This story has been updated to correct a spelling typo of "Chicken Feed." Wednesday is National Candy Corn Day and there are ...

Cancel anytime. Candy corn: Sweet Halloween icon or a waxy sugar bomb? Find the sticky history and debate surrounding this controversial treat. Love it or hate it, candy corn is a Halloween staple.

Candy corn traditionally ranks high as a Halloween candy, with it coming in third behind chocolate and gummy candy in a 2021 survey last year by National Confectioners Association. Brach's Candy ...

But that sweet, waxy texture isn't for everyone. For those who love candy corn, no candy does it better at Halloween. In addition to sugar, corn syrup, salt, sesame oil, honey, artificial flavor ...

Enter Matt Escalante, the new vice president for Brach's seasonal division, where Halloween is the ... man for the controversial candy corn. Escalante stands by the treat — which, for the ...

treifing up the house. I also wanted to show our undying (but not unhallowed) support for the companies that produce treats for the $2 billion Halloween candy market that were taking that extra ...