At every gas station and airport candy store, for instance our staff writer Amy McCarthy is on the hunt for the best — and weirdest — gummy candies from the United States and beyond.

Gummy candy didn’t take off in the United States until the 1980s. In 1981, the Herman Goelitz Candy Company (later renamed Jelly Belly) introduced the first American-made gummy bear.

Everyone loves gummy candy, but not everyone knows how it's made. To inform candy-lovers how their favorite treat is made, a Belgian filmmaker uploaded a video showing the (rather unappetizing ...