Category: Brain Teasers

Trivia: Which candy was produced by Ferrara Candy in the early 1900s?

Candied Yams
Boston Baked Beans
Coffee Beans
Sugar Snap Peas

Correct Answer: Boston Baked Beans

So why is this answer correct? : Boston baked beans are a side dish, but Boston Baked Beans are a very popular candy invented in the 1920s. Surprisingly, the candy was invented in Chicago, not Boston, by Salvatore Ferrara, the owner of Ferrara Candy. These sugar-coated peanuts taste nothing like the side dish, but they are meant to look just like baked beans. At nearly 100 years old, they’re one of the oldest existing candies in America.

Trivia: What was the original name of cotton candy?

Unicorn Hair
Rainbow Clouds
Clown Stuffing
Fairy Floss

Correct Answer: Fairy Floss

So why is this answer correct? : In 1897, dentist William Morrison and candymaker John C. Wharton patented their candy machine that spun heated sugar in a large bowl, creating what they called Fairy Floss. The duo brought their candy to the World’s Fair in St. Louis seven years later, bringing in thousands of dollars in sales. In the 1920s, after many companies began making the treat, the generic name “cotton candy” emerged.

Trivia: Which candy originated as a more palatable cough medicine?

Lollipops
Salt water taffy
Licorice
Bubble gum

Correct Answer: Licorice

So why is this answer correct? : As the story goes, licorice candy emerged back in 1760 when an English pharmacist added sugar to cough medicine (made of licorice root) to make it taste better. By the mid-1800s, it was a popular treat around Europe. Salmiakki, a type of black salted licorice, is still especially popular there today, while in the United States, red licorice seems to be the preferred flavor.

Trivia: Which was NOT one of the original flavors of Dum Dums?

Root Beer
Orange
Coconut-Pineapple
Butterscotch

Correct Answer: Root Beer

So why is this answer correct? : Spangler Candy introduced Dum Dums in 1953 with seven original flavors: lemon, lime, orange, coconut-pineapple, cherry, grape, and butterscotch. Root beer would become the eighth flavor later that year. Today, Dum Dums flavors include Raspberry Lemonade, Sour Apple, Peach-Mango and the enigmatic “Mystery” flavor.

Trivia: “Chicken Feed” was the original name for what candy?

Chiclets
Whoppers
M&M’s
Candy Corn

Correct Answer: Candy Corn

So why is this answer correct? : When it was first invented in the 1880s, Candy Corn was called “Chicken Feed,” and was advertised with a rooster mascot and the phrase, “Something worth crowing for.” Later in the candy’s life, it changed names and became closely associated with Halloween. The National Confectioners Association has declared October 30 to be “National Candy Corn Day.”

Trivia: What candies did the New England Confectionery Company make?

PEZ
Twizzlers
Necco Wafers
Saltwater taffy

Correct Answer: Necco Wafers

So why is this answer correct? : It’s almost an acrostic poem — the first letters of the New England Confectionery Company, spell its signature product, Necco Wafers. The treat was first invented in 1847, but it didn’t receive its name until 1901 with the formation of the New England Confectionery Company. Today, Necco Wafers’s eight flavors are owned and produced by Spangler Candy.

Trivia: Which popular candy company is the oldest?

Toblerone
Nestlé Company
The Hershey Company
NECCO

Correct Answer: Nestlé Company

So why is this answer correct? : It’s been 145 years since Nestlé’s Milk Chocolate hit the shelves in Switzerland. Henri Nestlé teamed up with Daniel Peter to turn his powdered and condensed milk products into creamy milk chocolate. The Nestlé Company began distributing the candy bars in 1919.

Trivia: What candy was first called “pastellfiskar”?

Lindt Truffles
Skittles
Swedish Fish
PEZ

Correct Answer: Swedish Fish

So why is this answer correct? : “Pastellfiskar” were first manufactured in the 1950s by Swedish candy brand Malaco. Translated to “Swedish Fish,” they quickly became the company’s best-selling brand in the United States. In Swedish, “pastellfiskar” literally translates to “pastel fish.”

Trivia: What U.S. candy bar is called a “Mars Bar” internationally?

Milky Way
Snickers
100 Grand Bar
3 Musketeers

Correct Answer: Milky Way

So why is this answer correct? : In the U.S., a “Milky Way” is a chocolate bar with a nougat center and a caramel topping. Around the world, this candy concoction is called a “Mars Bar.” What is sold as “3 Musketeers” — a chocolate bar filled with only nougat — is called a “Milky War” worldwide. It’s all very confusing, but delicious.

Trivia: What were the original flavors of 3 Musketeers bars?

French vanilla and almond
Vanilla, strawberry, chocolate
Peanut butter and licorice
Cherry, apple, watermelon

Correct Answer: Vanilla, strawberry, chocolate

So why is this answer correct? : Still a popular candy bar today, 3 Musketeers was the third candy introduced by the Mars Company back in 1932. As its name suggests, the original version of this candy had three different flavors (vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate) that came in three small bars wrapped in one package. Due to a sugar ration and manufacturing issues during WWII, Mars was forced to choose just one flavor to produce, so chocolate nougat became the sole flavor of 3 Musketeers.