20) TWIZZLERS
Chances are, if you ask a room full of people whether they enjoy Twizzlers, the results will be split down the middle. They shouldn’t be. While diehard Twizz aficinados have a fond, tasteless place in their hearts for these straw-like candies, others would rather eat cardboard. So much for satisfying your sweet tooth.
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Candy Fails – Twizzlers
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Candy Fails – Candy Hearts
Image Credit: VIBE.COM 19) CANDY HEARTS
It may be the thought that counts, but if you’re pondering dropping these sugared shapes into your sweetheart’s palms for Valentine’s Day, you might have something not so sweet coming your way. Don’t eat your heart out. -
Candy Fails – Horhounds
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It tastes how it sounds. -
Candy Fails – Candy Apples
Image Credit: VIBE.COM 17) CANDY APPLES
Apples are meant to be nutritious food items, not carnival treats. Candy apples are too messy and aren’t worth the hassle. In the time it takes to consume them, you could’ve eaten two plain ole apples. -
Candy Fails – Candied Critters
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Candied insect dopplegangers are most popular around Halloween given that they go with the whole horror thing. But this isn’t Fear Factor, so don’t be caught before or after October 31 eating something with eight legs. This includes but is not limited to: Chocolate covered grasshoppers, flavored crickets and any other Steve Urkel-approved candied creepy crawlers.
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Candy Fails – Good N Plenty
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These jelly bean-esque pellets have the distinguished honor of being the oldest brand of candy in the U.S. So maybe your grandparents love them. -
Candy Fails – Wax Juice Bottles
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“Bite ’em. Drink ’em. Chew ’em.” This is just not a good idea… -
Candy Fails – Boston Baked Beans
Image Credit: VIBE.COM 13) BOSTON BAKED BEANS
Prefer your beans hard and candy flavored? Well, too bad, because these aren’t actually beans; they’re peanuts. Consider confusingly misleading names that leave you in a Young Buck state of confusion an automatic candy fail. -
Candy Fails – Idaho Spuds
Image Credit: VIBE.COM 12) IDAHO SPUDS
Like Boston Baked Beans, this candy’s name is deceptive. No potatoes here. When marshmallows are done right, they’re a tasty treat (S’mores, anyone?). When it’s done wrong—with chocolate and coconut shreddings—you get Idaho Spuds. -
Candy Fails – Bit-O-Honey
Image Credit: VIBE.COM 8) BIT-O-HONEY
We hate to trash a candy with such a charming moniker. According to the Nestles Web site, “For consumers who want a satisfying candy, BIT-O-HONEY provides a unique honey taste with a long lasting chew.” The long lasting part is right. -
Candy Fails – Dots
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No one likes to get these from anyone. No one buys these. -
Candy Fails – Black Licorice
Image Credit: VIBE.COM 9) BLACK LICORICE
Other than licorice being possibly the bitterest “candy” in the world, eating it makes you feel like you’ve been placed on punishment for eternity or been forced to listen to a Hannah Montana CD. -
Candy Fails – Mary Jane Peanut Butter Kisses
Image Credit: VIBE.COM 8) MARY JANE PEANUT BUTTER KISSES
First off, this looks nothing like a “kiss”—See Hersheys for reference. But honestly, we don’t even know what these taste like. We’ve heard the horror stories so we’re cool with that. -
Candy Fails – Marshmallow Bananas
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Because it’s a marshmallow. It’s a banana. It’s a marshmallow banana. -
Candy Fails – Peeps
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These gooey yellow treats typically emerge around Easter, in baskets. You’ll devour them as a kid, but as you grow older, the sugary ducklings start looking more and more like something we’d construct in first grade “art” class. -
Candy Fails – Ribbon Candies
Image Credit: VIBE.COM 5) HARD RIBBON CANDY
Or whatever. A favorite among grandmothers, ribbon candy is a Willy Wonka reject, cold, hard and sweet but lacking any personality other than its rainbow hues. They’re terrible. Proof: Have you ever seen someone eating one? -
Candy Fails – Candy Cigarettes
Image Credit: VIBE.COM 4) CANDY CIGARETTES
Nice try, tobacco companies! Without a Don Draper character around to save the day re: marketing this, it’s easy to see why folks got so up in arms about their kids puffing on cigs that taste like candy.
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Candy Fails – Chocka Caca
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Candy Fails – Ayds
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I mean… We’re guessing whatever genius in the boardroom said, “I have a great idea: A candy called Ayds!” and whoever agreed with that person and whoever put it into production were all fired. -
Candy Fails – Circus Peanuts
Image Credit: VIBE.COM 1) CIRCUS PEANUTS
In our hunt for the worst candies in the world, this peanut that disintegrates in your mouth turned up the most. First of all, it’s shaped like a peanut. But we’ll leave the description up to the experts at bad-candy.com: “Truthfully, Circus Peanuts don’t really smell or taste like anything, which may lead to some confusion regarding how, exactly, they qualify as bad candy. Part of the answer lies in their utterly underwhelming flavor. Ingesting Circus Peanuts is kind of like digging your old bodyboard out of the basement, compressing it down into little turd shapes using your mighty vise-like grip, and eating it.” Yeah, kinda like that.