New Jersey: Is Candy Corn Actually Candy, or, a Decoration?

I turned to immediate family members to help me explore the age old debate about Candy Corn.

Is Candy Corn actually a candy, or, is it a decoration?

Here are the great responses that I have received on this topic.

Jon Baker provided us with the best description that I’ve ever seen about Candy Corn. “After all the good Halloween candy has been eaten, the lonely and lowly candy corn remain-waiting patiently...days, weeks, sometimes years - for a moment when sugar cravings and desperation decide their fate.”

Noah Hurley Baker was pithy and brilliant, writing:“Candy Corn: A desecration of candy.”

Kristin Hurley Baker wrote another pearl of wisdom: "I love candy corn. I've never met a candy so beautiful and yet, inedible."

Margie Hurley shared: “Candy Corn is my least favorite candy, It tastes like wax, and canned icing. l'm sure people love it, but it's not for eating.”

Lauren Hurley Lauriello wrote: “Candy Corn is not candy, it's wax.

Andrew Lauriello wrote: “Candy Corn - only corn that has nutritional value:)”

Rob Hurley wrote: “All Candy Corn in circulation is just recycled leftovers from previous years.”

And, last … but, certainly not least, we present … our only respondent who believes that Candy Corn is real candy and not just a decoration.

Don Hurley wrote: "I like Candy Corn … as a legitimate candy and not just a decoration for Halloween, said Don Hurley, a champion of Candy Corn.”

Well, there you have it. Our own internal Hurley Family unscientific poll has settled the matter.

By a vote of 7-1, Candy Corn is not candy. It is a decoration.

NOTE: In case you’re wondering, here is the origin of Candy Corn:

George Renninger, a candymaker at the Wunderlee Candy Company in Philadelphia, invented the revolutionary tricolor candy in the 1880s. The Goelitz Confectionery Company brought candy corn to the masses at the turn of the 20th century. The company, now called Jelly Belly Candy Co., has the longest history of making candy corn-although the method has changed, it still uses the original recipe. In honor of its Goelitz roots.

SOURCE: Better Homes & Garden, on the origin of Candy Corn.