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Candy Roundup

We analyzed 398 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.

Detailed Reviews (Page 9)

Calories
600
Protein
11g
Nelly's Organics

Caramel Nougat

Ingredients: Org. Raw Cashews, Org. Brown Rice Syrup, Org. Raw Cacao Butter, Org. Raw Blue Agave, Org. Peanut Butter (Organic Peanuts), Org. Shredded Coconut, Org. Raw Vanilla Beans & Pink Himalayan Salt. Chocolate Coverture: Org. Cacao Paste, Org. Cacao Butter and Org. Cane Sugar

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Peanut
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
379
Sugar
0g
Laffy Taffy

Cherry Laffy Taffy Candy

Ingredients: CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, PALM OIL, MALIC ACID, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED OIL, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, SOY LECITHIN, RED 40

The Good

  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
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Calories
375
Sugar
0g
Hershey's

special dark chocolate candy

Ingredients: maltitol, chocolate, cocoa butter, cocoa processed with alkali, polydextrose, milk fat, lecithin (soy), vanillin (artificial flavor)

The Good

  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
400
Sugar
80g
Unknown

The original cinnamon flavored candy

Ingredients: Sugar, corn syrup, acacia (gum arabic), artificial flavor, confectioner's glaze (shellac), carnauba wax, white mineral oil, red 40, cornstarch, sunflower lecithin.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
39
Sugar
10g
Unknown

Cotton candy flavored soda

Ingredients: Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, potassium benzoate (as preservative), artificial flavor, citric acid, sucralose, fd&c blue 1.

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
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Calories
421
Sugar
42g
Unknown

Cotton candy frosted sugar cookies

Ingredients: Sugar, bleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin folic acid), margarine (palm oil, water, soybean oil, salt, contains 2% or less of: mono-and diglycerides, calcium disodium edta [preservative], artificial

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
367
Sugar
73g
Brach's

Autumn Mix Mellowcreme Candy

Ingredients: SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE (SHELLAC), SALT, COCOA POWDER, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, GELATIN, DEXTROSE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, HONEY, YELLOW 6, SESAME OIL, RED 3, YELLOW 5, RED 40, SOY LECITHIN (AN EMULSIFIER), BLUE 1.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
323
Sugar
45g
Trolli

Sour Gummi Candy Trees

Ingredients: Corn syrup, sugar, gelatin, modified food starch (corn), fumaric acid, lactic acid, citric acid, sodium citrate, calcium lactate, sodium lactate, natural and artificial flavors, titanium dioxide [color], red 40, yellow 5, yellow 6, blue 1.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
515
Sugar
33g
Chips ahoy

Candy blasts real chocolate chip cookies

Ingredients: Unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate {vitamin b1}, riboflavin {vitamin b2}, folic acid), palm oil, sugar, semisweet chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate cocoa butter, dextrose, milk, soy lecithin), candy coated morsels (sugar, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, cocoa, cocoa processed with alkali, dextrose, whey, artificial color, confectioner's glaze {shellac, carnauba wax, beeswax}, yellow 5 lake, blue 1, red 40 lake, soy lecithin, yellow 5, red 3, blue 1 lake, blue 2 lake), high fructose corn syrup, leavening (baking soda, ammonium phosphate), salt, soy lecithin, caramel color, artificial flavor, natural flavor.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
375
Sugar
75g
GEM GEM

Ginger Candy

Ingredients: CANE SUGAR, GINGER, TAPIOCA STARCH, MANGO FLAVOR

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
500
Sugar
50g
Mars

Peanut chocolate candy fun size ounce

Ingredients: Milk chocolate (sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, skim milk, lactose, milkfat, peanuts, soy lecithin, salt, artificial flavors), sugar, peanuts, cornstarch, less than 1% - corn syrup, dextrin, coloring (includes blue 1 lake, yellow 6, red 40, yellow 5, blue 1, yellow 6 lake, red 40 lake, yellow 5 lake, blue 2 lake, blue 2), gum acacia.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
556
Sugar
53g
Trader Joe's

Mini Milk Chocolate Bars

Ingredients: Sugar, Cocoa Butter,, Whole Milk Powder,, Unsweetened Chocolate,, Soy Lecithin (Emulsifier),, Natural Vanilla Flavor.

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
355
Sugar
74g
Brach's

Classic Candy Corn

Ingredients: Sugar, corn syrup, confectioner's glaze (shellac), salt, dextrose, gelatin, sesame oil, artificial flavor, honey, yellow 6, yellow 5, red 3.

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
348
Sugar
52g
Haribo, Haribo Of America Inc.

Sour gold-bears gummi candy

Ingredients: Corn syrup, sugar, gelatin, dextrose, citric acid, malic acid, calcium citrate, sodium malate, corn starch, artificial and natural flavors, artificial colors: yellow 5, red 40, blue 1, carnauba wax

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
435
Sugar
65g
Boston Baked Beans

Candy Coated Peanuts

Ingredients: Sugar, peanuts, corn syrup, corn syrup, modified food starch (corn), acacia (gum arabic), confectioner's glaze (shellac), artificial flavor, carnauba wax, white mineral oil, red 40, yellow 5, yellow 6, blue 2.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
381
Sugar
14g
Botan

Botan rice candy

Ingredients: Corn syrup, sugar, water, glutinous rice flour, wafer paper (potato starch, sweet potato starch, rapeseed oil, soy lecithin), natural flavor, FD&C Red no 40.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
375
Sugar
67g
Jolly Rancher

Jolly Rancher Hard Candy

Ingredients: Corn syrup; sugar; contains 2% or less of: malic acid; natural flavor and artificial flavor; artificial color [red 40; yellow 5; blue 1; yellow 6]; mineral oil; lecithin (soy).

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
444
Sugar
16g
Larabar

lemon bar

Ingredients: Dates, Cashews, Almonds, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Dried Lemon Juice Concentrate, Lemon Oil

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
452
Protein
26g
Quest

Peanut Butter Cups

Ingredients: WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE, ERYTHRITOL, UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE, COCOA BUTTER, PEANUTS, PALM KERNEL OIL, SOLUBLE CORN FIBER, SODIUM CASEINATE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: LECITHIN (SUNFLOWER AND/OR SOY LECITHIN), SEA SALT, BUTTERFAT, NATURAL FLAVOR, PEANUT OIL, SUCRALOSE

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Contains Peanut
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Calories
346
Sugar
69g
Unknown

Peppermint candy canes

Ingredients: sugar, corn syrup, peppermint oil, red 40, red 40 lake.

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
372
Sugar
42g
Pillsbury

Funfetti Premium Cake & Cupcake Mix with Candy Bits

Ingredients: enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, candy bits (sugar, vegetable oil (palm and palm kernel), modified corn starch, soy lecithin, yellow 5, red 40, blue 1, carnauba wax, yellow 6), leavening (baking soda, calcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), contains 2% or less of: canola oil, dextrose, salt, cellulose, corn starch, propylene glycol esters of fatty acids, mono - and diglycerides, xanthan gum, natural and artificial flavor, cellulose gum, sodium stearoyl lactylate, soy lecithin, whey, sodium caseinate, palm kernel oil, bht and citric acid (antioxidants). contains milk, soybean and wheat ingredients. may contain egg ingredients.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
310
Sugar
45g
Trolli

Gummi candy

Ingredients: Corn syrup, sugar, gelatin, modified food starch (corn), fumaric acid, lactic acid, citric acid, sodium citrate, calcium lactate, natural and artificial flavors, sodium lactate, titanium dioxide [color], red 40, blue 1.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
531
Sugar
47g
Dove

Dark chocolate candy, dark chocolate

Ingredients: Semisweet chocolate (sugar, chocolate, chocolate processed with alkali, cocoa butter, milkfat, soy lecithin, artificial and natural flavors).

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
375
Sugar
78g
Sour Patch Kids

Watermelon Soft & Chewy Candy

Ingredients: sugar, invert sugar, corn syrup, modified corn starch, citric acid, tartaric acid, natural and artificial flavor, titanium dioxide, red 40, yellow 5, blue 1,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
333
Sugar
80g
Tangy Candy

Candy theater box

Ingredients: dextrose, maltodextrine, acidifiant: acide malique, émulsifiant'. stéarate de calcium, arômes naturels, colorants: bleu brillant FCF, indigotine, rouge attura AC* , tartrazine* *Peuvent avoir des effets indésirables sur ('activité et l'attention des enfants Peut contenir des oeufs Risques d'étouffement pour enfants de moins de 4 ans

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
375
Sugar
56g
Airheads

Candy

Ingredients: Sugar, corn syrup, maltodextrin, dextrose, modified food starch (corn), palm oil, contains less than 2% of: citric acid, water, artificial flavors, red 40, blue 1, yellow 6, yellow 5.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
393
Sugar
68g
wrigley

Original minis fruit chews candy

Ingredients: sugar, corn syrup, palm oil, less than 2% of: citric acid, sodium citrate, pectin, apple juice from concentrate, mono - and diglycerides, confectioner's glaze, natural and artificial flavors, color (yellow 6, red 40, yellow 5, blue 1), carnauba wax,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
452
Sugar
42g
Quaker

Quaker Chew Dipps Chocolate Chip

Ingredients: Granola (whole grain rolled oats, brown sugar, brown rice crisp [whole grain brown rice flour, sugar, salt], whole grain rolled wheat, soybean oil, whole wheat flour, sodium bicarbonate, soy lecithin, nonfat dry milk), sugar, hydrogenated vegetable oil blend (palm kernel and palm oil), brown rice crisp (whole grain brown rice flour, sugar, salt), corn syrup, invert sugar, semisweet chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla extract), whey, brown sugar, corn syrup solids, glycerin, lactose, vegetable shortening (monounsaturated canola oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil), cocoa powder, cocoa (processed with alkali), sorbitol, soy lecithin, milk fat, salt, glyceryl lacto esters of fatty acids, water, natural and artificial flavor, soybean oil, BHT (preservative), citric acid. (3453-4)

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
118
Sugar
6g
BETTER SOUR

Sour gummy candy: Apricot, Pomegranate, Plum

Ingredients: WATER, TAPIOCA FIBER SYRUP, ALLULOSE, APPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE, TAPIOCA FLOUR, CITRIC ACID, PECTIN, FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICE (COLOR), CITRATE, NATURAL POMEGRANATE FLAVOR, NATURAL APRICOT FLAVOR, NATURAL PLUM FLAVOR, COCONUT OIL, CARNAUBA WAX

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
54
Sugar
10g
danimals smoothie, Danimals

Strawberry/Cotton Candy Smoothies

Ingredients: cultured grade a low fat milk, water, cane sugar, modified food starch, contains less than 1% of milk minerals, fruit , vegetable juice (for color), natural flavors, lemon juice concentrate, vitamin d3, active yogurt cultures s. thermophilus , l. bulgaricus

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Frequently Asked Questions

Are products in the Candy category always vegan?+
Not necessarily. We analyzed over 398 products in the Candy category on CakeID. While some are plant-based, many contain hidden animal ingredients like milk powder, whey, or gelatin. Always check the "Is Vegan" status on our product pages.
How does CakeID rank the best Candy?+
We rank Candy based on their nutritional value, ingredient cleanliness (fewer additives), and vegan compatibility. Products with lower sugar and simpler ingredients rank higher.
Can I find low-calorie Candy here?+
Yes! Our list highlights the nutritional details of each product. Look for the "Calories" badge on the product cards above to find low-calorie options.
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