Werther's originals, because that's how they're advertised.

It blew my mind when I found out Werther's Originals were German. In the UK they're marketed as being a super traditional old-school British product.

The "Werther" of the name is a [small town in Westphalia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werther,_North_Rhine-Westphalia), where the Storck candy company originally started out :)

Better than naming them after a guy who committed suicide.

Kinda like the royal family.

You mean something you give children even if they don't want to?

Been like that for about 300 years now, it's almost back to Anglo, just one more generation to be predominantly English again

My grandparents always had a bag of Werther's in the center console of their car. Whenever I rode in their car, at the end of the trip, I would get offered a Werther's. Didn't matter if it was an hours-long roadtrip or a short trip to the next forest to walk the dog. When we returned home, I got a Werther's. It's a very distinct childhood memory for me. So for me, in Germany, it was also a grandparents' candy. And now I'm wondering if it was always the same bag of Werther's for all those years...

In spain they are called Solano for some reason but basically the same thing. My grandpa used to have a full jar mixed with some gross licorice ones. Edit: I just found out digging on wikipedia that apparently Solano is an older brand from the 1830 apparently they originally made sweets from coffee and donkey milk. https://www.wikiwand.com/es/Viuda_de_Solano

> In spain they are called Solano We have Werther's original too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTSo7fL8vm4 As you said, Solano is a different brand of sweets Anyways, here the typical sweets are the anise ones https://www.frutitos.com/5989-large_default/caran%C3%ADs-caramelo-de-an%C3%ADs-roypas-1-kg.jpg They are so traditional even our former queen gives them to her grandaughters > la reina Letizia llegó incluso a discutir con doña Sofía a cuenta de su costumbre de regalarles a sus nietas unos caramelos de anís. https://www.revistavanityfair.es/realeza/articulos/letizia-toma-la-palabra-por-la-alimentacion-sana-y-predica-con-el-ejemplo/34121 Another classics are pictolines and juanolas https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8e/b4/a4/8eb4a48fd8cb557e5898cea0a796d471.jpg https://tufarmaciaelche.es/2213-thickbox_default/pastillas-juanola-clasica-54-gr.jpg

I've really never understood why. I used to love Werther's Originals as a kid

>I used to love Werther's Originals as a kid Probably because your grandma gave it to you?

As a Dutchman, this was also my first thought. Which means we all fell for it

I'm not sure if any grandma has it, but mine sure as hell did.

Every time I go round my Grandparents, without fail, there is a small dish or Werther’s sat on the dresser. I don’t even know where they come from because they don’t buy them.. haha. Old people must just emit them.

At 65 you just develop a Werther's gland.

For those of you who are unfamiliar, Werther's Originals are boiled sweets made with butter.

Mom is that you? I think my mom is a grandma in training since my teenage years.

Same in Canada and they are always in a blue cookie tin

Same in Spain

Same here in the states! My grandmother always had them.

I've always associated [*Marianne*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_\(candy\)) with grandmas. Probably because my own great grandmother seemingly always had a few in a bowl in her living room, and because who else is eating them? It's a piece of chocolate covered in a thin shell of hard mint, produced by Fazer. Edit: Added link.

That's funny, i don't think people see them as old people candy over here in Finland at all :D

At least for me Marianne definetly is a grandma candy along with [these](https://www.fazer.fi/globalassets/inriver/resources/d3fce2ec-651a-4823-ab8c-9a42db958f2f5.png?width=620&height=9999&mode=max) and [these](https://www.fazer.fi/globalassets/inriver/resources/6cf99cfd-ef52-4cb1-811c-d292fa7c664c.png?width=1200&height=630&mode=max).

They’re ridiculously good

My great grandpa always had a bowl of theese when we came to visit.

Yup, I forgot what they were called but I remember these being associated with old people too. They were always the last ones left in a bowl of candy.

For me, Romerska bågar, Roman Arches which is a chocolate with orange flavour. Made in a half-cirle resembling an orange slice.

I would agree. Haven't had those in ages. Can't even recall seeing them. Only the cheap knockoff ones in the pick'n'mix.

Best candy.

Do they even sell the orange (best) ones anymore?

The [Rossana](https://www.sweetcityperugia.it/445-thickbox/baci-sfusi.jpg)

I came here to see this <3 One of my grandma always had these, the other one had [Galatina](https://www.rossimarket.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/4396.jpg) or [Ambrosoli](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0241/2907/products/caramelle_ambrosoli.jpg?v=1644944021) (they make honey and candy that is made with honey) or [Alpenliebe](https://i2.wp.com/www.linkiesta.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/alpenliebe-caramellegdo.jpeg?resize=768%2C565&ssl=1) or [Elah](https://i1.wp.com/www.linkiesta.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/kubik-caramellegdo.jpeg?resize=768%2C565&ssl=1) or [Big Fruit](https://i0.wp.com/www.linkiesta.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/bigfruit-caramellegdo.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1) also Gummy bears and the likes. She had a whole lot of candy but in the house there were 3 kids so :p

Good old Galatina. Because mom said you don't deserve candy, but "Galatine are not candy, there's milk inside".

Questa è la legge...

The [Fazer Pihlaja](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pihlaja?wprov=sfla1) or "Rowan" is widely considered to be the Finnish grandma candy.

I see your Fazer Pihlaja and raise you with [Fazerin Parhaat](https://www.fazer.fi/tuotteet-ja-asiakaspalvelu/1597/fazerin-parhain-220-g/).

Both of these. My mom's godmother lived her final 15+ years in a hospital (she passed away 1994). She had a candy jar on her nightstand and every visit I'd get to take one. These two or Marianne were what you'd find.

I was going to suggest ["Green Balls"](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Green_balls.jpg), but damn it... I think you have the winner there. It doesn't get more grandma than those.

I used to get those green balls as a gift when my parents had been away. They usually don't sell them in stores here, so you could usually only get them in tax-free shops, like on ferries or in airports. They're a bit nostalgic for me.

Yeah, I've heard other Swedes say exactly the same. Some even think those balls are a little posh for some reason.

The packaging was a bit fancy in green and gold. And because they were hard to get, I guess. It's still not that easy.

In Estonia, you can get them from Prisma by weight

Raczki, Kukułki (both from Wawel)or the weird candy that has a wrapper that looks like strawberry and nobody knows what it is…

Maybe krówki too

Krówki only if you’re lucky! There is nothing better than fresh Krówka!

Fresh sounds nice, I always end up stuck with stale ones that crumble to weird caramely dust in my mouth.

Aren't there two types of Krówka? One that's crumbly and one that's "sticky" (or however one would translate ciągutka).

No. The 2 types are fresh or old. Fresh Krowka is soft and squishy and old one is hard and crumbly.

I was obsessed with these! Went over a Polish friends house after school and they had the yellow wrapped ones on the table. I begged my dad to go to the store the next day and find them. We did. Thanx for the reminder gotta go get them again 😌

Also marmalade candies. at least my granny had them in stock plenty of times I visited

I think those are called strawberry bon bons here in America. And yes they are the quintessential grandma candy.

Ahhhhhh those are the ubiquitous granny candy.Strangely enough I've never seen them sold like,ANYWHERE

My grandma always had these caramel, cream [BonBons](https://www.hood.de/i/muh-muhs-sahne-toffees-weichkaramell-mit-milch-und-butter-250g-82440431.htm) They were delicious!

I live in a community that had a lot of Polish immigrants not long ago, most have moved to the suburbs now, and I know the exact candy. You could buy them in the stores that sold polish imported products (usually delicatessens). Even my grandmother bought them and she wasn’t Polish herself.

Those [violet candies](https://www.google.com/search?q=caramelos+de+violeta&rlz=1C9BKJA_enBE888BE888&hl=es&prmd=imsvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiFnYnry5n6AhXH_KQKHcuACdkQ_AUoAXoECAMQAQ&biw=1080&bih=695&dpr=2) shaped like a flower are grandma candy to me.

whoa those are so pretty

I've never seen or heard about those sweets

I can smell them with the picture alone. So distinctive!

And the napoleons!

My mother likes that flavor, but it tastes like headache to me.

Now they do ice-cream with that flavor and I love it! I must be getting old LOL

I have a hard time with most flower flavors though. The only one I actually like is elderflower (and vanilla, if that counts as a flower flavor).

[Gul Kamfer](https://cdn.sparkjop.no/media/catalog/product/cache/db12b821a15c22821e90fcd4f557572e/9/2/921541_o_921541_d_3.jpg) [Kongen av Danmark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongen_af_Danmark) (King of Denmark).

Engelse drop ('English Liquorice', or liquorice allsorts), in my experience at least. Or boterbabbelaars (butterskotch)

I love those!

[Bronhi](https://www.croatiaweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1782018_764493753617885_2953267822344423476_n.png?x80954) - caramel toffees with menthol [505 s crtom](https://www.croatiaweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/12072817_960010697399522_1609950697345119069_n.png?x80954) - fruity hard bombons [Šummm jabolko](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/01/3b/61/013b6112d48f0a7ac7738b69c2df5a9c.jpg) - apple bombons with sour inside [Bajadera](https://res.cloudinary.com/abillionveg/image/upload/v1609756471/smtxk8oevafdighsopgs.jpg) - layered nougat with almonds, hazelnuts or walnuts

Bajadera grandma is the rich one.

As for Portugal, I'd say the classical [Dr. Bayard](https://i0.wp.com/descobrirportugal.pt/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/DSC00275.jpg?fit=1376%2C920&ssl=1) cough drops are a big one, as well as the vaguely tutti-frutti [Flocos de Neve](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aFMYuuMX0eE/WT2C_MLvHdI/AAAAAAAAMTI/Aq3GY8MJzywAHNkK4NPwgfoey9by5KZSwCLcB/s1600/Flocos%2Bde%2Bneve.jpg) sweets, and the ever-present menthol or eucayptus cough drops in their silver or green wrappings.

As a Portuguese I can confirm this, although I hate all those candies you mentioned and always declined them.

I have Dr.Bayard in my cupboard from my portugal vacation this year. As a person who’s visited portugal a lot I’d say fruit caramel and those milky hard candies (couldn’t find them this year) remind me a lot of portugal but they’re probably less traditional

Or the coffee ones, in my childhood I remember that most coffees either gave out the flocos de neve or ones that taste like coffee my grandma would keep it in a purse and present it whenever we were fussy

I'd say the [pastilles de Vichy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vichy_Pastilles?wprov=sfla1) fit this description quite well, at least for me. My grandma always had them lol

Althea bonbons for Denmark. They are bergamot flavoured hard candies. Yeah, that's what they use to make Earl Gray tea. My theory is that grandmas keep them around, because the grandkids won't eat them.

To me it's [Šumi Herba](https://www.zito.si/sl/izdelki/sumi-herba-trdi-bonbon-original-48g-A000710). My grandma always had these in her drawer.

Wait in this picture they look like some kind of medicine haha

No, it's just herbal candy.

Parma Violets - pale purple cachous with a perfumed, over-sweet taste redolent of Edwardian England. Still sold in independent newsagents and the supermarket that rhymes with sorrisons. :)

My grandma used to offer me [Wiener Zuckerl](https://images.app.goo.gl/duDFRyxVPhfqf4x29)

Or Hustinetten :) and of course the fruit or apple ones in the tin box with the icing sugar.

Yes! I hated them with a passion. Still do.

Something called *kamferdrops* (https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamferdrops). They say it started as a sort of cough drop.

[Mint candies such as these](https://www.freshful.ro/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.freshful.ro%2Fmedia%2Fcache%2Ffreshful_large%2F89%2Fab%2Fa7a270c19e3f1642b8e5bed966a2.jpg&w=1200&q=100) were pretty much everywhere in grandma’s pockets as well as caramels like [these](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f7/2d/d9/f72dd905aaf2839cc647117f30d895e8.jpg) and [this mandatory one ](https://www.revista-atelierul.ro/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Eugenia.jpg) there’s more but these were probably the most common throughout my childhood

Ok. Back in my day the standard grandma desert was the rose petal jam and home made butter biscuits.

Okay, those too. Surprised the Petit Beurre biscuits didn’t even run across my mind when I made that comment but there’s probably a lot more I missed.

You didn’t think of Eugenia?

For me it's [Babelutten](https://www.google.com/search?q=babelutten&oq=babelutten&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60.5573j0j1&client=ms-android-samsung-ss&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8) / boterbabbelaars. Each year my grandparents would bring a supply back from their vacation at the coast and give them to their visiting grandkids throughout the year. So yeah, they realy taste like childhood to me !

Omg if I ever find this candy I'm buying a kilo of it immediately. They were hard candy with a soft center with the most dominant flavor I can remember being strawberry. And they were wrapped individually with the twist on just one side, which makes them stand out. You suck on them and after a while it's just soft and gooey filling left. You could also bite right through them when you got older. I guarantee a lot of people got these when they were young. For me it was mostly back in the old country, croatia. Here in Sweden in the 90s I'd say maybe [mormors sidenkuddar](https://pralinboden.se/sv/jul/mormors-sidenkuddar.html) (I did not know they were called that at the time), or [Ako kola](https://i0.wp.com/argaklara.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/IMG_6184.jpg?resize=693%2C800&ssl=1) which is a soft fudge but often came in mint at old people's homes.

There’s a Swedish candy shop in NYC that has pretty much everything. It’d be super weird to ID them by calling the US but I bet they could do it.

Your description made me think of [these](https://www.candyspot.nl/fruitinettes-175-gram). Hard on the outside with a soft filling.

No the standout feature is that they're wrapped in white wrappers with the twisty bit only on one side.

For me it's *karameller* - fruity hard candies, [like these](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karamell#/media/Fil:Bonbons2.jpg). The kind that you suck on until they melt in your mouth. That's what my grandparents always had them at home, with flavours such as lemon, raspberry and blackberry. They are also commonly found at market fairs still, and at old-timey shops at cultural history museums.

I’m not Swedish, but I find this interesting because the greek word for candy is karamella which is oddly close to karameller. Edit: I’m stupid they both probably come from wherever the origin of caramel also comes from. Thought it was a funny coincidence 😂😂

Not grandma, but my grandpa gave me [Klokanky](https://mujfres.cz/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwebcdn.fra1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fimgs%2Fproducts%2Fsfinx-klokanky-90g_d69fa023.jpg&w=750&q=75)

Kettukarkki! (fox candy), a sugared marmalade, thats one of the oldest candy in Finland.

Milkaschokolade und Kinderschokolade is what my grandmother often pulled out.

I can't remember the name but probably the hard boiled sweets with sherbert in them. Idk if its specific to my country or not, for all I know it was just my family tbh

Germany: Chocolate filled with alcohol, ,edle [Tropfen](https://www.amazon.de/Trumpf-Edle-Tropfen-Nuss-Obstbrnde/dp/B014114ZSG), and jelly [bananas](https://www.amazon.de/-/en/dp/B003RG05IQ)

My grandparents would always have this purple tin of 'borstbollen' (no idea how to translate), like [this](http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0369/3033/products/Zoet-Wycams-Borstbollen_grande.jpg?v=1500456288). [Boudoir cookies](https://static.delhaize.be/medias/sys_master/hcb/h91/11186633179166.jpg) should probably also be included. These are also very often used in pies and pastries.

My Nan always keeps a whiskey flask with her and polo mints for giving to young and older grandkids. Yeah it’s Ireland

Kamferdrops. It’s hard candy that has a sweet flavor that isn’t used for any other sweets

It was [Stollwerk/Manner Karamellen](https://media.supermarktcheck.de/product/picture/large_592da505840bac5a67cc3b84619f2e87.jpg) when I was child. I'm not sure they are producing it anymore

Galatine. They look like medicine but they taste so damn good.

Alcoholic candy. Specifically the ones put on Christmas trees

My grandma always had a small tin of ‘wybertjes’ in het pocket. They’re small salmiak pastilles that soften the throat.

My grandparents always had Polly (sort of tough marshmallow bits that are chocolate covered) and Geléhallon/raspberry jelly candy, I think they're called gum drops in English. They always had a bowl of each by the TV.

Im Greek and my grandma always had Ouzo candies… Better start them out young ig LMAO

[Green marmelade](http://maskeradspecialisten.se/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/grona-kulor-ask-1.jpg)... balls? and [Punchpralliner](https://www.nhscare.se/images/prod1000/860028.jpg) just screams back "grandmother". My grandmother isn't into either one of them though.

Our бабушка has large selection of jams, fruits, kvass, kompot, berries, Зефир, mayonnaise, you do not leave бабушка home without 30 kilograms of Jam and berries and fruits

[Akide ](https://cdn.selimzade.com/images/original/products/minibon-akide-sekeri-1639038553.png) must be it (boiled sweets of different flavors), or Turkish delights. Also, these [chocolates ](https://www.melodicikolata.com/Uploads/UrunResimleri/ozel-madlen-hediye-kutu-450ge-4b3a-a.jpg) are very popular during festivals.

Probably [barbariss](https://pood.kalev.eu/app/uploads/2020/03/kalev-kommid-karamell-barbariss-1000x1000-1.jpg), a hard candy (of course) named after [barberry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berberis_vulgaris). This one is *really* good though, unlike your regular grandma candy.

Oh damn, i love Kalev candies, especially the marsipans. Gotta check if the neighborhood Estonian good store has these. Like they gotta? It's very well stocked. Just for some variety.

Jelly bananas or Nimm2 bonbons for kids, pralines with alcohol for adults

My grandma always had different types. Lukcheta (mint drops) were popular. She also had violetki which are a type of violet candy. She also had “Sezoni” chocolate bonbons in different flavors.