Test your candy-knowledge – answers and explanations
Here are the answers to all 20 questions in the Test your candy-knowledge quiz, each with a short explanation. Test your sweet tooth with questions about the world's most iconic candies. Haven't played yet? Take the quiz first and compare your score.
Play the quiz · 20 questions1. The Snickers bar was named after what?
Answer: A favourite horse of the Mars family
Snickers was named after a favourite horse owned by the Mars family. The bar was launched by Frank Mars's company in 1930 and combines peanuts, caramel and nougat in milk chocolate.
2. What do the two M's in M&M's stand for?
Answer: Mars and Murrie
M&M's stands for Mars and Murrie, after Forrest Mars Sr. and Bruce Murrie, son of a Hershey executive. The candies were first sold in 1941 and the hard shell kept the chocolate from melting.
3. The name PEZ comes from the German word for which flavour?
Answer: Peppermint
The name PEZ comes from the first, middle and last letters of the German word for peppermint, Pfefferminz. Eduard Haas created PEZ in Austria in 1927 as a peppermint breath mint.
4. Haribo, maker of the famous gummy bears, was founded in which country?
Answer: Germany
Haribo was founded in Germany in 1920 by Hans Riegel. Its name combines the first two letters of HAns, RIegel and BOnn, the city where the company started.
5. Outside the USA, Kit Kat bars are made by which company?
Answer: Nestlé
Outside the United States, Kit Kat is made by Nestlé, which bought the original maker, Rowntree, in 1988. In the US, Hershey makes Kit Kat under a licence that dates back to Rowntree.
6. Toblerone's famous triangular shape is said to echo which Swiss mountain?
Answer: The Matterhorn
Toblerone's triangular shape is widely said to echo the Matterhorn, which also appears on the brand's logo. Theodor Tobler created the bar in Bern, Switzerland, in 1908.
7. Which US president famously kept a jar of Jelly Belly jelly beans on his desk?
Answer: Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan kept a jar of Jelly Belly jelly beans on his desk. He started eating jelly beans while trying to quit pipe smoking, and Jelly Belly supplied them for his 1981 inauguration.
8. Which candy has long used the advertising slogan "Taste the Rainbow"?
Answer: Skittles
Skittles has used the slogan "Taste the Rainbow" since the 1990s. The fruit-flavored candies were first made in the United Kingdom in 1974 and are now made by Mars.
9. The American Milky Way bar is closest to which bar sold in the UK?
Answer: Mars bar
The American Milky Way, with nougat and caramel in milk chocolate, is very close to the UK Mars bar. The UK Milky Way is a different bar with only a light nougat filling, similar to the US 3 Musketeers.
10. Kinder Surprise eggs and Nutella are made by which Italian company?
Answer: Ferrero
Ferrero, founded in Alba, Piedmont, Italy, makes both Nutella and Kinder Surprise. Nutella first appeared in 1964, and Kinder Surprise eggs launched in 1974.
11. Before 1998, Starburst chews were sold in the UK under what name?
Answer: Opal Fruits
In the UK, Starburst fruit chews were sold as Opal Fruits until 1998, when Mars switched to the Starburst name. In the US the sweets had already been renamed Starburst back in 1968.
12. In much of mainland Europe, Twix was sold under what name until 2000?
Answer: Raider
In mainland Europe, Mars sold Twix as Raider. The bar launched in West Germany and Austria in 1976 and became Twix in most countries in 1991, but the Nordic countries kept the Raider name until 2000.
13. In the classic Tootsie Pop ad, which animal answers "How many licks?"
Answer: Mr. Owl
Mr. Owl answers the boy's question in the 'How Many Licks?' Tootsie Pop campaign, which the Doner agency created in 1969. He licks only three times before biting into the pop.
14. The chocolate company town of Hershey is located in which US state?
Answer: Pennsylvania
Hershey, Pennsylvania, was built by Milton S. Hershey as a company town for his chocolate factory. It is still home to the Hershey Company and the Hersheypark amusement park.
15. Finish the classic slogan: "A Mars a day helps you work, rest and..."
Answer: Play
The UK slogan 'A Mars a day helps you work, rest and play' was first used in 1959. It is widely credited to Murray Walker, who later became a famous motor racing commentator.
16. In the 1982 film E.T., the alien is lured out of hiding with which candy?
Answer: Reese's Pieces
In Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Elliott leaves a trail of Reese's Pieces to lure E.T. out of hiding. The candy was used after Mars reportedly turned down the chance to feature M&M's.
17. Cadbury chocolate was founded in which English city?
Answer: Birmingham
John Cadbury founded Cadbury in 1824 with a shop on Bull Street in Birmingham. The company later built its famous Bournville factory and village just south of the city.
18. Which candy's slogan is "Melts in your mouth, not in your hand"?
Answer: M&M's
"Melts in your mouth, not in your hand" is the long-running M&M's slogan, first used in the 1950s. The hard sugar shell around the chocolate is what stops it from melting in your hand.
19. Which famous artist designed the Chupa Chups lollipop logo?
Answer: Salvador Dalí
The surrealist painter Salvador Dalí designed the daisy-shaped Chupa Chups logo in 1969. He suggested placing it on top of the lollipop, not on the side, so it would always be visible.
20. What is in the crunchy centre of a Malteser?
Answer: Malted milk honeycomb
Maltesers have a light, crunchy malted milk honeycomb centre covered in milk chocolate. Mars launched them in Britain in 1936.