candy corn

noun

: molded candies resembling corn kernels in shape and having usually yellow bases, orange middle sections, and white tips

Inside the net with us was a large brown paper bag, spewing forth the Halloween hoardings of the child in the gorilla suit—candy corn and sticky balls of coagulated popcorn …

—John Irving, The Hotel New Hampshire, 1981

also : a piece of candy corn

… a candy corn contest, in which participating kids guess the number of candy corns in a jar …

—The Jersey Journal (New Jersey), 20 Oct. 2014

Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined above

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