Candy is great, so it gets 5 stars because my personal experience should not affect product review.I donated this item for teenagers to throw at a parade, and our company received a few calls complaining about this candy being thrown out to small children at parades saying that it is a big no-no because of the choke hazard it represents; I can see why.Sorry if other people have been having problems with these jawbreakers. Mine arrived perfectly intact--I did not see any broken ones. If there were broken ones I didn't see them. As to the jawbreaker/jawbuster argument... Go to Ferrara Candy website and you will see that the candy is called Jawbusters on their website, so they are indeed the real deal. Enjoy!These are the absolute BOMB! I love them so much I was going through a bag a month, so I decided I had to quit buying them! But if you're looking for a bargain, and really good flavor, this is it!These are yummy little things , I don't know why I love them . Maybe it comes from childhood maybe it's the weird colors. At any rate this is the best price point if you want to buy them. Much better at five pound size.These are fantastic tasting and smelling jawbreakers. Straight up old school candy here! I was really wanting to know the piece count when I ordered these and now that I've used them I'd say you get at least 500 pieces per bag.They were open in the box when I got them, but other than that....great :)I think they were a little old. They did not have that hardness that a crave. They had a good taste but I won't be ordering them again.Was exactly as we expected it would be.