Even if you hate candy corn, you still probably associate it with Halloween. The orange and yellow kernels conjure memories of fall and the spooky season. Created in the late 19th century, candy ...

Beloved, hated by many, candy corn reigns as a top Halloween treat. ... (25 pieces) is 100 calories, meaning one "kernel" is four calories. This serving contains 20 grams of sugar.

The great Halloween debate over candy corn is on. In the pantheon of high-emotion candy, the classic shiny tricolor kernels in autumn’s white, orange and yellow are way up there.

Candy corn took off in the late 1800s after a Cincinnati-based company took the lead in production. Here's what to know about the Halloween treat.

My editor, Cassie, is part of that half. “It tastes and feels like wax,” she tells me. She’s not alone. Invented in the 1880s, candy corn was at first known as “chicken feed” since corn ...

That equates to more than 2 billion candy corn kernels, Business Insider previously reported, or enough to circle the moon nearly 13 times, the company says.