ECRM announces 2026 Kids Choice Awards winners
Check out what products the Boys and Girls Club chose as their favorites.
Candy Industry Senior Editor Liz Parker Kuhn; Lisa Burkhart, ECRM; and the Boys and Girls Club of Dallas.
Ballots for the kids to fill out.
Non-chocolate candy nominees.
Chocolate candy nominees.
Novelty candy nominees.
Certificates were presented to the three winning companies at dinner on the last night of the show.
On Tuesday, February 17, ECRM hosted Boys and Girls Club members from Dallas at the Hyatt Regency DFW hotel to be "Junior Candy Buyers," deciding which confections would earn top honors. The event took place as part of the ECRM Christmas and Halloween session, which was held last week at the hotel.
The children from the Boys and Girls Club were able to taste a variety of products from three categories: Best Chocolate, Best Non-Chocolate, and Best Novelty.
The winners and nominees for each category are below:
Best Chocolate
Ritter Sport USA Butter Biscuit mini - WINNER
Jox Chocolate Crunchy Bites Sour (Durukan)
The Madelaine Chocolate Company Christmas-themed chocolate lollipops
Best Non-Chocolate
Bazooka Juicy Drop Gummy Mystery Cube - WINNER
YumEarth Sour Littles
Gerrit J. Verburg Co. Mini Mini Chicles
Piedmont Candy Red Bird Candy Puffs, Cotton Candy-flavored
Best Novelty
Yummy LOL Jelly Fruits - WINNER
Pez "Hey Boo" dispenser
Related: 12 products we loved at the 2024 Christmas & Halloween ECRM show
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