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| Type | Confectionery |
|---|---|
| Course | Dessert, Candy, Snack |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Region or state | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Main ingredients | Sugar, corn syrup, carnauba wax, artificial coloring and binders |
| Variations | cupid corn, bunny corn, harvest corn, reindeer corn |
Candy corn is a small, pyramid-shaped candy, typically divided into three sections of different colors, with a waxy texture and a flavor based on honey, sugar, butter, and vanilla.[1][2] It is a staple candy of the fall season and Halloween in North America.[2]
Candy corn's traditional colors of yellow, orange, and white represent the colors of the fall harvest,[2] or of corn on the cob,[3] with the wide yellow end resembling a corn kernel.[1]
Candy corn has a reputation for generating polarizing responses, with articles referring to it as "Halloween's most contentious sweet"[1] which people either "love" or "hate".[2][4][5]
- ^ a b c Pai, Tanya (2015-10-29). "Candy corn: Halloween's most contentious sweet, explained". Vox. Archived from the original on 2023-12-04. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
- ^ a b c d Hartel, Richard W.; Hartel, AnnaKate (2014), Hartel, Richard W.; Hartel, AnnaKate (eds.), "National Candy Corn Day", Candy Bites: The Science of Sweets, New York, NY: Springer, pp. 101–104, doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-9383-9_26, ISBN 978-1-4614-9383-9, archived from the original on 2024-05-30, retrieved 2020-10-12
- ^ "History of candy corn". Showcase. The Spectator. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ Taylor, Elise (20 October 2017). "Candy Corn: You Either Love It or Hate It, There Is No In-Between". Vogue. Archived from the original on 2023-10-06. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
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