10 Finest Gummy Candies, Ranked

When you’d requested me to make this checklist 20 years in the past, once I was a mouthy 17-year-old with a penchant for sweet, I’d have put Trolli’s Bitter Brite Crawlers on the high of my checklist. And whereas my palate has expanded since then, there’s nonetheless no denying the enchantment of those dual-flavored worms coated in sugar and citric acid for the proper quantity of sour-sweet punch. 

The Swedish sweet development exhibits no indicators of slowing down, and that’s a superb factor — the Swedes know a factor or two about making glorious gummy sweet, particularly in the event you’re into bitter stuff. However my precise favourite are Bubs ovals, a mushy, foamy gummy accessible in tons of compelling flavors, together with banana-caramel and strawberry-pomegranate. 

These few weeks annually when recent peaches are considerable and in-season are all too fleeting, and the remainder of the time, I’ve to make due with peach rings. The faux peach taste in peach rings is, one way or the other, higher than most different faux fruit flavors, and Indiana-born sweet purveyor Albanese makes the perfect. Their peach rings are completely chewy and boast a extra refined, peachier taste than the typical iteration of this beloved gummy sweet. 

An OG within the American gummy scene, Bitter Patch Children have been available on the market since 1985. In center college, I peeled off the within of my mouth numerous occasions sucking all of the citric acid and sugar from these sour-then-sweet candies, and I remorse nothing. Now, I’m extra prone to seize the Bitter Patch Children watermelons, an enchancment on the unique Children in each texture and taste. 

Yeah, there’s quite a lot of Haribo on this checklist — and that’s as a result of Haribo gummies are among the many greatest. Few gummies can compete with Haribo Watermelon, which mix the fluffy texture of a marshmallow with the traditional bouncy inside of a gummy bear right into a sweet that’s dangerously straightforward to eat a whole bag of in a single sitting. 

Haribo could have invented the gummy bear, however Albanese perfected them. The flavour assortment, which incorporates watermelon, pink grapefruit, and mango, is way more compelling than the standard cherry-orange-green-apple providing, and the mushy, bouncy texture is extraordinarily satisfying. 

Sitting atop this assortment of fantastic gummies is the One True Gummy King: Nerds Gummy Clusters. The flavors are nice, sure, however the mixture of crunchy Nerds and chewy gummy middle is a revelation. And positive, you would possibly say these are simply chopped up bits of Nerds Ropes, however actual gummy fans know that Gummy Clusters are the top of the shape.