Love it or hate it, a certain pyramid-shaped candy is arguably one of the most iconic Halloween treats. Before becoming the polarizing candy it is today, it took off in popularity after a ...

Although this American Halloween staple is instantly recognizable and deeply beloved, it has nevertheless been steeped in controversy. In recent years, a senseless mob of internet haters has dominated ...

Candy corn. What is that name? Whose idea was this, to pair a vegetable with the sugary treat for schoolchildren? It's neither beast nor fowl, neither corn nor candy. It is a strange breed, maybe even ...

The thing that is hard to grasp about candy-corn-flavored candy — not candy corn, but other candy that tastes like it — is that it’s a candy defined more by its texture than its flavor. What is “candy ...

This story has been updated to correct a spelling typo of "Chicken Feed." Wednesday is National Candy Corn Day and there are plenty of ways to celebrate, whether it be by cracking open a fresh bag ...

NEW YORK - Cruel joke for trick-or-treaters or coveted seasonal delight? The great Halloween debate over candy corn is on. In the pantheon of high-emotion candy, the classic shiny tricolor kernels in ...

It is no secret that candy corn remains one of the most controversial confectioneries of Halloween. But why? Is it the unappealing way it looks more like a traffic cone than a corn kernel? Is it how ...

The blue text bubbles flashed before my eyes, coming in so fast that the vibrations on my phone, once distinct, blurred into one giant bzzzzzzzzzzzz, like it was screaming at me, which was fitting, ...