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The Gummi Worm Was Created In 1981 To Intrigue Kids And Gross Out The Parents

You know what the best bait for fishing for people with a sweet tooth is? If you guessed the gummi worm, you’re in the right place with the right sense of humor. Gummi candies have been around a while, but nothing strikes our fancy like a rich chocolate brownie topped with green frosting and a gummi worm sticking out of it. But honestly, we’re happy to have them right out of the bag. Gummi Worm Day celebrates these stretchy, stringy, gummi, delicious treats.

  • Gummi Worms are one of the best-selling candies of all time.
  • Gummi vs Gummy: As nouns the difference between gummy and gummi is that gummy is (Australian) or gummy can be (usually|in the plural) a gummy candy while gummi is a sugary, gelatinous material used to make candies.
  • As an adjective gummy is showing the gums or gummy can be resembling gum (the substance ).
  • Gummi Bears were the original Gummi candy created by Hans Riegel, who started the Haribo company in 1920.
  • His company, HARIBO, is an abbreviation of “Hans Riegel Bonn.”
  • Hans Reigel made the first examples of the gummi bears after being inspired by a circus.
  • The Haribo recipe for gummies is a closely guarded secret, but a simple web search will unearth dozens of alternate recipes for homemade gummi treats.
  • The first gummi bear, was made out of licorice and called “dancing bears.” It wasn’t until after World War II that the popular bear-shaped, gelatin-based colorful gummy treats were invented.
  • America didn’t get a taste of gummi bears until 1982 when Haribo opened up its American factory in Baltimore.
  • In 1981, Trolli, introduced a gummi “worm” designed to both intrigue kids and gross out their parents.
  • Most gummi worms are a combo of 2-3 different flavors, each with a different color.
  • The green bears are STRAWBERRY FLAVORED!  Unless they’re Trolli brand, then they’re lime. 
  • The clear gummi bears are pineapple flavored!
  • You can make vodka shots out of them. An adult use of gummy candy—bears seem to be most often used—is to soak them in vodka for a prescribed amount of time, after which time they become a happy hour treat. 
  • Adventures of the Gummi Bears was Disney’s first major serialized, animated TV series.  Popular legend says Disney CEO Michael Eisner came up the idea when his son requested the candies one day.  
  • The Gummi Bear Song has more than 88 million views on YouTube.  https://youtu.be/mB1PuesGGBc
  • According to HARIBO, if you were to take each gummi bear made in a year and line them up head to toe across the planet, they would encircle the earth four times!
  • Vat19.com sells sour, 4,000-calorie gummi worms that are 26 inches long, 5 inches around, and weigh in at almost 3 lbs.

Sources:

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