Candy Corn; does it deserve the hate?

*The Deadman* · 10-30-2019, 05:21 PM

I honestly don't understand the hate for this on social media. It's everyone's most hated Halloween candy for some reason and some flavors are actually good, like caramel apple. Discuss!

*Powder* · 10-30-2019, 05:49 PM

I don't get it myself, I love candy corn so much. My local dollar store has started to carry other holiday specific versions of it, & I buy it then, too. Around Easter we get a pastel colored variety, for example. It's got a great texture, cute look, & just the right level of sweet honey flavor. I even enjoy when other treats are based on it, like Russel Stover's candy corn cream-filled chocolates, or new variations on the classic such as Sour Patch Kids' version that featured grape & orange flavors covered in sugar crystals.

*IndigoErth* · 10-30-2019, 10:20 PM

Eh, I like Candy Corn okay, but it's not a favorite and a few pieces tend to be enough for me. It's more just fun and traditional. It's to Halloween and fall as jelly beans are to Easter. You can't do away with that kind of thing.

edit: Okay... crazy little factoid I just learned.

They were not the original inventors of it, but the company to pick up the recipe and popularize it was...Jelly Belly. Back at the end of the 1800s. But back then they were known as the Goelitz Confectionery Company and they called it "Chicken Feed" (because corn wasn't considered people food yet).

Name change aside, I'd have never guessed Jelly Belly has been around that long, let alone were behind Candy Corn being such a common staple and on of the symbols of Halloween and the season.

*Slade* · 10-30-2019, 11:08 PM

Nah, I like it just fine.Can't eat too much of it though. Memes pop up and everybody has to agree with them usually. .

Peeps on the other hand...

**Jester** · 10-30-2019, 11:14 PM

I like candy corn alright. I can't understand any of the food based hate, like pineapple on a pizza. I don't like it personally but to each their own..

*Roseangelo* · 10-30-2019, 11:18 PM

I do not like candy corn. Consider my dislike more left over for those of you who do like it.

*FredWolfLeonardo* · 10-30-2019, 11:25 PM

I'm not super active mainstream social media so I haven't seen Candy Corn hate.

Sugary stuff on general tends to have a rep for being "childish" though, and I don't like that.

*Andrew NDB* · 10-31-2019, 12:00 AM

I don't eat any candy. Only gummi bears, if someone puts them in front of me.

*DarkFell* · 10-31-2019, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slade

Peeps on the other hand...

You talking smack about my Peeps?

I get it - they're an acquired taste. The chocolate mocha, orange cream and peppermint Peeps.. those are gooood to me.

Back to the candy corn: I grew to like them as an adult, but I disliked them as a kid.

*Wildcat* · 10-31-2019, 12:39 AM

I like candy corn alright but I can see why some don’t.

Love gummy bears and gummies in general. Love Peeps too. This one I don’t understand because it’s sugar coated marshmallow. How is that gross?

I like pretty much any kind of candy except cinnamon flavored. I like cinnamon cookies and stuff just not cinnamon candy.

*triplexxx* · 10-31-2019, 01:08 AM

Candy corn caused me to hurl when I tried it.

~~TommyT~~ · 10-31-2019, 02:33 AM

It’s pure evil.

*Storm Eagle* · 10-31-2019, 08:10 AM

No hate towards candy corn from me, but I prefer chocolate, or fruit-flavored candies such as Skittles.

*MsMarvelDuckie* · 10-31-2019, 05:15 PM

I am not a candy snob, I will gnash most anything sweet if in the mood, though anything chocolate or sour gummies are my Kryptonite. But hate on candy corn, or Peeps? Never!!

Not a huge fan of any kind of taffy or toffee, however (though I will eat the fruit flavored stuff occasionally). Also caramel is just a bit TOO sweet for my taste, but not disliked completely. Unlike most folks, I actually kind of like black licorice, at least in small amounts.

Hamato Yoshi · 10-31-2019, 07:23 PM

In Norway we have some orange drops (so called "kamferdrops") , only old people eat them and Im sure candy corn taste better

*snake* · 11-01-2019, 12:28 AM

I actually like it, but I don’t remember it being handed out as frequently as it was promoted in advertisements and such when I was a kid.

*Utrommaniac* · 11-08-2019, 11:25 PM

They just...taste like vanilla? Which is okay?

10-30-2019, 05:21 PM	#1
The Deadman Foot Elite Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Maryland Posts: 3,990	Candy Corn; does it deserve the hate? I honestly don't understand the hate for this on social media. It's everyone's most hated Halloween candy for some reason and some flavors are actually good, like caramel apple. Discuss! __________________ Last Movie Watched: Hell House LLC (2015). Last TV Show Watched: Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog (S1:E29).

10-30-2019, 05:49 PM	#2
Powder So tired of this place Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell Ri La Posts: 26,809	I don't get it myself, I love candy corn so much. My local dollar store has started to carry other holiday specific versions of it, & I buy it then, too. Around Easter we get a pastel colored variety, for example. It's got a great texture, cute look, & just the right level of sweet honey flavor. I even enjoy when other treats are based on it, like Russel Stover's candy corn cream-filled chocolates, or new variations on the classic such as Sour Patch Kids' version that featured grape & orange flavors covered in sugar crystals. __________________ I'm convinced that none of you have ever experienced joy

10-30-2019, 10:20 PM	#3
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 15,242	Eh, I like Candy Corn okay, but it's not a favorite and a few pieces tend to be enough for me. It's more just fun and traditional. It's to Halloween and fall as jelly beans are to Easter. You can't do away with that kind of thing. edit: Okay... crazy little factoid I just learned. They were not the original inventors of it, but the company to pick up the recipe and popularize it was...Jelly Belly. Back at the end of the 1800s. But back then they were known as the Goelitz Confectionery Company and they called it "Chicken Feed" (because corn wasn't considered people food yet). Name change aside, I'd have never guessed Jelly Belly has been around that long, let alone were behind Candy Corn being such a common staple and on of the symbols of Halloween and the season. Last edited by IndigoErth; 10-30-2019 at 10:33 PM.

10-30-2019, 11:08 PM	#4
Slade god status Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Louisiana Posts: 3,291	Nah, I like it just fine.Can't eat too much of it though. Memes pop up and everybody has to agree with them usually. . Peeps on the other hand... __________________ Do not concern yourself with what I've already done: rather tremble at the thought of what I am about to do. Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth. http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=48140

10-30-2019, 11:14 PM	#5
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,216	I like candy corn alright. I can't understand any of the food based hate, like pineapple on a pizza. I don't like it personally but to each their own.. __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656

10-30-2019, 11:18 PM	#6
Roseangelo Emperor Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: California Posts: 8,979	I do not like candy corn. Consider my dislike more left over for those of you who do like it. __________________ www.ninjapizza.net www.colorsbyrosemary.com

10-31-2019, 12:00 AM	#8
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 29,279	I don't eat any candy. Only gummi bears, if someone puts them in front of me. __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ]

10-31-2019, 12:39 AM	#10
Wildcat Foot Elite Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: AZ Posts: 3,255	I like candy corn alright but I can see why some don’t. Love gummy bears and gummies in general. Love Peeps too. This one I don’t understand because it’s sugar coated marshmallow. How is that gross? I like pretty much any kind of candy except cinnamon flavored. I like cinnamon cookies and stuff just not cinnamon candy. __________________ Nothing can survive the will to stay alive, cause if you try, you can do anything.

10-31-2019, 01:08 AM	#11
triplexxx Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,596	Candy corn caused me to hurl when I tried it.

10-31-2019, 02:33 AM	#12
~~TommyT~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: Canada Posts: 859	It’s pure evil.

10-31-2019, 08:10 AM	#13
Storm Eagle Saved by Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New York Posts: 3,238	No hate towards candy corn from me, but I prefer chocolate, or fruit-flavored candies such as Skittles.

10-31-2019, 05:15 PM	#14
MsMarvelDuckie I Married a Duck! Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: The bowels of Hell, Texas(otherwise known as Decatur) Posts: 8,772	I am not a candy snob, I will gnash most anything sweet if in the mood, though anything chocolate or sour gummies are my Kryptonite. But hate on candy corn, or Peeps? Never!! Not a huge fan of any kind of taffy or toffee, however (though I will eat the fruit flavored stuff occasionally). Also caramel is just a bit TOO sweet for my taste, but not disliked completely. Unlike most folks, I actually kind of like black licorice, at least in small amounts. __________________ "You IDIOTS! You've captured their STUNT doubles!" -from "Spaceballs" "Where Science ends, magic begins." -Spiral, Uncanny X-Men #491 My various stories and fan-fics are now here- https://m.fanfiction.net/u/4770494/#end Last edited by MsMarvelDuckie; 11-03-2019 at 05:39 AM.

10-31-2019, 07:23 PM	#15
Hamato Yoshi Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 926	In Norway we have some orange drops (so called "kamferdrops") , only old people eat them and Im sure candy corn taste better

11-01-2019, 12:28 AM	#16
snake Disgusting Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Outer Heaven Posts: 12,230	I actually like it, but I don’t remember it being handed out as frequently as it was promoted in advertisements and such when I was a kid.

11-08-2019, 11:25 PM	#17
Utrommaniac Resident overthinker Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: what is going on.......... Posts: 5,318	They just...taste like vanilla? Which is okay? __________________ DeviantART