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Ants can’t ruin your picnic
when they ARE the picnic!

Here’s a bizarre candy that’s guaranteed to make your skin crawl. Ant Candy is a rectangle of transparent candy with REAL ANTS embedded inside.

Okay, it may not be a tasty as a Hershey Bar, but it’s definitely more interesting! Once you eat some Ant Candy, you’ll always have something to talk about at parties.

In ancient Greece, famed philosopher Aristotle described the culinary use of “sweet ants” — likely honey ants — which were eaten for their tangy, nectar-filled abdomens.