Every mother and father in the world is likely to be familiar with the different brands of chocolates and candies available. After all, your child expects you to always know their favorite, even if it changes every week! Halloween keeps us up to date on new sweet treats that every kid will want to try. Every holiday and major event is demarcated with a new branded line of candies or chocolate. There are varieties of flavors constantly laid out for the taking, whether you’re partial towards cotton candy, lollipops, or chocolate bars. The same holds true for every country in this world. From Beijing to Brazil, each country has its own wide array of caramels and confectioneries for all the sugar lovers on Earth.
1. Salmiakki, salty licorice from Finland flavored with ammonium chloride
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2. Zaotang, a candy in China made from malt sugar that can be bought shaped as a stick (Guandong tang) or melon (Tanggua)
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3. Calisson, a traditional French sweet made from candied fruit and almonds
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4. Túró Rudi, a chocolate bar from Hungary with an inner filling of sweet curd cheese
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5. Jaffas, a kind of bonbon with an orange-flavored coating and a chocolate center
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6. Cuberdon, a cone-shaped chocolate from Belgium with a crispy outer crust and a melted chocolate core, usually raspberry flavored
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7. Akanes, a Greek confectionery flavored only with fresh butter made of buffalo milk
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8. Fraise Tagada, inflated strawberry gummies coated in sugar created by the German company 'Haribo' and popular in France
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9. Nata de coco, a jelly-like candy from the Philippines made from fermented coconut water
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10. Puccho, Japanese square candies that are a mix between taffy and gummies and contain flavored balls, some varieties of which may also contain soda
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11. Dragon's beard candy, a traditional handmade Chinese sweet also known as “Chinese cotton candy”
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12. Konpeitō, small toffee spheres with a bumpy surface from Japan
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13. Vanparys, Belgian dark chocolate coated with think layers of sugar, considered the original chocolate dragée
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14. Vichy Pastilles, a white tablet-like French confectionery flavored with sugar, mint, lemon, and aniseed
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15. Peach Blossoms, a peach-colored candy from the United States, made of peanut butter wrapped in a crunchy sugary shell
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16. Pişmaniye, a Bosnian and Turkish sweet made from blending flour, butter and ground sugar that has a texture similar to cotton candy
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17. Meiji, a chocolate from Japan that comes in a variety of flavors including lemon salt, basil, cheese, jasmine, and black pepper
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18. Bergamote de Nancy, a French candy with a unique taste flavored with bergamot orange essential oil
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19. Churchkhela, a long candle-shaped candy from Georgia made from nuts, grape must and flower
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20. Miodek turecki, a traditional Polish candy with a honey-taste made from aroma oils, caramelized sugar, and crushed nuts
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