The man who invented cotton candy, William James Morrison, was a dentist.

Snickers, one of the most popular candy bars today, was named after a horse.

If you laid out all the candy corn produced in a year from end to end, you could circle the Earth more than 4 times.     

Most traditionally flavored bubble gum is pink because that was the only color dye available when it was invented.

M&Ms actually stands for 'Mars & Murries', Murrie being the surname of the sweets creators. They were first introduced in 1941 but the "m" stamped on one side did not appear until 1950.  

Jelly Babies originate as far back as 1864 and are claimed to have been formulated, or created, by an Austrian man, named Herr Steinbeck, working at Fryers of Lancashire.

It is believed he designed the shape on the traditional Austrian gingerbread man and they were originally named 'Unclaimed Babies'.

Each candy cane has only 55 calories and no fat.