Before 1900
- 1847: Necco Wafers (Oliver Chase)
- 1800s: Circus Peanuts (Many makers)
- 1884: Black Jack gum (Thomas Adams of Staten Island)
- 1888: Candy corn (George Renninger of the Wunderle Candy Company)
- 1890: Beemans gum (Edward E. Beeman)
- late 1800s: Candy cigarettes (Many makers)
- 1893: Good & Plenty (Quaker City Chocolate & Confectionery Company)
1900s
- 1900: Clark's Teaberry gum (Charles Burke)
- 1901: Sweethearts (The Chase family candy business)
- early 1900s: Nik-L-Nip wax bottles (Not recorded)
- 1907: Tootsie Roll (Leo Hirshfield)
1910s
- 1912: Bonomo Turkish Taffy (Herman Herer)
- 1912: Goo Goo Cluster (Howell Campbell)
- around 1914: Clove gum (American Chicle Company)
- 1914: Mary Jane (Charles N. Miller of Charles H. Miller and Sons)
- 1917: Clark Bar (David L. Clark)
- 1918: Cherry Mash (Ernest Chase)
- 1918: Idaho Spud (Idaho Candy Company)
1920s
- 1920: Baby Ruth (Curtiss Candy Company)
- 1920: Jujubes (Henry Heide)
- 1920: Jujyfruits (Not stated)
- 1920: Mounds (Peter Paul Candy Manufacturing Company)
- 1920: Oh Henry! (George Williamson)
- 1921: Chuckles (Fred W. Amend)
- 1922: Abba-Zaba (Colby and McDermott)
- 1922: Charleston Chew (Fox-Cross Candy Company)
- 1923: Butterfinger (Otto Schnering)
- 1924: Bit-O-Honey (Schutter-Johnson Company)
- by 1924: Boston Baked Beans (Ferrara Pan Candy Company)
- 1924: Dum Dums (Akron Candy Company)
- 1920s: Red Vines (American Licorice Company)
- mid-1920s: Squirrel Nut Zippers (Squirrel Brand Company)
- 1925: Sugar Daddy (James O. Welch Company)
- 1920s: Zero bar (Hollywood Brands)
- 1927: Pez (Eduard Haas III)
- 1927: Raisinets (Blumenthal Chocolate Company)
- 1928: Dubble Bubble (Walter Diemer)
- 1928: Heath bar (Bayard and Everett Heath)
- 1928: Milk Duds (F. Hoffman & Co.)
- 1929: Twizzlers (Young & Smylie)
1930s
- 1930: Zagnut (D. L. Clark Company)
- 1931: Tootsie Pop (The Sweets Company of America)
- 1931: Valomilk (Sifers candy company)
- 1932: 3 Musketeers (Mars)
- 1932: PayDay (Frank Martoccio)
- 1930s: Red Hots (Ferrara Pan Candy Company)
- 1935: Sugar Babies (James O. Welch Company; developed by food chemist Charles Vaughan)
- 1936: 5th Avenue (Luden's Inc.)
- late 1930s: Chunky (Philip Silvershein)
- after 1936: Mallo Cup (Bill and Bob Boyer)
- 1937: Rolo (Mackintosh's)
- 1938: Krackel (The Hershey Company)
- 1938: Sky Bar (Necco)
1940s
- 1940: Mike and Ike (Just Born)
- 1940: York Peppermint Pattie (Henry Kessler)
- 1945: Dots (Mason)
- 1940s: Fun Dip (Fruzola)
- 1946: Almond Joy (Peter Paul Candy Manufacturing Company)
- 1947: Bazooka gum (Topps)
- 1949: Jolly Rancher (Bill and Dorothy Harmsen)
- 1949: Junior Mints (James O. Welch Company)
- 1949: Smarties (Edward Dee)
- 1949: Whoppers (Leaf Brands)
1950s
- 1950s: Big Hunk (Golden Nugget Candy Company)
- 1950s: Chick-O-Stick (Atkinson Candy Company)
- 1950: Hot Tamales (Bob Born)
- mid-1900s: Wax lips (John W. Glenn of J.W. Glenn Co.)
- 1953: Peeps (R. E. Rodda Candy Company)
- 1954: Atomic Fireball (Nello Ferrara)
- 1957: Swedish Fish (Malaco of Sweden)
- 1958: Candy necklace (Not stated)
- 1959: Pixy Stix (Sunline Inc.)
1960s
- 1960: Fruit Stripe gum (Beech-Nut)
- by 1960: Sixlets (Leaf Brands)
- 1962: Lemonhead (Ferrara Pan Candy Company)
- 1962: Now and Later (Phoenix Candy Company)
- 1962: SweeTarts (Menlo F. Smith)
- 1963: Astro Pops (Two space program engineers in El Segundo)
- 1964: 100 Grand (Nestle)
- 1966: Razzles (Fleer)
- 1968: Starburst (Mars)
- 1968: Zotz (G.B. Ambrosoli)
- 1960s: Twin Bing (Palmer Candy Company)
1970s
- 1972: Bottle Caps (Breaker Confections)
- 1973: Blow Pop (Triple T Co.)
- 1973: Marathon bar (Mars)
- 1975: Freshen Up gum (American Chicle)
- 1970s: Laffy Taffy (Kathryn Beich Candies)
- 1976: Bubble Yum (Life Savers)
- 1976: Everlasting Gobstopper (Breaker Confections)
- 1976: Pop Rocks (General Foods chemists Leon Kremzner and William Mitchell)
- 1976: Wonka Bar (Breaker Confections)
- 1977: Ring Pop (Frank Richards)
- 1978: Reggie! bar (Curtiss Candy Company)
- 1978: Whatchamacallit (Hershey)
- 1979: Hubba Bubba (Wrigley)
1980s
- 1980: Big League Chew (Rob Nelson and Todd Field of the Portland Mavericks baseball team)
- 1982: Nerds (Sunmark's Willy Wonka Candy division)
- 1982: Runts (The Willy Wonka Candy Company)
- mid-1980s: Bonkers (Nabisco)
- 1986: Nestle Alpine White (Nestle)
- 1986: Push Pop (Topps)
- 1987: Bar None (Hershey)
- 1988: Bubble Tape (Wrigley)
- 1989: PB Max (Mars)
1990s and 2000s
- early 1990s: Life Savers Holes (Life Savers)
- early 1990s: Butterfinger BB's (Nestle)
- mid-1990s: Wonder Ball (Nestle)
- 2003: Hershey's Swoops (Hershey)
- 2005: Hershey's Kissables (Hershey)
