High-res version

Happy National Candy Corn Day

Did you know candy corn started as a gimmick to prove the goodness of corn sugar?

#NationalCandyCornDay

Here are today’s facts to know about Candy Corn:

• One serving of candy corn contains only about 140 calories.
• Candy corn has 3.57 calories per kernel.
• More than 35 million pounds of candy corn will be produced this year. That equates to nearly 9 billion pieces — enough to circle the moon nearly four times if laid end-to-end.
• Halloween accounts for 75% of the annual candy corn production.
• A cup of candy corn has fewer calories than a cup of raisins.

Today’s Food History

• 1815 Andrew Jackson Downing was born. American horticulturist, author of ‘The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America’ (1845) and editor of the ‘Horticulturist’ periodical.
• 1894 The first U.S. patent for a time clock was issued to Daniel Cooper of Rochester, New York.
• 1990 ‘Ice Ice Baby’ by Vanilla Ice is #1 on the charts.

Check out my book!