What is the best classic American candy?

Several of these predate the radio, and a few still taste like it.

1. 1
   Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar

   The 1900 bar that made milk chocolate affordable in America.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Peeps

   Marshmallow chicks made by Just Born since 1953.
   900pts
3. 3
   Candy corn

   A Halloween kernel made since the 1880s.
   900pts
4. 4
   Tootsie Roll

   A chewy chocolate roll first sold in New York in 1907.
   866pts
5. 5
   Good & Plenty

   Candy-coated licorice, one of the oldest US brands.
   692pts
6. 6
   Bit-O-Honey

   Honey-flavored taffy with almond bits, from 1924.
   680pts
7. 7
   Mounds

   Coconut and dark chocolate, sold since 1921.
   680pts
8. 8
   Butterfinger

   A flaky peanut butter bar introduced in 1923.
   600pts
9. 9
   Snickers

   A Chicago-made peanut bar launched by Mars in 1930.
   507pts
10. 10
    Baby Ruth

    A 1920 peanut and caramel bar from Chicago.
    507pts
11. 11
    Cracker Jack

    Caramel corn with a prize, sung about at ballparks.
    400pts
12. 12
    Necco Wafers

    Chalky pastel discs dating back to 1847.
    400pts
13. 13
    M&M's

    Candy-coated chocolates first sold to soldiers in 1941.
    400pts
14. 14
    Milky Way

    Frank Mars's first national hit, from 1923.
    273pts
15. 15
    Almond Joy

    Coconut, almonds and milk chocolate since 1946.
    273pts
16. 16
    Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

    Peanut butter cups invented in Hershey, Pennsylvania, in 1928.
    273pts
17. 17
    Circus Peanuts

    Orange, banana-flavored marshmallow peanuts from the 1800s.
    0pts

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