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A candy gift basket is a wonderful gift for many occasions. There are many different types of candy gift baskets available, and you may even consider putting one together, yourself! Here are my top picks for great candy baskets:

• Old-fashioned Candy Gift Baskets – These make great gifts for anyone who grew up in an “earlier” decade. Some old-fashioned candies are hard to find, but many of them are still out there. For instance, you can still find classic candies like: candy buttons on paper tape, Necco Wafers, Candy Cigarettes, Fizzies, Licorice Snaps, Was Lips, Kits, Atomic Fireballs, Satellite Wafers, Now & Laters, Bubble Gum Cigars, BB Bats, and many other types of candy. You just need to know where to look. One of the best places to look is online. You can find many candies from the 80s, 70s, 60s, and even 50s. You can even take it a few decades further back and give the classic sort of candy that you would find at a candy store, including old-fashioned suckers and other hard candies as well as taffy.
• Endurance Candy Gift Basket – This sort of candy gift is not one to mess around with. You should only give it to someone whom you think can handle it. The sorts of candies that you should include are ones that take a little endurance and a little skill to eat. Like what? Include sour candies like Tear Jerkers, Cry Baby Tears Extra Sour Candy, and Sour patch Kids. Also be sure to include super spicy candy like Atomic Fireballs, Hot Tamales, and Red Hots. Make sure you include gross candy, too, like Toxic Waste, Wurmz N Dirt, Oh Ratz, Magic Bubbles Red Hot, and others. Also be sure to include some of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans (just the gross ones), compliments of Harry Potter.
• Diabetic Candy Gift Basket – Diabetic candy has greatly improved over the years. In fact, I must admit, I bought some diabetic candy for my grandmother, and I devoured it all before I could actually give it to her! Do not worry, I still got her some more! It is possible to find almost any type of candy in a sugar-free, diabetic-friendly form these days. You can find hard candies, chocolate, and even peanut brittle! Many of the mainstream companies like Hershey are making diabetic candy, but there are also some companies that specialize specifically in sugar-free candy. A diabetic candy gift basket is also good for people on low carb diets. Be sure to include some candy from Fifty50, because half of their profits fund diabetes research.
• Chocolate candy gift basket – Chocolate is, perhaps, one of the most loved foods on earth. At least, it is my favorite sort of candy! Give someone an entire chocolate “experience.” Make your chocolate candy gift basket into a sort of chocolate “sampler.” Include a great variety of chocolate from white chocolate to milk chocolate to semi-sweet chocolate to bittersweet chocolate. Include chocolates that are 50% chocolate, 60% chocolate, etc. Include a bottle of wine that is enhanced by the flavor of chocolate. Do not just give chocolate to be eaten: give chocolate to be experienced!