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These are mine! Also honorable mentions are air heads,starburst, and candy corn, cause I donโt know what those qualify as ๐ฅฒ
After much debate over which gummy deserves to be called the best of all time, my friends and I decided to settle the score once and for all by eating our way through a 50-item gummy bracket. ChatGPT seeded our entries based on its general impressions of each gummy's worldwide popularity and the top 15 seeds earned a first-round bye. 3+ hours and dangerous amounts of sugar later, we emerged bloated, somewhat disgusted/impressed with our eating abilities, and most importantly, with a definitive power ranking of the best gummies of all time.
The Entrants
At this moment, we realized we might have gone a little overboard...The Podium!
First place: Bourbon Italian Lemon Fettuccine
Perfect lemon flavor. Amazing al dente texture. Truly a 10/10 gummy.Second place: Haribo Twin Snakes
A classic for a reason.Third place: Haribo Grapefruit
Truly A+ grapefruit flavor.Honorable Mentions
Kanro Purรฉ Premium Peach - by far our favorite peach gummy of the bunch.
Chamoy Gushers (with a heartbreak loss to Lemon Fettucine in the quarterfinals)
Worst Gummies
eFrutti Gummy Cupcakes
Planet Gummies
Gem Gems (** accidentally entered into the bracket instead of Gin Gins)
The Bracket
Link to the full bracket here.
Takeaways
Step aside, Haribo. When it comes to plain gummy bears/worms, Albanese is elite. Special shoutout to the exotic fruit gummy bears, my personal favorite of the bunch.
We ate so many gummies that after the first round, we became biased against the super-sweet gummies and clearly started preferring the more sour and spicy gummies of the bunch.
We originally scoffed at the idea of using a cutting board/not eating full gummies in each matchup, but we all gave in after the first round. Also critical: palate cleansers (popcorn, pretzels, tortilla chips, cheese), lots of water, the hot dog competitive eater dance.
The viral foamy candies are SO, so bad. Never again. (Taylor Swift, I love you, but... Squashies? Really?!)
So... did we get it right? Any grave injustices? Anyone else brave enough to challenge our rankings with their own bracket?