The Halloween Candy Illinois Residents Love to Hate

Every October, the Halloween candy starts filling store shelves, the trick-or-treat bags come out, and people suddenly have very strong opinions about a little triangle-shaped candy that's been around for generations.

Yes, I'm talking about candy corn.

The orange, yellow and white, waxy candy that looks like a tiny piece of corn, and somehow gets people fired up every time it's in a room.

Some people love it.

Most people hate it.

Others just accept it's been floating around their house for many, many years.

A past survey reported by Patch named candy corn Illinois' most-hated Halloween candy, with Chicago also ranking among the country's cities least enthusiastic about the candy.

Anything but candy corn, please.

The thing is, people complain about candy corn all the time, yet it keeps showing up every Halloween.

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It's in the candy bowl at work.  It's probably mixed with fall snacks, sitting in someone's decorative jar collecting dust, and every year someone buys a bag because, apparently, we don't have enough to go around.

Is it the texture?  The flavor?  The way it looks?  Either way, you either love it or hate it.  There's no debate on that!

Then, there's that 1% of people who look forward to candy corn season.  According to another survey, 56% of people said they loved candy corn (which is weird...), while 44% said they hated it.  That's almost 50/50... interesting.

Despite the reputation, candy corn still sells.  So while people might not be that into it, somebody is obviously keeping candy corn in business.  Where do you stand on this candy corn debate: Is it worth buying?