A River of Candy Corn Runs Through It - Fall Festival Candy Corn

Happy Halloween! What better way to wrap things up than with some novelty candy corn! 

Brach's Fall Festival Candy Corn has 6 distinct flavors: 

All Tricks, no Treats - Happy Halloween!

I had a blast streaming with Queenz Dragon yesterday. If you missed out, be sure to watch the replay, if you do, you can see me try these disgusting candy corn live. (Spoiler alert, I nearly killed my friend.) 

I was doing so well with posting, and then I dropped the ball last night. I came home from streaming, took off my cat ears, opened my browser with the intent to write today's post and....the google doodle got me. It's the freaking ghost game! It's back! 

I love this game. So, after playing way too many rounds...it was time to prep for Trick or Treaters and go to bed. I'm still posting before midnight, so I'm going to count this as a win. 

So, for my final Halloween post (I still have plenty of fall stuff on deck), I have the official, typed up, version of these gross Football-themed candycorn we tried on stream. 

It's not a regular Red Vine, it's a cool-Red Vine - Candy Corn Red Vines

Candy Corn Flavored Red Vines - Michael's 

Kudos to Red Vines for taking a risk and releasing two different Halloween products, these Candy Corn Twists and these Ghoulish Grape Ropes (Which I couldn't find in-store.)

Grape ropes seem to be a solid, extruded, grape candy, which is a departure from their usual hollow straws. By comparison, this is just a flavor variant, but a fun seasonal one! (It's not a regular Red Vine, it's a cool-Red Vine.)

Crazy Coated Candy Corn Combinations!

Nerds Candy Corn - Dollar Tree 

It's officially spooky season and I am so excited! Time to pop on a horror movie (Trick r' Treat is currently on HBO) and crack into some candy corn, but not just any candy corn, Nerds Candy Corn. 

Brach's Brunch Favorites - Candy Corn, For Breakfast?

Brunch Favorites - Target

Because I'm a hamster-human hybrid, and a heartbeat away from being on a special food-themed episode of Hoarders, I'm still finding random food items squirreled away in my moving boxes. I think these came out last year? Maybe last spring? I don't really remember when I bought them, but thanks to the Target exclusive logo at the very top, I do know WHERE I bought them. So, that's something. 

Limited Edition Candy Corn is not an avenue I really specialize in. I'm no candy corn hater, I dig the classics, but a lot of the specialty limited edition stuff just doesn't work for me. Especially not in a full-sized bag. If they came in fruit-snack-sized pouches I'd try a lot more of them, but I've thrown way too much money, and stale nibbled on candy corn, in the trash to continue taking risks on one-off flavors just for reviewing purposes. 

Yet, for some reason, I still bought this one? Maybe the allure of brunch was just too much for me to ignore. Anyway, past me bought it, and now present me (or not-as-past me, depending on when you read this review) is gonna eat it. 

Candy Corn OREO - Target : Cherry Hill, NJ

Candy Corn OREO - Target : Cherry Hill, NJ

Way back, in 2013, I was blogging about food exclusively on the Sometimes Foodie Tumblr, and even though I've been slowly adding the old reviews to this main blog, this one slipped past my radar.  Look at this old packaging!! I miss the twist tie top... So here is what I though of the Candy Corn Oreos back when I was a food blogging-baby. (Complete with my old watermarks.)

As most of you foodies know, these special limited edition Oreos are going to be made available TOMORROW (Monday, September 10th) only at Target stores. Well, somehow my local Target put them out early…and I got them on the 7th! I didn’t even know about the exclusive release date until my sister and Katya (over on my Facebook page) mentioned it! 

So here they are! Candy Corn Oreos! 

PEEP HAUL - 5 Different Flavors (Three are expired)

So many Peeps, so little time. I have Part 2 coming up soon!

Splendid Milk Chocolate Truffles: Pumpkin Spice Caramel & Candy Corn - Target

Splendid Milk Chocolate Truffles: Pumpkin Spice Caramel & Candy Corn - Target

Prep your skeletons, Halloween is right around the corner, so I'll be posting seasonal snacks all this week!

Today I've got another double review lined up for you guys, but first, Target, I've got a bone to pick with you.

Candyology 101 Epsiode 24: Candy Corn!

A Fall/Halloween classic, Candy Corn! 

Over the last 2-3 years we've seen a HUGE increase in the flavor variety of candy corn, and we've even seen it try to invade the other holidays. On today's Candyology 101, Cybele gives you the scoop on how candy corn is made, we discuss what flavor it's really supposed to be, and share our favorite and least favorite flavors. We also talk about what flavors we'd love to see in the future, candy corn flavored products, and of course, our Trick or Treat section shows you what new products are headed our way. Are you a candy corn lover or a hater? Comment down below! (Listen to see which category Cybele and I fall into.) 

Have you been liking Candyology101 so far? 

Please head on over to itunes and give us a little review to let us know how we're doing.

Meet the cast:

Cybele from Candy Blog

Maria (Me) from Sometimes Foodie

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Hammond's Seasonal Caramel Trio (Pumpkin Spice Caramel Marshmallow) - Target

Hammond's Seasonal Caramel Trio - Target

There's not much of a backstory for these seasonal sweets. I was walking around Target, saw the display, and into my cart they went.

Each one is wrapped in a sheet of wax paper and sealed with a sticker, so there's not much for me to critique as far as packaging, and since these are so small, I figured I might as well mash all three up into one review!

Brach's Caramel Apple Candy Corn - Gift

Brach's Caramel Apple Candy Corn - Gift

Okay, step one of my candy corn experiment was a success. The Apple Pie candy corn was (surprisingly) enjoyable and authentically flavored, so now we can move on to step two. Is it truly any different than this caramel apple candy corn? Or did they just swap the colors and slap a new label on it?

Brach's Apple Pie Candy Corn - Gift

Brach's Apple Pie Candy Corn - Gift

When people ask me if I like candy corn, I typically say no, but looking through my blog...I think I subconsciously like it more than I let on. I've reviewed candy corn flavored soda, cereal, coffee, cotton candy, Oreos and all kinds of seasonal candy corn flavors, why do I keep buying candy corn themed things when I say I don't like actual candy corn?

I think I buy it because I want to see if companies are really pushing the flavor limits, or if they're just cashing in on gimmicky flavor-names. I mean, it's easy to come up with a flashy concept, like apple pie flavored candy corn, but does it actually taste like apple pie? Or this this just glorified artificial apple with a glitzy name? My buddy Nate, who is always finding me awesome foodie stuff to review, picked up two different apple flavored candy corns for me to try, and I'm going to review them both to see if they taste any different.


First up, Apple pie!

Candy Corn Pebbles - Target: Marlton, NJ

Candy Corn Pebbles - Target: Marlton, NJ

I spent all of October searching for this cereal. I tried Wegman's, Shop Rite, Walmarts, Targets, and no one had it on the shelves. Yesterday I went to Target (it's now November) to  snatch up some clearance Halloween goodies, and there it is! Fully stocked! They didn't put it out on the shelves until November? What sense does that make? Urg, part of me thought I shouldn't get them, because who knows if any of you can even find these in your area, but the satisfaction of finally buying them was just too much to resist.

Caramel Macchiato Candy Corn - Walmart: Cherry Hill, NJ

Caramel Macchiato Candy Corn - Walmart: Cherry Hill, NJ

I have a confession to make, I'm not a fan of candy corn. While I'm not an avid candy corn hater, it's way too sweet for me, so I very rarely buy or consume it. (Although I do have the occasional nibble here and there, and when I do, I always eat it section by section.) My boyfriend on the other hand, loves this stuff. He buys several bags of it every fall to fill the candy jar in his living room, and he's always looking for new crazy flavors to try. So when I told him there was a new flavor of candy corn that combined his fall favorite with a bit of coffee (his other food-obsession), he was all about it.

Quick Carrot Cake Candy Corn Review!

Jones Candy Corn Soda - Target - Riverside, NJ

Jones Candy Corn Soda  - Target - Riverside, NJ

Another Halloween themed Jones soda.

Check out my Jone's Caramel Apple soda review HERE.

I already covered a lot of the design points in my last review, so I'm going to keep this short and sweet. (Just like the soda can.)

Candy Corn Cotton Candy - Dollar Tree - Cinnaminson, NJ

Candy Corn Cotton Candy  - Dollar Tree - Cinnaminson, NJ

I hope you all had an awesome Halloween!
This is going to be a quickie review. I still have some Halloween treats to finish out the week, so pumpkin posts will resume on Monday.
Here's another seasonal Dollar Tree find.


It seems like this Fun Sweets brand has been releasing tons of seasonal cotton candy tubs. (Check out my banana Easter cotton candy tub review HERE.) I have reviewed a few of them so far, and up until now the flavors have been fairly generic but satisfying. This is the first time I am seeing a flavor that is supposed to mimic another candy, so I'm excited to see how it turned out.