It contains confectioner's glaze, which is made from a bug secretion called lac-resin, according to USA Today. Yes, candy corn does contain ingredients made from bugs.
But the process of making candy corn is essentially the same and the ingredients have evolved, somewhat. Now, most of the work is done by machines. The liquid candy would then be poured into corn starch trays imprinted with kernel-shaped molds and workers would have to pour each color into its respective spot in order to create the signature look of the tri-colored candy. When it was first mass-produced in the 1900s, many confectioners worked together to mix sugar, corn syrup, fondant, marshmallows, as well as other unknown ingredients and poured it into buckets. The process of making candy corn hasn’t changed much in its over 100-year history, according to the NCA. RELATED: Brach’s launches ‘turkey dinner’ flavored candy corn What is candy corn made of? It wasn’t until the 1950s, when Halloween became more synonymous with candy, did candy corn truly take off as a seasonal treat. Goelitz originally marketed candy corn as "Chicken Feed" since the candy resembled that of corn, according to National Geographic.Īnd instead of being advertised as a Halloween candy, it was intended to appeal more to farmers and as a treat to be enjoyed year-round. The man dubbed the unofficial inventor of candy corn is George Renninger, an employee at Wunderle Candy Company in Philadelphia.īut soon, the Goelitz Candy Company-now the Jelly Belly Candy Company- picked up the candy corn recipe and popularized it, according to. FILE - Halloween candy corn (Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Where did candy corn come from?Ĭandy corn first emerged in the 1880s, but not as a delightfully whimsical Halloween treat.
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