Candy Corn, Love it or Hate it

Candy corn is a type of small, pentagonal 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. It is a staple candy of the fall season and the Halloween holiday in North America.

Candy corn's traditional colors of yellow, orange, and white represent the colors of the fall harvest, or of corn on the cob, with the wide yellow end resembling a corn kernel.

Candy corn has a reputation for polarizing responses, with articles referring to it as "Halloween's most contentious sweet" that people either "love" or "hate."

CANDY CORN TRIVIA! • While chocolate candy rules at Halloween, 12% of trick-or-treaters want to get candy corn before other types of candy.

• These days, it comes in lots of different colors to match the seasons — shades of pink called “rabbit corn” for Easter, green, red and white “reindeer corn” for Christmas, and so on. No matter what the holiday, you can most likely find a candy corn color to match!

• Candy corn has its own holiday: National Candy Corn Day falls on October 30th each year.

• It is fat-free, with one large handful containing 140 calories and 28 grams of sugar.

• Candy corn keeps a long time — nine months in an unopened package, or up to six months if the package has been opened. Store away from light at room temperature to maximize that lifespan.

• More than 30 million pounds of candy corn are produced yearly — that’s roughly nine billion pieces!

• In honor of Goelitz, Jelly Belly developed a candy corn-flavor jelly bean.

TOP 20 LIST OF WHICH STATE CONSUMES THE MOST CANDY CORN.

1. California 2. Texas 3. Florida 4. New York 5. Michigan 6. Illinois 7. Pennsylvania 8. North Carolina 9. Georgia 10. Indiana 11. Iowa 12. Kansas 13. Louisiana 14. Maryland 15. Massachusetts 16. Arizona 17. Minnesota 18. Mississippi 19. Kentucky 20. Washington