Candy corn: love it or hate it?
By Sheepie
@Sheepie (3112)
United States
October 28, 2008 8:41pm CST
I notice that most people I know either really really love candy corn or they hate it deeply. I for one, love it very much. The day after Halloween, you can get it half off, so you can buy enough to last you until next Halloween for a buck!
Do you know anyone who just likes it and doesn't intensely love it? Is that even possible? I'm glad there are some candy corn haters- more for me!
What about candy hearts, the pale, tart ones with the sayings on them like "i heart u" or "call me" or "u r sweet"? Does everyone hate those? I know I must have eaten hundreds of them just because they were there. They're so chalky and gross!
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31 responses
@crandr (70)
• United States
9 Nov 08
I'm one of those people who just kinda likes it but doesn't love it or hate it actually. I have a love/hate relationship with it. Sometimes I enjoy it, other times it makes me sick. I usually can't eat more than about 3 or 4 pieces of it before it starts to make me feel sick. Usually I like to eat it one color at a time though. I don't know why, just one of my little OCD quirks I guess.
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@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
29 Oct 08
Lol, I can't stand candy corn. My Mom ADORES it.
I love the little candy heart tarts -- like the ones that come on little necklace strings? I got them all the time when I was little, and I can just munch on them all day.
...I just don't do SUPER sweet things, and that's all candy corn is; super sweetness.
Makes me a little nauseous. Of course, everyone else in my family has a sweet tooth, but my Mom's the only one allowed to have any in the house because she rations it out for herself so that she can enjoy it for all of October.
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@DarthJustice (2014)
• United States
30 Oct 08
Personally, I'm on the "side" of loving candy corn. It has always been one of my favorite Halloween related treats. I've never really been sure why, but I've loved them since I was a kid. As for the candy hearts, those I've never been a huge fan of. I don't hate them, but I wouldn't go out of my way to buy them or anything. They do seem to have this weird chalky taste to them.
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
30 Oct 08
Hi, Sheepie.
I don't love candy corn. I don't hate it either. I eat it and I always eat too much of it and I hate THAT. Does that count?
Little hearts.... chalky and gross! Yes.
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
29 Oct 08
I like Candy Corn but my fiance is not a fan of it at all. My fiance's mom brought candy corn with caramel bottoms so I munch on them every once in a while, I offer him some and he says no. He won't eat the regular kind either. I was surprised when he said no, I was under the impression he liked them for some odd reason. The candy hearts? Their tart I agree, I like eating them with orange or grape soda though, I think it makes it taste better
@kenzie45230 (3560)
• United States
30 Oct 08
I absolutely love candy corn. Not long ago, I found some that was butter toffee popcorn flavored rather than whatever the traditional flavor is of candy corn. Boy was it good too!
Candy hearts? Hmmm. I don't think I've had them since my son was little. (And he's 24 now.)
@guybrush (4658)
• Australia
29 Oct 08
Now that I'm old I can't stand the taste of those little coloured sweets with the sayings on them ... yuck! I don't know whether my taste has changed or whether they make them from synthetic sugar now - but they don't taste anything like they used to. We have coloured popcorn here (gross) - but there is also a product called Lollygobble Bliss Bombs, which is popcorn covered in some sort of caramel toffee stuff, with bits of nuts thrown in - delicious! It's really crispy and yum, and easy to sit and eat a whole bag all by yourself!
@carmela0210 (1591)
• Philippines
9 Nov 08
hahaah, in my case i dont like corn candy that much, but love corn but the candy thing, its not yummy for me, but my sister loves it so much, and she has this pouch full of candy corn, ive tried that once or twice but dont love the taste!!happy lotting...
@LilPixelle (828)
• United States
29 Oct 08
LORL I HATE CANDY CORN...I mean I occasionaly eat a few, but there is something in them that my stomache just cannot stand... the neccos candy hearts however, OMG I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE them, they taste awesome to me, the white ones expecially, the big ones taste weirder though, but little ones... I just love em XD lorl I usually get a big bag and then sort like half of it into through sayings and then just chow down XD lorl I dont think Ive ever sorted through the entire bag XD lorl
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@jillmalitz (5131)
• United States
29 Oct 08
I've always liked candy corn. I also like sweet tarts. Too bad my husband doesn't like candy corn. I remember it from way back when I was a kid. Yum.
@twallace (2675)
• United States
29 Oct 08
I have to say that I do like candy corn and always have. Every since I was a little girl I have always like them. They even went as far and making others like the pumpkin the cat but they still taste just as good. But there is nothing like the original candy corn. You know that when halloween comes around that is one time of the year you find it every where.
When it's not that time of they year it's hard to find sometimes. The heart candy I'm not that crazy about. It taste really bad. By now they should have come up with a better mixture of it. But still it that same nasty candy. They messages on them are sweet but other than that I don't care for the heart candy that much.
@metschica25 (5399)
• United States
29 Oct 08
Hi ,
My dad has always liked it and would buy so much of it during the holidays and in the mix would be the orange pumpkins . then it would be on sale for like 4 bags for one buck and he would buy some more
I mean from time to time i will pick at it and its ok if you need a sugar kick . so , its okay in small doses .
@TessWhite (3146)
• United States
29 Oct 08
If it has sugar in it I'm probably going to like it. LOL Yes, I love candy corn. I've already gone thru one bag. And yes, I even like the valentine hearts. Another old favorite is the circus peanuts - you know, those orange marshmellow things? I haven't bought them in years though. Might as well just inject the sugar straight into my veins. :P
@tamarafireheart (15384)
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29 Oct 08
Hi Sheepie,
Although I haven't had them for a long while I hust love them, I used to pinch them off my friend children when they were young, well both my friend and myself used to put our hands in the candy bags hehehe.
Tamara