Seems that the fruit by the foot "I replaced your..." campaign has set the surreal standard for candy these days. Skittles have reigned supreme in the US with ads like tree and Midas. In the UK, the oddest we got was Gorilla and eyebrow dance.
It's only natural that a well-established oddness thing in the candy-category should birth a new generation of animated advertising icons to go with it. Meet Maynard the Moose. He hypnotizes people into chewing wine gums. Okaaay..... Sing along now; chew, chew, chew - as you do with a giant wine-gum stuck between your teeth. For a up close and personal hypno-experience, head over to https://www.maynardsayschew.com/