Runts

Runts (also known as Fruit Runts) are hard candies sold by Nestlé under their Willy Wonka Candy Company brand. First seen on the market in 1982, they are fruit flavored candies in the shape of their respective fruits. Original Runts have a hard candy shell with a somewhat powdery center. The original lineup of Runts included banana, orange, cherry, strawberry, and lime. In the late nineties, Runts included watermelon and blue raspberry and did not include lime. Starting in 2007, the flavors for Runts were orange, banana, strawberry, mango, and pineapple.

In the 1990s there was a variation known as "Tropical Runts" available. The blue raspberry and watermelon Runts originated in this candy. A similar variant, "Rock'n Runts", contained watermelon, pineapple, lemon, raspberry, and grape flavors. In 2007 the Willy Wonka Candy Company added two new fruit variations to Runts which included pineapple and mango.

There is also a soft and chewy version of Runts known as Chewy Runts.

Ingredients include:Dextrose, maltodextrin, and less then 2% of corn syrup, malic acid, calcium sterate, carnauba wax, artificial flavors, color added, red 40 lake, yellow 5, yellow 5 lake, yellow 6.(Note these are the ingredients listed on the back of the box.)

As stated by the Wonka website the box comes in two sizes: Theater size (7 oz.) and single box (1.8 oz.)

Nutrition facts:Serv size: 12 pieces, servings: about 3.5, amount per serving calories: 60, total fat: 0g (0% DV) Sodium: 0 mg (0% DV) total carb: 14g (5% DV) sugars: 13g protein: 0g (Percent daily values (DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.) Taken off the box.