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* {{Überwald}}: Lord Licorice's lives in a place that parodies it, the text even stating that his only friends are some "bitter chocolate bats".
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''Candy Land'' is a children's board game originally published in 1949. It traditionally consists of a long and twisty road of six colors and a 64-card deck. Players move by drawing the top card from the deck to reveal a color, moving their piece to the nearest space with that color. There are also cards that took the player to sections of the land, sending them forward or backward several spaces. The first player who reaches "Home Sweet Home" (later replaced with King Kandy's castle) wins.

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''Candy Land'' is a children's board game originally published in 1949. It traditionally consists of a long and twisty road of six colors and a 64-card deck. Players move by drawing the top card from the deck to reveal a color, moving their piece to the nearest space with that color. There are also cards that took take the player to sections of the land, sending them forward or backward several spaces. The first player who reaches "Home Sweet Home" (later replaced with King Kandy's castle) wins.
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''Candy Land'' is a children's board game originally published in 1949. It traditionally consists of a long and twisty road of six colors and a 64-card deck. Players originally moved by drawing the top card from the deck to reveal a color, moving their piece to the nearest space with that color. There were also cards that took the player to sections of the land, sending them forward or backward several spaces. In 2013, Creator/{{Hasbro}} replaced the cards with a colorful spinner. Either way, the first player who reaches "Home Sweet Home" (later replaced with King Kandy's castle) wins.

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''Candy Land'' is a children's board game originally published in 1949. It traditionally consists of a long and twisty road of six colors and a 64-card deck. Players originally moved move by drawing the top card from the deck to reveal a color, moving their piece to the nearest space with that color. There were are also cards that took the player to sections of the land, sending them forward or backward several spaces. In 2013, Creator/{{Hasbro}} replaced the cards with a colorful spinner. Either way, the The first player who reaches "Home Sweet Home" (later replaced with King Kandy's castle) wins.

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There was an AnimatedAdaptation, ''WesternAnimation/CandyLandTheGreatLollipopAdventure'', that is considerably less criticized for [[TastesLikeDiabetes being too sweet]].

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There was an AnimatedAdaptation, ''WesternAnimation/CandyLandTheGreatLollipopAdventure'', that is considerably less more criticized for [[TastesLikeDiabetes being too sweet]].






* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Earlier versions had a satyr, Plumpy, rather than Mama Gingertree.

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: ChuckCunninghamSyndrome:
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Earlier versions had a satyr, Plumpy, rather than Mama Gingertree.
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* TheBigBad: Lord Licorice.

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* TheBigBad: BigBad: Lord Licorice.
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* A ''ComicStrip/GetFuzzy'' comic had Satchel using a "Candyland'' board in conjunction with an Ouja widget; and wondering why a ghost would pass through multiple dimensions to tell him "Gumdrop, Gumdrop, Lolly" when Bucky tells him he needs a Ouja board to make the widget work properly.
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A [[TheMovie movie version]] is in development.

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A [[TheMovie movie version]] is in development.
development, but it's stuck in DevelopmentHell for now.
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* {{Katy Perry}}'s music video ''California Gurls'' was heavily based with this. Only HotterAndSexier.
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''Candy Land'' is a children's board game originally published in 1949. It traditionally consists of a long and twisty road of six colors and a 64-card deck. Players move by drawing the top card from the deck to reveal a color, moving their piece to the nearest space with that color. There are also cards that take the player to sections of the land, sending them forward or backward several spaces. The first player who reaches "Home Sweet Home" (later replaced with King Kandy's castle) wins.

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''Candy Land'' is a children's board game originally published in 1949. It traditionally consists of a long and twisty road of six colors and a 64-card deck. Players move originally moved by drawing the top card from the deck to reveal a color, moving their piece to the nearest space with that color. There are were also cards that take took the player to sections of the land, sending them forward or backward several spaces. The In 2013, Creator/{{Hasbro}} replaced the cards with a colorful spinner. Either way, the first player who reaches "Home Sweet Home" (later replaced with King Kandy's castle) wins.
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There was an AnimatedAdaptation, WesternAnimation/CandyLandTheGreatLollipopAdventure , that is considerably less criticized for [[TastesLikeDiabetes being too sweet]].

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There was an AnimatedAdaptation, WesternAnimation/CandyLandTheGreatLollipopAdventure , ''WesternAnimation/CandyLandTheGreatLollipopAdventure'', that is considerably less criticized for [[TastesLikeDiabetes being too sweet]].



* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Earlier versions had a Satyr, Plumpy, rather than Mama Gingertree.

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Earlier versions had a Satyr, satyr, Plumpy, rather than Mama Gingertree.



* XPlay reviewed the 2000 version of the game once...During a game drought.

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* XPlay ''Series/XPlay'' reviewed the 2000 version of the game once...During during a game drought.
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* SugarBowl: {{Bonus points}} [[LiteralMinded for being made entirely out of candy.]]

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* SugarBowl: {{Bonus points}} [[LiteralMinded for being made entirely out of candy.]]%%* SugarBowl:
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* XPlay reviewed the 2000 version of the game once...During a game drought.
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* HouseRules: To keep your sanity as an adult playing with kids, these are often used: Draw a hand of three to five cards (instead of just a single card), choose which color to play ([[ScrewDestiny instead of accept fate]]), play multiple cards at a time if they're all the same color and use special cards to send your opponents backward.

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* HouseRules: To keep your sanity as an adult playing with kids, these are often used: Draw a hand of three to five cards (instead of just a single card), choose which color to play ([[ScrewDestiny instead of accept accepting fate]]), play multiple cards at a time if they're all the same color and use special cards to send your opponents backward.
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There was an AnimatedAdaptation, CandyLandTheGreatLollipopAdventure , that is considerably less criticized for [[TastesLikeDiabetes being too sweet]].

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There was an AnimatedAdaptation, CandyLandTheGreatLollipopAdventure WesternAnimation/CandyLandTheGreatLollipopAdventure , that is considerably less criticized for [[TastesLikeDiabetes being too sweet]].
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* ''ComicStrip/BabyBlues'' pointed out that the game's Luck-Based Mission characteristics make it as hard to deliberately ''lose'' (i.e., to let a small child win) as it is to aspire to win yourself.
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There was an AnimatedAdaptation that is considerably less criticized for [[TastesLikeDiabetes being too sweet]].

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There was an AnimatedAdaptation AnimatedAdaptation, CandyLandTheGreatLollipopAdventure , that is considerably less criticized for [[TastesLikeDiabetes being too sweet]].

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* {{Whammy}}: Even with this being a children's game, there were spaces the players tried to avoid. The rules for these spaces were as such:

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* {{Whammy}}: {{Whammy}}:
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* The webcomic ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' has ''Candy-Land Adventures'' appear in [[http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1453.php #1453]] and [[http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1460.php #1460]]. It transforms this game into an RPG like ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', complete with rolling dice, fighting monsters, and arguing about the rules. Roles include Peppermint Paladin and Rogue of Red Hots.

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* Played by Larry and Alfred in the ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' episode "Larry-Boy and the Fib From Outer Space".

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* Played by Larry and Alfred in the ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' episode "Larry-Boy and the Fib From Outer Space". Larry is stuck in the Molasses Swamp.


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* Shown in the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode ''Parts: The Clonus Horror''.

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''Candy Land'' is a children's board game originally published in 1949. It consists of a long and twisty road of six colors and a 64-card deck. Players move by drawing the top card from the deck to reveal a color, moving their piece to the nearest space with that color. There are also cards that take the player to sections of the land, sending them forward or backward several spaces. The first player who reaches "Home Sweet Home" (later replaced with King Kandy's castle) wins.

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''Candy Land'' is a children's board game originally published in 1949. It traditionally consists of a long and twisty road of six colors and a 64-card deck. Players move by drawing the top card from the deck to reveal a color, moving their piece to the nearest space with that color. There are also cards that take the player to sections of the land, sending them forward or backward several spaces. The first player who reaches "Home Sweet Home" (later replaced with King Kandy's castle) wins.


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* {{Animesque}}: The 2013 box and board.


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** The 2013 version brought back Mr. Mint and possibly also Grandma Nutt, but replaced the Candy Land Kids with anthropomorphic sweets.
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''Candy Land'' (also known now as, ''Candy Land: The World of Sweets'') is a children's board game originally published in 1949. It consists of a long and twisty road of six colors and a 64-card deck. Players move by drawing the top card from the deck to reveal a color, moving their piece to the nearest space with that color. There are also cards that take the player to sections of the land, sending them forward or backward several spaces. The first player who reaches "Home Sweet Home" (later replaced with King Kandy's castle) wins.

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''Candy Land'' (also known now as, ''Candy Land: The World of Sweets'') is a children's board game originally published in 1949. It consists of a long and twisty road of six colors and a 64-card deck. Players move by drawing the top card from the deck to reveal a color, moving their piece to the nearest space with that color. There are also cards that take the player to sections of the land, sending them forward or backward several spaces. The first player who reaches "Home Sweet Home" (later replaced with King Kandy's castle) wins.

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* LevelAteLevelAte: The title of the game isn't figurative. This is really a land of candy.



* PimpedOutDress: In any version of the game, Frostine and Lolly have very fancy food-based dresses.



* WinterRoyalLady: Queen Frostine again. Even as a princess, she retains this aspect.

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* WinterRoyalLady: Queen Frostine again. Even as a princess, she retains this aspect.Queen/Princess Frostine.
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* HouseRules: To keep your sanity as an adult playing with kids, these are often used: Draw a hand of three to five cards (instead of just a single card), choose which color to play ([[ScrewDestiny instead of accept fate]]), play multiple cards at a time if they're all the same color and use special cards to send your opponents backward .

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* HouseRules: To keep your sanity as an adult playing with kids, these are often used: Draw a hand of three to five cards (instead of just a single card), choose which color to play ([[ScrewDestiny instead of accept fate]]), play multiple cards at a time if they're all the same color and use special cards to send your opponents backward .backward.
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** Also, dotted spaces called "cavities," which render the player "stuck" until drawing a card – or depending on the version, double card – with the same color as the dotted space they're currently on. The player lost one – or sometimes many – turns this way.
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* GoldenSnitch: Drawing a card marked with the name of a location in the Candy Land (usually, names like "Candy Cane Forest" and "Gum Drop Mountain") or its inhabitants, such as Princess Frostine or Gloppy the Molasses Monster. Especially if the card corresponding to one of these locations or characters were drawn early and said place/character was close to the end, drawing the card could virtually seal a win very early. See {{Whammy}} for the inverse situation.


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* {{Whammy}}: Even with this being a children's game, there were spaces the players tried to avoid. The rules for these spaces were as such:
*** '''Pre-2004''': Landing on any space marked with a black dot was a "cavity," requiring that player to remain in that space until drawing a card matching the dotted space they were currently on. Because of the game's luck-of-the-draw design and other factors (i.e., how the cards were shuffled and how many players were playing), an unlucky player could conceivably remain stuck for the rest of the game while the other players eventually completed the game. Some editions of the game required the player to draw a card marked with two of the same color to become "unstuck"; as these cards were rarer, the player could be stuck for quite awhile.
*** '''2004-later editions''': The "cavity" spaces were replaced with spaces marked with a licorice stick. The Whammy here is far less severe: The player simply loses his next turn.
** As drawing a card marked with the name of a location or character in the Candy Land could be a GoldenSnitch if drawn early and was sent to a space close to the finish ... said card could also be a Whammy if the player was near the finish line – or in the very least, in the lead – and drew a card corresponding to a space near the beginning of the board, thereby falling all the way back behind the last-place contestant.
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* Cory from ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'' laments in one episode that he spent his Saturday night playing Candy Land with his sister, "and lost", [[DidNotDoTheResearch as if losing a game of pure chance is more pathetic than winning it]].

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* Cory from ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'' laments in one episode that he spent his Saturday night playing Candy Land with his sister, "and lost", [[DidNotDoTheResearch as if losing a game of pure chance is more pathetic than winning it]].it.
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* Cory from ''BoyMeetsWorld'' laments in one episode that he spent his Saturday night playing Candy Land with his sister, "and lost", [[DidNotDoTheResearch as if losing a game of pure chance is more pathetic than winning it]].
* ''NurseJackie'' has the main character playing the game with little girls and a boy in "Heading North".

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* Cory from ''BoyMeetsWorld'' ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'' laments in one episode that he spent his Saturday night playing Candy Land with his sister, "and lost", [[DidNotDoTheResearch as if losing a game of pure chance is more pathetic than winning it]].
* ''NurseJackie'' ''Series/NurseJackie'' has the main character playing the game with little girls and a boy in "Heading North".



* That70sShow has Eric Forman stashing away money in a Candy Land box. It is later revealed that the gang hides a [[MarijuanaIsLSD different kind of stash]] in the same box.

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* That70sShow ''Series/That70sShow'' has Eric Forman stashing away money in a Candy Land box. It is later revealed that the gang hides a [[MarijuanaIsLSD different kind of stash]] in the same box.

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* PunnyName: Some of the names of the lands.



* AWorldwidePunomenon: Some of the names of the lands.
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-->''A sweet little game for sweet little folks.''

''Candy Land'' (also known now as, ''Candy Land: The World of Sweets'') is a children's board game originally published in 1949. It consists of a long and twisty road of six colors and a 64-card deck. Players move by drawing the top card from the deck to reveal a color, moving their piece to the nearest space with that color. There are also cards that take the player to sections of the land, sending them forward or backward several spaces. The first player who reaches "Home Sweet Home" (later replaced with King Kandy's castle) wins.

Many consider the product to be the best example of a children's game. It requires no skill except basic motor control, children are enthralled by the [[SugarBowl colorful world]], and anyone over the age of 10 will play only in order to spend time with someone under the age of 10. As such, it's a classic.

A [[TheMovie movie version]] is in development.

There was an AnimatedAdaptation that is considerably less criticized for [[TastesLikeDiabetes being too sweet]].
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!!This board game provides examples of:
* AllThereInTheManual: When the 1980s brought a new version of the board, depicting some of the characters who live in Candy Land, the game became packaged with a story detailing King Kandy's disappearance, all the citizens' reactions, and the players' mission to find out where the king and his castle went.
* TheBigBad: Lord Licorice.
* TheChosenOne: The enclosed backstory says King Kandy's daughter, Princess Lolly, picked which kids would go find him.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Earlier versions had a Satyr, Plumpy, rather than Mama Gingertree.
** Mama Gingertree, Mr. Mint, Jolly, and Grandma Nutt do not appear in the World of Sweets version.
** Sometimes Hasbro removes entire ''places'' from the board.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Candy Land apparently lost some of its beauty and happiness following the King's disappearance. You probably can't tell by looking at all the bright colors and smiling denizens on the board.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Princess Lolly. A revamped version only increased this by changing Queen Frostine to a princess as well.
* ExcusePlot: Even as a child, did the backstory about King Kandy's disappearance matter when you were actually playing the game? No.
* FiveTokenBand: Updates made during the 2000s gave the Caucasian Candy Land Kids some African-American and Asian-American friends.
* GingerbreadHouse: The last space in the versions released before the 1980s. ''World of Sweets'' has it as one of the locales located along the path.
* TheHighQueen: Queen Frostine...before the {{Remake}}.
* HouseRules: To keep your sanity as an adult playing with kids, these are often used: Draw a hand of three to five cards (instead of just a single card), choose which color to play ([[ScrewDestiny instead of accept fate]]), play multiple cards at a time if they're all the same color and use special cards to send your opponents backward .
* HotConsort: Queen Frostine, originally.
* LevelAte
* LuckBasedMission: Probably to assure the young ones aren't disadvantaged: The game's outcome is determined by the luck of the draw and nothing else. This game is not for the strategic crowd, folks!
* MuckingInTheMud: Land in the Molasses Swamp and you lose at least one turn.
* SugarBowl: {{Bonus points}} [[LiteralMinded for being made entirely out of candy.]]
* WinterRoyalLady: Queen Frostine again. Even as a princess, she retains this aspect.
* AWorldwidePunomenon: Some of the names of the lands.
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!!This board game appears in the following shows:
* Cory from ''BoyMeetsWorld'' laments in one episode that he spent his Saturday night playing Candy Land with his sister, "and lost", [[DidNotDoTheResearch as if losing a game of pure chance is more pathetic than winning it]].
* ''NurseJackie'' has the main character playing the game with little girls and a boy in "Heading North".
* Played by Larry and Alfred in the ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' episode "Larry-Boy and the Fib From Outer Space".
* That70sShow has Eric Forman stashing away money in a Candy Land box. It is later revealed that the gang hides a [[MarijuanaIsLSD different kind of stash]] in the same box.
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