Sounds like an Americanized version of torrone. I remember picking those candies apart to see if the different blobs tasted different, but I don't remember the result. Are those still made? I also sorted my Froot Loops by color as a kid. I recently read - to my horror - every color Froot Loop is the same flavor.
Apparently they do still make them, and they're called "Jelly Bean Nougats"

I didn't like them much as a candy as a kid, but I luvs them as a vape
Fruits loops all the same flavor? Arrggh. They probably don't have any fruit at all in them either