I love Halloween -- mostly just the time of year, although I think the holiday in all its varied significances is fascinating, too.
One of the details I like most is candy corn. :-D I can usually avoid stocking up too much, but I've never been this far along in a pregnancy at this time of the year, and candy corn is now THE must-have food. :-p One of them, anyway!
So when we were out the other day, I thought I'd pick up a big bag of the stuff to make the voice from my stomach shut up.
I love candy corn -- the basic, yellow-orange-white stuff. I also like the pumpkins a lot. A bag of either would do me just fine.
But I haaaaaaaaate the "Indian corn" stuff (the kind that's brown-orange-white and supposedly chocolate flavored). I wasn't worried about that though, because how hard can it be to find a big basic bag of regular candy corn or pumpkins in October, right?
Well, a big fat bird to the guys at Brach's and various retail stores, who have apparently decided to stock everything BUT regular candy corn and bags with just pumpkins this year.
I tried at Target. No luck. I tried at WalMart...and in desperation, settled for an "autumn mix" bag instead (regular, chocolate, and pumpkins, with a disproportionate number of the nasty chocolate candy corns :-p). So late at night, chances are I'm in my kitchen spending entirely too much time picking through to find acceptable candy. It shouldn't be that hard! :-p
And why, oh why, can I not find regular candy corn BUT I can buy any other flavor I might ever dream up in some hideous food-based nightmare?
Craving coconut candy corn? You can have that. Orange-mango? Yup, big bags! (And people wondered why I flew out of the candy aisle looking for a place to retch...)
And whoever thought up green apple candy corn should be dragged out into the street and shot, then forced to eat nothing but those whilst recovering from his or her wounds. I guess it's in keeping with the whole Halloween thing though, because the thought of ingesting something that vile is horrifying!
They'd better not mess with my Cadbury Mini-Eggs at Easter, or I just might flip out on someone. I won't be pregnant then, but I'm sure someone else out there will be, and will carry on the campaign for non-fucked-up sugar-laden treats.
[glares menacingly (for a whale) in the general direction of candymakers everywhere]
the_infernal_optimist posted on Oct 06, 2008
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uniquely-ironic said on Oct 06, 2008....
LOL I had no idea there were so many flavors. I've never seen anything but the "regular" flavor. Hope you find some soon! -
Fallyn said on Oct 06, 2008....
i'm anti-candy corn in all it's guises.
my least favorite candy EVER.
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tizzygirl said on Oct 06, 2008....
OMG. I should mail you some, it's everywhere here, candy corn and pumpkins sold without the other retarded stuff. I want some coconut ones though!! I've seen cherry...but that's as exotic as they get here! Did you know candy corn is flavored as honey? I didn't know that until last year. You probably knew though! I have to say though that you are lucky to crave such little candies! You can fit a lot of them in! I'm shoving entire candy bars and such down my own throat! Maybe I should go get some candy corn.....mmmmmm -
moonriver said on Oct 06, 2008....
not having brought up on halloween (and not having experienced any), lady, i haven't the faintest idea of what candy corn is, in their infinite permutations. ah, but do i know the incomprehensible taste bud requirements of a pregnant woman -- also in their infinite permutations. and, as if you need reminding, you surely have someone on call -- the man who harbors so much love for you, again in its infinite permutations -- to find that exact flavor you want.... :-)
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gingersoul said on Oct 06, 2008....
Infernal.....i shared the same ignorance of Moon about candy corn until few years ago..
See, in Italy we didn't have Halloween when i grew up...they started to celebrate it only 10 years ago...
So the very first time i did a trick-or-treat has been when i moved here in the States.
But i have to tell you that, after having tasted them, i don't like candy corn at all....:-)
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nytquill17 said on Oct 06, 2008....
I would KILL for the pumpkins...I adore them but here the only way I can find them is in that same "autumn mix" crap...and I agree with you it's crap :p -
Mr_Box said on Oct 06, 2008....
We've got buttloads of candy corn over here. In fact I've never even seen anything but regular and the chocolate. They have green apple candy corn?? Coconut? Mango?Maybe I'm just not well versed on candy corn flavors, but I've never even heard of that before. But candy corn makes me sick anyway. Too sweet! But maybe I should go buy out the huge bin I saw at Walmart yesterday and send it your way ;-) -
evil_twin said on Oct 07, 2008....
I always thought the brown candy corn always looked rotten. I never would eat it because of that! We just bought a TON of Halloween candy on Sunday, but no candy corn. It's not my favorite. But they did have plenty of it from what I saw. But I've never seen any fancy flavors either. Hmm...I agree though, they sound gross!
-evil_twin LA
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the_infernal_optimist said on Oct 07, 2008....
Leafy: Well, I'd say you're deprived to be stuck with "just" the regular kind, except it's more like "count your blessings that you haven't had these others foisted upon you." :-D
Fallyn: It does seem to be a love it or hate it candy. My husband agrees with you!
tizzy: I'd fit a lot of them in even if they weren't small at this point...food is a crazy thing right now in this house! We should set up The Great Candy Corn Exchange. You could certainly have all the nasty flavors I've seen lately!
moon: I'm usually pretty good about not sending anyone out at odd hours to look for strange, random foods, but man, this candy corn thing got to me! You'll be happy to know, though, that my love did deliver. ;-)
ginger: I didn't realize Italy didn't celebrate Halloween until recently. That's fascinating!
nyt: Ah, someone who agrees with me! :-D If I find any bags of pumpkins by themselves, shall I ship a few to Canada? ;-)
Jaxl: It's crazy how many different flavors of "gourmet" candy corn I saw at Target the other night! Some things aren't meant to be improved upon. :-p Gahhhh...and that's it, I'm hopping on a flight to the west coast, since you guys are apparently hogging all of the regular candy corn. Look out; here I come!
Kyle: The brown does look kind of gross even if you didn't know it tasted like it looks. :-p I think we're going trick-or-treating this year, so we won't buy much candy, but I know we'll still end up with a ton. (Is it totally wrong that I'm letting linebacker carry a basket even though he won't be allowed/able to have like 90% of whatever he gets?)
~Infernal
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