In recent years, various new candy corn flavors have been launched, including classic flavors like peppermint, pumpkin spice, red velvet cake, and fruit punch. Hot dogs, hamburgers, green beans, roasted turkey, and stuffing are just a few of the unique flavors that have recently debuted.
Corn candy is essentially a tiny candy with a triangular shape. It is famous for its tricolored sections of white, orange, and yellow. It is a popular Halloween treat, with October 30 being celebrated as National Candy Corn Day in the USA. Ever wondered about the origin of this famous treat?
This renowned Halloween confection has a long history. Tradition holds that George Renninger, an employee of the Wunderlee Candy Company, invented the treat in the 1880s. The Goelitz Candy Company, now known as the Jelly Belly Candy Company, started producing candy corn around the turn of the century and continues the tradition today.
To make candy corn in the 1900s, many men had to collaborate. Corn syrup, sugar, and other ingredients were boiled into a slurry in enormous kettles. To give the cake a smooth texture and bite, fondant and marshmallow were used.
Today, the technique of creating candy corn is quite similar, but machines do the majority of the work. Manufacturers employ a corn starch molding procedure that involves creating kernel-shaped depressions in a tray of corn starch.