Quiz: What’s Your Candy IQ?

Bart Simpson, the mischievous eldest child of Homer and Marge Simpson in The Simpsons, first appeared in Butterfinger commercials in 1988, according to Nestlé. His enduring warning: “Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger.”

Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, started snacking on jelly beans in 1966, when he was running for governor of California, “as part of his successful attempt to give up pipe smoking,” according to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum. When Reagan took office in 1981, the Herman Goelitz Candy Company sent him shipments of his beloved Jelly Bellys through both terms and afterward. (His favorite flavor? Licorice.)

Astronaut Neil Armstrong asked to be stocked with Life Savers for his trip to the moon, according to the Space Foundation Discovery Center. But NASA’s safety office rejected his request over concerns that biting down on the candies could start a fire in the highly pressurized cabin. Lucky for Armstrong, engineer Lou Ramon was willing to sneak the candies onto the spacecraft after making Armstrong “promise, cross his heart, hope to die, that he and Buzz would only suck on the Life Savers and not bite down on them.”

In a 2008 interview with Elle, the iconic pop star said Cadbury Creme Eggs were her favorite candy. She went so far as to call them “deadly but so delicious.”

Looking for the healthiest way to ease your chocolate craving? Reach for the dark chocolate. Researchers from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health say the darker the chocolate, the more likely it is to be high in flavonoids and low in sugar and added fats. Flavonoids are key because they’re rich in antioxidants, may improve mood and cognition, and may help lower the risk of some chronic diseases.