Comments on: It’s that time again – National Candy Corn Day

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 05:18:48 +0000

I dearly love candy corn (only Brach’s will do!), but have gotten so I can’t eat the very-sweet candy favorites of my past (York peppermint patties, among others; also my southern favorite, peanut patties).
Mild chocolate is no good to me any more either: it has to be dark, although not as bitter as AesopSpouse prefers. Oddly, though, it’s not the higher sugar content but the saltiness of the mild version that I find (now) distasteful.

I’ll probably get a little bag of the faux-kernels anyway.

By: huxley

huxley — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 03:36:24 +0000

Interesting how much the cross-section of a corn kernel reminds me of that of a tooth, like you see in a dentist’s office.

By: J.J.

J.J. — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 22:59:51 +0000

I’m a reformed candy corn addict. It’s very addictive for me. I love it but avoid it because I always overindulge. 🙁

By: Chad

Chad — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 20:53:57 +0000

I don’t care that much for candy corn by itself, but when mixed with salted peanuts, I find to be my own personal equivalent to crack.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 19:52:47 +0000

We were required to give away all but some small amount (10 or 20 pieces) of our haul (and also to collect for UNICEF, sigh). I was always a chocolate lover, so candy corn went to the give-away pile.

By: Gringo

Gringo — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 19:33:02 +0000

My first memory of candy corn is from the drive from my Midwest grandparents back to New England. My grandmother packed some candy corn in our lunches.

I liked it, but I can’t remember if as an adult I have eaten candy corn or not.

I tried linking to the youtube that sdferr referred to but got annoyed at the Google requirement that I go through the “I am not a robot” rigamarole. IMHO, Google has gotten more annoying in recent months. A blog where I have commented for nearly 2 decades is on a Google platform. For the last 2-3 months, my comments have not been allowed. For a while I could bypass that by commenting as “anonymous.” but not any more. I tried leaving my VPN, but that didn’t work. No wonder that when I get snail mail from Google inviting me to use Google fiber, I decline their offer. (No, I do not have Gmail.)

By: Rufus T. Firefly

Rufus T. Firefly — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 19:26:23 +0000

Hideous tasting, vile stuff.
I’m pretty sure, when you go trick or treating in hell every house gives out candy corn.

By: sdferr

sdferr — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 18:46:39 +0000

If, as a Peppermint Pattie lover, Imma go with a bit more pizzazz: https://youtu.be/5rfle8wSwJM

By: Nonapod

Nonapod — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 18:33:25 +0000

Apparently people have come up with recipes to make homemade candy corn. This person built upon one that Alton Brown came up with, switching out corn syrup for honey.

By: Cub Scout Momma

Cub Scout Momma — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 18:18:22 +0000

sdferr, for some reason that musical piece makes me thing of York Peppermint Patties. I think of candy corn’s musical sound to be more like “Hello, goodby” by the Beatles: not much substance but catchy.