Updated 10/4/23 at 3:30 p.m. ET:
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My distaste for candy corn is well-known. Just keep reading. The main issue with the candy is the weird aftertaste that lingers when you eat one piece. Itโs like a houseguest that stays way too long. Making matters worse are the seasonal flavors that frequently roll out this time of year. To once again highlight my extreme hatred for candy corn, Iโm examining a few of these unbelievable abominations, so you can avoid them in the supermarket.
With NFL and college football taking over everyoneโs weekends, tailgating is Americaโs leading pastime right now. Nowhere in the tailgate playbook has anyone ever asked for candy corn with the flavors of hot dog, hamburger, popcorn, fruit punch and vanilla ice cream. These are delicious foods, why mess them up with horrid candy corn.
Chocolate is one of the most versatile, delicious ingredients on Earth. It goes with everything. Well, everything except candy corn. Harvest Corn is regular candy corn mixed with cocoa powder. Brachโs says itโs good for baking, but if you put this in a cake or cookies, you hate your friends and family.
As if candy corn wasnโt bad enough, Brachโs decided to pair it with Harvest Corn and pumpkin mellowcreme in some weird terrible candy mix.
I canโt guarantee that youโll find these, as seasonal candies come and go from year to year. However, if you like M&Ms, white chocolate and candy corn, I guess these are right up your alley. The rest of us will stick with classic, peanut, fudge brownie, or caramel.
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We need to talk about an issue thatโs been plaguing our society for far too long. Itโs time we, as a planet, finally come together and rid this world of candy corn.
Yes, I said candy corn. I know some of you like it, but hereโs the thing: youโre wrong.
Every October, we have to deal with the return of this Halloween โtreatโ as store shelves are suddenly inundated with a variety of candy corn-flavored products like marshmallows, cupcakes or ice cream. Why would you ruin perfectly good ice cream with this nonsense? And arenโt marshmallows sweet enough already? Did we really need to add candy corn to them?
According to History, candy corn was created with a bunch of other agricultural-themed candies in the 1880s but it didnโt become synonymous with Halloween until the โ50s. OK, but there are plenty of bad things from the โ50s weโve gotten rid of. Itโs past time for us to rise up and fight this evil. Thereโs no getting around it, candy corn is just terrible. On its own, itโs the worst thing youโve ever eaten. Add in specialty flavors like hot dog, hamburger or turkey dinner, and itโs a terrible hell demon that some mystical spell can only kill.
And yeah, hot dog-flavored candy cornโwhich I swear is actually a thingโsounds God awful. Did they make it from day-old hot dog water? Is this what happens to the hot dogs that get stuck in the conveyor belt? Who asked for this?
No one. Thatโs who.
I havenโt tried it, but I guarantee it has an aftertaste that never goes away no matter how many times you brush your teeth.
Honestly, wasnโt classic candy corn bad enough? Every year these new ridiculous flavors and products get rolled out and we all laugh, but seriously, why are we still doing this? Candy corn has zero redeeming qualities. I guess the sugar is enticing for some, but unlike Snickers, M&Ms, or Skittles, thereโs no flavor to it. If you give this out to trick-or-treaters, it just means you hate kids.
In closing, Iโm sorry if Iโve just ruined your favorite Halloween treat, but I canโt understand how with all the amazing candy choices in the world, why are we continuing to tolerate the existence of candy corn? Iโm not the only one who feels this way, so letโs get that anti-candy corn campaign started immediately.
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