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candy corn

American  

noun

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


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This year, Brach’s launched a limited-edition fragrance, Ode to Candy Corn, which “smells exactly like how candy corn tastes,” according to the company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

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

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

Raymie closed her eyes and imagined the gigantic jar of candy corn sitting on Mrs. Sylvester’s desk.

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo

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