Do you like candy corn? I'm not sure if i do or not. It's pretty in my candy jar, but I never want to eat it, because it always looks stale. Then I grab a small handful (tis the season), and for some reason I'm always surprised at how good it is. But after I eat it, I don't want any more for a while. But I buy it every year. And I hate the pumpkin-shaped candy corn.
I agree it 'looks' pretty...but to me tastes like mildly flavored wax! lol
And the 'different' shaped ones (pumpkin shapes etc) seem to taste like even MORE MILDLY flavored wax...even worse than those wax 'lips' one used to be able to get...
a few pieces are really good but oh so much sugar/corn syrup. I like the pumpkin version...you know the ones that come out at Halloween...Candy corn in the shape of the orange pumpkins...so good...but oh so bad for you :) There are lots of types of candy that look pretty in the candy dish :)
It is a once or twice a year candy for me too. It has so much condensed sugar for it's size I think we get that too rich issue and don't want candy again for a long time. It is good in crafts and other things too. But as for buying it instead of chocolate? never gonna happen.
Use double stuff so the tip of the candy corn will fit in the white part between the cookies. Then you just use 2 of them, one for the base and one for the back. The tiny Reese cup, a malted milk ball, and you can break up the candy corn and make wings, feathers, a beak, etc... http://kids4crafts.blogspot.com/2008/11/oreo-candy-turkeys.html
I'm in the minority-- I actually really don't care for sweets. Maybe, occasionally, a really good piece of chocolate. Otherwise, no thanks on the candy.