What is candy corn and how is it made?
What is candy corn and how is it made? Every Halloween, bags of triangle-shaped, yellow, orange and white candies fill trick-or-treat bags all over the country. And there are many bags to fill: According to the National Confectioners Association, candy companies will produce nearly 35 million pounds of the corny candy this year. That’s about 9 billion individual kernels of corn. Candy corn is a sweet replicate of dried corn kernels. It’s considered a “mellow cream,” a name for a type of candy made from corn syrup and sugar that has a marshmallow-like flavor. Although candy corn tastes rich, it’s actually fat-free. Candy Image Gallery Most people know the traditional candy corn with three stripes — yellow at the bottom, orange at the center and white at the top — but it also c
