National Candy Corn Day is an annual feast celebrated on October 30th of every year. It’s a day, especially for the candy fans. Celebrate this day with a candy corn that hasn’t changed its taste, design, colour, and size. National Candy Corn Day celebrates the century-old candy corn.
The first celebration of the National Candy Corn Day is unknown. Candy Corn has a century-old history. George Renninger PA-based Wunderle Candy Company in Philadelphia created Candy corn in the 1880s. Candy Corn has three colours a broad yellow end, a tapered orange at the centre, and a pointed white tip. The Candy Corn looks like the kernels of corn, hence its name. Each piece of Candy Corn is nearly three times when compared with the size of an original kernel from a ripe or dried ear. Candy Corn is originally made with hands. It first combined corn syrup, sugar, carnauba wax, water and cooked all of them to form a slurry. Forgetting the right texture, fondant was added. Marshmallows were added to get a soft bite. Now it is primarily made of corn syrup, sugar, confectioner’s wax, artificial colouring, and binders.
Over the years, candy corn variations are brought that suited different holidays. The Indian corn has a chocolate brown tip instead of a yellow and is available around Thanksgiving. The Reindeer corn has a green centre and a red end is a Christmas variant. The Cupid corn has a pink centre and a red end is a Valentine’s Day variant. The caramel apple and green apple candy corn variants were introduced in 2011. The s’mores and pumpkin spice variants made available in 2013. The Carrot corn was introduced for the Easter season in 2014, which is green and orange having a carrot cake type flavour.
Celebrating the National Candy Corn Day is very simple. Grap a handful of Candy Corns to make the celebration. You can taste the candy corn fudge, a much similar flavor of this delicious candy. It can be shared during various seasons with different variants. It is a delightful treat for you and your family or friends during the Autumn and Halloween. Share your Candy Corn celebrations on the social media using the hashtag #NationalCandyCornDay.
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