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candy corn

American  

noun

  1. a small candy shaped and colored to look like a kernel of corn.


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Garten offers additional table-setting ideas, including those with pumpkins, candy corn, chocolate-covered caramels and pears.

From Salon • Nov. 18, 2025

That’s when you hear the offending “non-offensive” conversation starters pour out of your mouth like it’s a faulty vending machine dispensing candy corn, and everyone hates that stuff.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2024

On the opposite end of the spectrum are chewy treats such as candy corn, Skittles, Starbursts and Twizzlers.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2024

Sitting in her Wiggins, Miss., home one fall afternoon, Wanda King began counting all of the candy corn flavors she has collected over the years.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2023

She said, “Do you think there’s candy corn at the county home?”

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo