Delicious Reads About Your Favorite Candy

Maybe even more mysterious then the ubiquitous staleness is that, for no logical reason, Circus Peanuts are banana flavored. Real peanuts are none of these things.

“First, I’m judging by taste as well as what I’m calling Spirit of Halloween (SOH) — how much does the candy capture the je ne sais quoi of the season?”

“I think we are beginning to understand that the problems with the modern diet are not so much about one particular bad food, but about a global food system that has made it easy and cheap to consume excess calories and over-processed nutrient-poor food. Candy is really not the problem.”

The story of how Kit Kats, once a British chocolate export, became a booming business from Hokkaido to Tokyo — and changed expectations about what a candy bar could be.

No one knows our gummy tastes better than the 100-year-old company.

Why are we tempted by candy that pretends to be made of hazardous chemicals, that threatens to nuke our taste buds, or that dares us to be disgusted?

Early in its history, the candy company made a strategic move to find its most successful market.

America’s most popular non-chocolate candy is a flavor trick. And we keep falling for it.

Much like the word “moist” and the music of Nickelback, candy corn is a thing that’s cool to hate.

Candy bars may seem quintessentially American, but they have origins in the World War I chocolate rations given to European soldiers.

Everlasting Gobstoppers, Burple Nurples and Triple Gooberberry Sunrises are more than just eye candy. They symbolize the power of magic and play.

Like any grown-up bartering exchange, the Halloween candy trade is a delicate and complex affair that is influenced by the power dynamics of the room.

“If I was in the kitchen making candy, usually my mom wasn’t in there screaming or throwing a butter dish at my dad.”

“Our delight at their downfall truly reveals how we as a consumer culture lie to ourselves about being consumers of culture.”

Sweets manufacturers are finally catching on and selling packages without the lesser colors.