Candy Land is a simple racing board game created by Eleanor Abbott and published by Milton Bradley in 1949.

The game requires no reading and minimal counting skills, making it suitable for young children.

The game was bought by Milton Bradley and first published in 1949 as a temporary fill-in for their then main product line, school supplies.

Candy Land became Milton Bradley's best-selling game, surpassing its previous top seller, Uncle Wiggily, and put the company in the same league as its main competitor, Parker Brothers.

[4] In 2012, Hasbro announced a film, which triggered a lawsuit by Landmark Entertainment Group over ownership and royalties owed for the characters and storyline introduced in the 1984 edition.

[6] The board consists of a winding, linear track made of 134 spaces, most red, green, blue, yellow, orange, or purple.

The remaining pink spaces are named locations, such as Candy Cane Forest and Gumdrop Mountain, or characters, such as Queen Frostine and Gramma Nutt.

The game is won by landing on or passing the final square and thus reaching the goal of the Candy Castle.

[9] The theme included a colored pathway that mimicked the board for the game, several Candy Land characters, and candy-themed shelving and ceiling decorations.

Princess Lolly is seen in one page, with Synergy (from Jem), the son of Acroyear and his servant Biotron (both from Micronauts) discussing her and other fairies that have crossed over from their land onto Earth more than once.

Synergy believes the creatures of Primordia (an attempted reworking of Inhumanoids) may have been the result of someone angering the fairies in the past, though she admits she's uncertain if this is in fact the case.

In February 2009, Universal Pictures announced plans for a film based on the Candy Land board game.

[13] Etan Cohen, a writer for comedies like Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and Tropic Thunder, was hired to write the screenplay.

[16] In July 2014, a lawsuit by Landmark Entertainment Group took place over ownership and royalties owned for the characters and storyline introduced in the 1984 edition.

[3] A cooking competition show, which was based on the game and hosted by Kristin Chenoweth, premiered on Food Network on November 15, 2020.