CANDY CORN: Folks can’t seem to agree, love it or lose it? Oct. 30 was National Candy Corn Day.

FarmersAlmanac.com shared a story by Amber Kanuckel about candy corn and its connection with Halloween.

“The story of candy corn is an old one. This confection was said to have first been invented in the 1880s by George Renninger, who was a part of the Philadelphia-based Wunderle Candy company, where the candies were made by hand. While historians aren’t quite sure if Renninger was the actual inventor, it is known that around that time, the Goelitz Confectionery Company picked the recipe up and started producing it on a large scale. Today, the Goelitz Confectionery Company is still in business but under a more familiar name: The Jelly Belly Candy Co.”

It was originally called “Chicken Feed” and sold in a neat box with a rooster on it. Why Halloween? The timing of when the candy was made.

“Because producing candy was a slow, labor-intensive process, candy corn and other sugary treats were only manufactured from May to November, thus, the timing of the candy corn harvest before it ended tied it to Halloween.”

Some trivia about the treat: “While chocolate candy rules at Halloween, 12% of trick-or-treaters want to get candy corn before other types of candy. These days, it comes in lots of different colors to match the seasons — shades of pink called “rabbit corn” for Easter, green, red and white “reindeer corn” for Christmas, and so on. No matter what the holiday, you can most likely find a candy corn color to match!

“It is fat-free, with one large handful containing 140 calories and 28 grams of sugar.”