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Happy National Candy Corn Day!

Popular since their creation in the 1880s, the bright tricolor sweets have long been a Halloween tradition -- so much so that the October holiday accounts for 75 percent of their annual production. But did you know they're produced for different holidays as well? There's pastel Easter candy corn, rosy Valentine varieties, red-green-and-white Christmas corn and even chocolate- and vanilla-flavored Indian corn.

For more information on the history of candy corn and how it's made, click here. Or you can learn how to make your own festive sugary spikes by following this recipe from Serious Eats, which, according to them, yields "large, plump candy kernels infused with a sweet vanilla flavor."

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Ah, candy corn. Many swear allegience to it, others can't stand the things. I'm somewhere in between. I like candy corn, but I'm also glad that it's usually eaten and talked about in the fall, right around Halloween (though I'm sure it must be available all year round). I'm not a big candy corn eater, but I don't mind it.

Today is National Candy Corn Day. It's one day before Halloween, which makes sense. But the question is: are there any recipes that involve candy corn? Of course! Here's one for Candy Corn Rice Krispies Treats, and here's one for Candy Corn Popcorn Balls.

This recipe for Candy Corn Fudge doesn't actually use candy corn, but the colors are the same.