Chewy Candy
Chewy Candies - varying from slightly chewy, sticky and gummy, to jaw-strengthening super-chewy. Some common chewy candies include: gum drops, wine gums, gummies, other 'gummy' gelatin-based candies, jellybeans, jujubes, sours, toffee, taffy, caramel, 'Skittles', spearmint leaves, swedish fish, etc.
Sours
Sours/Sour candies Sour chewy candies made of sugar, corn syrup, modified food starch, flavoring and color, and small quantities of citric and fumaric acid. Often fruit-flavored and usually sugar-coated, but coming in a variety of shapes and flavors.
Jujubes
Canadian jujubes - soft, gummy candies made of glucose syrup, sugar, flavoring and gelatin.
Australian and New Zealand Jubes or Jube Jubies - chewy gelatin-based sweets.
American jujubes - hard, chewy candy drops made of starch, gum and corn syrup.
Gum Drops & Wine Gums
Gum Drops/Gumdrops - soft, sweet, chewy gelatin- or pectin-based candy, usually fruity flavored, and coated in granulated sugar.
Wine gums/Winegums - firm, chewy sweets similar to gumdrops, except they are not sugar-coated. Made from gelatin, sweeteners, fruit flavors and color. They do NOT contain wine.
Nougat
Nougat - traditional nougat is a soft, chewy to hard sweet made from sugar or honey, roasted nuts (almonds, walnuts, pistachios, or hazelnuts are common) and sometimes chopped, candied fruit as well.
White nougat is soft, and brown nougat is harder.
Modern American nougat is a mixture of sucrose and corn syrup, aerated with egg albumen (from egg white) or hydrolyzed soya protein, and may also have vegetable fats, milk powder and nuts added.
Spanish turron (nougat) is made of toasted almonds, sugar, honey and egg white.
Australian nougat is made from almonds, sometimes macadamia nuts, apricots and other ingredients, sugar, egg whites, and honey, and comes in two varieties: soft and crunchy.
German nougat is made of sugar, cocoa butter, almonds and cocoa.