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hedgehog

(36,286 posts) Mon Oct 26, 2015, 04:42 PM Oct 2015

Candycorn - did it use to taste better? [View all]

I swear - it used to have more honey flavor. Also, whatever happened to the candy corn mixes (corn, pumpkins, cats, etc) that used to have a certain number of maple flavored pieces? And does anyone recall what all the different shapes were?

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Candycorn - did it use to taste better? [View all] hedgehog Oct 2015 OP

Oh, honey, stop eating shit. nt valerief Oct 2015 #1

Lol! cwydro Oct 2015 #2

I've been fighting the temptation to buy candy (not the crap stuff) all day. valerief Oct 2015 #3

Always wait until the day after. progressoid Oct 2015 #5

Yes I will!!! I'll eat twice as much and feel twice as guilty! valerief Oct 2015 #8

When they took the trans-fats out of food, it just ruined the taste OakCliffDem Oct 2015 #4

Maybe it depends on the maker? progressoid Oct 2015 #6

I always liked the maple leaves, too! femmocrat Oct 2015 #7

Obligatory: Lewis Black on Candy Corn betsuni Oct 2015 #9

Sigh. Everything used to taste better. They've pretty much ruined everything. magical thyme Oct 2015 #10

I had to sell Halloween candycorn for my school band back in the '70s Art_from_Ark Oct 2015 #11

now they use that corn oil stuff --bad taste oldandhappy Oct 2015 #12

High fructose corn syrup TexasBushwhacker Oct 2015 #13

The stuff we used to get had this wonderful buttery, Lyric Oct 2015 #14

Yes! It WAS buttery. That's what I remember, too. Laffy Kat Oct 2015 #15