Decades ago, candy corn was a year-round candy called "chicken feed," and aimed at agricultural and rural families, according to History.com. (You can see Jelly Belly vice chairman Bill Kelley ...

This story has been updated to correct a spelling typo of "Chicken Feed." Wednesday is National Candy Corn Day and there are plenty of ways to celebrate, whether it be by cracking open a fresh bag ...

Click here for the 2022 version of this story. Candy corn. Just the name makes some people salivate and others sick to their stomachs. As Halloween returns candy corn to prominence, it also re ...

Rupp writes: As Chicken Feed, candy corn was intended to appeal to Americans' largely agricultural roots. At the turn of the 20th century, the country was still largely rural, and about half the ...

When candy corn first came out, roughly half of Americans worked on farms, and the treat was designed to look like chicken feed. But when you stack it up, the candy looks exactly like an ear of corn.

The true creator of candy corn is a mystery lost to time ... Company began mass-producing the treat under the name “Chicken Feed.” In 1898, the homespun recipe for the candy had been adopted ...

Today, the day before Halloween, is National Candy Corn Day. The treat sometimes gets a bad rap: It even used to be called "chicken feed." But candy companies have consistently churned out candy ...

Despite the potentially less-than-appetizing associations, chicken feed was a hit. It became a common sight at candy stores, and Goelitz had trouble keeping up with demand. Candy corn consists of ...

Created in the late 19th century, candy corn was originally called “chicken feed” and was marketed to agricultural and rural families. Today, it’s a divisive candy option, but still ranks ...

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Several years later, the Goelitz Confectionery Co., now Jelly Belly, began to produce candy corn, calling it Chicken Feed. Boxes were adorned with a rooster logo and the tagline: “Something ...