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candy corn

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noun

  • candy corns
    plural
  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

And to be sure, a significant portion of the viewing public scarfs these characters and their nasty business like candy corn.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 13, 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 held on to the phone and stared at the sunburst clock and thought about Mrs. Sylvester’s gigantic jar of candy corn.

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo

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