toxic Waste	Candy Dynamics Inc		A very sour candy.
Warheads	Impact Confections		Candies with very sour fruit flavors.

See also