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"Nicky Bronner is a teenager on a mission. When he was thirteen, Nicky&amp;#039;s parents confiscated most of his Halloween loot, telling him the candy was too unhealthy. As a result, Nicky did the unthinkable \u2014 he decided to start his own candy company to make treats that aren&amp;#039;t full of artificial flavors and corn syrup.   UNREAL Candy was born because of that fateful Halloween night. As you might expect, Nicky was angry when he woke up to find that his candy was gone. But Nicky&amp;#039;s ultimate response was not so expected. &amp;quot;Instead of rebelling, I wanted to prove they were wrong and that candy wasn&amp;#039;t as bad as they thought,&amp;quot; the young Bronner, now fifteen, said. &amp;quot;But I way too easily found out that not only does candy have tons more sugar than I imagined, it&amp;#039;s made with a lot of junk (like hydrogenated oil, corn syrup, artificial colors and flavors, and chemical preservatives). My parents were (for the first time ever) right. I just didn&amp;#039;t understand why it had to be this way. If candy was made with only real chocolate, real peanut butter, real caramel, and other real foods, couldn&amp;#039;t it taste even better (and be better for us)?&amp;quot; More From Delish: Halloween Candy Nutrition Comparison Now, two years later, after pairing up with a talented chef, the UNREAL brand &amp;quot;is on a candy coated mission to unjunk the world.&amp;quot; What exactly does that mean? Bonner&amp;#039;s company, which he started with the help of his dad, makes five types of candy all reminiscent of today&amp;#039;s most popular candy. There&amp;#039;s UNREAL 54 and UNREAL 41, which are similar to peanut M&amp;amp;amp;Ms and regular M&amp;amp;amp;Ms, UNREAL 5, similar to the Milky Way, UNREAL 8, which is comparable to Snickers, and finally UNREAL 77, a version of peanut butter cups. So what makes the UNREAL version of these candies special? All five candies are made without corn syrup, hydrogenated oil, artificial flavors, GMOs, and synthetic colors. So while the candy still contains chocolate, natural sugar, caramel, and other ingredients, they are arguably somewhat healthier than other candy bars. The company wants parents to feel more comfortable knowing that many of the artificial ingredients used to make today&amp;#039;s Halloween candy are not used to make UNREAL products. &amp;quot;Unjunking&amp;quot; candy is obviously a difficult process, but Bonner didn&amp;#039;t want to make any compromises. Even the dyes used to make the coloring for the M&amp;amp;amp;M-like candies are natural. &amp;quot;One of the great challenges was to come up with alternatives to artificial dyes. We use natural colors, like red from beets and blue from purple cabbage, to get the great colors on the UNREAL 54 and UNREAL 41 candies,&amp;quot; he said. More From Delish: 21 Amazing Halloween Desserts Making healthier candy is all well and good, but the real issue is taste. If the candy doesn&amp;#039;t taste good, kids won&amp;#039;t eat it. The Delish team had a chance to do our own taste test of all five UNREAL products and we were pleasantly surprised. We were a little skeptical at first that the candy would taste &amp;quot;healthy,&amp;quot; but in fact they tasted pretty darn similar to the familiar candies that we all grew up enjoying. When Delish asked Nicky if he saw a future in the candy business, he stated, &amp;quot;Our mission is to Unjunk the World, so we have a long way to go! We&amp;#039;ll be unjunking more of people&amp;#039;s favorite candy (and) other snack foods and beverages. My real hope is to see junk food unjunked for everyone.&amp;quot; Would you try UNREAL candy? Would it make you feel more comfortable to know that your kids were eating candy made from natural ingredients? Find more great food content on Delish:   Search for the perfect recipe from our homepage Find out the latest food news Get a recipe book to save your favorite dishes Sign up for our free newsletters Check us out on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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