ALL ABOUT CANDY CORN

(NOTE: From our Halloween archives, here’s a story from 2016 all about the history of Candy Corn, one of the most maligned Halloween candies. Original source: USA Today.)

Here are the more interesting candy corn facts:
1: Candy corn was invented in the 1880’s by George Renninger, an employee of the Wunderle Candy Company in Philadelphia.
2: The Goelitz Confectionery Company, now called Jelly Belly Candy, started making candy corn at the turn of the 20th century. It was called “Chicken Feed.” The boxes were illustrated with a rooster logo and copy that read: “Something worth crowing for.”
3: About 9 billion kernels of candy corn – more than 35 million pounds – are sold annually, according to the National Confectioners Association.
4: In one eight-hour shift, Jelly Belly makes 28,000 pounds of candy corn.
5: One kernel of candy corn is about 5 calories.
6: October 30 is National Candy Corn Day.
* Remember what I said these would be “the more interesting candy corn facts.” I was wrong. Sorry.
* Here are some more Candy Corn facts:
– You can fit about three up each nostril, if you push.
– America is still eating from that first batch made at the turn of the 20th century.
– Given the choice between candy corn and a box of raisins, most Americans would eat the box. Not the raisins, just the box.
* From the interwebs:
How to Eat Candy Corn:
1. Eat one piece.
2. Remember candy corn sucks.
3. Leave the rest.
* Could be worse. Could be candy asparagus.
* Gee, why did they abandon a wonderful name like Chicken Feed?
* Maybe because even chickens won’t eat it.
* It’s still a very good candy – if you want to punish your kid.