Founded in 1992, Taste of Nature, Inc. is a rapidly growing candy and snack food manufacturing company whose fun and innovative products may be found on store shelves nationwide. The company manufactures and markets a large variety of licensed and proprietary brands including: Cookie Dough Bites®, Care Bears® Gummi Bears, Sqwigglies™, Muddy Bears®, Tiny Tarts™, Cotton Candy Swirlz™, Mike and Ike® Cotton Candy, Hot Tamales® Cotton Candy, Simpsons® Fruit Snacks, Nathan's Famous® Gummi Hot Dogs, Snake Bitez™ Gummi Snakes and Shari Candies®.