# 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.

*By YPB Team · Published November 7, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-german-candy*

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1. **Kinder Schokolade**
   Ferrero's individually wrapped milk chocolate bar with a milky cream filling, launched in Germany in 1968.
2. **Haribo Goldbären**
   Haribo's gummy bears from Bonn, descended from the Tanzbär that Hans Riegel created in 1922.
3. **Milka**
   Alpine-milk chocolate created by Suchard in 1901 and made in Lörrach, Germany, for more than a century.
4. **Ritter Sport**
   Square chocolate bars from Alfred Ritter of Waldenbuch, made in the square shape since 1932.
5. **Katjes**
   Licorice and fruit-gum brand from Emmerich am Rhein, founded in 1950 with cat-shaped licorice sweets.
6. **merci**
   Storck's assortment of individually wrapped chocolate bars, sold since 1965.
7. **Knoppers**
   Storck's wafer snack range, launched in 1983 with a milk and hazelnut cream wafer.
8. **Hanuta**
   Ferrero's hazelnut-cream wafer sandwich, sold in Germany since 1959; the name comes from Haselnuss-Tafel.
9. **Toffifee**
   Storck's caramel cups holding a whole hazelnut, nougat cream and a chocolate top, launched in 1973.
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. **Nimm2**
   Storck's fruit hard candies with a fruit-flavoured filling and added vitamins, sold since 1962.
12. **Maoam**
   Fruit chews first made in Düsseldorf in 1931 and part of Haribo since 1986.
13. **Trolli**
   Fruit-gum brand from Fürth in Bavaria, credited with creating the gummy worm in 1981.
14. **Dickmann's**
   Storck's chocolate-coated marshmallow kisses on a wafer base, sold in boxes of Super Dickmann's.
15. **Riesen**
   Storck's chewy chocolate caramel coated in dark chocolate, sold in individually wrapped pieces.

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