Candy, known also as sweets and confectionery, has a long history as a familiar food treat that is available in many varieties. Candy varieties are influenced by the size of the sugar crystals, aeration, sugar concentrations, colour and the types of sugar used.[1]
Simple sugar or sucrose is turned into candy by dissolving it in water, concentrating this solution through cooking and allowing the mass either to form a mutable solid or to recrystallize.[1] Maple sugar candy has been made in this way for thousands of years, with concentration taking place from both freezing and heating.[2]
Other sugars, sugar substitutes, and corn syrup are also used. Jelly candies, such as gumdrops and gummies, use stabilizers including starch, pectin or gelatin.[1] Another type of candy is cotton candy, which is made from spun sugar.
In their Thanksgiving Address, Native peoples of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy give special thanks to the Sugar Maple tree as the leader of all trees "to recognize its gift of sugar when the people need it most".[2] In traditional times, maple sugar candy reduced from sap was an important food source in the lean times of winter in North America.
| Name | Manufacturer | Country of Origin | Image | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshmallow | Various | Aerated confection made in modern times with sugar, water, and a whipping agent such as egg whites or gelatin. | ||
| Astros | Cadbury | South Africa | - | A candy coated chocolate with a biscuit center. The product was first launched in 1997 in the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States and in South Africa as a rival to Nestlé Smarties, and M&M's in the US.[3] In Australia they were marketed as Lunas. |
| Massam's | South Africa | - | The maker of a nougat candy from South Africa. Varieties include honey almond, almond cherry, and honey cashew. The candies are exported to various countries. | |
| Tiler Khaja | Bangladesh | A Bangladeshi sweet candy made from sesame seeds. | ||
| Deuk Deuk Tong | China | - | Also known as "Ding Ding Tong", it is a hard maltose candy with sesame and ginger flavours. | |
| Dragon's beard candy | China | Also known as "Chinese cotton candy," it is a handmade traditional art of ancient China and also a traditional Chinese sweet similar to spun sugar, which can be found in many Chinese communities. The legend of Dragon's Beard Candy was first notably practiced during the Chinese Han dynasty.[4] | ||
| Orange jelly candy | China | These finger-sized sticks of soft jelly candy are generally sold in food specialty stores in Hong Kong. A great deal of candies available in Hong Kong are imported from Europe, mainland China, United States and other regions around the world. Orange jelly candy is one of the few that have historically been manufactured locally in Hong Kong. | ||
| Peen tong | China | Chinese brown sugar candy. | ||
| White Rabbit Creamy Candy | Shanghai Guan Sheng Yuan Food, Ltd. | China | This has a soft, chewy texture, and is formed into cylinders approximately 3 cm long and 1 cm in diameter, similar to contemporary western nougat or taffy. Each candy is wrapped in a printed waxed paper wrapper, but within this, the sticky candies are again wrapped in a thin edible paper-like wrapping made from sticky rice.[5] Although the rice wrapping layer is meant to be eaten along with the rest of the candy, it does not figure in the list of ingredients, which is limited to corn starch, syrup, cane sugar, butter, and milk. This also comes in a variety of flavors. | |
| Zaotang | China | This type of candy is made of maltose that people in China use as a sacrifice to the kitchen god around the twenty third day of the twelfth lunar month just before Chinese New Year. | ||
| Haw flakes | China | It is a sweet, tangy, disc shaped candy made from hawthorn fruit, packaged in a cylindrical paper wrapper. | ||
| Dodol | Indonesia | A sweet toffee-like sugar palm-based confection commonly found in Indonesia. | ||
| Geplak | Indonesia | A sweet confectionery originating from Java, Indonesia. It's made from equal parts coarsely grated coconut and sugar, often brightly colored. | ||
| Gula Gait | Indonesia | A sweet stick-like candy (Also known as wood candy because its color and texture resemble chunks of wood) made from palm sugar or white sugar that commonly found in East Borneo, Indonesia. | ||
| Gulali Jadul or Gulali Bentuk | Indonesia | A type of sugar candy usually consisting of hard candy mounted on a stick made in various shapes like trumpet, heart, flower, swan, car, etc. | ||
| Kino Candy | Kino Indonesia | Indonesia | The first and the flagship product of Kino Indonesia.[6] | |
| Kopiko | Mayora Indah | Indonesia | A candy made from coffee extract from Indonesia's finest coffee beans. | |
| Ting Ting Jahe | Indonesia | A chewy ginger candy made in Indonesia which contains cane sugar, ginger (7%) and tapioca starch. | ||
| Water buffalo milk candy or Permen Susu Kerbau | Indonesia | A candy made from Water Buffalo milk in West Sumbawa Regency, West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. the candy is known for distinctively savory, sweet flavor, and chewy texture. These traits locals prefer buffalo milk candy to their better known cow's milk counterpart. | ||
| Botan Rice Candy | JFC International | Japan | These chewy rice candies are wrapped in a thin layer of edible rice paper that dissolves in the mouth. A children's sticker is included in every box. | |
| Hi-Chew | Morinaga & Company | Japan | This fruit-flavored chewy candy was first released in 1975. It was re-released in its current shape (a stick of several individually wrapped candies) in February 1986. Hi-Chew candies are individually wrapped in logo-stamped foil or plain white wax paper (depending on the localization). | |
| Konpeitō | Japan | This sugar candy was introduced by the Portuguese in the 16th century, and is a small toffee sphere (5 mm in diameter) with a pimply surface, made from sugar, water, and flour, in a variety of colors. Originally there was a sesame seed in the middle, later a poppy seed, but nowadays no seed at all. The name "konpeito" comes from the Portuguese word "confeito", meaning "comfit" (a type of confectionery). | ||
| Meiji | Meiji Seika | Japan | Meiji chocolates flavors include cheese, black pepper, jasmine, basil, and lemon salt.[7] | |
| Pocky | Ezaki Glico | Japan | This biscuit stick coated with chocolate is also available in a wide variety of other flavors. | |
| Pucca Chocolate | Meiji Seika | Japan | This baked pretzel candy with a chocolate cream center is also available in strawberry and milk flavors. | |
| Puccho | UHA Mikakutō Co. Ltd. | Japan | Gummi Puccho squares have a unique consistency similar to a combination of gummy bears and taffy. They often contain gummy "balls" of flavor that are more chewy than the rest of the square. There are also "fizz" balls that mimic the carbonation of their soda derivatives. | |
| Apollo | Apollo Confectionary | South Korea | A South Korean candy product. It consists of a number of small, short straws that are filled with flavored sugar powders. Example flavors include strawberry, chocolate, banana, and grape. | |
| Dalgona or ppopgi | South Korea | A Korean sweet candy made from melted sugar and baking soda. | ||
| Okchun-dang | South Korea | A Korean traditional sweet made of rice flour. | ||
| Yeot | South Korea | A Korean traditional confectionery. It can be made in either liquid or solid form, as a syrup, taffy, or candy. | ||
| Balikucha | Philippines | A sugarcane-based pulled sugar candy from the Ilocos region often used a sweetener for coffee.[8] | ||
| Chatlet | Cosmetique Asia Corporation | Philippines | A choco-peanut candy brand in the Philippines. | |
| Choc Nut | Unisman and later, Annie's Sweets Manufacturing and Packaging Corporation | Philippines | A chocolate product that originated in the Philippines and has endured as one of the country's most consumed children's snacks. Called Choc Nut because it is a mixture of powdered peanuts and chocolate. | |
| Choco Mani | Cosmetique Asia Corporation | Philippines | A choco-peanut candy brand in the Philippines. | |
| Chubby | Rebisco | Philippines | A soft chewy candy brand in the Philippines.[9] | |
| Flat Tops | Ricoa (Comfoods) | Philippines | A milk chocolate in a circular shape wrapped individually in metallic wrappers.[10] | |
| Hany | Annie Candy Manufacturing | Philippines | Hany milk chocolate is a chocolate mixed with peanuts. It is similar to Choc Nut.[11] | |
| Haw Haw Milk Candy | New Soonly Food Products inc. | Philippines | A rectangular milk powder candy usually sold at many sari-sari stores.[12][13] | |
| Judge | Rebisco | Philippines | Judge is a chewing gum usually spearmint flavor, there are other flavors such as cherry.[14] | |
| Lipps | Rebisco | Philippines | Non-mentholated hard candy[15] | |
| Maxx | Universal Robina | Philippines | A menthol candy that cools, soothes and freshens breath.[16] | |
| Mr. Candies | Rebisco | Philippines | A cream-filled chewy candy comes in 5 flavors: Buko (coconut), Keso (cheese), Mais (sweet corn), Melon and Yema. | |
| Nata de coco | Philippines | This chewy, translucent, jelly-like foodstuff is produced by the fermentation of coconut water, which gels through the production of microbial cellulose by Acetobacter xylinum. Originating in the Philippines, nata de coco is most commonly sweetened as a candy or dessert, and can accompany many things including pickles, drinks, ice cream, puddings and fruit mixes. | ||
| Potchi | Columbia International Food Products | Philippines | This gummy has a strawberry pink top and white base, it is covered with crystallized sugar to give it more flavor. Its flavor usually is strawberry cream, although it also has a chocolate covered variant.[17] | |
| Queen Mani | Cosmetique Asia Corporation | Philippines | A choco-peanut candy brand in the Philippines. | |
| Starr | Rebisco | Philippines | Formerly known as Storck. A mentholated hard candy that cools, soothes and freshens breath. | |
| V-tal | Cosmetique Asia Corporation | Philippines | A choco-peanut candy brand in the Philippines. | |
| Vita Cubes | Rebisco | Philippines | A healthful, yummy jelly candy.[18] | |
| Pez | Austria | Invented in 1927 in Vienna. Comes in candy refill packs for Pez canisters that comes in a wide variety of famous cartoon characters. | ||
| Cuberdon | Confiserie Geldhof, Eeklo | Belgium | This cone-shaped candy with a melty core and a crisp crust is traditionally flavored with raspberry. | |
| Vanparys | Vanparys | Belgium | Vanparys manufactures a type of chocolate dragée: a Belgian dark chocolate, coated with thin layers of sugar, and made in 50 colors in three finishes: matte, glossy, or pearlescent. | |
| Lokum | Bulgaria | Plain or spiced Turkish delight with rose petals, white walnuts, or "endreshe". | ||
| Bon Pari | Sfinx | Czech Republic | Fruit-flavored hard candies | |
| Hašlerky | Sfinx | Czech Republic | Herbal hard candies | |
| Kofila | Orion | Czech Republic | Chocolate bar with coffee flavor | |
| Ledové Kaštany | Orion | Czech Republic | Dark chocolate bar with cocoa-nut filling | |
| Lentilky | Orion | Czech Republic | Colorful lentil chocolate candies | |
| Margot | Orion | Czech Republic | Chocolate bar filled with soy-coconut-rum filling | |
| Milena | Orion | Czech Republic | Chocolate bar with rum-flavored filling | |
| Vexta | Sfinx | Czech Republic | Colorful cube gummies | |
| Dracula Piller | Scan Choco A/S | Denmark | Disc-shaped hard salty liquorice candies. | |
| Kongen af Danmark | Denmark | Red aniseed-flavoured hard candies containing beetroot juice. | ||
| Spunk | Denmark | Small pastilles with fruit and salty liquorice flavours. | ||
| Draakon | Kalev | Estonia | Small chewy sweets in various fruity flavours. | |
| Salmiakki | Finland | Salty liquorice, is a variety of liquorice flavoured with ammonium chloride, common in the Nordic countries, the Netherlands, and northern Germany. | ||
| Geisha | Fazer | Finland | Fazer Geisha is soft milk chocolate contains hazelnut nougat filling. | |
| Dumle | Finland | Fazer Dumle is milk chocolate that contains toffee inside it. | ||
| Marianne | Finland | Fazer Marianne has a hard cover and a chocolate heart inside it. | ||
| Turkish Peber | Finland | Fazer Tyrkisk Peber has a hard and thick cover and contains salmiakki powder. | ||
| London drops | Finland | Pastel-coloured liquorice drops with a hard, sugary aniseed-flavoured coating. | ||
| Pirate coins | Finland | Coin-shaped salty liquorice and fruit flavoured candies with pirate-inspired images. | ||
| Finlandia | Finland | Spherical fruit-flavoured marmalade candies. | ||
| Vihreät kuulat | Finland | Spherical pear-flavoured marmalade candies. | ||
| Liqueur Fills | Finland | Chocolate covered confectionary with inner sugar shell containing small amount of liquid alcohol: Rum, Punsch, Maraschino or Cherry Brandy. Alcohol content is 2.8%. | ||
| Kiss-Kiss | Finland | Oblong pink toffee-filled candies. | ||
| Hopeatoffee | Cloetta | Finland | Chewy toffee candy bar with a salty liquorice flavour. | |
| Aakkoset | Finland | Lozenge-shaped soft, chewy candies in various flavours decorated with capital letters. | ||
| Mynthon | Finland | Small disc-shaped hard breath mint pastilles. | ||
| Terva Leijona | Finland | Soft, chewy liquorice candies with a tar flavour. | ||
| Manalan makeiset | Poppamies | Finland | Hard fruit-flavoured candies containing strong chili extract. | |
| Sisu | Leaf International | Finland | Small black chewy, liquorice-flavoured breath mints made with gum arabic. | |
| Vanhat Autot | Halva | Finland | Black car-shaped chewy pieces of salty liquorice candy. | |
| Anis de Flavigny | France | Small, white balls of sugar surrounding an anise seed. Although they come in many hard candy flavors the rose are most popular. | ||
| Bergamote de Nancy | Lefèvre-Denise | France | Shiny, small candy squares made from sugar and bergamot essential oil. | |
| Berlingot | Various | France | Hard candy with fruit flavor and pyramid shape. | |
| Bêtise de Cambrai | France | Hard candy with a caramel stripe, originally in mint flavor but now available in many flavors. | ||
| Cachou Lajaunie | Mondelēz International | France | Hard licorice candies with mint extract. | |
| Calisson | France | This traditional French candy consists of a smooth, pale yellow, homogeneous paste of candied fruit (especially melons and oranges) and ground almonds topped with a thin layer of royal icing. The calisson is believed to have its origins in medieval Italy. | ||
| Carambar | Delespaul-Havez company | France | A chewy caramel candy. In 1972, the name changed to "Super Caram'bar". In 1977, the name lost its apostrophe. | |
| Caramel mou au beurre salé | France | Soft salted caramels. | ||
| Chocolate truffle | Various | France | The chocolate truffle is thought to have been first created by N. Petruccelli in Chambéry, France in December 1895.[19] They are traditionally made with a chocolate ganache centre coated in chocolate, icing sugar, cocoa powder or chopped toasted nuts (typically hazelnuts, almonds or coconut), usually in a spherical, conical, or curved shape. | |
| Cocon de Lyon | France | Oblong candy shaped like a cocoon, with an outside made of almond paste and an inside filling of praline, candied orange peels, and Curaçao. | ||
| Coucougnette | Maison Francis Miot | France | Confection made with almonds, marzipan, and chocolate. | |
| Fraise Tagada | Haribo, others | France | Invented in 1969 by the Haribo Company, which invented the gummy bear. The Fraise Tagada is presented in the shape of an inflated strawberry covered in fine sugar, colored pink and scented. In France, the Fraise Tagada is one of the most widely sold candies (1 billion Fraises annually) and also one of the most imitated. | |
| Hollywood | Mondelez International | France | The first French chewing gum, it was created in 1952. The French were introduced to chewing gum for the first time by the American troops stationed there in 1944. In 1958, the gum's main advertising focus was that of the American Dream. While Hollywood now offers a variety of different flavors, the very first flavor was spearmint.[20] | |
| Marron glacé | France | A marron glacé (plural marrons glacés) is a confection, originating in southern France and northern Italy consisting of a chestnut candied in sugar syrup and glazed. Marrons glacés are an ingredient in many desserts and are also eaten on their own. | ||
| Niniche de Quiberon | France | Cylindrical lollipops (hard candies), in a variety of flavors. | ||
| Nougat de Montélimar | France | Soft, nutty candy made of almonds, honey, and a light mousse of egg whites. | ||
| Pâte de fruits | France | Fruit paste made by boiling fruit puree or juice, sometimes with additional pectin added. | ||
| Vichy Pastilles | Eurazeo | France | a French confectionery produced in the town of Vichy, department of Allier, France. They were invented in 1825. | |
| Violette de Toulouse | Candiflor | France | Fresh violets crystallized in sugar | |
| Churchkhela | Georgia | Candle-shaped candy made of grape must, nuts, and flour. | ||
| Candy cane | Various | Germany | A peppermint-flavored cane-shaped stick candy with red and white stripes associated with Christmastide | |
| Gummies | Various (Haribo, Trolli) | Germany | Gelatin based chewy candies that come in a variety of shapes, colors and flavors. The gummy bear originated in Germany, where it is popular under the name Gummibär (rubber bear) or Gummibärchen (little rubber bear). | |
| Milka | Mondelēz International | Germany | A milk chocolate candy that was first created in 1901. The candy's packaging is unique and includes its iconic lilac-colored cow, which helps tie the candy back to its Alpine heritage.[21] | |
| Nappo | WAWI chocolate AG | Germany | A diamond-shaped, chocolate-covered nougat produced in Germany since 1925. | |
| Maoam | Haribo | Germany | Rectangular fruit-flavoured chewy toffee candies. | |
| Akanes | Greece | Akanes is a Greek sweet similar to loukoumi, only that it is flavoured with fresh butter from buffalo rather than fruit essences. | ||
| Túró Rudi | Hungary | A chocolate bar popular in Hungary since 1968. The bar is composed of a thin outer coating of chocolate and an inner filling of túró (curd). The "Rudi" in the product name comes from the Hungarian "rúd", which translates to rod or bar (and is also a nickname for the name Rudolf). Túró Rudi can be made in different flavors and sizes. | ||
| Sport szelet | Hungary | A chocolate bar produced in Hungary in the 1950s. It has a dark chocolate coating and an inner filling of rum. | ||
| Negro | Győri Keksz Kft. | Hungary | A Hungarian candy, its black color is derived from molasses, and menthol is used to add flavor. Its full recipe is an industrial secret.[22][23] | |
| Szaloncukor | Hungary | Christmas candy made of fondant, covered by chocolate, and wrapped in shiny coloured foil | ||
| Ferrero Rocher | Ferrero SpA | Italy | Spherical chocolate introduced in 1982 by the Italian chocolatier Michele Ferrero. | |
| Jordan almonds | Italy | Almonds that are sugar panned in various pastel colors.[24] In Sulmona, Italy, the technique of creating the dragée almonds was perfected by the Pelino family.[25] Jordan Almonds are thought to originate from ancient Greece, where honey-covered almonds were commonly eaten at festivities. | ||
| Raffaello | Ferrero SpA | Italy | Spherical coconut-almond confection. | |
| Hopje | Rademaker | Netherlands | Sweet made of coffee, caramel, cream and butter. | |
| Chupa Chups | Perfetti Van Melle | Netherlands | Lollipop | |
| Airheads | Perfetti Van Melle | Netherlands | Long strips of fruit-flavored taffy | |
| Mentos | Perfetti Van Melle | Netherlands | Scotch-mints | |
| Krówki | Poland | Fudge, semi-soft milk toffee candies. | ||
| Miodek turecki | Poland | a candy traditionally sold in Kraków, Poland on the gates of cemeteries during All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day.[26] | ||
| Ptasie mleczko | Poland | Soft chocolate-covered candy filled with soft meringue or milk soufflé. | ||
| Prince Polo | Kraft Jacobs Suchard | Poland | Introduced in 1955, it is a candy of the Polish People's Republic. It is a chocolate-covered wafer, with four layers of wafer joined by three layers of chocolate-flavored filling. | |
| Queijada | Portugal | Originating in Portugal, and common in Brazil. Traditionally prepared with grated cottage cheese, milk, sugar, butter and egg yolks. | ||
| Pastel de nata | Portugal | Portugal's most traditional and well-known sweet. Traditionally made with puff pastry. milk, sugar, butter and egg yolks. | ||
| Kamasutra | SC Pralin SRL at Cisnădie | Romania | Chocolate shaped like Kama Sutra positions. The Kamasutra chocolate was invented in 2007 by Florin Balan. | |
| Rahat | Romania | Fruit flavored Turkish delight | ||
| Pastila | Russia | A fruit-based candy produced in the town of Kolomna since the 14th century.[27] | ||
| Hematogen | Russia | A nutrition bar produced in the USSR and ex-USSR countries and having sugar, milk and bovine serum albumin as main ingredients. | ||
| Curd snack | Russia | A snack made from milled and pressed curd cheese, glazed with chocolate or cream. | ||
| Deva | Deva | Slovakia | Chocolate bar with rum-flavored filling | |
| Horalky | Sedita | Slovakia | Wafer biscuit with peanut filling and cocoa coating | |
| Mila | Sedita | Slovakia | Wafer biscuit with creamy milk filling and cocoa coating | |
| Tatranky | Slovakia | Wafer biscuit with hazelnut filling and cocoa coating | ||
| Turrón | Spain | Traditional Spaniard nougat. A well known type is Turrón de Jijona | ||
| Polkagris | Sweden | White-and-red striped candy sticks with peppermint flavour. | ||
| Ahlgrens bilar | Cloetta | Sweden | Car-shaped soft, foamy fruit-flavoured candies. | |
| Läkerol | Sweden | Soft sugarfree breath mints in various flavours. | ||
| Daim | Marabou, Mondelez International | Sweden | A soft chocolate covered caramel sweet. | |
| Swedish Fish | Malaco, Mondelez International | Sweden | Fish-shaped chewy fruit and liquorice flavoured candies. | |
| Lakrisal | Malaco | Sweden | Hard, brittle disc-shaped candies with a salty liquorice flavour. | |
| Djungelvrål | Sweden | Chewy black liquorice-flavoured candies covered in a strong salty liquorice powder. The bag has a characteristic picture of a chimpanzee. | ||
| Svenskjävlar | Hauptlakrits | Sweden | Chewy black liquorice sticks coated in extremely strong salty liquorice powder. | |
| Ricola | Ricola ltd | Switzerland | Cough drops and breath mints. | |
| Toblerone | Mondelez International | Switzerland | Chocolate bar shaped as triangular prisms. | |
| Flumps | Barratt | United Kingdom | Helical marshmallow stick | |
| Aero | Nestlé | United Kingdom | An aerated chocolate bar. | |
| Aniseed twist | United Kingdom | Red or orange aniseed-flavoured boiled sweets. | ||
| Black Jack | Barratt | United Kingdom | Square-shaped black chewy candies with an aniseed flavour. | |
| Bounty | Mars Inc. | United Kingdom | The chocolate bar consists of a coconut flavoured filling coated with milk or dark chocolate | |
| Life Savers | Mars Inc. | United States | Hard ring-shaped candies sold in a foil-wrapped roll; mint or fruit-flavored. | |
| Crunchie | Cadbury | United Kingdom | Crunchie is a brand of chocolate bar with a honeycomb toffee | |
| Fruit Salad | Barratt | United Kingdom | Square-shaped pink chewy candies with a raspberry and pineapple flavour. | |
| Halls | Mondelez International | United Kingdom | Square hard cough drops in various flavours, containing menthol. | |
| Jelly Babies | Bassett's | United Kingdom | Soft sugar jelly sweets | |
| Kit Kat | Nestl�� | United Kingdom | Chocolate-covered wafer bar confection created by Rowntree's of York. | |
| Liquorice allsorts | Mondelez International | United Kingdom | Assorted liquorice-flavoured candies created by George Bassett & Co. | |
| Mars | Mars Inc. | United Kingdom | Mars is a British chocolate bar. | |
| Maltesers | Mars Inc. | United Kingdom | Maltesers consist of a spheroid malted milk centre surrounded by milk chocolate. | |
| Pink shrimps | Barratt | United Kingdom | A strawberry-flavoured, shrimp-shaped pink sweet, with a light foamy consistency. | |
| Polo | Nestlé | United Kingdom | Circular-shaped breath mints with a hole in the middle. | |
| Skittles | Wrigley Company | United Kingdom | Skittles is a brand of fruit-flavored candy, coated in candy shells. First made commercially in 1974 by a British company. | |
| Smarties | Nestlé | United Kingdom | Similar to M&M's, Smarties are circular chocolate candies, coated in candy shells. First manufactured in 1947 by H.I. Rowntree & Company. | |
| Starburst | The Wrigley Company | United Kingdom | Square-shaped soft, chewy fruit-flavoured candies. | |
| Wine gums | United Kingdom | Chewy, firm pastille-type sweets similar to gumdrops without the sugar coating | ||
| Tablet | Scotland | A medium-hard, sugary confection from Scotland. Tablet is usually made from sugar, condensed milk, and butter, boiled to a soft-ball stage and allowed to crystallize. It is often flavored with vanilla, and sometimes has nut pieces in it.[28] | ||
| Rahat-lokum | Former Yugoslavia and Albania | Rose and walnut Turkish delight. | ||
| Halva | Various | Iran | A confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey. | |
| Rock candy | Various | Iran | Candied sugar has its origins in Iran. It is a type of confectionery made of a crystallized supersaturated solution of water and sugar. | |
| Hanukkah gelt | Carmit, Strauss, Steenland Chocolate[29] | Israel | The term "Hanukkah gelt" refers to both money and chocolate coins given to Jewish children on the festival of Hanukkah. | |
| Klik | Unilever | Israel | Chocolate-covered corn flakes and malted milk balls | |
| Pesek Zman | Strauss | Israel | Manufactured in Israel | |
| Pişmaniye | Turkey | Turkish cotton candy (and also Bosnian) is a sweet in fine strands made by blending flour roasted in butter into pulled sugar. | ||
| Cadbury Caramilk | Cadbury Adams | Canada | A caramel-filled chocolate bar that was first manufactured in 1968. | |
| Coffee Crisp | Nestlé | Canada | A coffee-flavoured wafer chocolate bar covered in chocolate. | |
| Eat-More | The Hershey Company | Canada | A chewy mix of dark toffee, peanuts, and unsweetened chocolate that stretches when eaten. | |
| Maple taffy | Canada | Boiled maple syrup poured onto fresh snow, which hardens it, and rolled around a stick. | ||
| SmartSweets | SmartSweets | Canada | A low-sugar candy made with plant-based fibers and sweeteners | |
| Sour Patch Kids | Mondelez International | Canada | A gummy candy shaped like a kid and coated in both invert sugar and sour sugar. | |
| Mazapán de la Rosa | Dulces de la Rosa | Mexico | One of the most popular candies in Mexico, this is similar to marzipan but made with crushed peanuts and sugar. | |
| Saladitos | Various | Mexico | Considered as a candy in Mexico, Saladitos are salted plums, which can also be sweetened with sugar and anise or coated in chili and lime. They originated in China. | |
| Peanut patties | Various | United States | Chewy candy made with salty Spanish peanuts, sugar, and vanilla; these are always pink, originally from the red skins of this variety of Texas-grown peanuts.[30] | |
| Bottle Caps | Sunmark Corporation | United States | Soda flavored tablet candy | |
| Candy corn | Various | United States | Waxy candy with yellow, orange, and white striped flavored with honey, sugar, and vanilla | |
| Cherry cordial | Various | United States | Cherry liqueur in a chocolate shell | |
| Chick-O-Stick | Atkinson Candy Company | United States | Crunchy salty and sweet candy made with roasted peanuts and coconut; made since 1932[31] | |
| Zebra Bars (formerly Peanut Butter Bars) | Atkinson Candy Company | United States | Crispy peanut-butter flavored candy, made since 1932[31] | |
| Take 5 | Hershey | United States | Consists of Reese's peanut butter, peanuts, pretzel, caramel and chocolate. | |
| Fudge | Various | United States | Fudge is a type of confectionery which is made by mixing sugar, butter and milk. | |
| Almond Joy | Hershey | United States | Consists of a coconut-based center topped with two almonds, the combination enrobed in a layer of milk chocolate. | |
| Aplets & Cotlets | Liberty Orchards | United States | A lokum-type confection baked with apples and apricots. | |
| Ayds | The Campana Company (original producer) | United States | Ayds was an appetite-suppressant candy which enjoyed strong sales in the 1970s and early 1980s. By the mid-1980s, public awareness of the disease AIDS caused problems for the brand due to the phonetic similarity of the names. While initially sales were not affected, by 1988 the chair of Dep Corporation announced that the company was seeking a new name because sales had dropped as much as 50% due to publicity about the disease.[32] While the product's name was changed to Diet Ayds (Aydslim in Britain), it was eventually withdrawn from the market. | |
| Big Hunk | Annabelle Candy Company | United States | Bar of roasted peanuts covered in honey sweetened nougat. | |
| Bit-O-Honey | Nestlé | United States | Introduced in 1924 and was made by the Schutter-Johnson Company. Acquired by the Nestlé Company in 1984 | |
| Candy Raisins | Lake Country Candies | United States | A soft jujube candy popular in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The candy was produced from the 1930s until 2008, discontinued, then revived in 2014. | |
| Good & Plenty | Hershey | United States | Licorice candy first produced in 1893, and has been referred to as the oldest branded candy in the U.S. | |
| Mounds | Hershey | United States | Similar to Almond Joy, it consists of a coconut based center; however, it is enrobed with dark chocolate rather than milk chocolate and does not contain almonds. | |
| Reese's Pieces | Hershey | United States | Peanut Butter candy, circular in shape and covered in candy shells that are colored yellow, orange, or brown. | |
| U-No Bar | Annabelle Candy Company | United States | Truffle type bar with almond bits, covered in chocolate and comes wrapped in a silver foil-like wrapper. | |
| Jolly Rancher | The Hershey Company | United States | Fruit flavoured hard candy | |
| Twizzlers | The Hershey Company | United States | A fruit flavored chewy candy | |
| Opera cream | United States | A chocolate candy that is most popularly associated with Cincinnati, Ohio, though they are sold in other Ohio cities, as well as Kentucky. | ||
| Red Vines | American Licorice Company | United States | 127px | A red licorice candy |
| Bridge Mix | Various | United States | Bridge mix is a mixture of dark and milk chocolate-covered nuts and candies. | |
| Fruit by the Foot | Betty Crocker | United States | Flattened fruit snack sold in rolls. | |
| Fruit Gushers | Betty Crocker | United States | Fruit gummies with a sugary liquid interior. | |
| Fruit Roll-Ups | Betty Crocker | United States | Flattened fruit snack sold in lengthwise rolls. | |
| Fun Dip | Ferrara Candy Company | United States | Candy in a paper package comprising multiple compartments; one with a sugar stick and one or more with a sugary powder to dip the stick in. | |
| Joray Fruit Rolls | Joseph Shalhoub & Son, Inc | United States | Flattened apricot-based fruit leather sold in lengthwise rolls. | |
| Lemonhead | Ferrara Candy Company | United States | Spherical hard lemon-flavoured candies with a soft, sour-tasting shell. | |
| Pixy Stix | Sunline Inc. | United States | Tube of sweet and sour powder made of dextrose and citric acid. | |
| Boston Baked Beans | Ferrara Candy Company | United States | Peanuts with a hard candy coating. | |
| Jelly Belly | Ferrara Candy Company | United States | Jelly beans in standard fruit flavors and a variety of uncommon ones, such as buttered popcorn, piña colada, and pancakes with maple syrup. | |
| Juicy Drop Pop | Apax Partners | United States | Flavored gel applied to gummies, taffies, and gums to enhance the flavor. | |
| Nerds | Ferrara Candy Company | United States | Small, pebble-shaped sweet and sour fruit flavored candy, usually packaged with two separated flavors in each box. | |
| Nerds Gummy Clusters | Ferrara Candy Company | United States | Small, bite-sized gummy balls coated in Nerds. | |
| Now and Later | Ferrara Candy Company | United States | Fruit-flavored taffy squares | |
| Red Hots | Ferrara Candy Company | United States | Spicy cinnamon cold panned candy; originally sold in the 1930s as "cinnamon imperials". | |
| Zotz | G.B. Ambrosoli | United States | Fizzy and sour hard candy containing sherbet. | |
| Baby Bottle Pop | Apax Partners | United States | A baby-bottle-tip-shaped lollipop with powdered sugar in the base plastic container. | |
| Bazooka bubble gum | Apax Partners | United States | A bubble gum with a comic strip on the inside of the wrapper. | |
| Buckeye (candy) | Various | United States | A classic Ohio-made confection with a peanut butter filling, partially dipped in chocolate to resemble the nut of the Ohio buckeye tree. | |
| Candy Buttons | NECCO | United States | Hard button-shaped candy arranged in a grid on sheets of wax paper | |
| Circus peanut | Various | United States | Soft peanut-shaped candies with an artificial banana flavor | |
| Necco Wafers | NECCO | United States | Thin flavored disks of sugar candy | |
| Nik-L-Nip | Tootsie Roll Industries | United States | Wax bottles filled with a colored and flavored liquid | |
| Junior Mints | Tootsie Roll Industries | United States | Semisweet chocolate with a mint filling | |
| Peeps | Just Born | United States | Sugar-coated marshmallows in the shape of chicks primarily sold during Easter | |
| Push Pop | Apax Partners | United States | Cyllindrical lollipop in a plastic tube that must be pushed out of its container prior to consumption. | |
| Ring Pop | Apax Partners | United States | Jewel-shaped lollipop on a plastic ring | |
| Sour Punch | American Licorice Company | United States | Sour, chewy straw shaped candy | |
| Sweethearts | NECCO | United States | Heart-shaped sugar candy sold on Valentine's Day | |
| Sugar Daddy | Tootsie Roll Industries | United States | Called "Papa" when invented in 1925 by the James O. Welch Company. Name changed to Sugar Daddy in 1932, (Sugar Babies introduced in 1935) | |
| Tootsie Roll | Tootsie Roll Industries | United States | A chocolate flavored taffy | |
| Tootsie Pop | Tootsie Roll Industries | United States | A lollipop filled with Tootsie Roll candy | |
| Wax Lips | Tootsie Roll Industries | United States | Colored and flavored paraffin wax shaped into lips with a plastic bite plate | |
| Mantecol | Cadbury | Argentina | Peanut butter nougat bar | |
| Palitos de la selva | Cadbury | Argentina | "Jungle stickies", a taffy stick with two flavors and two colors in each stick. The candy packaging has various animals printed on it. | |
| Garoto | Garoto | Brazil | Assorted chocolates from Brazil | |
| Mariola | DaColonia, between others. | Brazil | Small flat blocks made of banana meat | |
| Pé-de-moleque | Brazil | Rapadura, Molasses and peanuts. | ||
| Paçoca | Brazil | Candy made out of ground peanuts, sugar and salt | ||
| Trident | Cadbury | Brazil | A well-known candy and gum brand in Brazil | |
| Chancacas | Colombia | Traditional Colombian coconut candy | ||
| Supercoco | Colombia | Coconut candy | ||
| Chocopunch | Compañía Nacional de Chocolates de Perú S.A. | Peru | Cream confection with three flavors (chocolate, hazelnut, and toffee) combined in one 15 gram container. | |
| King Kong milk candy | Peru | Made of milk cookies, filled with Peruvian blancmange, some pineapple sweet and in some cases peanuts, with cookies within its layers. weights are one-half and one kilogram sizes. | ||
| Teja | Peru | Manjar blanco coated in fondant. | ||
| Candel Astra | Penino & Corona | Uruguay | Pink colored taffy with fantasy flavor and a crunchy consistence that becomes chewy when moist. | |
| Garrapiñada | Uruguay | Sugar confited peanuts sold on the street. Vendors use to tightly package it in elongated cellophane bags. | ||
| Zabala | Uruguay | Dulce de leche candies made in Uruguay | ||
| Jaffas | Australia | Small round sweet consisting of a soft chocolate centre with a hard covering of orange flavoured, red coloured confectionery. | ||
| Musk stick | Australia | Semi-soft sticks of fondant (usually pink) with a floral aroma. | ||
| Chocolate fish | New Zealand | Pink or white marshmallow covered in a thin layer of milk chocolate. | ||
| Pineapple Lumps | Pascall (Cadbury) | New Zealand | Flavoured chocolate covered confectionery with a soft, chewy pineapple-flavoured middle. Originally manufactured in New Zealand, but now produced in Australia[33] | |
| Peanut Slab | Whittaker's | New Zealand | Crunchy roasted peanuts surrounded by creamy milk chocolate. An iconic Kiwi chocolate bar that is still in production and has been since the 1950s. |
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See also
- Candy apple
- Confectionery
- List of bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturers
- List of breath mints
- List of chewing gum brands
- List of chocolate bar brands
- List of confectionery brands
- List of desserts
- List of top-selling candy brands
- Piñata
- Traditional candies in Hong Kong
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