Like It Or Not, Candy Corn Is Here To Stay

Today (10/30) is National Candy Corn Day. Did you just shudder? Welcome to the club. I'm not a fan either.

I have yet to meet anyone who is ambivalent about candy corn. You either love it or hate it. I do have one friend who swears that candy corn is great as long as it's mixed in a bowl with salted peanuts. I tried that. Loved the peanuts, threw out the candy corn.

Despite my objections, more than 20 million pounds of candy corn are sold every year. According to a USA Today poll, it's actually the most popular Halloween candy in Alabama, Idaho, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, and Rhode Island. Did you also know it contains marshmallow fluff (then why doesn't it taste better?) and that it takes up to five days to produce a kernel of candy corn? I can think of better ways to spend that time.

It might appear that I'm trying to dissuade you from eating candy corn. Nothing could be further from the truth. I don't want to stand in the way of your candy corn harvest. If you love it, have at it. The more candy corn you eat, the less of it might come into my home this Halloween.