Candy hearts are displayed on a shelf in Wilton Manors, Fla., in 2019. If you want to avoid processed, high-sugar candy, consider healthier alternatives for your loved one this year. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
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This photo provided by Just Born shows Ira "Bob" Born. Born, a candy company executive known as the "Father of Peeps" for mechanizing the process to make the marshmallow chicks, died Sunday. He was 98. Just Born via AP hide caption
M&M's pause of its spokescandies comes after a right-wing backlash to changes in the Green and Brown M&Ms and the addition of the Purple M&M. Twitter/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
M&M's replaces its spokescandies with Maya Rudolph after Tucker Carlson's rants
Experts say misinformation about candy laced with drugs happens every Halloween. Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images hide caption
A Canadian company is hiring a chief candy officer. Candy Funhouse hide caption
A lawsuit against Mars, the company that makes Skittles, points to titanium dioxide in the candy. The ingredient is one of thousands of additives allowed in foods under federal regulations. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
A young girl paints a pumpkin teal to signify that a place is safe for children with food allergies to go trick-or-treating. Courtesy of Food Allergy Research & Education hide caption
SweetHearts will be tougher to find this Valentine's Day. The company that used to make the popular candy went out of business. Its new owners aren't ready to start making new batches yet. Chitose Suzuki/AP hide caption
Be Mine? Nope. SweetHeart Candies Hard To Find This Valentine's Day
Workers sort NECCO Wafers at the New England Confectionery Co. in Revere, Mass. The Ohio-based Spangler Candy Company made the winning bid for NECCO, which filed for bankruptcy in early April. Scott Eisen/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Rumors of the NECCO maker's impending demise have sparked a renewed interest in its products â especially its famous chalky-tasting wafers that some people love to hate. Dina Rudick/Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption
NECCO-Mania: Fans Stock Up On Chalky Wafers In Case Candy Company Folds
NPR intern Kevin Garcia endures the sour taste of Warheads hard candy. Why are we tempted by candy that pretends to be made of hazardous chemicals, that threatens to nuke our taste buds, or that dares us to be disgusted? Photo illustration by Josh Loock/NPR hide caption
Curl's Popcorn Caramel Maggie Kirkland hide caption
U.N. Sustainable Development Goals printed on M&M's will melt in your mouth, not on your hands. Josh Loock/NPR hide caption
The Eugene J. Candy Co., which opened a year ago in Brooklyn, stocks offbeat novelties like wax fangs as well as its own experimental confections. Courtesy of Eugene J. hide caption
Willy Wonka-Inspired 'Candy Alchemist' Spins Sugar Into Pure Imagination
Liberty Orchards in Cashmere, Wash., which was founded by two Armenian immigrants, still makes Aplets & Cotlets, a variation of Turkish delight that includes apples, apricots and walnuts. Courtesy of Liberty Orchards Co., Inc. hide caption
The Roca brothers, three Spanish chefs, are U.N. goodwill ambassadors and creator of a very special chocolate. Courtesy of El Celler de Can Roca/SDGF hide caption
M&M's can no longer be sold legally in Sweden, according to an appeals court that found the candy's "m" markings are too similar to another candy that's long been sold in the country. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Women operate a gum-wrapping machine, circa 1923. It was a pivotal decade in the rise of America's retail candy business. Underwood & Underwood/Corbis hide caption
Jelly Belly has developed a champagne-flavored bean, but don't expect an alcoholic kick from this candy. Jelly Belly hide caption
The scariest part of the holiday comes in the days that follow, as parents fight and negotiate to limit how much candy their kids eat. NPR's Gisele Grayson decided to pay her kids off to give up their loot. iStockphoto hide caption
Dr. Curtis Chan, a dentist in Del Mar, Calif., loads up a truck with 5,456 pounds of candy to deliver to Operation Gratitude during the Halloween Candy Buyback on Nov. 8 last year. Chan personally collected 3,542 pounds of candy from patients. Courtesy of Curtis Chan hide caption
Cash For Halloween Candy? Dentists' Buyback Program Is Booming
Jelly Belly says its most popular flavors include the savory-sweet Buttered Popcorn and Very Cherry. Meg Vogel/NPR hide caption
A sweet way to avoid the dentist? Microbiologists are developing a probiotic mint that uses dead bacteria to fight off cavities. Morgan Walker/NPR hide caption