Someone decided to save us all some unpleasant moments and compile a list of what not to try.
Reddit user EmmaClark43244 asked:
“What is the worst candy of all time?"
Thank you EmmaClark43244, you're doing the Lord's work.
Palmer "Chocolate"
"Palmer brand 'chocolate.' The cheapest most garbage chocolate you can buy a lot of around easter and halloween"
Palmer brand"chocolate"vegetable oil
"FTFY"
"Oh, it's not the cheapest. Have you ever had gelt?"
"It's worse, by a lot. The brand does not matter, apparently, because every one I've ever had has been revolting."
"Edit: so I think the gelt coins I've only ever had were actually Palmer. You win this round."
GiphyThese Should Be Considered Medicine
"Haribo sugar free gummies."
"This is the 'liquid-sh*t-in-an-hour' one, right?"
"The most fun snack to just pour into a random bowl at a house party. 😉"
"Calm down satan."
Salty...Licorice?
"Dubbelzoute drop. From the Netherlands. It's just anise (black licorice flavor) and tons of salt, with no sugar."
"My former boss was Dutch and loved them, made me eat them from time to time to be polite... It's not something you can ever love, unless you grew up thinking it was normal."
They Mean Every Flavor
"Those Harry Potter jelly beans that actually taste like the flavors they have like earwax, dirt, puke. Yeah. Not a good experience."
"They're expensive and you have to spit out half the bag because they taste bad."
"Because every child needs to know the betrayal of chewing on a lovely lime or apple colored jellybean and discovering it's actually grass."
GiphySo Bad You Won't Even See Them At The Circus
"Circus peanuts"
"Absolutely agree. And technically I think they are banana flavored which makes the whole situation even worse"
Well, There Will Always Be Plenty But I Don't Know About Good
"Good & plenty"
"I think I was 10 or so the first time I tried one of these after getting it in my pillowcase on Halloween."
"I was so f'king pissed because we were only allowed to choose one piece each night and I ended up with several of those bullsh*t boxes in my sack."
"I'm still mad about it."
"It's like the worst catfishing in candy form."
GiphyWell, It'll Give You A Thrill
"Thrills gum. 'still tastes like soap' is actually part of their marketing lol"
"Thrills is oddly good, especially once you realize the flavour is rose water, then it suddenly isn't so bad"
Doesn't Everyone Eat Paper?
"The candy dots on strips of paper"
"How dare you? They were delicious in spite of the large amount of paper you had to eat to enjoy them."
GiphyNo To Necco
"Necco wafers"
"I've never felt more betrayed by the candy category than when I tried those chalky medicinal pucks of sh*t"
"It's like the communion wafer factory had overstock and sold it to a candy company."
That's...That's Not A Good Combo
"Sen-sen."
"Most of you probably don't know what it is, but it's a European candy that's like little bits of hard, salty, black licorice."
"I love black licorice, but sen sen tastes like a cross between a burnt tire and the devil's a**hole."
GiphyThese are just some candies that almost everyone seems to hate.
They keep getting made, though.
Enough people must like them for candy companies to make a profit.
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"What's the WORST candy?"
Some might argue these are not worthy of being categorized as "worst."
Wannabe Chocolate
"Sixlets used to taste good to me and now they're terrible. I don't know if the recipe changed or if it's my tastebuds or both."
"Call me crazy but I like them."
Licorice In Disguise
"Good and plenty. The pink and white coated licorice. So gross."
Not The Bee's Knees
"From my Halloween candy days, my bro and I would pool our candy and eat a piece of two a day for as long as possible…. 'Bit o honey" was always the one I HATED. Bit o' chipped teeth what I used to say…"
"Thing is my friend recently said it was her favorite . I scoffed but she gave me a fresh piece and it was chewy honey flavored taffy…"
Offensive Flavor
"Those Jelly Belly jelly beans that taste like awful things...butter popcorn I'm looking at you. Or even worse still they had some Harry Potter ones that tasted like grass or vomit for goodness sakes!"
It's a wonder how these old-timey treats are still around in 2021.
Purple Chews
"Thrills gum."
"It's purple, and lavender flavored."
"Chews like cardboard, tastes like soap."
"Came here looking for this. Thrills may be a Canadian confectionary. My grandmother always carried these. Found a package in store a few years ago so I could inflict it on my kids and friends."
"Right on the package it said: 'It still tastes like soap!'"
Weird Peanuts
"Those pink peanut looking things."
"Circus peanuts. And they are actually supposed to be banana flavored."
"Dumb Dots"
"Whatever those dumb dots on wax paper are."
"Lol. I love those except for when the paper gets stuck to them."
"On a side note back on the 90s we could buy those with Acid on them. Like LSD. That was fun."
These seem to be the commonly despised sweets.
From Licorice To Lips
"I hate black licorice but that's already up here so I'll just say those lips they sell during Halloween Are they even edible?"
"Wax lips and wax soda bottles."
"Honorable mentions to horehound and coffee candy."
Chalky
"I haven't seen a single mention of those Valentines candies that say things like 'Be My Lover.'"
"Cool concept, but actually eating them is like eating pieces of chalk. No thank you."
I stand by the fact that black licorice is the worst candy ever made.
There is nothing satisfying about the gelatinous rope that ties my stomach into knots.
It tastes like fennel and anise, not the kind of flavors I want in candy, that linger long after its been regrettably digested.
In all deference to those who love black licorice, I won't judge you, but I'll never get you.