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Sugar wearing a teddy bear costume so you forget it's candy.
means A small chewy, fruit-flavored gelatin candy shaped like a bear.
from Born in Germany in the 1920s, when confectioner Hans Riegel of Bonn (the HA-RI-BO behind HARIBO) started making small fruit-gum candies called 'Tanzbären' — dancing bears, inspired by the trained bears that performed at street festivals. The chewy gelatin-and-sugar treat kept the bear shape, and when it crossed into English-speaking markets it picked up the friendlier, cuddlier name 'gummy bear.'
- origin
- invented in 1922 by Hans Riegel, Bonn
- name clue
- Haribo is Hans Riegel Bonn, acronym
- scale
- Haribo makes 100 million gummy bears daily
- danger zone
- sugar-free versions cause notorious laxative effects