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Chewy Candy Roundup

We analyzed 23 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.

Finding the perfect Chewy Candy shouldn't feel like a guessing game. At CakeID, we take food transparency seriously. We have analyzed over 23 products in this category, breaking down every ingredient list to uncover hidden additives, excessive sugar levels, and potential allergens.

Whether you are searching for strictly Vegan options, Gluten-Free snacks, or simply want to avoid high-processed foods, our algorithm ranks products based on a comprehensive Health Score. Below is our definitive ranking of the safest and healthiest Chewy Candy you can buy in 2026, sorted by their ingredient purity.

Editor's Quick Picks

Detailed Reviews

Calories
367
Sugar
53g
Warheads

Sour & chewy sweet & fruity lemon, cherry, blue raspberry, orange, green apple, lemon worms chewy candy

Ingredients: Sugar, corn syrup, modified corn starch, gelatin, citric acid, lactic acid, titanium dioxide, red 40, yellow 5, yellow 6, blue 1, natural and artificial flavors.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
333
Sugar
60g
Unknown

Sour chewy candy

Ingredients: Sugar; corn syrup; modified cornstarch; contains 2% or less of: lactic acid; calcium lactate; tartaric acid; natural flavor and artificial flavor; sodium lactate; citric acid; artificial color [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
705
Sugar
88g
Reed's Ginger Candy

Chewy Ginger Candy

Ingredients: CANDY INGREDIENTS: SUGAR, GINGER, TAPIOCA STARCH.

The Good

  • ● Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
355
Sugar
74g
Unknown

Nerds big chewy crunchy and candy

Ingredients: dextrose, corn syrup, sugar, water, corn starch, and less than 2% of modified corn starch, malic acid, natural flavors, tapioca dextrin, color added, carnauba wax, blue 2 lake, red 40 lake, yellow 5, yellow 5 lake, yellow 6,

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
420
Sugar
62g
Morinaga

Hi Chew Chewy fruit candy!

Ingredients: Glucose syrup, sugar, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, porc gelatin, natural and artificial flavors, citric acid, dl-malic acid, concentrated strawberry juice, emulsifiers (sucrose fatty acid esters, sorbitan monostearate), concentrated yogurt, color (purple carrot extract)

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
320
Sugar
68g
Sweet Tarts

Sour apple flavor soft & chewy ropes candy

Ingredients: Sugar, corn syrup, wheat flour, water, 2% or less of citric acid, sorbitol, maltodextrin, sodium citrate, glycerin, malic acid (dl-malic acid), gelatin, confectioners glaze (lac-resin), salt, natural flavors, spirulina extract color, acetic acid, turmeric oleoresin color.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
429
Sugar
71g
YumEarth

Organic Giggles Sour Chewy Candy Bites

Ingredients: ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC RICE SYRUP, ORGANIC PALM OIL, CITRIC ACID, ORGANIC FLAVORS, SODIUM CITRATE, TURMERIC (COLOR), ORGANIC SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, MALIC ACID, (RADISH, SWEET POTATO, CARROT, BLACKCURRANT) COLOR, ORGANIC CARNAUBA WAX, SPIRULINA (COLOR), PECTIN.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
333
Sugar
48g
Great Value

Rings Chewy Candy

Ingredients: Corn syrup, sugar, gelatin, modified food starch (potato), citric acid, apple juice from concentrate, fumaric acid, modified food starch (corn), sodium citrate, natural and artificial flavors, tartaric acid, red 40, yellow 5.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
355
Sugar
74g
Nerds

Big chewy candy

Ingredients: Dextrose, corn syrup, sugar, water, cornstarch, and less than 2% of modified cornstarch, malic acid, natural flavors, tapioca dextrin, carnauba wax, color added, blue 2 lake, red 40 lake, yellow 5, yellow 5 lake, yellow 6.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
472
Sugar
42g
Storck, August Storck Kg

Chewy dark chocolate caramel candy

Ingredients: Glucose syrup (from wheat or corn), semi-sweet chocolate (sugar, cocoa liquor, cocoa butter, butterfat, soy lecithin emulsifier, vanilla powder), sugar, condensed whey, palm oil, condensed skim milk, cocoa processed with alkali, sorbitol humectant, contains less than 2% of whey powder, modified potato starch.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
325
Sugar
58g
Ferrara Candy Company

Chewy Fruity Candy!

Ingredients: Corn syrup, sugar, modified food starch (corn), cornstarch, natural and artificial flavors, white mineral oil, carnauba wax, caramel color, yellow 6, red 40, blue 1, yellow 5.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
353
Sugar
56g
NestlΓ©

Cherry punch soft & chewy ropes candy, cherry punch

Ingredients: Sugar, corn syrup, wheat flour, water, and less than 2% of citric acid, sorbitol, confectioner's glaze (lac-resin), maltodextrin, sodium citrate, glycerin, malic acid (dl-malic acid), gelatin, vegetable juice color, natural flavors, salt, beta-carotene color.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
367
Sugar
77g
Swedish Fish

Soft & Chewy Candy

Ingredients: sugar, invert sugar, corn syrup, modified corn starch, contains less than 2% of citric acid, sunflower oil*, natural and artificial flavor, carnauba wax, red 40, *adds a trivial amount of fat, [footnote and asterisks required only when a fat free claim is made]

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • ● 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
367
Sugar
80g
Mondelez

Kids assorted soft & chewy candy

Ingredients: 0% daily yalue total fat og sodium 25mg total carbohy rate total sugars 249 includes 24g added sugars 48% protein 0g 1% 27g 10% not a significant source of satu nted fat, trans fat, cholesterol, detary fiber, vitamin d, calcium, on, and potassium. ingred ents: sugar, invert sugar, corn sy rup, modified corn starch, contain less than 2% of tartaric acid, citac acid, natural and artificial flavor, yellow 6, red 40, yellow 5, l'lue 1.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
367
Sugar
53g
Face Twisters

Sour Drops Chewy Candy

Ingredients: Ingredients updating...

The Good

  • ● Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
90
Sugar
14g
Schnucks

Sour Watermelon Sclices

Ingredients: CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, WATER, GELATIN, CITRIC ACID, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, LACTIC ACID, PECTIN, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR), FD&C YELLOW #5, FD&C RED #40, FD&C BLUE #1. MAY CONTAIN TREE NUTS, PEANUTS, MILK, SOY, EGG, WHEAT AND SESAME.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
235
Sugar
31g
Joyride

Gummy Busters Crunchy & Chewy Sour Candy

Ingredients: Ingredients updating...

The Good

  • ● Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
15
Sugar
3g
Chimes

Ginger Chews Chewy Ginger Candy Meyer Lemon Non-gmo

Ingredients: Cane sugar, ginger, tapioca starch, natural lemon flavor, lemon zest

The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score
  • ● Low Sugar
  • ● Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
400
Sugar
43g
Mamba

Beach Sticks

Ingredients: SUGAR, GLUCOSE SYRUP (FROM WHEAT OR CORN), PALM OIL, SORBITOL SYRUP (FROM WHEAT OR CORN), CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF GELATIN, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, BLACK CARROT JUICE CONCENTRATE (COLOR), SPIRULINA EXTRACT (COLOR), BLACK CURRANT POWDER (COLOR), STRAWBERRY JUICE SOLIDS (COLOR), TURMERIC EXTRACT (COLOR), CARAMEL COLOR

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
407
Sugar
48g
Sweet Haven

Fruity Chewy Mix

Ingredients: GLUCOSE SYRUP (WHEAT), SUGAR, VEGETABLE OILS (PALM, COCONUT), ACACIA (GUM ARABIC), CITRIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE), FRUIT POWDERS (BLACK CURRANT, STRAWBERRY, APPLE, RASPBERRY, MANGO), HYDROLYSED RICE PROTEIN, CITRIC ACID ESTERS OF MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, ASCORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE), COLORS (PAPRIKA, TURMERIC), WHEAT**, COCONUT

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
357
Sugar
64g
YumEarth

Organic Sour Littles Soft Chewy Candy

Ingredients: Ingredients updating...

The Good

  • ● Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
419
Sugar
61g
Morinaga

Hi-Chew Getaway mix

Ingredients: GLUCOSE SYRUP, SUGAR, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, LESS THAN 2% OF GELATIN, MALIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SUCROSE FATTY ACID ESTERS, SORBITAN TRISTEARATE, SPIRULINA EXTRACT (COLOR), FRUIT JUICE CONCENTRATE (COLOR), BETA-CAROTENE (COLOR), VEGETABLE JUICE CONCENTRATE (COLOR), PINEAPPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE, MANGO JUICE CONCENTRATE, LIME JUICE CONCENTRATE

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● High Sugar Content
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Frequently Asked Questions

Are products in the Chewy Candy category always vegan?+
Not necessarily. We analyzed over 23 products in the Chewy 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 Chewy Candy?+
We rank Chewy 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 Chewy 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.