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Plus: Does anyone really like nibbling desiccated gumdrops?

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

But that doesn’t mean it’s gumdrops, rainbows and good vibes only.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 19, 2023

Three months later, on a cold December day, we bought a tree together and decorated it with strands of popcorn and gumdrops.

From Salon • Dec. 3, 2022

“A lot of the gumdrops — that’s where you’re going to see impact,” she said.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2022

Cobwebs trembled and danced as the first of the spiders appeared: no larger than gumdrops, but plump and black, skittering over the walls and the floor.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan