(logo by HelloMyLogo)
Since our gross candy category is such a hit, we decided to compile a list of the grossest candy we could find and present it to you in Top 10 format (counting down from 10 to 1). So, here it is, the Top 10 Grossest Candies. It was fun to compile and write the list – we hope you have fun reading it.
I frequent a joke shop in Boston where they sell fake poops, but not edible poops. Poop candy — a new low.
August 10th, 2006 at 10:49 amI was getting a CPU cap warning all morning from your host when I visited your site. I had the same thing happen to me (but without being boing-boinged or anything). My host tried to get me to switch over to dedicated servers … as if I had the traffic or income to warrant that!
Suffice to say I switched hosts after that.
RESPONSE: Yep. I figured out why I was getting a CPU cap and I put a fix in place. I’ll be blogging about that on my personal blog tonight. And I actually already bought hosting elsewhere, just have to move. :)
August 10th, 2006 at 3:32 pm–Brian
Hey there! Candy shop employee from Houston, TX here, and I love your blog! I was pointed here by boingboing, and now it is on my daily feed reader.
Thanks for such a neat blog!
RESPONSE: Awesome! Glad to have you as a reader! Tell all your candy-addicted friends! :)
August 10th, 2006 at 6:59 pm–Brian
Yep those are really Grosse….I guess they are better than “Chocolate Covered Sewer Worms” tho… Then again ya never know…
August 10th, 2006 at 11:23 pmI couldn’t enjoy the article because of the CandyAddict.com banners underneath each title. Ridiculas! It would also be nice to have pics of the candy.
RESPONSE: How were you viewing the site? You must be viewing through a proxy or something. There are pics of each candy – the banners only show if you are not viewing the site directly. Try clearing your cache and going
August 11th, 2006 at 2:48 pmdirectly to the pages.
–Brian
Try Durian candy, from Thailand. They love it, but to Western tastes, it is about the most horrible candy around. No gimmicks like you list here, just plain horrible if you didn’t grow up in the culture.
Look up Durian fruit and you will find alternating opinions…one says “sewer”, while the other says “addictive”. Let’s just say that I found the candy to be just about the worst thing I ever tasted.
RESPONSE: This was a list of the grossest PRESENTATION of candy, not grossest tasting. Grossest tasting will be another time :) Funny – I just happen to stumble on Durian a few weeks ago while browsing Wikipedia. Sounds awfuland candy made from it? YUCK!
August 11th, 2006 at 7:49 pm–Brian
How about CRICKET LICKETS or CHOCOLATE COVER ANTS eeuuww thats gross
RESPONSE: Covered in the list at #2 :) (I acually have some to review – look for the review soon)
August 12th, 2006 at 3:49 pm–Brian
We have a few of these ourselves. The plastic nose full of candy S.N.O.T. (Super-Nauseating Obnoxious Treat) is our “favorite”.
I’m a little disappointed that your list only included candies that were intended to be gross / disgusting / offensive. I remember being grossed out by a plastic tooth full of bubble gum, with its seeming implication, “Keep on chewing gum, and you’ll be looking at your OWN molars outside your mouth, kid!”
August 13th, 2006 at 5:50 pmIn regards to “flesh-colored” in #3 (Ear Wax Candy): What color is that? Your flesh color or mine?
One of the crayons in the Crayola box used to be “flesh” — fortunately, they did away with it, since there isn’t just one flesh color. (Actually, I don’t know if _anyone_ has a flesh color that matches that crayon, anyway.)
RESPONSE: Any flesh color would do. Pink just doesn’t do it for me :)
August 14th, 2006 at 1:54 pm–Brian
I’m guessing poop candy is quite popular in germany
RESPONSE: I don’t get it. Why?
August 15th, 2006 at 7:55 pm–Brian
Great read ! I own most of that candy. Yes I collect gross candy or Yuck candy. Does anyone else out there collect this stuff besides me? I’ve been collecting along time would love to talk to other collectors. Rich
August 18th, 2006 at 7:50 pmregarding stefanie’s post – this is why poop candy might be popular in germany: LINK DELETED
RESPONSE: I did not need to see that :)
August 20th, 2006 at 9:44 am–brian
Ok…I’m throwing this out because I am in disgust over these jelly beans. I love jelly beans (Jelly Belly), but come on vomit…booger??? If you are inventing these things how do they know what they taste like to make them????? If you eat other jelly beans they are pretty true to taste, let’s hope these aren’t, either way I’m not trying them.
RESPONSE: You probably aren’t their target market. :) And yes, they taste like what they say they do. They’re actually quite fun to try.
August 21st, 2006 at 7:33 am–Brian
Hey Brian! I logged on to AOL this morning and followed a link on their main pages to the Slashfood article about your top 10 here. Congrats on being noticed by everyone and their dog! Did you ever think your humble (awesome!) candy blog would get so much attention? Good work here.
RESPONSE: SWEET! I saw more traffic but couldn’t figure out why it was coming
August 21st, 2006 at 10:33 amfrom that oldish article from slashfood! THANKS!!!!
–Brian
ive had cricked lick its before…i was fine eating it
August 21st, 2006 at 11:21 amThose Cockroach Clusters are nasty tasting too (should Monty Python sue them for stealing the name??). The Fear Factor Gummy Pizzas are fairly gross tasting too.
August 23rd, 2006 at 1:15 pmHow about that candy that turns your tougne weird colors?
August 26th, 2006 at 8:45 pmall ya’ll r sick…seek psychriattric help IMMEDIATELY!
August 27th, 2006 at 4:16 pmnu i nafik kokie ziaurus saldainiai…
August 29th, 2006 at 11:24 amYeah, um…Candy with Real bugs isn’t all that bad. It is actually good. :) I have had tons of real bugs. Here’s a list!
Lolli Pops- Crickets, Grasshoppers, and a Catterpiller
Chocolate Covered- Ants(harmless and dead)
Live- Once when I was like 2 I ate a worm. XD
My mom said that when she was in around 4th grade her teacher had them make worm cookies. To cleanse the worms they had them eat cotton so it would clean the dirt out of their insides.XD
That would be it…if you want to get together and eat bugs sometime I’ll give the police your name and you’ll go to jail for being an online predator. XD XD XD
Have a nice day. :)
September 3rd, 2006 at 3:14 pmhow about ballsack blood? i think thats the worse candy. it looks like a males testicles so the outside nutsack is like a chewy gummy stuff and when you bite the ballsack like koolaid comes out and the best part is you get two rubber bouncy balls–the kind you used to buy in the quarter machines at safeway that are trapped in the ball sack that are greyish in color.i think i seen em for 3.99 and you get it in a box and it wrapped in what looks like barbie doll ken boxers. i have only seen them in the stores during halloween.
September 12th, 2006 at 2:12 pmout of bertie bot’s every flavored beans, i definitely think that the old fish one is the worst. it actually made my friend throw up.
September 23rd, 2006 at 5:53 pmWhy would people want these (especially kids) or parents that would actually buy them for their children?
October 1st, 2006 at 12:13 pmsour flush candy is actually not gross at all. it was voted no. 3 in the top best, yummy, lollies in the world, ITS NOT GROSS!!!
October 3rd, 2006 at 10:02 pmREAL BUGS !!!!!!! That is the sickest thing i have ever heard of !! There should be a law !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
November 1st, 2006 at 12:02 pmthe jelly beans are the worst tasting candies in the world i agree that they should have been number 1
November 8th, 2006 at 7:24 pmthe jelly beans are the worst tasting candies in the world i agree that they should have been number 1
November 17th, 2006 at 11:43 amewww where can i get candy like that ???it looks coool but gross
RESPONSE: The links to buy them are here
December 8th, 2006 at 8:25 pm–Brian
Besides my brother,who would want to eat a scab???
December 30th, 2006 at 11:18 pmOMG, those are some gross candeis
January 9th, 2007 at 3:04 pmOh….what great gag items to put the snobs
January 14th, 2007 at 7:28 pmat work in their place! Here, go lick some snot…!
GROSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
January 16th, 2007 at 7:54 pmi reckon #1 was kind of a let down. anyone agree? but the rest was good or gross…
March 2nd, 2007 at 4:43 amthe toilet sour flush candy was actually VERY VERY VERY deelishis!!!!!!!!
March 31st, 2007 at 4:55 pmyet very addicting!!
you are very rite!!!!!!! but wat is MORE addicting is the strawberry milkshake whoppers!!!! YUMMY YUMMY!!!! :) that candy ROCKS!!!!
March 31st, 2007 at 5:01 pmI believe the makers of these candy types are completly revoulting and teaching children wrong habits. This is teaching them unhealthy habits in the form of sweet treats. This is true scam
April 17th, 2007 at 12:05 pmThat was one of the most gross candy
April 18th, 2007 at 3:10 pmi think thatall of this candy are bad because when a little kid eats one they will think that it is ok to eat scabe and bug ands ect i mean come on do they want these kids to get sick
April 25th, 2007 at 2:07 pmLOL I TASTED ONE OF THOSE CANDIES LOL THERE SO AWESOME =]]……I TASTED THE ONES WITH THE REAL BUG BUT THE ONLY THING WAS THAT THEY HAD COOKED THEM AND THEY WERENT IN A LOLLIPOP ILL!!!!!THEY WERE FLAVORED TO YUMMY I JUST KIDDIN!!!SO I GAVE ONE TO MY NIECE HAHAHA YOU SHOULDVE SEEN HER FACE LOL!!!!WELL THIS WEBSITE IS VERY COOL [piggie lol] I BEARLY FOUND IT TODAY IT JUST SO HAPPENED I WAS ON GOOGLE IMAGES AND I WAS LOOKING AT GUMMY BEARS LOL YUMMY YUMMY!!!=]] MY FAV…AND I SEEN A PICTURE OF ONE AND THE CAPTION SAID GUY MADE 13 POUNG GUMMY BEAR I WAS IKE WOW!!!AND IT SHOWED A LINK TO GO TO AND I WROTE CANDYADDICT.COM IN THE ADRESS BOX AND THIS POPPED UP AND I WAS AMAZED CAUSE I HAVENT EVEN SEEN OR HEARDOF SOME OF THESE CANDIES LOL SO I JUST WANTD TO TELL YOU THAT THIS WEBSITE IS AWESOME!!
May 27th, 2007 at 1:48 amI definatly agree that the vomit berniebots should be first. I got a box for my birthday one year, and i popped one in my mouth, and got blueberry! yum! I figured the rest would be good also, so i popped another one in my mouth without looking at the key to figure out which one it was. VOMIT. YUCK! I actually vommited after i ate it. i chewed it up, swallowed, then threw up. I’m sure no bug candy or scab bandaid could do that to me, so if you ever chance your list, the bernie bots DEFINETLY has to be #1!
June 4th, 2007 at 7:48 pmActually, I think scorpions are part of the Arachnid family (spider family), so I think they really are bugs.
Not like anyone cares or anything, but I’m just lettin’ you know.
June 13th, 2007 at 6:27 pmi had a cricket lollipop once. my dad used to make them for a bug place….its actually only the shells most of the time…and i could never licklollys long enough to get down to it…so it was actually difficult to notice that it was there. because both were crunchy. but a worms just going to far i sappose…they dont have shells.
June 19th, 2007 at 1:46 pmI hate the harry potter jelly beans!I am 9 and they are still gross to me!Nice site.Oh and go to mine at http://www.helpguy.wordpress.com
June 21st, 2007 at 7:48 pmwell, about the Fear Factor candy…
June 29th, 2007 at 7:14 pmwhen I was at Universal Studios, I noticed these candies. I know these wouldn’t make the list because it’s not candy, but they have flavored grasshoppers. Real /dead/ grasshoppers flavored like potato chips. I actually bought a package of Sour cream and Onion ones.
i am eating bertie bott’s every flavour beans right now and they aren’t that bad c’mon suck it up!
July 7th, 2007 at 10:14 pmNEWS REPORT
Hi this Marge reporting on candy:
Gross candy can look so nasty but once you taste it you now it is very good in a strange way but true. They are sour and yummy good. If you want my request you get them and just do not worry how it looks.
(
September 1st, 2007 at 1:35 amto be continued)
I know what u mean with the harry potter jelly beans thehy are so nasty i vomit after eating the vomit flavor! my friend once ate one of every flavor in the box and puked 4 an hour straight! but u did forget 2 mention 1 flavor the ooooooooonly flavor that tases good,acually awesom i n that horrid pack of jelly beans, roasted marshmellow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! only flavor i would ever eat out of those and want more of
September 7th, 2007 at 4:33 pmwow who would make a candy dispenser that looks like a nose and squirts slime. EWWWW!!!!
September 28th, 2007 at 3:00 pmthose toilet things are good!
October 30th, 2007 at 1:10 pmhi! i’m really interested in these gross candy products, is there anyway i could order it? or will you ship outside the US? i’m all the way from the philippines. thanks!
November 3rd, 2007 at 1:33 ami think the poo candy is totally disgusting and uncalled for!!! that is G!R!O!S!S!
November 7th, 2007 at 8:18 pmeveryone in our school eat the stride wrappers and we want to know if we are going to die.
November 18th, 2007 at 6:14 pmi like candies no i love it i cant live without it
thanks for this candies factories in the world
i would say thank u for u yes u who create this website
i like ur website keep working
November 20th, 2007 at 1:15 amNos ta ‘adicto’ na like boso ta jama Jelly Beans. Esunana di Harry Potter ta un tiki straño pero nos kier purba nan toch.
Den e lista akiriba tin basta mangel IEUW!!! Haha, joke… S kier purba tur… :P
November 24th, 2007 at 9:59 amI just read the gross candy list and some of those candies are very gross. For the Bertie Bott’s Every Flavored Beans, Horse Radish should definitly be added, I don’t know if you’ve ever tried it but it’s the only bean to actually make me throw up. What’s worse is that if the jelly beans get kinda melted horse radish flavor looks like the multicolored tuti fruti so I occasionally bite down hoping for a good flavor when…ehhwwgg just gross thinking about. Ginseng candies are really awful to me as well even though they look and smell good, my friend loves them…
January 24th, 2008 at 10:15 pmthat is so gross!
February 8th, 2008 at 4:24 pmwhy do u have this as # 2!!!!!?!!!it’s the grosest candy i have EVER seen!!!!!!
March 11th, 2008 at 2:43 pmu have some gross things dude hope nobody tries to eat the real bug candy and booger vomit and plus ear wax jelly beans so please tell me what your next thing or gross candy is going to be EEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!
March 11th, 2008 at 2:44 pmOne word: GROSS!
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:38 amI have only ever licked my scabs once and it was a dare ! But it is a cool idea to have candy that is hidden ( in discuise ) by a band-aid !! I am in grade 5 and my teacher NEVER lets me have candy in class but this would be perfect !!!
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:20 pmI LOVE IT !!! SO DIABOLICLE !!! WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THIS IS AWESOME !!!
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:29 pmBonjour ,
J’mapelle Sierra . Moi J’ADORE LE BONBON !!!
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:33 pmvisiting from DGM and laughing – I’ve seen some of those candies while looking for something unusual for Santa. I settled on gummy bandaids and pizzas. No scabs in the bandaids but I bet my 6yo would have loved it.
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:53 pmI haven’t tried most of these but can attest that those are some NASTY candies. Som eof the Energy Drinks these days are pretty nasty!
April 8th, 2008 at 10:14 amSounds pretty nasty to me!
Everyone loves eating bandaids!
April 8th, 2008 at 10:15 amHi luv your site….where can i get the harry potter cockroach clusters??? ive had fizzing whisbees…and the slugs…cant remember the exact name….and of course, bertie botts every flavor beans. i luv them all and would like to try these! ive tried just about every kind of candy i can get locally( Tulsa,Ok) and if you ever need a second opinion, im your person! email me about the cockroach clusters, please???
April 16th, 2008 at 12:27 amI think the JellyBelly thinga aren’t actually too bad! Their great for friends though!
April 18th, 2008 at 11:28 pmBut the whole bug-in-lollipop thing is soooo gross! Including the other one!
i just wanna say all of these lollies are gross, i meen ‘poop candy’eww… and its in a diper and the toilet thing is gross. WHO WOULD SUCK ON THE PLUNGER?? i feel sorry for people who eat them
April 20th, 2008 at 8:00 pmEw. That candy scab thing almost made me vomit. That is just gross.
April 25th, 2008 at 12:02 amTHAT IS SO GROSS!!!!!!!!!!! My little brother would love it though. I could get some for his b-day but then he would probably just torture me with them.
May 5th, 2008 at 2:53 pmgoss but taste good he he !!!!
May 7th, 2008 at 10:44 pmI have another nomination for “grossest candy”! How about the Asian “Collon Candy” -looks like little cross sections of a stuffed colon. The chocolate ones are especially hilarious!
June 18th, 2008 at 5:44 pmEwww! You people are FOUL! What kind of candy has bugs in it! But, it’s a cool site, though! :)
June 21st, 2008 at 5:45 amThese are brilliant and bring a smile to my face.
July 12th, 2008 at 3:46 amNOW….I have seen everything!
September 12th, 2008 at 10:20 pmOMG I can’t believe some of these..especially the nose and bandaid ones. But I do admit some of the Bertie’s Botts are good, mainly grass and dirt. No way I’ll go near vomit and ear wax though…
September 23rd, 2008 at 11:38 pmI bought my son this for his friends halloween party as a gift and he came back home telling me all his friends including him loved it
October 20th, 2008 at 8:08 pmvisiting from DGM and laughing – I’ve seen some of those candies while looking for something unusual for Santa. I settled on gummy bandaids and pizzas. No scabs in the bandaids but I bet my 6yo would have loved it.
November 9th, 2008 at 9:06 pmCockroach Cluster is a reference to the Monty Python “Crunchy Frog” sketch, featuring the Wizzo Quality Assortment of chocolates. Flavors include:
November 20th, 2008 at 11:37 amCrunchy Frog
Ram’s Bladder Cup
Anthrax Ripple
Cockroach Cluster
Spring Surprise
and Cherry Fondue (this is extremely nasty, but they can’t be prosecuted for that)
Candy Scabs is just wrong on so many levels!!! I almost threw up in my mouth & then got the willies followed by a big chill!!! Ewwwwwwwww!!! Yucky pooh!!!
January 5th, 2009 at 1:05 amI have tried many of these candies and they are rather good, i tried the candied cricket at a museum and found it to be quite nice. kind of like a candied sunflower seed. and the jelly beans are good sans the vomit, egg and ear wax flavour which taste horrible.
February 2nd, 2009 at 6:37 pmYou left out #1!!!!! Hello?
March 24th, 2009 at 3:31 pmThey definately seem gross and nasty. I really enjoy the stuff on this site. This tops it.
Lynda
May 8th, 2009 at 12:23 pmthats gross i agree but i think number 2 should be number 1. Real bugs is way grosser then fake scab candy lol. and that fear factor stuff looks gross.
August 23rd, 2009 at 12:02 pm#2 is the grossest!
September 30th, 2009 at 11:17 amscabs!!!! EWWWW. but my sisters eats scabs so i guess she whould love this candy. hahahahaha
October 17th, 2009 at 12:29 pmWhen looking for these on the internet, I came across something way more gross in my view: Tower of Sour Liquid Candy Urine samples????
Still, pretty amazing list, though. I had never heard of many of these candies before; on my next visit to the US I’ll have to stock up..:)
Oh and thanx for your review on the nasty Jelly Bean-flavours; I definitely will NOT be eaten the ones laying in my cupboard now!
October 23rd, 2009 at 7:55 amtry not eating any of these i once tried the super flush candy and it didnt taste to good
November 11th, 2009 at 3:34 pmomg!gross!lol but i like the bertie Bott” every flavor bean,i”v always wanted to try them!:)
November 13th, 2009 at 5:16 pmear wax they have ear wax candy!!!!!!!!!!???????? crazys!
December 13th, 2009 at 5:51 pmI am making a project on candy and I have one of those gross lollipops with a bug inside. Mine is purple. (grape) and it has a cricket inside, and it’s only for my project, I really know I will never eat it. But those things looookkk grrrrrrrrrrrooooooooooosssssssss!!!!!
January 12th, 2010 at 6:04 pmonce i went to this bug-like daycare thingy {it was kidspace) and in the store they had these bug lollipops,i thought they were candy bugs so i bought the cockroach one…. and i ATE IT!!!!!!!! then my brother told me (after i ate it} it was real,so i screamed.
January 28th, 2010 at 10:31 ami tried some of the harry potter beans some were (barfs) and some were (halle…. i dont know how to spell it) but peper and soap….and earthworm aren’t so bad i tried them (acidentally my friend were dareing each other he took my cherry T.T) but one time i tried Rotten egg (intentionally -on purpose-)and it was (barfs x 100,000,000,000…) and it left me feeling sick and feeling like i might throw up the reast of the day =P=P=P=P=P=P=P=P=P DO NOT TRY IT I AM SERIOUS!!!! But earthworm wasn’t so bad……surprisingly P.S. DO NOT TRY THE ROTTEN EGG FLAVOR!!!! And if u do………God bless u.
February 5th, 2010 at 5:29 pmWell………..one of the most grossest candies are minty chocolate with a side of caramel.
May 28th, 2010 at 9:56 pmthese are nasty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 29th, 2010 at 8:18 pmWhat a great list! Congratsto the author.
July 17th, 2010 at 11:31 amGross but good
August 3rd, 2010 at 9:19 pmI personally saw the toilet candy at PuertoRico. I was like “wth?”
August 17th, 2010 at 1:18 pmthese are nasty but i love this website!!!!!
September 24th, 2010 at 11:10 amsoo im on my computer in science class…and i almost threw up looking at some of these! eww they are gross
September 24th, 2010 at 11:14 amI vote for the cockroaches or maggots being at the top of gross.
October 20th, 2010 at 3:50 pmI think that the Harry potter jelly beans to be the grossest candies on earth
December 9th, 2010 at 1:53 ami think that the band-aid candy is the most clever candy invention i’ve seen in my life. i would do almost anything to have some, but the problem is that i don’t know to get it since it isn’t at Wal-Mart or Kroger’s.
September 20th, 2011 at 7:44 pmmy TOP favorite GROSSEST candy is the BERTIE BOTT’S EVERY FLAVORED BEANS. i have try them before and they are the absolute nastyest “so called” candy ever i gave some VOMIT flavored ones to 7 of my best friends (not knowing how gross they were of course) and they got mad at me and haven’t talked to me ever since. it wasn’t funny at the time, but when you look back at it, it’s hilarious!
September 20th, 2011 at 7:50 pmoh yeah a reminder about the Bertie bott’s every flavor beans, the wood shaving ones are the best in the box. they not very good but they are better than the other ones.
September 20th, 2011 at 7:52 pmMy son is writing a book about candy for school. We stumbled across your blog and our stomachs hurt so much from laughing at this list. I can’t wait to read more. – Thank You
February 27th, 2012 at 6:38 amyeeeeaccccccccchhhhhhhhhhh nasty
February 2nd, 2013 at 4:50 pm