You may prefer those joyful little bears, or you may favor the whimsical, wriggly worms. Either way, they're the two most popular gummy candies in the world, and we're only too happy to partake. But ...

We have Haribo to thank for giving the world the gummy bear. The German brand launched the very fist packaged gummy bears — called Gummibärchen — back in the early 1920s, and the world has been ...