
Hey sugar, you’ve been kicked out of candy. Smart Sweets is a brand with a mission to ”Kick Sugar, Keep Candy!” You’ll LOVE this lower-sugar candy that tastes like your favorite gummies, and take care of your candy cravings with less sugar. This woman-founded brand makes a healthier version of your favorite gummy candies – twizzlers, swedish fish, sour patch kids, and more.
Founder Tara Bosch started testing out recipes with a gummy bear mould until she perfected the lower-sugar candy. A few years later, Whole Foods picked up the brand. Like all excellent products that solve a common problem, Smart Sweets has grown since and you can find it in more than 20,000 stores. I discovered it in The Fresh Market, then ordered all of the flavors from Thrive Market!
smart sweets review
Usually, diet-y candies taste like the flavor has been sucked out and replaced with a weird, light and chemical-laced sweetener. Smart Sweets, in their fun snd cool packaging, actually taste like candy and not like diet candy. The sweet isn’t overpowering like you’d find with some gummies, and definitely will satisfy your sweet tooth.
smart sweets nutrition facts
Here’s what they have to say: “We are proudly up to 92% less sugar than traditional candy. Our pinky promise to you will always be that SmartSweets are made with no added sugars, sugar alcohols and artificial sweeteners!”
Sweet Fish lists these ingredients:
Non-GMO Soluble Corn Fiber, Allulose, Isomalto-Oligosaccharides (Vegetable Source), Modified Potato Starch, Natural Berry Flavor, Citric Acid, Malic Acid, Fruit and Vegetable Juice (for color), Coconut Oil, Carnauba Wax, Monk Fruit Extract.
Sweet Fish Ingredients
Our favorite gummies
Smart Sweets Flavors
SmartSweets SourMelon Bites
SmartSweets Sour Blast Buddies Gummy Candy
where can i buy smart sweets?
- Target
- Thrive Market
- The Fresh Market
- Whole Foods

Smart Sweets
Lower-sugar candy
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