What does 🍬 Candy mean?
A wrapped piece of hard candy with twisted ends. It covers sweets, Halloween trick-or-treating, candy stores and sugar rushes. It can also mean something nice to look at, as in “eye candy”, or an extra little reward for good behavior. Parents and dentists sometimes use it as a gentle warning about cavities. Compare 🍭 for a lollipop.
🍬 Candy is an emoji from the Food & Drink category (sweets & desserts), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about cavities, dessert, halloween, restaurant, sweet and tooth.
Example messages
🍬 Candy on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Candy looks on each platform.
More sweets & desserts emojis
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Candy emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Candy emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🍬 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :candy:.
When was the Candy emoji added?
🍬 Candy was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🍬 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Candy. The underlying code (U+1F36C) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.