And as for confectioner's glaze, which is responsible for candy corn's shiny finish, this product is derived from bug secretion. Confectioner's glaze, also known as shellac, is made from lac-resin ...

Brach's Candy Corn at Walmart claims to make 86% of the candy corn sold in the U.S. Each year, the candy maker says it produces enough candy corn to encircle the Earth more than five times.

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Candy corn isn't just sugar. It's actually made up of several ingredients, including sugar, corn syrup, confectioner's glaze, salt, dextrose ...

It's like the pineapple-on-pizza argument but with candy. Candy corn's unique texture and flavor make it either a classic favorite or a sugary blunder. But no matter how much discussion it ...

And while the candy corn market stays booming ... leaned into the debate with limited edition runs of seemingly made-for-social-media flavors like the viral 2021 Thanksgiving dinner variety ...