Tricky Treats: Candy Myths
Think you know your treats? Put your sweet tooth to the test with our candy quiz.

Questions and answers provided by the Discovery Channel.
1
Life Savers candy was invented by a man whose daughter died choking on a mint. The hole in the middle allows you to breathe, even if it gets stuck in your throat.
2
The Baby Ruth candy bar was named after the daughter of President Grover Cleveland.
3
Swallowed chewing gum takes seven years to digest and pass through your system.
4
Wint-O-Green Life Savers create sparks if you chew them in the dark.
5
The kid who played Mikey in the Life Cereal commercials died when his stomach exploded after consuming Pop Rocks candy and Coca-Cola.
6
Fish-and-chip lovers in Scotland can satisfy their candy cravings by ordering a deep-fried Mars candy bar to accompany their fried cod.
7
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups were invented in the 1970s when a man eating peanut butter collided with a woman eating chocolate, resulting in a tasty mixture of the two flavors.
8
The Jelly Belly Candy Company makes jellybeans flavored like soap, spinach, and earwax.
9
Eating chocolate causes acne breakouts.
10
Several scientific studies have been conducted in order to determine the number of licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.
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