Confectioneries Roundup
We analyzed 1687 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 16)

Brownie brittle
Ingredients: Enriched wheat flour bleached (flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), powdered sugar, sugar, palm kernel, palm oil, cocoa processed with alkali, corn syrup solids, soybean oil, dry egg whites, corn starch, salt, dextrose, leavening (baking soda), soy lecithin, natural flavor, nonfat dry milk, whole milk solids, paprika extract.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Starburst, Original
Ingredients: Corn syrup, sugar, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, fruit juice from concentrate (apple, lemon, strawberry, orange, cherry), less than 2% - citric acid, dextrin, gelatin, food starch-modified, natural and artificial flavors, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), coloring (red 40, yellow 5, yellow 6, blue 1).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Ice breakers DUO
Ingredients: Sorbitol; contains 2% or less of; maltodextrin; malic acid; maltitol; aspartame*; magnesium stearate; citric acid; natural and artificial flavor; medium chain triglycerides; hydrogenated vegetable oil (soybean and palm oil); soy lecithin; modified cornstarch artificial color (red 40 lake; red 40; blue 1).
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Jelly Belly
Ingredients: SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, PEACH PUREE CONCENTRATE 2%, BLACKBERRY PUREE, STRAWBERRY PUREE, BLUEBERRY PUREE, RASPBERRY PUREE, STRAWBERRY JUICE CONCENTRATE, APPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE, BANANA PUREE, PLUM JUICE CONCENTRATE, CHERRY JUICE CONCENTRATE, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, COCOA BUTTER, SOY LECITHIN (EMULSIFIER), COCONUT, LEMON PURE, ORANGE PUREE, LIME JUICE CONCENTRATE, TANGERINE JUICE CONCENTRATE, WATERMELON JUICE CONCENTRATE, GRAPEFRUIT JUICE CONCENTRATE, PINEAPPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE, CANTALOUPE POWDER, POMEGRANATE JUICE CONCENTRATE, PEAR JUICE CONCENTRATE, KIWI JUICE CONCENTRATE, MANGO PUREE, MANGO JUICE CONCENTRATE, PASSION FRUIT JUICE CONCENTRATE, CITRIC ACID, FUMARIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, MALIC ACID, PHOSPHORIC ACID, ASCORBIC ACID, SODIUM LACTATE, SODIUM CITRATE, COCOA POWDER, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, COFFEE, COLOR, RED 40 LAKE, YELLOW 5 & 6 LAKE, BLUE 1 & 2 LAKE, YELLOW 5 & 6, RED 40, BLUE 1, VEGETABLE AND FRUIT JUICE (COLOR), TAPIOCA DEXTRIN, VANILLA BEANS, BEESWAX, CARNAUBA WAX, CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, SALT, CAFFEINE.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Xtremes rainbow berry sourfuls peg bag
Ingredients: Sugar, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, corn starch, food starch - modified (corn), malic acid, food starch - modified (potato), contains less than 2% of: dextrose, wheat starch, citric acid, palm oil, lactic acid, gelatin, artificial flavors, sodium malates, hydrogenated palm oil, sorbitol syrup, glycerine, salt, fumaric acid, potassium citrate, blue 1, red 40, yellow 6, yellow 5.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Marshmallow birday cake chicks
Ingredients: Gum arabic, natural and artificial flavors, blue #1 lake, potassium sorbate (a preservative), yellow #5 (tartrazine), red #40, red #3, blue #1, carnauba wax.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Mike and Ike Original Fruits
Ingredients: sugar, corn syrup, modified food starch, contains less than 0.5% of the following: citric acid, malic acid, fumaric acid, sodium citrate, natural and artificial flavors, dextrin, confectioners glaze, carnauba wax, medium chain triglycerides, red #40, yellow #6, yellow #5 (tartrazine), blue #1
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Swedish Fish mini
Ingredients: Sugar, invert sugar, corn syrup, modified corn starch, contains less than 2% of citric acid, white mineral oil, natural and artificial flavor, red 40, carnauba wax.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Sanchis mira, turro'n de alicante nougat
Ingredients: Toasted almonds, sugar, honey, white of egg, water (potato starch, vegetable sunflower oil).
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Chocolate Yogurt Covered Raisins
Ingredients: CHOCOLATE YOGURT FLAVORED COATING (SUGAR, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, COCOA POWDER, WHEY POWDER, NONFAT MILK POWDER, YOGURT POWDER (CULTURED WHEY, NONFAT MILK), SOY LECITHIN (EMULSIFIER), NATURAL VANILLA FLAVOR), CALIFORNIA RAISINS, TAPIOCA DEXTRIN, CONFECTIONERS GLAZE.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Original Jellybeans
Ingredients: sugar, corn syrup, modified corn starch, less than 2% of: citric acid, acacia, sodium citrate, apple juice from concentrate, natural and artificial flavors, confectioner's glaze, carnauba wax, colors (red 40, yellow 5, yellow 6, blue 1, titanium dioxide), mineral oil, beeswax.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

MyM chocolate candies
Ingredients: milk chocolate (sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, skim milk, lactose, milkfat, soy lecithin, salt, artificial and natural flavors), sugar, corn syrup, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, milkfat, skim milk, cornstarch, less than 1% - lactose, dextrin, salt, mono and diglycerides, coloring (includes blue 1 lake, yellow 6, red 40, yellow 5, blue 1), carnauba wax, chocolate, artificial flavor, gum acacia,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Excellence extra creamy milk chocolate
Ingredients: Sugar, cocoa butter, milk, chocolate, skim milk, butterfat, barley malt powder, soya lecithin (emulsifier), artificial flavoring, salt.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Kisses Milk Chocolate
Ingredients: MILK CHOCOLATE [SUGAR, MILK, CHOCOLATE, COCOA BUTTER, MILK FAT, LECITHIN (SOY), PGPR, NATURAL FLAVOR], SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL (PALM OIL, SHEA OIL, SUNFLOWER OIL, PALM KERNEL OIL, SAFFLOWER OIL), SKIM MILK, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, LACTOSE (MILK), LECITHIN 2% (SOY), PGPR, VANILLIN (ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

California raisins covered in chocolate
Ingredients: Milk chocolate (sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, nonfat milk, milkfat, lactose, soy lecithin, natural flavor), raisins, sugar, tapioca dextrin, confectioners glaze (lac-resin), cocoa processed with alkali.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Almond chocolate candy sharing size ounce
Ingredients: milk chocolate (sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, skim milk, lactose, milkfat, almonds, soy lecithin, salt, artificial and natural flavors), almonds, sugar, 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), carnauba wax, gum acacia,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Organic Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Ingredients: ORGANIC MILK CHOCOLATE (ORGANIC SUGAR, ORGANIC COCOA BUTTER, ORGANIC MILK, ORGANIC CHOCOLATE), ORGANIC PEANUTS, ORGANIC SUGAR, ORGANIC DEXTROSE, ORGANIC COCOA BUTTER, SEA SALT, ORGANIC ROSEMARY EXTRACT.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut
- ● High Sugar Content

Jelly stick assorted
Ingredients: Water, sugar, fructose syrup, carrageenan, potassium citrate, sodium citrate, potassium sorbate, aspartame, citric acid, malic acid, artificial flavor (strawberry, mango, apple, grape), artificial colors (fd&c yellow#5, fd&c red#40, fd&c blue#1).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Haribo Starmix Gummi Candy
Ingredients: Glucose syrup (from wheat or corn), sugar, gelatin, dextrose (from wheat or corn), contains less than 2% of: citric acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, caramel color, corn starch, artificial and natural flavors, palm kernel oil, carnauba wax, white beeswax, yellow beeswax, yellow 5, red 40, blue 1.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Fudge Brownie
Ingredients: semisweet chocolate (sugar, chocolate processed with alkali, chocolate, cocoa butter, milkfat, skim milk, soy lecithin), sugar, corn syrup, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, chocolate processed with alkali, skim milk, cornstarch,milkfat, lactose, dextrin, salt, coloring (blue 1 lake, yellow 6, red 40, yellow 5, blue 1), carnauba wax, artificial flavor, chocolate, gum acacia, milk , soy
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Dark chocolate covered raisins
Ingredients: SEMI-SWEET DARK CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE, COCOA BUTTER, MILKFAT, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL FLAVOR), RAISINS (RAISINS, SUNFLOWER OIL), DEXTRIN (CORN), CONFECTIONER'S SHELLAC.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Smart sweets sour blast buddies
Ingredients: prebiotic soluble fiber from tapioca, lactic acid, pectin, chicory root fiber, rice flour, fumaric acid, malic acid, citric acid, fruit and vegetable juice (for color), natural fruit flavor, coconut oil, spirulina extract (for color), stevia leaf extract, carnauba wax,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Dark chocolate 85%
Ingredients: Organic bittersweet chocolate (organic chocolate liquor, organic cocoa butter, organic cane sugar, organic vanilla extract).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Doublemint Gum
Ingredients: Sugar, gum base, dextrose, corn syrup, natural and artificial flavors; less than 2% of: glycerol, aspartame, gum arabic, soy lecithin, acesulfame k, color (titanium dioxide), bht (to maintain freshness).
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Uncrystallized. Candied ginger
Ingredients: Ginger, sugar, sulfur dioxide (added for freshness)
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains Sulfur Dioxide
- ● High Sugar Content

Foods chocolate tahini halva spread
Ingredients: Tahini (Ground Sesame Seeds), Powdered Pure Cane Sugar, Cocoa Powder Allergen Information: contains Sesame
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Salted almond milk chocolate style, 40% cocoa, salted almond
Ingredients: Unsweetened cocoa, cocoa butter, erythritol+, inulin, dextrin+, organic whole milk powder (rbst free), dry roasted almonds, milk fat (rbst free), sea salt, organic soy lecithin, stevia extract, vanilla extract.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chocolate intense dark bar
Ingredients: Bittersweet chocolate (unsweetened chocolate, sugar, cocoa butter, milk fat, soy lecithin - an emulsifier, vanilla).
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Organic Panama Extra Dark Chocolate Bar
Ingredients: organic chocolate liquor, organic raw cane sugar, organic cocoa butter, organic ground vanilla beans.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Peanut Butter Candy in a Crunchy Shell
Ingredients: sugar, partially defatted peanuts, hydrogenated vegetable oil (palm kernel oil, soybean oil), corn syrup solids, dextrose, contains 2% or less of: palm kernel oil, corn syrup, salt, confectioner's glaze, artificial color [yellow 5 lake, yellow 6 lake, red 40 lake, blue 1 lake], modified cornstarch, lecithin (soy), vanillin, artificial flavor, carnauba wax, milk. contains: peanuts, milk, soy
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content
