And candy makers produce around 35 million pounds of candy corn a year.
These white, orange, and yellow triangles of sugar are meant to resemble a kernel of corn. The candies were first created in 1898 by the Jelly Belly Candy Company while it was still known as California’s Herman Goelitz Confectionary Company.
Today, around 35 million pounds of it are produced each year, according to the National Confectioners Association.