How many rare candies are in the game and where do you find them

I do not think that anyone can tell you exactly how many Rare candies there are in Pokemon Sapphire, or in any other Pokemon game for that matter. However, you could try heading over to Serebii.net and looking at their item pokedex to see if it tells you where any Rare candies are. Serebii.net

Um, it's actually kind of infinite... There is a great way to get more rare candies than are located on the map. You will need a zigzagoon. (or any Pokemon with the 'pick-up' ability. Put it up first in your team and switch it out of battle, but the idea is to level it up to a much higher level (above level 30, but the higher the better) because the higher the level the better the chance of it picking up a rare candy in the wild or after battle.

Make sure you check it regularly to take items away from it, and don't make it hold anything, because if it's holding something, it won't pick up more things.

Ummm its kinda axualy about 6 so yall need to play like me!

During my playthrough of the game, I only found 3 rare candies. However, the Zigzagoon trick DOES work.

I just made it to the entrance of Victory Road in Emerald, and I've found 16 of them, most of them being hidden; I found all of these by using the itemfinder almost everywhere I go