Gummy Worm Day celebrates these stretchy, stringy, gummy, delicious treats. Many people celebrate Gummy Worm Day by giving worms to their friends and family.
Trolli, a German confectionery company, created gummi worms in 1981. Some sources claim that the worms slithered onto the scene on July 15, the date on which we now mark Gummi Worm Day. Trolli created them in an effort to have a candy that might put parents off a bit. They were 5cm long and had two colors and flavors which met in the middle.