Whether you view a piece of candy corn as a nostalgic treat or a cloying nugget of disappointment, you can’t deny its place in the Halloween season. Here's how it got there.

America's sweetest vegetable-inspired candy is woefully misunderstood. If you've always thought of yourself as a candy corn hater, you need to try this snack.

Candy corn is made with gelatin, which is derived from animal parts like hides and bones, as well as "lac-resin," which is a secretion from tiny red Asian insects called lac bugs.

Or, as Paul Zarcone of Huntington, New York, put it: “I love candy corn even though it looks like it should taste like a candle. I also like that many people hate it.

The turkey candy was “disturbingly, hauntingly like candied turkey,” wrote reviewer Heather Martin in a lengthy Facebook post.. “Wrong on every level.” The stuffing flavored candy corn ...

At the time, the candy industry was already producing the other produce-shaped candies like pumpkins and turnips, but the three color striped pattern of the candy corn is what made it revolutionary.

Much like me, the beau is a handful-a-season candy corn guy. And it turns out, we’re not alone. Unlike the Vogue team of 2017, my own colleagues are a study in candy corn nonchalance.

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The turkey candy was “disturbingly, hauntingly like candied turkey,” wrote reviewer Heather Martin in a lengthy Facebook post.. “Wrong on every level.” The stuffing flavored candy corn ...