Satisfy your sweet tooth with our dessert and confectionery trivia quiz.
Satisfy your sweet tooth with our dessert and confectionery trivia quiz. From chocolate history and iconic ice cream brands to famous cakes and candy origins, these questions are a treat for anyone with a love of all things sugary.
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This jiggly dessert was introduced in 1897 by Pearl B. Wait
Answer: Jell-o
In August 2003 Pepsi introduced its cola flavored with this; Coke had done it back in 2002.
Answer: Vanilla
What is the name for a drink of half iced tea and half lemonade?
Answer: Arnold Palmer
Introduced in 1912, what was the first flavor of Life Savers candy?
Answer: Peppermint
A popular Mexican treat, a paleta is a what?
Answer: Popsicle
Nestle began making this in 1904; they claim to make the very best of it.
Answer: Chocolate
This peanut butter cup is one of Hershey's bestselling products.
Answer: Reese's
Harry Burt was the man who in 1920 created this famous ice cream bar on a stick.
Answer: A Good Humor bar
Gimme a break, gimme a break, break me off a piece of that...
Answer: Kit Kat bar
Somewhere between a coffee and a dessert, an 'affogato' contains espresso poured over what other ingredient?
Answer: Gelato
What is the name of the Italian dessert made from ladyfingers dipped in coffee, mascarpone cheese and flavoured with cocoa?
Answer: Tiramisu
What is the main ingredient in the dessert panna cotta?
Answer: Cream
Crème de cacao, cream, and brandy make up which dessert cocktail?
Answer: Brandy Alexander
Tip the pan slightly to ignite the rum is an instruction in the recipe for which of these popular desserts?
Answer: Bananas Foster
Often topped with confectioners' sugar, the New Orleans delicacy beignets are a type of what?
Answer: Fried Pastry
Candy made from fruits and nuts bound in starch and dusted with sugar is known as what kind of "delight"?
Answer: Turkish
The letter "S" is directly printed on individual pieces of what brand of candy?
Answer: Skittles
According to a jingle, "Almond Joy's Got Nuts", this candy bar "Don't".
Answer: Mounds
The name of this candy bar, taffy with a peanut butter center, runs from A to Z to A.
Answer: Abba-zaba
The name of this big, hard round candy implies that it'll fracture your mandible.
Answer: A Jawbreaker
Australians like this hole-in-the-middle candy, too, but in an unusual flavor: musk.
Answer: Life Savers
When it debuted in our galaxy in 1923, this candy was touted as "a chocolate malted milk in a candy bar".
Answer: Milky Way
Circus Peanuts, a classic marshmallow candy, are traditionally what color?
Answer: Orange
In addition to candy, Hershey also makes Luden's, a brand of these.
Answer: Cough Drops
First enjoyed in 1949, which candy brand was created by Bill and Dorothy Harmsen in Golden, Colorado?
Answer: Jolly Rancher
What candy bar sounds like it was named for the author of the short story "The Gift of the Magi"?
Answer: O Henry!
What candy is protected by a U.S. patent titled "Process of Preparing Gasified Candy"?
Answer: Pop Rocks