--- title: National Candy Corn Day Debates Rages on Twitter description: In honor of National Candy Corn Day, both fans and critics alike are sharing their opinions on the candy that continues to divide the country. canonical: https://time.com/5439436/national-candy-corn-day-debate/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-30T20:13:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:44.030Z og:title: People Are Feeling Strongly About National Candy Corn Day og:description: "I’d rather take a bite out of a scented candle than eat candy corn" og:url: https://time.com/5439436/national-candy-corn-day-debate/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3787acbe8657f678/69893dd297cdff56d76b6978/candy-corn-debate.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Candy-Corn og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: People Are Feeling Strongly About National Candy Corn Day twitter:description: "I’d rather take a bite out of a scented candle than eat candy corn" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3787acbe8657f678/69893dd297cdff56d76b6978/candy-corn-debate.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # People Have Really Strong Opinions About Whether Candy Corn Is Gross or Not  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 30, 2018 8:13 PM UTC  Candy corn Candy cornDustyPixel/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 30, 2018 8:13 PM UTC It’s only fitting that the day before [Halloween](http://time.com/5434659/halloween-pagan-origins-in-samhain/) would be [National Candy Corn Day](http://time.com/4536560/halloween-candy-map/). Despite its controversial reputation, candy corn has become known as the de facto candy of the Halloween season. But that doesn’t mean people have stopped debating whether or not the multi-colored sugar kernels actually taste good. In honor of this year’s National Candy Corn Day, both fans and critics alike took to Twitter on Tuesday to share their opinions on the candy that continues to divide the country. “It’s [#NationalCandyCornDay](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NationalCandyCornDay?src=hash)?” wrote a supporter of the October 31 staple. “I don’t care what anyone says. Candy Corn is DELICIOUS.” However, others had a strikingly different take on the matter. “I’d rather take a bite out of a scented candle than eat candy corn,” one vehement detractor tweeted. > [](https://twitter.com/emilylippiello/status/1057213661931028480) > [](https://twitter.com/KevinJeanes/status/1057212384899747840) See some more responses below. > [](https://twitter.com/FueledbyLOLZ/status/1057217940834127872) > [](https://twitter.com/reesewaters/status/1057235350609895424) > [](https://twitter.com/Rickonia/status/1057237220346748928) > [](https://twitter.com/tonyposnanski/status/1057229384619343872) > [](https://twitter.com/MPetersonWx/status/1057213802217914373) > [](https://twitter.com/OutMiiMynd/status/1057362086400061440) > [](https://twitter.com/HeartEyes4Brady/status/1057212195308793856) > [](https://twitter.com/janinuhh%5F/status/1057132875814887425) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5439436/national-candy-corn-day-debate/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5439436/national-candy-corn-day-debate/"},"headline":"People Have Really Strong Opinions About Whether Candy Corn Is Gross or Not","datePublished":"2018-10-30T20:13:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:55:44.030Z","description":"\"I’d rather take a bite out of a scented candle than eat candy corn\"","url":"https://time.com/5439436/national-candy-corn-day-debate/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","Candy","halloween 2018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3787acbe8657f678/69893dd297cdff56d76b6978/candy-corn-debate.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3787acbe8657f678/69893dd297cdff56d76b6978/candy-corn-debate.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Candy-Corn","caption":"Candy corn","creditText":"DustyPixel/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5439436/national-candy-corn-day-debate/","name":"People Have Really Strong Opinions About Whether Candy Corn Is Gross or Not"}}]}] ```