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Candy

Cajeta

In the city of Celaya, goat's milk caramel tops everything from ice cream to cereal.

Little purple noses.

Cuberdons

The Belgian candy that sparked an epic vendor battle.

Chocolate-Covered Cinnamon Bears

The gummies are taking over Utah.

Eye candy and actual candy.

Churchkhela

These delicious strands of juice-coated nuts look like colorful candlesticks.

Does this look like candy to you?

An Anthropologist Explains Why We Want to Eat Tide Pods

But you really shouldn't swallow laundry tablets.

Anne Ewbank January 19, 2018

Swirls of melcocha.

Melcocha

Pulling gobs of this handmade taffy yields strong arms and a sweet reward.

A close-up of the candy's fine strands and crunchy filling.

Dragon's Beard Candy

The ancient confection consists of wispy sugar-strands that look like dragon whiskers.

Inside the 4,000 sq-foot Dulcelandia.

The Many Treats Inside Chicago’s Piñata Emporium

Every two weeks, Dulcelandia imports thousands of products from Mexico.

Ximena N. Larkin December 20, 2017

Spicy-sour noodles plus a packet of tamarind sauce equals a delightful snack.

Salsagheti

This Mexican candy reimagines a spaghetti dinner with spicy-sour gummy noodles and tamarind sauce.

You can eat inside the gingerbread, but you can't eat the gingerbread.

Building a Life-Sized Gingerbread House Takes Over 10,000 Cookie Bricks

To be ready by Christmas, you better start baking in August.

Anne Ewbank December 14, 2017

Get your thrills with rosewater gum.

Thrills Gum

Everyone says this vintage chewing gum tastes like soap, including the company.

Snickers salad, drizzled with caramel.

Snickers Salad

Made of candy and Cool Whip, this “salad” is a mainstay at Midwestern potlucks.

Musk sticks have been likened to "the smell of old ladies at the bus stop ... ”

Musk Sticks

This classic Australian candy looks like pink toothpaste and tastes like perfume.

Amalia Eriksson.

Gränna, Sweden

Amalia Eriksson Statue

The trailblazing Swedish businesswoman created a beloved minty candy called polkagris.

Classic and chocolate-covered Kendal Mint Cakes.

Kendal Mint Cake

The original energy bar.

Rolling ready strips of sugar on snow onto popsicle sticks.

Sugar on Snow

Where maple sap flows, all one needs to make taffy is snow.

Homemade Needham's at Captain Sawyer's Bed and Breakfast in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.

Needhams

A candy made with chocolate, coconut and ... mashed potatoes?

If you've been good, you can have a chocolate fish.

Chocolate Fish

The sweet Kiwi treat that represents a token reward.