Trucks spills thousands of Skittles, turns out they were meant for cows

What do you do when your delivery truck full of red Skittles gets flooded, and the sweets are poured out all over the street? A pretty sticky situation – but this one takes a weird turn.

The candy wasn't going to a shop, or to a factory to be packaged, like most of us would think (also; why were there only red Skittles?). Instead, they were going to some cows.

We're legit not joking.

The County Sheriff's Office in Wisconsin, in the US, has reported that the sweets "were intended to be feed for cattle."

And apparently, this has been going on for years! Bakeries and sweet companies sell their rejected candy as animal feed, which is a source of "cheap carbs", a former farmer told WBAY.

The cost of corn has been rising over the years, and mixing candy into the cows' food is now common practice.

"When you talk about feeding candy, it's something that can help supplement a small portion of the diet. Cows need carbohydrates as well. They need sugar. It provides energy and calories for them," said Liz Binversie, an agriculture expert.

You learn something new everyday, huh?