A boy in a blindfold swinging at a piñata as Winis candy sticks fly out

Chewy candy from Mexico

Winis candy for piñatas, parties and the candy bowl

Soft taffy sticks and pops that taste like cotton candy, fruit chews in four flavors and a sour-and-spicy chew with chili. Every piece comes in its own wrapper.

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  • Wrapped one by one

    Every stick, pop and chew has its own wrapper, so a bag splits into goodie bags.

  • 11 to 300 pieces a pack

    From an 11-stick bag for one movie night to 300 chews for a piñata.

  • Called non-melting

    The brand says so for Original, Unicorn Sticks and Pops. Still keep them out of a hot car.

  • Label on every bag

    Serving size, calories and added sugars, typed from the panel for each candy.

Line one

Unicorn: cotton candy flavor

The Unicorn line tastes like the spun sugar from a fair, in a soft chew. It comes two ways. Sticks are long swirls in pink, blue and yellow. Pops put the same taffy on a stick, and 15 of them fill a bag.

Pick sticks for a basket or a piñata, where length helps. Pick pops when every kid at the table should hold one.

All Unicorn candy packs

Winis Unicorn Chewy Candy Sticks, Cotton Candy Flavor
Unicorn Chewy Candy Sticks11 or 55 pieces a pack · 140 cal per 3 pieces
from $4.80
Winis Unicorn Chewy Taffy Pops, Cotton Candy Flavor
Unicorn Chewy Taffy Pops15 or 30 pieces a pack · 120 cal per 4 pieces
from $4.59

Line two

Chewy Candy: fruit, chili and the mix

Original is the square fruit chew: grape, orange, lime and cherry in one bag, wrapped piece by piece. Acid Up keeps the chew and adds chili to pineapple, orange and cherry. The Mix bag throws pops, sticks and minis together.

Original is the safe bet for a crowd. Acid Up is for people who already love Mexican chili candy, and a kid who dislikes heat will spit it out.

All Chewy candy packs

Winis Chewy Candy Original Variety Bag, Grape, Orange, Lime and Cherry
Original Chewy Candy50, 100, 150 or 300 pieces a pack · 120 cal per 13 pieces
from $4.75
Winis Acid Up Sour and Spicy Chewy Candy with Chili
Acid Up Sour & Spicy Chewy Candy60 pieces a pack · 100 cal per 10 pieces
$10.47
Winis Mix Variety of Mexican Chewy Candies, 150 Pieces
Winis Mix Variety Bag150 pieces a pack · wrapped one by one
$17.57

Watch

The Winis range in 27 seconds

A short reel of the bags and the scenes they turn up in: a piñata, a couch on game night, a basket, a birthday table. No sound, so it plays fine in an office.

The silent reel opens on a piñata with Winis sticks and a Unicorn Sticks bag. Friends play video games, then come an Original bag and a bowl of wrapped chews. A Unicorn Pops bag, a girl at a laptop and an Acid Up bag follow. It ends with an Easter basket, a Halloween pail, a Winis Mix bag and a family clapping at a birthday cake.

Our reel, cut from the brand’s own product photos. Silent, 27 seconds.

What is in the bag

What makes a Winis chew

Four things a Winis bag tells you before you tear it open.

  • One wrapper per piece

    Original, Acid Up and the Mix bag say “individually wrapped” in the product name. Sticks and pops come in their own wrappers too.

  • Made to travel

    The brand calls Original, Unicorn Sticks and Pops non-melting. Taffy is still candy, so a car in July is a bad place for it.

  • Made without three things

    The product notes say no high-fructose corn syrup, peanuts or tree nuts. Original and Acid Up name soy as an allergen.

  • Servings you can count

    One serving is 13 pieces (30 g) of Original, 3 pieces (33 g) of sticks, 4 pieces (30 g) of pops and 10 pieces (30 g) of Acid Up.

Per serving, from the labels
CandyServingCaloriesAdded sugarsSodium
Unicorn Chewy Candy Sticks3 pieces (33 g)14023 g (46% DV)0 mg (0% DV)
Unicorn Chewy Taffy Pops4 pieces (30 g)12021 g (43% DV)0 mg (0% DV)
Original Chewy Candy13 pieces (30 g)12023 g (46% DV)0 mg (0% DV)
Acid Up Sour & Spicy Chewy Candy10 pieces (30 g)10014 g (29% DV)140 mg (6% DV)

The serving sizes differ, so compare per serving with care. Three sticks weigh more than four pops. Acid Up has the fewest calories per serving and the only sodium on the list, 140 mg.

Winis Acid Up Sour and Spicy Chewy Candy with Chili
Acid Up Sour & Spicy Chewy Candy60 pieces a pack · 100 cal per 10 pieces
$10.47

Compared

Winis Original next to three chews you know

Numbers come from each brand’s own product page. Prices stay out of it: they change by store and by week.

ComparedOriginal Chewy CandyLaffy Taffy Mixed Minis Ferrara (Laffy Taffy)Airheads Variety Pack Perfetti Van Melle (Airheads)Starburst Original Mars Wrigley (Starburst)
Serving on the label13 pieces (30 g)3 bars1 bar (15.6 g)6 pieces (29 g)
Calories per serving12011060120
Total sugars per serving23 g17 g11 g16 g
Flavors the brand namesGrape, orange, lime, cherryBanana, cherry, grape, sour apple and moreGrape, orange, strawberry, green appleStrawberry, cherry, orange, lemon
Better choice whenyou want four fruit flavors in one bag, every piece wrappedyou want a mini bar with a joke on the wrapperyou want a single bar per servingyou want strawberry, cherry, orange and lemon in the classic square

Laffy Taffy’s page gives total sugars only, so the sugars row shows total sugars for every column. Airheads counts one bar as a serving, so its numbers look small next to a handful of chews.

Winis Chewy Candy Original Variety Bag, Grape, Orange, Lime and Cherry
Original Chewy Candy50, 100, 150 or 300 pieces a pack · 120 cal per 13 pieces
from $4.75

About Winis

Winis candy, bag by bag

Three friends playing a video game with a bowl of wrapped Winis chews between them
Original chews in a bowl: the way most bags get eaten.

Winis is a Mexican chewy candy. You will spot the bag by its white WINIS letters with a blue outline, set on yellow for Original and on pink and purple for the Unicorn line. A rainbow swirl runs across most of the packs. Inside, every piece sits in its own twist of wrapper, which is the first thing to know before you plan a party with it.

The texture sits between a fruit chew and taffy. Buyers call it soft and chewy in most reviews. A few say a bag came hard, and some Original buyers fight with wrappers that stick to the chew.

The Winis range on sale here is small. There are 5 candies in 10 pack sizes. Two belong to the Unicorn line, which tastes of cotton candy. Three belong to Chewy Candy: the four-flavor Original, Acid Up with chili and the Mix party bag.

An Easter basket and a jack-o'-lantern pail filled with Winis candy sticks and chews
Sticks stand up in a basket or a pail, so they show above the grass and the eggs.

Unicorn is the line people buy for the look. Sticks come in a swirl of pink, blue and yellow, and pops put the same taffy on a stick. The flavor is the cotton candy you know from a fair, and the label says it is artificially flavored. Kids pick these for Easter baskets and birthday tables.

Original is the bag for a crowd. Grape, orange, lime and cherry share one bag, and the label counts 13 pieces as a serving. The 150-piece bag is the one we would carry to a classroom party or a long game night.

Acid Up is the one that splits a room. It is the same soft chew with chili mixed into pineapple, orange and cherry. Fans of Mexican chili candy will reach for it first. A child who hates spicy food will not, so keep a bag of Original next to it.

The range at a glance
CandyLinePieces per packFlavor
Unicorn Chewy Candy SticksUnicorn11 or 55Cotton candy flavor
Unicorn Chewy Taffy PopsUnicorn15 or 30Cotton candy flavor
Original Chewy CandyChewy Candy50, 100, 150 or 300Grape, orange, lime and cherry
Acid Up Sour & Spicy Chewy CandyChewy Candy60Pineapple, orange and cherry with chili
Winis Mix Variety BagChewy Candy150Grape, cherry, raspberry, apple, strawberry and other surprise flavors

The Mix bag is the wild card. It holds 150 wrapped pieces in several shapes, and the brand describes it as made for filling piñatas. Its flavors are partly a surprise, so a picky eater cannot choose. One reviewer wanted Unicorn taffy and found none in the bag.

Winis has a new owner. In September 2026 Tootsie Roll’s Mexican subsidiary bought the candy business of The Klass Company, Winis included. The US trademark record still names Corporación Industrial Alimenticia as the owner of the WINIS mark.

Winis Unicorn Chewy Taffy Pops, Cotton Candy Flavor
Unicorn Chewy Taffy Pops15 or 30 pieces a pack · 120 cal per 4 pieces
from $4.59
Winis Mix Variety of Mexican Chewy Candies, 150 Pieces
Winis Mix Variety Bag150 pieces a pack · wrapped one by one
$17.57
Winis Chewy Candy Original Variety Bag, Grape, Orange, Lime and Cherry
Original Chewy Candy50, 100, 150 or 300 pieces a pack · 120 cal per 13 pieces
from $4.75

Pack sizes run from 11 to 300 pieces. The small Unicorn bags hold 11 sticks or 15 pops, enough for one movie night or a table of young guests. Original comes in bags of 50 and 150 and in sets of two, so a class of thirty is easy to cover. The Mix bag is the heavy one at 3.6 lb.

Price per piece tells you more than the price of a bag. In the biggest Original set a chew costs 5¢, while a Unicorn stick costs 44¢ at best, since each stick weighs 11 grams. For a piñata, count pieces first and flavors second.

Each of the four Winis labels shows added sugars, from 14 to 23 grams per serving. That makes it party candy rather than an everyday snack, and Acid Up’s chili will put off a spice-shy guest.

From Dilcomer to Winis

Where Winis candy comes from

Winis comes out of The Klass Company, a Mexican candy and drinks maker. It started as Dilcomer in 1984 and changed hands in 2026.

  1. 1984

    Dilcomer opens

    The company starts in the State of Mexico under the name Dilcomer, El CEO reports.

    El CEO

  2. 1993

    WINIS reaches the US register

    Grupo Dilcomer files the WINIS mark for candies with the USPTO. The registration is later cancelled.

    USPTO

  3. 2006

    The mark in force today

    WINIS registration no. 3142768 is granted on September 12, 2006, after a 2002 filing.

    USPTO

  4. Today

    A plant in Tepotzotlán

    El CEO places production in Tepotzotlán, State of Mexico, with a US base in Houston, Texas.

    El CEO

  5. 2026

    Tutsi buys the business

    Tootsie Roll’s Mexican subsidiary completes the purchase on September 1, 2026.

    U.S. SEC (EDGAR)

Actualmente cuenta con una planta de producción en Tepotzotlán, Estado de México, además de operaciones en Estados Unidos, donde mantiene una base en Houston, Texas. El CEO

From El CEO’s report on the sale, in Spanish: the company runs a plant in Tepotzotlán and a US base in Houston.

Check it yourself

What you can verify about Winis

The mark, the owner, the label and the allergen line are all on public record, and you can check each one yourself.

  • A registered US trademark

    WINIS is registration no. 3142768 at the USPTO, for candies, registered September 12, 2006.

    USPTO

  • A public owner

    In September 2026 Tutsi, a subsidiary of Tootsie Roll Industries, bought the Mexican candy business of The Klass Company, Winis included. The company reported it in an SEC filing.

    U.S. SEC (EDGAR)

  • A Nutrition Facts panel

    Winis bags carry the panel in the FDA format: serving size, calories, added sugars with % Daily Value.

    U.S. FDA

  • An allergen line

    Original and Acid Up name soy. Soy is one of the nine major food allergens the FDA lists.

    U.S. FDA

Winis Unicorn Chewy Candy Sticks, Cotton Candy Flavor
Unicorn Chewy Candy Sticks11 or 55 pieces a pack · 140 cal per 3 pieces
from $4.80

Buyer reviews

What buyers say about Winis

Kids love the colors and the soft chew. Some grown-ups fight with sticky wrappers.

Cotton candy princess taffy

My kids loved these they were soft chewy taffy sticks and Cotton candy flavor can't go wrong we'll definitely be getting these again, must try for all princesses who love cotton candy

Tacinelli Family · July 25, 2026 · 1 bag, 11 pieces · Verified purchase

Unicorn Chewy Candy Sticks

Buy them

If you like chewy, fruity, sugar, buy 'em. I do it all the time.

Rachell Garrett · September 3, 2026 · 50 pieces, 4 oz · Verified purchase

Original Chewy Candy

Addicted

These are the last things I need to be eating. Addictive as all get out!

Rainbeaux Harvest · December 16, 2025 · Verified purchase

Winis Mix Variety Bag

Pretty good.

They’re good. Kind of hard at first, they’re not soft. Sweet with a hint of spice.

JP · March 22, 2025 · 2 bags of 30, 60 pieces · Verified purchase

Acid Up Sour & Spicy Chewy Candy

10/10 Amazing Pops

Greatest cotton candy taffy pops I’ve had and that’s sayin a lot.

Rebecca Smith · August 15, 2026 · 1 bag, 15 pieces · Verified purchase

Unicorn Chewy Taffy Pops

2 star

Paper stuck to the candy so bad could not even enjoy the different flavors, I don’t have money to waste so I won’t purchase again

nichole Perry · July 20, 2026 · 50 pieces, 4 oz · Verified purchase

Original Chewy Candy

Questions

Questions about Winis

What is Winis candy?

Winis is a Mexican chewy candy sold in individually wrapped pieces. The range on sale here has 5 candies, from Unicorn Chewy Candy Sticks with 3,431 ratings to the 150-piece Mix bag.

Who makes Winis candy?

The Klass Company of Mexico makes it, and the product pages name KlassCo. Since September 1, 2026 the business belongs to Tutsi, a subsidiary of Tootsie Roll Industries, per an SEC filing.

Is Winis candy individually wrapped?

Yes. Every Winis stick, pop and chew comes in its own wrapper, from the 11-piece Unicorn Sticks bag to the 150-piece Mix bag.

Brand facts

Winis at a glance

Winis is a brand of Mexican chewy candy, sold on Amazon, known for its Unicorn Chewy Candy Sticks.

What Winis makes
Individually wrapped chewy candy: Unicorn cotton candy sticks and pops, Original fruit chews, Acid Up chews with chili and a Mexican candy mix
US trademark
WINIS, registration no. 3142768, registered September 12, 2006, for candies
First US filing
WINIS, filed October 12, 1993 by Grupo Dilcomer (registration no. 1946016, later cancelled)
Where it is sold
On Amazon

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