Q 01/05

Which Netflix series built a deadly challenge around dalgona, a Korean candy of melted sugar and baking soda?

A) Sweet Home

B) Hellbound

C) Squid Game

D) Kingdom

Answer · why

C) Squid Game

Squid Game turned the retro street snack into a global craze, and vendors saw sales double as fans tried to carve out the stamped shape without snappi...

Q 02/05

Which nougat, caramel and peanut bar did Mars launch in 1930 and name after the family's favorite horse?

A) Snickers

B) Baby Ruth

C) PayDay

D) Mr. Goodbar

Answer · why

A) Snickers

Snickers the horse gave the bar its name at the Mars Candy Factory in Chicago, though shoppers in Britain and Ireland knew the same bar as Marathon.

Q 03/05

Milk Duds earned the 'duds' in their name in 1928 when the caramels failed to come out as which shape?

A) Cubes

B) Spheres

C) Pyramids

D) Hearts

Answer · why

B) Spheres

Spheres were the goal at Hoffman and Company of Chicago, but the candy would not hold the shape. The 'milk' half of the name came from the milk in the...

Q 04/05

Which future chocolate tycoon first got rich on caramels, selling his Lancaster company for $1 million in 1900?

A) Frank C. Mars

B) Henri Nestlé

C) Richard Cadbury

D) Milton Hershey

Answer · why

D) Milton Hershey

Milton Hershey learned to make caramels with fresh milk in Denver, then sold up after seeing chocolate-making machines at the 1893 Chicago World's Fai...

Q 05/05

Which caramel-coated popcorn and peanut snack, long tied to baseball, put a prize in every box from 1912?

A) Fiddle Faddle

B) Cracker Jack

C) Crunch 'n Munch

D) Poppycock

Answer · why

B) Cracker Jack

Cracker Jack got its name in 1896, and one food historian has called it the first junk food. In 2016 the toy gave way to a QR code.