How do you eat candy corn? Do you daintily nibble off the white tip? Do you start from the bottom? Or do you just pop them in your mouth either one at a time, or by the sugary handful? Yes, it is the Halloween version of the Oreo-Cookie eating controversy. It is said that the way one eats their candy corn is a window into their personality type. Over 20 million pounds of candy corn sold every year. There is such a love of candy corn,that it has become a year-round treat, with its looks and flavors to match the different holidays. We have seen pastel colored candy corn at Easter, red and pink candy corn for Valentine’s Day, red and green for Christmas and chocolate-flavored brown, orange and yellow combo for Thanksgiving, and even white Wedding candy corn! When did this madness start? Back in the 1880s, an employee of a candy company called Wunderlee, George Renninger invented this little treat which was intended to look like a kernel of field corn. Made from a combination of sugar, corn syrup and honey, but it was the tri-color, yellow top, orange center, white point, that made it so popular. By 1898, the Goelitz Candy Company, now known as Jelly Belly Candy Co (one of my favs) was producing the candy in mass quantities. In later years, innovations in mechanical processing increased production to the point of expanding from a seasonal candy to a year-round (hence the color/flavor variations) confection, available worldwide.
Candy Corn!
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