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Is White Chocolate Really Chocolate?

Just because it's called "chocolate" doesn't mean it is chocolate.

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10 Sweet Facts About Candy Canes

There's a lot to know about this simple holiday treat.

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What Flavor Is Juicy Fruit Gum?

Here's what we do know: It's delicious—for about 20 seconds.

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You Can Already Buy the New Oreo Chocolate Bars Online

We'll take 20.

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Toblerone Now Has Fewer Triangles—and Customers Are Outraged

Chocolate lovers definitely mind the gap.

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15 Chocolate Companies You Have to Try

These chocolatiers go above and beyond.

How a Person Who Poisoned Bottles of Tylenol Almost Killed Halloween

In 1982, communities across the country banned trick-or-treating after someone added cyanide to capsules of Tylenol.

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Teal Pumpkins Make Halloween Safer for Kids With Allergies

For kids with food allergies and their parents, trick-or-treating can be the scariest part of Halloween.

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How 5 Popular Candy Bars Got Their Names

You know a Twix is delicious, but do you know where its name originated?

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The Reviews Are In On Oreo’s New Swedish Fish Cookies

Spoiler alert: they’re not great.

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Dunkin’ Donuts is Now Serving Candy-Flavored Iced Coffee

Who says you can’t have a Heath bar for breakfast?

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10 Things You Might Not Know about Life Savers

Life Savers—those sweet, unmistakable rolls of hard candies with the hole in the center—have been a quintessential American candy since the early 1900s.

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22 of the World’s Craziest Jelly Bean Flavors

Here are 22 of the weirdest jelly bean flavors ever made—and where to buy them.

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12 Sweet-and-Chewy Facts About Tootsie Rolls

They're a go-to candy for a reason.

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11 Delicious Facts About Reese’s

They’re arguably America’s favorite candy, so you could always know a little more about this divine marriage of chocolate and peanut butter.

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11 Flavorful Facts About Jelly Belly

Ronald Reagan was a huge fan.

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11 Crispety, Crunchety Facts About Butterfinger

There's more to Butterfingers than Bart Simpson.

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10 Indispensable Facts about PEZ

How PEZ went from a smoker's aid to a collector's candy.

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How 9 Famous Candy Brands Got Their Names

Guess which famous candy bar was named after a horse?

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10 Sweet and Colorful Facts About Mike and Ike

So much drama for a couple of candy-loving bros.

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12 Snappy Facts About Kit Kat

Break off a piece of these.

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8 Pull 'n' Peel Facts About Twizzlers

Guess which state consumes twice the national rate?

Jelly Belly

Jelly Belly’s Nasty New ‘BeanBoozled' Flavors Include Dead Fish and Spoiled Milk

Are you up for the BeanBoozled challenge?

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The Clucking Sweet History of a Candy Bar Called Chicken Dinner

Forget Halloween candy—the Chicken Dinner candy bar evoked the image of a Thanksgiving meal.