Candy Corn Season!

Yup.  It's that time.  The time when the candy corn emerges from his dark slumber and begins his gradual take over of America.  I'll be honest.  I eat an ungodly amount of candy corn during the month of October--I don't touch it the rest of the year--but October is candy corn month.  So here are some fun facts about candy corn!

-19 pieces equals 140 calories and zero fat (and Brach's uses part honey to replace most of the sugar)
-Brach's sells enough candy corn to circle the earth 4.25 times.
-The candy used to be made hand, however it is of course made by machine now.
-Indian corn is flavored to taste like vanilla and chocolate while candy corn has no extra flavoring
-The candy pumpkin is considered a mellowcreme candy because it has more of a marshmallow tastes than the candy corn
-The candy pumpkin was used to help sway senators to vote for daylight savings time to be extended to include Halloween back in 1995.  (It was extended in 2005)

So go.  Go and devour pounds and pounds of candy corn and be happy :)