Fellow candy corn lover Rob over at Sweet Candy Corn gives us an idea for Halloween gifts and party favors, which he found over at Candy Corn Wonderland:
Candy Corn Poem
Put candy corn in a mug or Halloween bag or box and attach this poem:Halloween is almost here
goblins and ghosts, oh the fear!
Pumpkins, black cats and witches too,
Bobbing for apples and witches brew.
So jump for joy and sound the horn,
relax and have some candy corn!
Personally, I get a little greedy with candy corn, which is just fine with my wife. She can’t stand it, for some reason. I always buy it for the neighbors’ kids and then mention last minute that it’s not in individual packages (although you can buy it that way) and so the parents would just throw it out. Thus, I should keep it to myself.
A sneaky one, I am.
Although these mugs of the corn might not be great for trick-or-treaters, they would be a nice gift to give neighbors and friends. As a bonus, you can make this same gift using other candies and keep the delicious candy corn for yourself!
Candy Corn by SpacePotato
10:11 AM on October 10th, 2008
Carl, Have you seen all the crazy flavors of candy corn avaialable this year? My local Target store must have six or seven different varieties in all different colors. I tried Brach’s Chocolate Caramel Candy Corn, but as a die hard chocolate lover, I was unimpressed. But Halloween is the candy lovers dream holiday! Thanks for the great blog!
11:17 AM on October 10th, 2008
Yeah. I try to be open-minded about candy corn flavors but the original is the classic and I don’t care for others I have tasted either.
http://www.typetive.com/candyblog/category/brachs/
This post (above) expresses similar feelings about the chocolate flavor. I haven’t tried them because of the gelatin, since I am a vegetarian. Alas, so many thing I miss out on…
Thanks for commenting. It’s always nice to have another Raleigh person here – it feels like home!
12:32 PM on October 10th, 2008
Thanks for the mention. But I admit, it’s hard to give it out if the bag is open. Not for health reasons, but because I tend to eat it all before giving it out!
1:42 PM on October 10th, 2008
Rob – I wasn’t thinking of health reasons, more because people would not trust the loose-floating candy corn and throw it out. That’s candy abuse if I have ever heard of it.
1:55 PM on October 10th, 2008
who had the advertisement of “get your own bag”? that’s how I sometimes feel about candy corn.
2:00 PM on October 10th, 2008
Yeah – for real! Leave my candy corn alone unless you’re looking to scrap about it. I used to be the same way about pork rinds before I turned vegetarian, but nobody ever really wanted those other than me.
4:53 PM on October 10th, 2008
Regarding Candy Corn. Can I just say that I am on bag number three in about two weeks (Brach’s Autumn Mix — it’s what my lunch-break CVS carries)? I think I’m going to avoid CVS until Halloween is over.
…then it’ll be on clearance!
8:44 AM on October 15th, 2008
Stephanie, back when I was a kid (I remember what penny candy was, if that is any reference), candy corn was only available for Halloween and then the government prohibited its trade the rest of the year, like eggnog around the winter holidays. Well, I am not sure it was the government but I don’t know what other force could have such an impact.
The good news is that nowadays candy corn has seasonal equivalents for Easter and other holidays so you can probably find it all year long. It’s like a miracle right there in the candy aisle!