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"Chicken feed," as candy corn was originally called because of its appearance, was invented by the Wunderle Candy Company in the late 1880s during a candy boom in the United States. — NYT (10/26/23)

📷 Andria Lo for The New York Times

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    From the article...

    Candy corn was developed for working-class children. Evidently, to put them off candy.

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    "Each year, she shares one bag with her husband, and they have no plans to give it up. “I totally get all the people who are like: ‘It’s disgusting. It has like a weird, waxy texture,’” she said. “I totally know where they’re coming from, but I’ll still eat it. Is that weird?””

    Yes.

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