Happy National Candy Corn Day

Some sweet facts about candy corn, a tradition from the late 19th century.

• Candy corn was invented in the 1880s by George Renninger, an employee of the Wunderle Candy Company in Philadelphia.
•  The Goelitz Confectionery Company, now called Jelly Belly Candy, started making candy corn at the turn of the century, the longest run by an existing manufacturer.
•  When Goelitz first produced candy corn, it was called "Chicken Feed." The boxes were illustrated with a rooster logo and copy that read: "Something worth crowing for."
• In 1950, the price of candy corn was about 25 cents per pound. Today Jelly Belly sells it for $8.99 a pound.
• About 9 billion kernels of candy corn – more than 35 million pounds – are sold annually, according to the National Confectioners Association.
• In one eight-hour shift, Jelly Belly makes 28,000 pounds of candy corn.

Some easy candy corn treats

Owl Cookies
These cookies can also be made with your favorite peanut butter cookie recipe.
Ingredients:

• 1 tube refrigerated peanut butter cookie dough at room temperature
• 1/2 cup of flour
• 18 yellow candy coating disks (found baking section at Micheals or JoAnne stores)
• 18 semisweet chocolate chips
• 9 pieces candy corn
• canned frosting

Directions:

• In a large bowl beat cookie dough and flour until combined.
• Set aside 4 -1/2 tsp. of dough for ears.
• Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls into nine mounds 2 inches apart on a parchment lined baking sheet. .
• Coat the bottom of a glass with cooking spray
• Flatten dough with glass rim to about 1/8 inch thickness shaping dough into a circle.
• Position two candy coating disks on each cookie for eyes.
• Place a chocolate chip on each disk.
• Use 1/4 tsp. of reserved dough to shape each ear-position on top of head.
• Bake @ 350 for 8- 10 minutes.
• Immediately position candy corn on each cookie for beak.
• Cool 2 minutes before removing from baking sheet.
• Recipe makes 9 cookies.

Note: These were the original directions above but I had more success with the following:

• Omit placing candy disks when baking cookies but instead immediately after taking cookies out of oven, press candy disks into cookie for eyes and using a little frosting to attach chocolate chip to disk and then add candy corn for beak.

Candy Corn Turkeys 

Originally published in Quick Cooking November/December 2004 
Ingredients:

• 40 fudge striped cookies
• 1/4 cup chocolate frosting
• 2 packages of chocolate covered cherries can substitute Rollo caramel candy or chocolate donut holes
• 20 pieces of candy corn

Directions:

• Place 20 cookies on a flat surface, solid chocolate side down.
• With frosting attach a chocolate covered cherry/Rollo or donut hole to the top of each base cookie.
• Position another cookie perpendicular to each base cookie, attach with frosting.
• With frosting attach one piece of candy corn to the front of the chocolate.
• Let stand until set (I found putting turkey cookies in refrigerator for 45 minutes helped)

Halloween Bark

https://www.familyfreshmeals.com/2013/10/halloween-bark-fun-halloween-food.html#_a5y_p=2324205

and 20 best left over candy corn recipes if need more

https://brooklynfarmgirl.com/20-best-leftover-candy-corn-recipes/

Enjoy a candy treat from Ever Ready and don't forget tomorrow besides All Hallows Eve there's a full blue moon. 

The pumpkin grinned from ear to ear, “The moon is bright, the sky is clear. This is the night we’ve waited for, when elves come knocking on the door. When witches ride their broomsticks high and ghosts and goblins fill the sky. Then Jack and Jill, with fairy queen, will dance and sing: it’s Halloween.”

by Constance B. Osborne