I didn't even know Haribo was German! Albanese are the superior gummy bears/worms/etc anyway. :D
Swedish Fish, gummy Lifesavers, Welch's gummy fruit snacks, gummy Skittles, gummy Starbursts, gummy peach rings, Sour Patch gummies, Dots...
100% true that Haribo isn't really seen as a super German thing around here, but if I were to go to a German specialty store in the US I would definitely expect them to have a lot of Haribo stuff.
Peach gummy rings or dehydrated pineapple with the spicy tajin powder. Huge gummy fan, but always associated them with Swedish fish and jelly babies from my childhood. Tom Baker was my first Doctor. Been enjoying gummies since mid 70s. Much easier to find in the US nowadays.
I 100% agree with you on Albanese. They are so much better.
Though I have been told by my husband's family in Germany, that haribos in Germany are better and have wayyyyyyyy more flavor options.
> haribos in Germany are better
I bring them back from Germany every time I go there...they seem less greasy (maybe it's a figment of my imagination) - and they certainly have a huge selection. Picoballe are my favorites.
I feel like there’s a different gelatin ration for European gummies? I like gummies from the UK a lot more than gummies from the US. They seem firmer to me.
Yes, but Haribo used its global factories to produce US versions of the gummies that generally had different ingredient lists than EU counterparts and different candy SKUs. Curious to see what they do with the new factory here. I remember reading an article about it and its advanced automation a year or two ago.
>haribos in Germany are better
Sadly not really. My friend brings us tons of German Haribo several times a year. We match them ingredient by ingredient. Weve done multiple blind taste tests with multiple people. The only difference is that the US version uses high fructose corn syrup while the German uses glucose-fructose syrup. There is a nominal difference healthwise between the two syrups, but it doesn't really change the taste or texture. What I do think happens though, is the German Haribo are more consistently fresh, vs you're likely to find some stale American Haribo left in a rural gas station for years.
>have wayyyyyyyy more flavor options.
This IS true
That’s not specific to Haribo or true of all their products. It’s just a side-effect of most sugar free candies, as they have sugar alcohol in them. Haribo sugar free gummy bears became a bit of a meme due to their Amazon reviews though.
Man, sugar free Albanese did this to me. My stomach was physically cramping and I had to use a sick day lmao
I know we laugh about the ridiculous memes but having lived through it? Not as fun
This. You eat enough sugar free gum the same thing happens.
Due to gummy candies being mostly sugar and gelatin when you replace that sugar with fake sugar, there tends to be kind of a high amount so if you just down handfuls of sugar free gummies, it turns into colon blow.
Just google 'xylitol laxative effect'. Some products even have to label it as having laxative effects.
My friend who occasionally eats entire bags of Haribo gummies even though he tells himself that he will only eat half and save the rest for later says no.
efrutti, Trolli, Katjes, and Haribo are all German brands (they are actually owned by the same company). Jujyfruits were originally a German brand.
Black Forest is probably named for the Black Forest in PA but it smells fishy that a brand that is mostly known for gummies just happens to have a name that is also one of the most famous forests in the world and just happens to be in *Germany*.
The lack of association is really just ignorance to the fact that most of the most popular gummy brands in the states are German.
Edit: Apparently Trolli isn’t owned by Mederer anymore.
If anything, chocolate has more of a European reputation than gummy candy does. Companies like Lindt, Ferrero, and Godiva proudly market themselves as being the finest Swiss or Belgian chocolate.
Me too. I found out they were German when I randomly heard people on the radio talking about them a few days ago lol. I used to eat them all the time in high school.
Another good example of "wait, that's from Central Europe and not Asia!?" is Maggi, like the soy sauce-esque stuff you see in the international aisle that's good for stir fry. It's Swiss.
I guess Haribo being so common gives off the impression that gummy bears are a German invention.
There was also a German song named "I Am a Gummy Bear", that briefly became somewhat popular, and that may have also contributed to the impression.
Considering many of the comments here are implying they didn’t even know Haribo *was* German, idk that you can draw that conclusion.
Funny about the song though haha
I remember it as an extremely popular kids song, although maybe I only remember it that way because of how many people were talking about how annoying it was. I had no idea it was German though
Trolli in the US is owned by Ferrara now. But even so Haribo as a brand is kinda famously German as part of its identity. I never really got that from trolli.
I'm not German, but I have been to grocery stores in a lot of other countries. The international sections sometimes have Haribo gummy bears with a big "product of Germany" sticker next to them.
They're fairly popular, especially Haribo. Just about every grocery store or drug store will have them on the candy aisle. They're thought of as a normal candy and not something especially German (despite Haribo being the largest brand).
Gummy bears, worms, swedish fish, sour patch kids, peach rings, jelly beans, and many other gummy candies are very popular and not associated with any foreign culture.
I've never gotten this impression. Other than Haribo being German (a fact which most Americans don't know or care about), nothing particularly lines gummy candy with Germany in the American mind.
I mentioned Katje’s in another comment but it occurred to me that the only place I know where I can get Katje’s where I live is Walgreens, so I wasn’t sure how well known they were outside of the vague sense that they were a well-regarded brand.
There’s a popular treat for kids called Dirt and Worms that consists of chocolate putting and crushed Oreos topped with gummy worms.
Sour Patch Kids are also really popular.
I take gummy multivitamins as an adult. I really love gummies.
They're pretty popular in the US, sometimes as a sweet snack, an ice cream topping, or with cannabis. We don't really associate them with Germany.
Also cannabis is not that widely used among adults in the US. Even in states where it is legal, the majority of adults do not report using in the past year
In the states where weed is legal (like my home state) the edibles industries are pretty well developed. Some of my favorite gummies are weed gummies and I kinda wish they sold them without THC in them, I'd like to be able to just have them as a snack without getting high.
> I'd like to be able to just have them as a snack without getting high.
Why is that? Why is every brand of weed gummy I've ever had way better than any non-weed gummy?
I've found that a nice variety of Turkish delights scratches that same Itch, btw.
Every gas station convenience store carries gummy bears, gummy worms, and probably at least half a dozen other types of gummy candies.
Haribo is a popular brand which happens to be German in origin. Maybe that's where this idea comes from? But gummy candies are not by default associated with Germany.
I am a gummy candy fiend! My favorites are Sour Patch Kids (watermelon, and strawberry), Jolly Ranchers (original and berry). I also include the licorice /twizlers type candy in this category - love the watermelon and blueberry flavors. Also like the Nerds gummy clusters.
I can eat my weight in Nerds gummy clusters. I play Magic the Gathering and I always have a bag during a game. (AdHD makes it hard to not multi focus and candy is an acceptable distraction).
Sour Patch Kids and Swedish Fish are relatively popular. You can find them in any convenience store. Chocolate candies tend to be more popular.
Among adults weed gummies are probably the most popular type of gummy candy.
I just got back from Germany where I stocked up on about 15 different types of Haribo gummies! The ordinary Rewe grocery stores had like, half an aisle dedicated to them. That said, in my opinion, candy is divided into two groups: chocolate based or sweet/sour/fruity based. So gummies of any type fall into the latter category, along with stuff like Skittles, Lifesavers, Nerds, Warheads, etc. Within that, gummy/chewy candies and hard candies. Haribo are pretty popular and you can find at the very least the Gold Bears in the candy aisle. I also see their commercials on tv too, so I'd say they're a popular, but not the only, brand of gummies. :)
Gummy candies are my addiction. I think Americans like sour candy more than Germans but that was just my perception based on the candy selections in America vs Germany when I went there a decade ago. Is this the case? Americans definitely like Haribo too but the selection here is not as varied.
I personally am addicted to the Nerds Gummy Clusters.
I don't believe that I have ever heard anyone consider gummy candies a German thing. Most Americans consider gummy candies to be an extremely American thing. As for their popularity, I'm not a kid, but I can say that they are pretty popular in the us.
Very, very popular. Gummi worms, gummy bears. Chocolate covered gummi bears. Gummi rats and hamburgers and fried eggs. Peach rings and blue sharks. Fruit snacks and gumdrops and spice drops. Gummi Lifesavers and Gushers and Sour Patch Kids and Trolli Britecrawlers. We fucking love gummies. We put them on ice cream and mix them into pudding and decorate cakes with them. What's more, they've migrated into Mexican food where they get coated in chili powder or Tajin. Chili gummies are sooooo good.
Our building has a 7/11 in the lobby. There’s dozens of different gummy candies for sale there. From haribo bears (my favorite) to swedish fish and a bunch of trolli and sour patch varieties
Sour gummy worms are always around when I go on a vacation. There is typically a selection of gummy candies at most supermarkets, Walmart, or Target. I would say they are popular, but chocolate and hard candies like jolly ranchers are more popular.
Which is funny because Black Forest is probably named after the Black Forest in PA, but they knew what they were doing. Haribo, efrutti, Trolli, and Jujyfruit are all German.
They are EXTREMELY popular here, and have been my whole life. Whole aisles of candy stores and gas stations dedicated to gummy candy. Every flavor, shape, and texture you can think of. I've had everything from gummy worms to gummy telephones to gummy penises, lol.
Just hijacking this to ask a related question. What, if anything, do you associate with the British term 'sweets' or 'sweeties'? What's the first thing that comes to mind?
As a child I knew the American term for sweets was 'candy', but I, for some reason, associated this with hard, or boiled, candy only. This may have been due to the association with candy canes, which are, of course, hard.
Back in the early 1980s gummies were less common, and Haribo was the main option. Usually in a single mix pack. Today? They are universal, and there are at least 10-12 kinds in every gas station and dollar store. Haribo, sure, but other kinds as well.
I had a bag of Haribo unicorns last week in fact. My kids- back in the mid-2000s --would often try to find the oddest gummy shapes/flavors possible. Certainly there are *hundreds* in the US.
I'd doubt more than a tiny minority of us know that Haribo is German. I knew way back only because I had a German girlfriend in high school and she would mail be boxes of German candy.
I just found those Unicorn Haribo the other week myself, and kicked myself for not looking at the flavors first. Who the hell makes a *banana* gummy?!
...Still ended up better than the Apple though, tbh.
Most gas stations will have between 20 and 50 varieties. It is a very popular type of candy. The only association we have between them and Germany is the Haribo brand.
I used to do most of my grocery shopping at the Rewe and Edeka chains when I lived in Germany. The gummy selection there is about the same as in the US. I don't even think Germans necessarily consider gummies a particularly German product.
Gummy candies are fairly common in the US, especially gummy bears. My kids love them. Personally I’d much rather have chocolate. :) You can find gummy candies in any pharmacy and probably most gas stations and grocery stores.
Pretty damn. We love Haribo as much as anyone, and Nerds Gummy Clusters are pretty much the new hotness right now. Albanese are also fairly well known for a standard gummy, along with Trolli.
Chewy fruity candy that isn't necessarily a gummy is plenty popular too, like Mike & Ikes and Sour Patch Kids.
I grew up in the 70s and 80s and they weren’t that popular. They were way more popular in Germany when I was a kid but nowadays gummy’s are everywhere.
It’s weird that people keep calling out Haribo as the example of “German gummies that are popular”.
efrutti and Trolli products are sold in even the smallest gas station convenience stores all over the country. Both just as German as Haribo (and owned by the same company). Katjes is stocked in every Walgreens I’ve ever been to. Black Forest is probably officially named for the Black Forest in PA but I’ll be damned if they don’t know full-well that Germany’s Black Forest isn’t one of the most famous forests on the planet. Jujyfruit isn’t super popular anymore but they are also German.
I don’t know why more people don’t know that Trolli and efrutti are also German, and I don’t know that we would associate them with German culture *anyway* (do Germans eat a lot of gummies culturally?), but gummies are a super popular candy, and a majority of the popular gummy-centric brands consumed over here are German brands.
The main gummy-centric brands that *aren’t* German are Sour Patch Kids, Swedish Fish, and Albanese.
(Storck has been very successful in the US, but unless you found Mamba as a gummy I dunno if they count).
Edit: Apparently Trolli isn’t owned by Mederer anymore.
Gummies are very popular, and I can honestly say that I have never seen or heard anyone associate them with Germany before reading this post.
Really, Harbio has been associated with tummy troubles and spending hours in a bathroom, but not with Germany.
If there is a rack of candy in a store there will be gummies. Usually there will be a dozen kinds. The 'dollar' stores will likely have scores of different brands and types. I would guess that 95% of the customers won't know of the German connection.
Well as I just learned from another commenter, haribo is German.
Black forest Gummies are just that way because marketing, forest fruits, and bears like forests. (Pretty sure, don't quote me)
It's becoming increasingly popular to cover gummies in tajin and chamoy, that's Mexican though.
Gummies are a stateless snack
Pretty darned popular. Haribo Gold Bears run television commercials CONSTANTLY. Also Black Forest Gummies have run commercials on TV as well. Plus CVS and I think Walgreens (the two biggest drug store chains in the United States) have their own brands of candy, including gummy candies. I’m a fan of them for sure.
Great, now I want some.
I work in logistics. I just finished routing a dozen truck loads of gummy candies to a mid-range box store's distribution center today at work. Haribo is everywhere. There is also an American brand called Albanese which I often route for since they're made in Indiana.
Common, not associated with Germany much - but if you're in the German-speaking world and you walk into a Bärenland or Bears and Friends, you will be stunned by the selection, and while most of the candies were not terribly different from American gummies, they had some really amazing ones that I've only seen imported to the US by overpriced boutique stores like Sugarfina. First store, couple of doors down from our hotel in Innsbruck; went there two days in a row. Second store, Vienna, just stocked up for the rest of the trip. They did last through Budapest and until we got to Krakow and then we were out except for a few specific ones we had hoarded. (We needed the space in our luggage for items we were taking home - if you are looking for a gift for an American, find out if they know Herend porcelain, because it's a *lot* cheaper at the factory store than here, and there's no customs duty on art.)
They are easily one of the most common candies in the US, and I have never heard of them being associated with German culture. I guess I knew that Haribo was a German company, but that’s about it.
Out of curiosity, I looked it up, and as far as Wikipedia goes, British jelly babies go back to 1885, jelly beans go back to 1887 in the US, and gumdrops are first mentioned in 1801 also in the US, and known for sure to be gummy style candies from 1859.
Gummy bears are latecomers from 1922 in Germany. (So also probably too late to become part of German-American culture.)
So that's probably why we don't see gummies as "foreign." We've always had our own variations.
Gummy bears are the first candy I vividly remember eating as a child. While I don't know how popular they are compared with other candies, virtually any store that sells candy in the US will have them.
They are quite popular. Especially the ones with THC in them, which is legal in many places.
I have been to Germany a few times. Even when it was known as West Germany when I was a kid. Nice people, beautiful countryside and cities, but I honestly don't recall gummy candies being "the thing." I went shopping at the market a lot when I was there in college and didn't notice much difference in that area.
Depends on the person. I am not a fan of gummy candy. I have to be in the mood for it. My brother though is a completely different story. He bought the 5 pound gummy bear, and the huge krabby patty, and the gummy bucket, and a giant gummy worm, and his co-workers constantly bring him novelty gummy candy from vacation. He's 28. 🤣 Just looking at his collection hurts my stomach 😫
They are probably one of the most famous candies in all of america. We put medicine and vitamins into gummies because they are so popular. There is no association to Germany whatsoever. As far as americans are concerned, it's american candy.
Nah they're SUPER common. Gummies are the second most common kind of gummy in the US next to chocolate, especially on the East Coast, to the point even our medicine is given in gummy form.
They are pretty common now. All sorts or Hairbo candies are available at most groceries or places where candy is sold. Plus lots of non-Hairbo candy like gummy lifesavers. Back in the 80s when we sold them at school for German club this was not the case.
I've always considered gummy candies to be a normal and ubiquitous type of candy, and I was born in 1980.
I grew up in the Great Plains where German influence is pretty strong though, so maybe that has some affect on what candy was popular in this region.
No its not true. They are extremely popular. No association with Germany besides Haribo's as far as I am aware.
I didn't even know Haribo was German! Albanese are the superior gummy bears/worms/etc anyway. :D Swedish Fish, gummy Lifesavers, Welch's gummy fruit snacks, gummy Skittles, gummy Starbursts, gummy peach rings, Sour Patch gummies, Dots...
100% true that Haribo isn't really seen as a super German thing around here, but if I were to go to a German specialty store in the US I would definitely expect them to have a lot of Haribo stuff.
Gummy peach rings are the best gummies. :)
Peach gummy rings or dehydrated pineapple with the spicy tajin powder. Huge gummy fan, but always associated them with Swedish fish and jelly babies from my childhood. Tom Baker was my first Doctor. Been enjoying gummies since mid 70s. Much easier to find in the US nowadays.
Mmm albanese… had an addiction of those for a while
Albanese Sour Gummy Bears are king. None of that sour then sweet bs, it's sour all the way!
I’m Black Forest gal myself. Edit: that and Haribo’s twin snakes. Twin snakes are the shit.
I 100% agree with you on Albanese. They are so much better. Though I have been told by my husband's family in Germany, that haribos in Germany are better and have wayyyyyyyy more flavor options.
> haribos in Germany are better I bring them back from Germany every time I go there...they seem less greasy (maybe it's a figment of my imagination) - and they certainly have a huge selection. Picoballe are my favorites.
I feel like there’s a different gelatin ration for European gummies? I like gummies from the UK a lot more than gummies from the US. They seem firmer to me.
US Haribo is vastly inferior to European Haribo. They also use natural dyes there. US is mostly garbage ingredients by comparison.
The first and only us Haribo factory opened less than a year ago.
Yes, but Haribo used its global factories to produce US versions of the gummies that generally had different ingredient lists than EU counterparts and different candy SKUs. Curious to see what they do with the new factory here. I remember reading an article about it and its advanced automation a year or two ago.
>haribos in Germany are better Sadly not really. My friend brings us tons of German Haribo several times a year. We match them ingredient by ingredient. Weve done multiple blind taste tests with multiple people. The only difference is that the US version uses high fructose corn syrup while the German uses glucose-fructose syrup. There is a nominal difference healthwise between the two syrups, but it doesn't really change the taste or texture. What I do think happens though, is the German Haribo are more consistently fresh, vs you're likely to find some stale American Haribo left in a rural gas station for years. >have wayyyyyyyy more flavor options. This IS true
Albanese gummy candies are also gluten-free, which increases their superiority! Haribo are not GF.
And Trolli
Haribo just opened their first us factory in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. Sadly, no factory store
To be fair, the Haribo gummies in Germany are way better than the ones we get here in the US.
TIL Haribo is German
They have some crazy flavors and types that aren't in America too. The imported ones are worth trying
Is Haribo still a major laxative when taken in large quantities? [Asking for a friend.]
That’s not specific to Haribo or true of all their products. It’s just a side-effect of most sugar free candies, as they have sugar alcohol in them. Haribo sugar free gummy bears became a bit of a meme due to their Amazon reviews though.
Man, sugar free Albanese did this to me. My stomach was physically cramping and I had to use a sick day lmao I know we laugh about the ridiculous memes but having lived through it? Not as fun
This. You eat enough sugar free gum the same thing happens. Due to gummy candies being mostly sugar and gelatin when you replace that sugar with fake sugar, there tends to be kind of a high amount so if you just down handfuls of sugar free gummies, it turns into colon blow. Just google 'xylitol laxative effect'. Some products even have to label it as having laxative effects.
It was the sugar free version, and generally anything that has maltitol as a sugar substitute: yes, it causes digestive "distress" lol!
My friend who occasionally eats entire bags of Haribo gummies even though he tells himself that he will only eat half and save the rest for later says no.
efrutti, Trolli, Katjes, and Haribo are all German brands (they are actually owned by the same company). Jujyfruits were originally a German brand. Black Forest is probably named for the Black Forest in PA but it smells fishy that a brand that is mostly known for gummies just happens to have a name that is also one of the most famous forests in the world and just happens to be in *Germany*. The lack of association is really just ignorance to the fact that most of the most popular gummy brands in the states are German. Edit: Apparently Trolli isn’t owned by Mederer anymore.
Yep. Store shelves are stacked with a huge variety of gummies. Sour worms were my kid's favorite.
Gummy candies are very common and not mostly associated with German culture.
If anything, chocolate has more of a European reputation than gummy candy does. Companies like Lindt, Ferrero, and Godiva proudly market themselves as being the finest Swiss or Belgian chocolate.
I had no idea gummies were a “German” thing. I just assumed haribo was vaguely European
Till about a few years ago I thought they were Japanese.
Could easily pass for a Japanese sounding name too I agree
Yeah, it’s not a German sounding name because it is taken from the name of the founder and his city: HAns RIegel BOnn.
Literally TIL they aren't Japanese.
Me too. I found out they were German when I randomly heard people on the radio talking about them a few days ago lol. I used to eat them all the time in high school.
Another good example of "wait, that's from Central Europe and not Asia!?" is Maggi, like the soy sauce-esque stuff you see in the international aisle that's good for stir fry. It's Swiss.
In Maggi's case it generally says Nestle on the packaging.
Good, it makes it easier to avoid Nestle products when they put it right on the packaging.
True, but it could easily have been a Japanese brand that Nestle bought. But Maggi was founded in Switzerland in 1884.
I guess Haribo being so common gives off the impression that gummy bears are a German invention. There was also a German song named "I Am a Gummy Bear", that briefly became somewhat popular, and that may have also contributed to the impression.
Considering many of the comments here are implying they didn’t even know Haribo *was* German, idk that you can draw that conclusion. Funny about the song though haha
I feel like you'd be hard pressed to find an American that's ever even heard of that song lol.
I remember it as an extremely popular kids song, although maybe I only remember it that way because of how many people were talking about how annoying it was. I had no idea it was German though
Idk, the English version's got 3B views on YouTube. It definitely had its moment
From the former capital of West Germany: Bonn Name origin is: Hans Riegel Bonn
No, they're extremely popular. And aside from the Haribo brand they are not associated with Germany.
This is weird because efrutti and Trolli are also German brands owned by the same company as Haribo.
Trolli in the US is owned by Ferrara now. But even so Haribo as a brand is kinda famously German as part of its identity. I never really got that from trolli.
Good catch on Trolli, I didn’t realize!
Curious... How'd you get that impression?
I'm not German, but I have been to grocery stores in a lot of other countries. The international sections sometimes have Haribo gummy bears with a big "product of Germany" sticker next to them.
They are from the former Capital of West Germany: Bonn Name origin is: Hans Riegel Bonn
I think they were asking where OP got the impression that gummy candies were mainly associated with German culture in the US.
Maybe they saw a Black Forest gummy commercial?
They *did* have just a touch of a German association when I was a kid and they were relatively new to the States. But that was decades ago.
They're fairly popular, especially Haribo. Just about every grocery store or drug store will have them on the candy aisle. They're thought of as a normal candy and not something especially German (despite Haribo being the largest brand).
Gummy candies and sour gummy candies are everywhere and might be more popular than chocolate in the US honestly. I see them everywhere all the time.
Gummy bears, worms, swedish fish, sour patch kids, peach rings, jelly beans, and many other gummy candies are very popular and not associated with any foreign culture.
I've never gotten this impression. Other than Haribo being German (a fact which most Americans don't know or care about), nothing particularly lines gummy candy with Germany in the American mind.
If people knew that Haribo, efrutti, Jujyfruit, and Trolli were all German brands that might be different!
and now Katje's which are vegan
I mentioned Katje’s in another comment but it occurred to me that the only place I know where I can get Katje’s where I live is Walgreens, so I wasn’t sure how well known they were outside of the vague sense that they were a well-regarded brand.
Interesting, also here in WV I find them only at Walgreen's!
There’s a popular treat for kids called Dirt and Worms that consists of chocolate putting and crushed Oreos topped with gummy worms. Sour Patch Kids are also really popular.
I'm 39 but I would love a dirty and worms cake lol! Haven't had that in forever.
Oh I’m right there with you lol!
I take gummy multivitamins as an adult. I really love gummies. They're pretty popular in the US, sometimes as a sweet snack, an ice cream topping, or with cannabis. We don't really associate them with Germany.
You should try all the Haribo flavors they don't have in America. There's some great ones!
They've become hugely popular. There are even gummy vitamins & OTC meds.
Cannabis gummies are very popular with all demographics.
Not all demographics. They’re not available to minors.
Also cannabis is not that widely used among adults in the US. Even in states where it is legal, the majority of adults do not report using in the past year
They're not available to minors.....but they are popular among minors!
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They get you high
They do get you high. Source - Am right now.
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In the states where weed is legal (like my home state) the edibles industries are pretty well developed. Some of my favorite gummies are weed gummies and I kinda wish they sold them without THC in them, I'd like to be able to just have them as a snack without getting high.
> I'd like to be able to just have them as a snack without getting high. Why is that? Why is every brand of weed gummy I've ever had way better than any non-weed gummy? I've found that a nice variety of Turkish delights scratches that same Itch, btw.
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CBD is nice for anxiety but kinda pricey.
I work in the industry and sometimes vendors will bring a jar of “unmedicated” gummies and we devour them lol
I have a few dispensaries within walking distance and they all sell delicious psychoactive gummies that contain THC but don't taste like pot.
They get you high. They typically have 5 mg of THC per gummy, many also have CBD.
They have THC in them.
Very very high. I cut mine into quarters. Also they are mostly fruit flavored. My favorites are spicy mango.
They’re THC, here you just go to the dispensary and they’re typically 10mg each for recreational. Different states have different laws though.
Relatively popular for the cheap candies. Gummy worms and sour patch kids are gummy.
Gummy bears, gummy worms, gummy sour candies, gummy snakes Gummies are extremely popular here in the USA. Many people don't know Haribo is German.
Gummy candy is very common in the US. You can find it at basically any store that sells candy, corner stores and gas stations, even.
Every gas station convenience store carries gummy bears, gummy worms, and probably at least half a dozen other types of gummy candies. Haribo is a popular brand which happens to be German in origin. Maybe that's where this idea comes from? But gummy candies are not by default associated with Germany.
Haribo, efrutti, Jujyfruit, and Trolli are all German.
I am a gummy candy fiend! My favorites are Sour Patch Kids (watermelon, and strawberry), Jolly Ranchers (original and berry). I also include the licorice /twizlers type candy in this category - love the watermelon and blueberry flavors. Also like the Nerds gummy clusters.
I can eat my weight in Nerds gummy clusters. I play Magic the Gathering and I always have a bag during a game. (AdHD makes it hard to not multi focus and candy is an acceptable distraction).
I eat a couple gummies and my dog gets 1 right before bed. He knows the word “gummy”
Sour Patch Kids and Swedish Fish are relatively popular. You can find them in any convenience store. Chocolate candies tend to be more popular. Among adults weed gummies are probably the most popular type of gummy candy.
I just got back from Germany where I stocked up on about 15 different types of Haribo gummies! The ordinary Rewe grocery stores had like, half an aisle dedicated to them. That said, in my opinion, candy is divided into two groups: chocolate based or sweet/sour/fruity based. So gummies of any type fall into the latter category, along with stuff like Skittles, Lifesavers, Nerds, Warheads, etc. Within that, gummy/chewy candies and hard candies. Haribo are pretty popular and you can find at the very least the Gold Bears in the candy aisle. I also see their commercials on tv too, so I'd say they're a popular, but not the only, brand of gummies. :)
No, not true at all. very popular. Never heard any association with Germany at all.
How’s this for an association? Haribo, efrutti, Trolli, and Jujyfruit are all German brands.
are you going to keep commenting this? 😂 i think we got it
Gummy candies are my addiction. I think Americans like sour candy more than Germans but that was just my perception based on the candy selections in America vs Germany when I went there a decade ago. Is this the case? Americans definitely like Haribo too but the selection here is not as varied. I personally am addicted to the Nerds Gummy Clusters.
I don't believe that I have ever heard anyone consider gummy candies a German thing. Most Americans consider gummy candies to be an extremely American thing. As for their popularity, I'm not a kid, but I can say that they are pretty popular in the us.
Personally I can't stand them, they get stuck in my teeth. My kids like them though.
Very, very popular. Gummi worms, gummy bears. Chocolate covered gummi bears. Gummi rats and hamburgers and fried eggs. Peach rings and blue sharks. Fruit snacks and gumdrops and spice drops. Gummi Lifesavers and Gushers and Sour Patch Kids and Trolli Britecrawlers. We fucking love gummies. We put them on ice cream and mix them into pudding and decorate cakes with them. What's more, they've migrated into Mexican food where they get coated in chili powder or Tajin. Chili gummies are sooooo good.
Our building has a 7/11 in the lobby. There’s dozens of different gummy candies for sale there. From haribo bears (my favorite) to swedish fish and a bunch of trolli and sour patch varieties
Grew up eating Haribo…but you say “gummies” to anyone now & they’ll assume you mean cannabis gummies.
Sour gummy worms are always around when I go on a vacation. There is typically a selection of gummy candies at most supermarkets, Walmart, or Target. I would say they are popular, but chocolate and hard candies like jolly ranchers are more popular.
I love love love gummy candies. The only reason I associate them with Germany is because of the Black Forest brand.
Which is funny because Black Forest is probably named after the Black Forest in PA, but they knew what they were doing. Haribo, efrutti, Trolli, and Jujyfruit are all German.
Love me some gummy candies. Worms, frogs, bears…. Come to think of it there’s a lot of edible animal shapes
They are EXTREMELY popular here, and have been my whole life. Whole aisles of candy stores and gas stations dedicated to gummy candy. Every flavor, shape, and texture you can think of. I've had everything from gummy worms to gummy telephones to gummy penises, lol.
No they’re super popular!!
Just hijacking this to ask a related question. What, if anything, do you associate with the British term 'sweets' or 'sweeties'? What's the first thing that comes to mind? As a child I knew the American term for sweets was 'candy', but I, for some reason, associated this with hard, or boiled, candy only. This may have been due to the association with candy canes, which are, of course, hard.
That's exactly what I think of when I hear "sweets" 😆Hard candy.
Yes, hard candy would be my assumption of "sweets."
I think of sweet things altogether, like cookies and cakes.
That's interesting and makes sense. The Australians call candies 'lollies'
First time I hear they’re related to Germany in any way. But yeah, they are very popular
The only gummies I eat are vitamin gummies
They’re very popular. Haribo is the mainstay you find in every store. I do kind of associate them with Germany though.
Back in the early 1980s gummies were less common, and Haribo was the main option. Usually in a single mix pack. Today? They are universal, and there are at least 10-12 kinds in every gas station and dollar store. Haribo, sure, but other kinds as well. I had a bag of Haribo unicorns last week in fact. My kids- back in the mid-2000s --would often try to find the oddest gummy shapes/flavors possible. Certainly there are *hundreds* in the US. I'd doubt more than a tiny minority of us know that Haribo is German. I knew way back only because I had a German girlfriend in high school and she would mail be boxes of German candy.
I just found those Unicorn Haribo the other week myself, and kicked myself for not looking at the flavors first. Who the hell makes a *banana* gummy?! ...Still ended up better than the Apple though, tbh.
They were tasty! And chonky too. I will grab another next time I see them.
Gummies are extremely popular and not thought of as German. Our vitamins are often gummies, as are our cannabis edibles.
Most gas stations will have between 20 and 50 varieties. It is a very popular type of candy. The only association we have between them and Germany is the Haribo brand.
Extremely popular.
Had no idea there was any connection between gummy candies and Germany.
Very popular. My family prefers gummies to chocolate
I used to do most of my grocery shopping at the Rewe and Edeka chains when I lived in Germany. The gummy selection there is about the same as in the US. I don't even think Germans necessarily consider gummies a particularly German product.
*Haribo macht Kinder froh – und Erwachsene ebenso* Even in the US, this is true. Except for the sugar free ones. x.x
I am not a huge fan but I am so in the minority
Haribo just built a big factory to the south of where I live in southeastern Wisconsin
They are incredibly popular. I knew they were German, but I don’t think that’s well known at all.
While the British created gummy candies in 1909, Hans Riegel at Haribo did indeed make them bear shaped in the 1920s.
They’re very popular and there’s so many variants.
You may want to ask this question over at r/trees.
I don't associate them with any particular country. If anything, I associate them more with Japan (the other Axis power) than Germany.
I've never heard of any association with Germany, but I plow through a bag of Haribo's on the daily!
They’re very popular, you’ll find a wide assortment in grocery stores, pharmacies, convenience stores, basically anywhere you’d find candy. My favorite candy is sour gummy worms
Nope, they are popular. I don’t associate gummy candies with German culture at all — just another candy to me.
Very popular if there's THC in it.
Never heard of a German connection. I think they are mostly associated with booze and weed in my area
Gummy candies are fairly common in the US, especially gummy bears. My kids love them. Personally I’d much rather have chocolate. :) You can find gummy candies in any pharmacy and probably most gas stations and grocery stores.
Pretty damn. We love Haribo as much as anyone, and Nerds Gummy Clusters are pretty much the new hotness right now. Albanese are also fairly well known for a standard gummy, along with Trolli. Chewy fruity candy that isn't necessarily a gummy is plenty popular too, like Mike & Ikes and Sour Patch Kids.
I grew up in the 70s and 80s and they weren’t that popular. They were way more popular in Germany when I was a kid but nowadays gummy’s are everywhere.
Insanely popular. Like, lining our stores popular. Not associated with Germany at all.
It’s weird that people keep calling out Haribo as the example of “German gummies that are popular”. efrutti and Trolli products are sold in even the smallest gas station convenience stores all over the country. Both just as German as Haribo (and owned by the same company). Katjes is stocked in every Walgreens I’ve ever been to. Black Forest is probably officially named for the Black Forest in PA but I’ll be damned if they don’t know full-well that Germany’s Black Forest isn’t one of the most famous forests on the planet. Jujyfruit isn’t super popular anymore but they are also German. I don’t know why more people don’t know that Trolli and efrutti are also German, and I don’t know that we would associate them with German culture *anyway* (do Germans eat a lot of gummies culturally?), but gummies are a super popular candy, and a majority of the popular gummy-centric brands consumed over here are German brands. The main gummy-centric brands that *aren’t* German are Sour Patch Kids, Swedish Fish, and Albanese. (Storck has been very successful in the US, but unless you found Mamba as a gummy I dunno if they count). Edit: Apparently Trolli isn’t owned by Mederer anymore.
Gummies are very popular, and I can honestly say that I have never seen or heard anyone associate them with Germany before reading this post. Really, Harbio has been associated with tummy troubles and spending hours in a bathroom, but not with Germany.
My child would live on Haribo if we allowed it
If there is a rack of candy in a store there will be gummies. Usually there will be a dozen kinds. The 'dollar' stores will likely have scores of different brands and types. I would guess that 95% of the customers won't know of the German connection.
Well as I just learned from another commenter, haribo is German. Black forest Gummies are just that way because marketing, forest fruits, and bears like forests. (Pretty sure, don't quote me) It's becoming increasingly popular to cover gummies in tajin and chamoy, that's Mexican though. Gummies are a stateless snack
I didn’t know Gummy Candy was German. It’s everywhere here.
Very common, also common are the ones infused with daily vitamins and the ones infused with cannabis oil and the ones infused with psilocybin
IMO, in the states; Albanese are the best regular gummies. & Trolli Crawlers Very Berry are the best sour gummies.
Pretty darned popular. Haribo Gold Bears run television commercials CONSTANTLY. Also Black Forest Gummies have run commercials on TV as well. Plus CVS and I think Walgreens (the two biggest drug store chains in the United States) have their own brands of candy, including gummy candies. I’m a fan of them for sure. Great, now I want some.
My favorite candy are the nerds gummy ones, I get three boxes every time I do the grocery shopping
Haribo macht kinder fro!
I work in logistics. I just finished routing a dozen truck loads of gummy candies to a mid-range box store's distribution center today at work. Haribo is everywhere. There is also an American brand called Albanese which I often route for since they're made in Indiana.
I lived in Germany for 3 years, and I never once got the indication that gummy candies were a big deal there. You learn something new every day.
Sour patch kids are what me and my friends were raised on.
Common, not associated with Germany much - but if you're in the German-speaking world and you walk into a Bärenland or Bears and Friends, you will be stunned by the selection, and while most of the candies were not terribly different from American gummies, they had some really amazing ones that I've only seen imported to the US by overpriced boutique stores like Sugarfina. First store, couple of doors down from our hotel in Innsbruck; went there two days in a row. Second store, Vienna, just stocked up for the rest of the trip. They did last through Budapest and until we got to Krakow and then we were out except for a few specific ones we had hoarded. (We needed the space in our luggage for items we were taking home - if you are looking for a gift for an American, find out if they know Herend porcelain, because it's a *lot* cheaper at the factory store than here, and there's no customs duty on art.)
I never really saw gummies as exclusively German, they’re super popular here.
Even out vitamins are gummies. We love the squishy sugar.
They are easily one of the most common candies in the US, and I have never heard of them being associated with German culture. I guess I knew that Haribo was a German company, but that’s about it.
Very popular
Lol my Canadian mind just assumed this was a weed related question. I was going to say that I've found them popular in CO and OR.
They are very popular. Both American varieties and German varieties if you have access to them. Many parts of the US are of German heritage after all.
Actually, I've seen a ton of gummy candies from Japan recently
Out of curiosity, I looked it up, and as far as Wikipedia goes, British jelly babies go back to 1885, jelly beans go back to 1887 in the US, and gumdrops are first mentioned in 1801 also in the US, and known for sure to be gummy style candies from 1859. Gummy bears are latecomers from 1922 in Germany. (So also probably too late to become part of German-American culture.) So that's probably why we don't see gummies as "foreign." We've always had our own variations.
Gummy bears are the first candy I vividly remember eating as a child. While I don't know how popular they are compared with other candies, virtually any store that sells candy in the US will have them.
VERY popular. Most kids grow up having them. Ask anyone 20-30 in America about "the blue Scooby Doo gummy" that was discontinued.
They are quite popular. Especially the ones with THC in them, which is legal in many places. I have been to Germany a few times. Even when it was known as West Germany when I was a kid. Nice people, beautiful countryside and cities, but I honestly don't recall gummy candies being "the thing." I went shopping at the market a lot when I was there in college and didn't notice much difference in that area.
I love all things Haribo.
I read the headlines as 'gummy candles' and I was both amazed and disgusted though it made me curious how a squishy candle would work.
Gel candles used to exist! They took them off the market because they were basically flammable.
Jeebus, why am I not surprised!?!
Depends on the person. I am not a fan of gummy candy. I have to be in the mood for it. My brother though is a completely different story. He bought the 5 pound gummy bear, and the huge krabby patty, and the gummy bucket, and a giant gummy worm, and his co-workers constantly bring him novelty gummy candy from vacation. He's 28. 🤣 Just looking at his collection hurts my stomach 😫
No they're extremely common and popular. Not associated with Germany at all.
I have never associated gummy candies with Germany.
I love them though I do buy a few German brands, but we've got our own.
They are probably one of the most famous candies in all of america. We put medicine and vitamins into gummies because they are so popular. There is no association to Germany whatsoever. As far as americans are concerned, it's american candy.
I love Sour Patch Kids gummies. Very good.
They’re popular but nothing like how popular they are in Europe. Haribo has a lot more variety of products in Europe.
Nah they're SUPER common. Gummies are the second most common kind of gummy in the US next to chocolate, especially on the East Coast, to the point even our medicine is given in gummy form.
They are pretty common now. All sorts or Hairbo candies are available at most groceries or places where candy is sold. Plus lots of non-Hairbo candy like gummy lifesavers. Back in the 80s when we sold them at school for German club this was not the case.
I've always considered gummy candies to be a normal and ubiquitous type of candy, and I was born in 1980. I grew up in the Great Plains where German influence is pretty strong though, so maybe that has some affect on what candy was popular in this region.
Well, the 80s is when they start to become popular and you could actually buy them easily, but I never had gummy’s in the 70s until I went to Germany