Gummy bears. Hans Riegel, the German confectioner and founder of Haribo, invented these sweet treats in the early 1920s. Haribo's gummy bears, now called Goldbears, ...

Super popular gummy candies have a long history, but like the age-old question of the chicken and the egg, you may wonder if the worm or bear came first.

The German brand launched the very fist packaged gummy bears — called Gummibärchen — back in the early 1920s, and the world has been snacking on them for the last 100 years. In those 100 ...

As Smithsonian Magazine reports, German confectioner Hans Riegel Sr., founder of Haribo, was the first to make gummies in the shapes of bears, starting back in the 1920s.

The classic Haribo gummy bears have been around for over 100 years, but one of the flavors still has fans shocked. Skip to content. FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports.

A German man saw a piece of paper fluttering across the floor in a train station in the city of Frankfurt last week and was shocked to find that it was made out to sweets maker Haribo for $4.7 ...

A German man who returned a $4.7 million check to the sweets giant Haribo after he found it on a train platform was awarded for his honesty with a few packages of candy, reports said Monday.