What is the best German candy?

Gummy bears share the field with wafer bars, caramels and boxed chocolates. Some are supermarket staples across Europe, others are what Germans pack for a road trip.

1. 1
   Kinder Schokolade

   Ferrero's individually wrapped milk chocolate bar with a milky cream filling, launched in Germany in 1968.
2. 2
   Haribo Goldbären

   Haribo's gummy bears from Bonn, descended from the Tanzbär that Hans Riegel created in 1922.
3. 3
   Milka

   Alpine-milk chocolate created by Suchard in 1901 and made in Lörrach, Germany, for more than a century.
4. 4
   Ritter Sport

   Square chocolate bars from Alfred Ritter of Waldenbuch, made in the square shape since 1932.
5. 5
   Katjes

   Licorice and fruit-gum brand from Emmerich am Rhein, founded in 1950 with cat-shaped licorice sweets.
6. 6
   merci

   Storck's assortment of individually wrapped chocolate bars, sold since 1965.
7. 7
   Knoppers

   Storck's wafer snack range, launched in 1983 with a milk and hazelnut cream wafer.
8. 8
   Hanuta

   Ferrero's hazelnut-cream wafer sandwich, sold in Germany since 1959; the name comes from Haselnuss-Tafel.
9. 9
   Toffifee

   Storck's caramel cups holding a whole hazelnut, nougat cream and a chocolate top, launched in 1973.
10. 10
    Werther's Original

    Storck's butter-and-cream caramel, launched in 1969 as Werthers Echte and named after the town of Werther in Westphalia.
11. 11
    Nimm2

    Storck's fruit hard candies with a fruit-flavoured filling and added vitamins, sold since 1962.
12. 12
    Maoam

    Fruit chews first made in Düsseldorf in 1931 and part of Haribo since 1986.
13. 13
    Trolli

    Fruit-gum brand from Fürth in Bavaria, credited with creating the gummy worm in 1981.
14. 14
    Dickmann's

    Storck's chocolate-coated marshmallow kisses on a wafer base, sold in boxes of Super Dickmann's.
15. 15
    Riesen

    Storck's chewy chocolate caramel coated in dark chocolate, sold in individually wrapped pieces.

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