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t is estimated that over twenty million pounds of candy corn are sold in the US each year. Brach’s, the
top manufacturer, sells enough candy corn to circle the earth 4.25 times if each piece were laid end to end.
That’s a lot of candy corn, but that’s nothing compared to the production of Tootsie Rolls. Over 64
million Tootsie Rolls are produced every day! But even Tootsie Rolls have got nothing on the candy
industry’s staple product: chocolate. Confectioners manufacture over twenty billion pounds of chocolate
in the United States each year. Now that’s a mouthful!