Leaf Brands, LLC is a candy company based in Newport Coast, Newport Beach, California in the United States. The original Leaf Candy Company started in the 1920s. Leaf Brands was once the fourth largest candy producer in North America, creating products such as Whoppers, Jolly Rancher, Milk Duds, Rain-Blo bubble gum, Heath bar and PayDay, before the U.S. division was sold to the Hershey Foods Corporation in 1996 and left the United States.