Candy corn shows up every October, but it wasn’t invented for Halloween. Its original name is a clue to what it was really for.
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Sources:
• History.com, “Who Invented Candy Corn?”
• National Geographic, “The saccharine history of candy corn”
• Smithsonian Magazine, “Candy Corn Hasn’t Changed Since the 19th Century”
• University of Georgia CAES Field Report, “It’s corn! The history of an adored and reviled Halloween candy”
• Mental Floss, on candy corn’s beginnings
• Wikipedia, “Candy corn”
• St. Louis Magazine, “Did candy corn originate in St. Louis?”
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