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Jelly Beans Are Delicious—and They're Made With Insect Secretions

Jelly beans are shiny because they're coated in shellac, which is a resin that's secreted by the female lac bug (laccifer lacca) after it drinks the sap of trees.

7 Animals That Smell Like Jelly Beans (Because It's National Jelly Bean Day)

These seven animals are olfactory dead ringers for classic Jelly Belly flavors.

Candy Crush: The Bizarre History of Those '90s Mentos Commercials

The series of slightly disturbing ads annoyed some, but paid off for the "Freshmaker" candy company.

New York Gets Its First Chocolate Museum

Learn about chocolate's rich history—and then stuff your face.

11 Sweet Facts About Cadbury

The British chocolate company is beloved around the world.

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Is White Chocolate Really Chocolate?

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

10 Sweet Facts About Candy Canes

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

What Flavor Is Juicy Fruit Gum?

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

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.

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.

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.

How 5 Popular Candy Bars Got Their Names

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

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

Spoiler alert: they’re not great.

Dunkin’ Donuts is Now Serving Candy-Flavored Iced Coffee

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

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.