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Candy Corn

andy Corn will always be the classic Halloween treat.

Starting over a century ago, in the 1880’s, candy corn was created by candymaker George Renninger, who worked at the Wunderlee Candy Company in Philadelphia.

The Goelitz Confectionary Company, now called Jelly Belly Candy Co., would later acquire the creamy, tricolor candy, turning it into one of the most popular candies of today.

It is known to be manufactured the same way and the original recipe is still used. Nowadays, there are variations of the white, orange, and yellow kernel based on holidays other than Halloween. Plenty of people have been inspired by this fun confection, making candy corn-themed cupcakes, cake pops, and Oreos.

You can even start snacking the day before Halloween, October 30, which is National Candy Corn Day.

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

Milk chocolate and peanut butter – what’s not to love?

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups candy is named after candymaker Harry Burnett Reese. A young man from Pennsylvania, he left the farming family business in the 1920’s and started working for the owner of Hershey Foods. Soaking up as much as he could about the candy industry, he broke away to form his own company and thus created Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.

Young and old alike, were loading up on this popular treat. By 1963, he sold his company to his previous owner at Hershey Foods for $23.5 million.

Reese’s candies have expanded in many ways and have partnered with several other brands that make sweet treats and tasty desserts like Oreos and Klondike. And remember the cereal, Reese’s Puffs?