Candy corn took off in the late 1800s after a Cincinnati-based company took the lead in production. Here's what to know about the Halloween treat.

Candy Corn’s Tie to Ohio George Renniger at Wunderle Candy Co. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has been thought to be the original creator of the treat, but there is no physical proof of it ...

Halloween didn't take off in the United States until the late 1800s and early 1900s, so Americans weren't eating candy corn during spooky season at first. It was first a popular Christmas treat.

Candy corn is objectively kind of gross, but that's what makes it good.” Or, as Paul Zarcone of Huntington, New York, put it: "I love candy corn even though it looks like it should taste like a ...

The great Halloween debate over candy corn is on. In the pantheon of high-emotion candy, the classic shiny tricolor kernels in autumn’s white, orange and yellow are way up there.

Today, kids delight in stacking candy corn in a circle, points in, to create corncob towers. As for nutrition, 19 candy corns amount to about 140 calories and 28 grams of sugar.

Instead, candy corn is more often used in baked goods and in candy dishes to decorate for fall, said Duffy. Fans “may also just eat it straight out of the bag, quite frankly,” she added.

Today, kids delight in stacking candy corn in a circle, points in, to create corncob towers. As for nutrition, 19 candy corns amount to about 140 calories and 28 grams of sugar.

Love it or loathe it, market leader Brach's churns out roughly 30 million pounds of candy corn for the fall season each year, or enough to circle planet Earth about five times, the company says. Last ...