I don’t particularly care for the candy companies this time of year and there’s two words that explain why, “candy” and “corn”.  Why does every candy maker have to come out with their own version of candy corn?  Right around the end of August it seems all the candy molds in the world suddenly transform into those little triangular shapes.  Candies that are not usually candy corn shaped shed their round or square bodies for the more shapely, rounded triangle.   I saw candy corn Skittles the other day.  That’s just not right.

As you read the first paragraph, you may have thought I had a particular aversion to candy corn.  Well, I suppose that is true in a way.  I try to “avert mine eyes” from the seasonal candy section this time of year.  I avert my grocery cart from the candy isle so I don’t have to walk past those little orange, yellow and white nuggets of sugary delight.  But that’s where my aversion ends.

The REAL truth is: candy corn is one of my all time favorite candies.  I’m thankful it is only, in your face, obvious once per year.  Otherwise, I might eat candy corn for breakfast, lunch and dinner year round.  My will power was pretty strong until yesterday.  I resisted the urge to buy the little nuggets of goodness until my trip to the grocery store a little over 24 hours ago.  Once I buy the first bag of candy corn, I can not stop eating them until after Thanksgiving.  It really is a two holiday candy, Halloween and Thanksgiving.  After all, no CORNucopia is complete without candy CORN.

Yes, this is a silly post but I just don’t know what is it about candy corn.  It’s the perfectly right mixture of honey (or sugar) and flavor.  Pretty sure I’ve never looked at the ingredients to figure out what candy corn is made from.  Maybe if I did look at the ingredients list my desire to eat it would not be so great.  I’m sure there has to be some unnatural, undesirable ingredient on that list.  Hold on a second…OK, I just ran to the cabinet to look at the ingredients and don’t remember a single ingredient I read except sugar but my trip to the cupboard was not without reward.  I did score a big handful of candy corn to eat on my way back to my computer.

So here’s my question to the candy companies, “Why do you torment me with all your traditional candy corn and variations on candy corn?”  I have to try each flavor and I typically like them all.  I did try a caramel apple flavored candy corn last year that wasn’t my favorite,  And yes, I did try the yummy Skittles candy corn.  I know it’s not really the candy companies’ fault that I cannot resist those corn kernel shaped treats but I still blame them nonetheless.

Here’s to another season of eating way too much candy corn.  And don’t even get me started on the mellowcreme pumpkins!