If you think that "red" is the best flavor of candy (which it obviously is) then you've got to face the facts: The most natural way your candy could be colored is using ground-up cochineal insects.
These little critters have been dyeing things red for a long, long time. The Aztecs reportedly used them to dye vibrant fabrics. Now, the bugs are harvested from South American prickly pear plantations, dried, and crushed, with about 70,000 insects yielding a pound of dye. You can see photos of the process at Business Insider, or watch the video above to see the pigment come to life.
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