# Am I the only one who likes candy corn?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-likes-candy-corn/212224>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 9, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-likes-candy-corn/212224 "2003-11-09T13:40:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-likes-candy-corn/212224/41 "2003-11-15T00:27:07Z")

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Just went & got more candy corn. It’s a store brand (I won’t say which store).

Uck! Ptooey! Pbbbbbbbbbt!

This stuff tastes like Gummi Wax!

_grabs another handful_

Blecch! Eww!

It’s got FD&C Red #3 in it for that bitter aftertaste.

_grabs another handful_

Khkhhhh.

Although it does have a nice almond flavor to it.

_grabs another handful_

I really need to stop eating this stuff.

_grabs another handful_

And when I’m done with this bag, there’s another one just waiting to be opened. We really do need a sick smiley on these boads. :-6

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Mr\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Jim)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-likes-candy-corn/212224/42 "2003-11-15T03:43:38Z")

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Since finding out how they are [really](http://www.tamut.com/pics/jokes/witchcorn.jpg) made they’ve lost their appeal to me. 😃

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**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-likes-candy-corn/212224/43 "2003-11-15T05:58:11Z")

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> \*Originally posted by twickster \*  
> \*\*I read the thread title as “candy porn” and my mind flashed to … well, never mind. \*\*

So I’m not the only one who read candy _porn_ then!

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**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-likes-candy-corn/212224/44 "2003-11-15T15:50:12Z")

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> \*Originally posted by racer72 \*  
> \*\*It has to be good candy corn. My wife tried to pawn a bag of “Honey Sweetened” candy corn on me a few weeks ago. Nasty, nasty, nasty. \*\*

I was duped by the same product. A candy or food product has to be downright vile for me to just waste it rather than eat it while making a mental note not to buy it again. This stuff went right in the trash. It was beyond awful. The bag should say “Made with real honey, and 1.5 lbs of salt.” Yuck.

To remedy the situation I went right out and found a store that had Brach’s. All good, right? Wrong. I got candy corn some sort of defective batch which didn’t set up properly. Ut looked perfectly normal but were in fact too mushy, almost sandy.

I’m not sure I’ll make the effort next year.

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