Ferrara Candy Company

Ferrara Candy Company is a US confectionery manufacturer with its corporate headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. It traces back to a pastry and candy shop opened in 1908 by Salvatore Ferrara in Chicago's Little Italy, and took its present form in a 2012 merger with Farley's and Sathers Candy Company. Its brands include Nerds, Jelly Belly, SweeTARTS, Brach's, Trolli, Laffy Taffy, Lemonhead and Black Forest, and in 2018 it took over a portfolio of former Nestlé US candy brands including Butterfinger and Baby Ruth. Since 2017 it has been a Ferrero affiliated company while remaining independent.