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ing to the Huffington Post, Americans purchase nearly 600 million pounds of candy each year for Halloween! That's 24 pounds of candy per American per year, approximately 16 billion fun-size Snickers bars, or 158 trillion individual candy corn kernels!

Candy trivia questions. Who invented the first chocolate bar? What do the initials, M&M, stand for? Which popular candy came first, Butterfingers or Reese's cups? What is the name that Reese's was originally called? What two colors of M&M's frequently appear together in commercials? What is the slogan for Skittles?

The first candy was used by the Ancient Egyptians for cult purposes. In ancient times, Egyptians, Arabs, and Chinese made candies with fruits and nuts that caramelized with honey. The two oldest candy types are licorice and ginger. The historical roots of licorice are found in the early years of man's appearance.

Snickers is not only best-selling candy bar in the U.S., it's also the best-selling worldwide. The Snickers bar, made by Mars Inc., was named after the Mars family's favorite horse. Snickers is a mixture of peanuts, caramel and nougat wrapped inside a layer of chocolate.

The word candy comes from the Persian word for "cane sugar",(نیشکر), and probably also from Sanskrit khanda, which means "piece (of sugar)".

Here is a generic version of the game to get you thinking: Famous swashbuckling trio of old — 3 Musketeers Candy Bar. Cemetery — Mounds Candy Bar. Galaxy — Milky Way. The Red Planet — Mars Bars.

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