I’m making a few of these for a friend. They are about 6" long and have some pipe cleaners on the inside to help them keep shape if you give them a little bend!
[https://ribblr.com/pattern/sour-gummy-worm-Crochet-1](Sour Gummy Worm Pattern at Ribblr) (I guess the pattern is no longer free 😕)
As an older, terminally un-hip person myself, I expect that’s probably it indeed! Dang kids, off my lawn, etc etc.