14 Reasons Candy is Always Better with Booze

Whether you’re a super sour fan or prefer ooey gooey chocolatey goodness, I think we can all agree candy rules. Eat it, and you’re instantly brought back to elementary school days when consuming sugar took up half our diet. Now that we’re older, we can still do that . . . except it’s more like 50% booze, 25 % candy and 25% real food.

Reese’s Cup Martini. Gummy Bear Sangria. It’s all nostalgic and delicious. So cheers to the 75% of awesome and here’s 14 drinks to prove why candy + booze are a match made in heaven.

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14. Bubbly is always better with sugar-encrusted rocks.

Rock Candy Cocktail
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13. Spiked Cotton Candy makes for the best trip to the carnival, ever.

Cotton Candy Cocktail
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12. Butterfinger Martini is everything you ever wanted in your mouth.

Butterfinger Cocktail
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11. You get to Nerd out with a Tasty ‘Tini.

Nerds Cocktail
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10. No one likes chewing on stale Jolly Ranchers but everyone loves booze.

Jolly Rancher Cocktail
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9. Pooh Bear knows what’s up. That wasn’t just honey he was always eating.

Pez
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8. The pomegranate makes the pop rocks and alcohol healthy. We learned that in health or something.

Pop Rocks
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7. Tob-ler-one, the best thing you can say with 3 consonants.

Toblerone
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6. Peppermint Patty White Russians, because calcium.

Peppermint Patty
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5. Junior Mint Martinis take movie theatre snacking to the next level.

Junior Mint Martini
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4. Awww, hungover gummy bears are too presh.

Gummy Sangria
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3. Chocolate. That is all.

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2. Sour Patch Kids Cocktail for that sweet n’ sour in yo’ life.

Sour Patch

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1. Milky. Way. Martini. GAME OVER.

Milky Way Martini
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