The website Delish.com put together a list of the most popular candy for the year you were born. Well, assuming you were born after 1980. Here's the candy that had the biggest jump in sales the year you were born:
1980, Big League Chew
'81, Jelly Belly jelly beans
'82, Reese's Pieces, thanks to "E.T."
'83, gummy worms
'84, Skittles
'85, Sour Patch Kids
'86, Cella's chocolate-covered cherries
'87, Air Heads
'88, Push Pops
'89, Hershey's Symphony bars
1990, Hershey's bars
'91, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
'92, Dove chocolate bars
'93, Hershey's Cookies and Cream bars
'94, War Heads
'95, Starburst jelly beans
'96, gummy candy
'97, Surge soda
'98, Baby Bottle Pop
'99, Jolly Rancher lollipops.
Starting at 1980. Before that, there was only Grandma's rock-candy. Just a bowl of jagged suck candy that was always stuck together...probably because your brother had tried a few and replaced until he found one he liked.
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