Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Easter Candy Corn v. Halloween Candy Corn
In my mind, real candy corn has a yellow tip, white center, and orange bottom. It is delicious and typically eaten around the harvest. Probably to simulate eating actual corn and in preparation for the day when we are all machines and able to subsist on nothing but candy. That will be great, but is probably a long way off. (Case in point, yesterday I ate nothing but a very large bag of gummy candy from the Sweet Shop followed by salty licorice my dad had procured from Schipol for me. It was a bad idea...although quite delicious.)
Traditional candy corn has a cousin that appears around springtime. I believe it is called "bunny corn." "Bunny corn" has a pastel blue tip, white center and pastel pink bottom. It resembles neither corn nor a bunny, yet is called "bunny corn." Why? The image the name bunny corn draws to mind is not an attractive one. Think about it. Bunny corn. What relation do bunnies have to corn? None, unless it's a digestive one, which is not evocative of a delicious candy treat. Even that is a stretch. Bunnies don't eat corn. They eat carrots and pellets and alfalfa. Also, there is no corn in the early spring when these candies appear! The harvest was months ago and the ground hasn't thawed enough for the spring planting to begin. Everthing about the name bunny corn is stupid. It should be called "bunny treats." In fact, that is a wonderful idea. Maybe this will be my one small mark on the fate of humankind.
That being said, I am firmly convinced that the misnamed "bunny corn" is, if possible, even more delicious than traditional candy corn. This may sound crazy, but there is a subtle, but important difference between the two corns. My college roommate was the first to identify it during finals of our senior year and since then I wait in breathless anticipation for this, the most delicious corn, to make its appearance on Walgreen's shelves. It's the pastel highlight of an otherwise gray and demoralizing month.
Traditional candy corn has a cousin that appears around springtime. I believe it is called "bunny corn." "Bunny corn" has a pastel blue tip, white center and pastel pink bottom. It resembles neither corn nor a bunny, yet is called "bunny corn." Why? The image the name bunny corn draws to mind is not an attractive one. Think about it. Bunny corn. What relation do bunnies have to corn? None, unless it's a digestive one, which is not evocative of a delicious candy treat. Even that is a stretch. Bunnies don't eat corn. They eat carrots and pellets and alfalfa. Also, there is no corn in the early spring when these candies appear! The harvest was months ago and the ground hasn't thawed enough for the spring planting to begin. Everthing about the name bunny corn is stupid. It should be called "bunny treats." In fact, that is a wonderful idea. Maybe this will be my one small mark on the fate of humankind.
That being said, I am firmly convinced that the misnamed "bunny corn" is, if possible, even more delicious than traditional candy corn. This may sound crazy, but there is a subtle, but important difference between the two corns. My college roommate was the first to identify it during finals of our senior year and since then I wait in breathless anticipation for this, the most delicious corn, to make its appearance on Walgreen's shelves. It's the pastel highlight of an otherwise gray and demoralizing month.
E 12:55 PM
1 Comments:
Um, I wasn't aware that people actually ate candy corn or bunny corn or any of that. I feel like those candies are a lot like candy hearts; appropriate for the holiday and holiday gift baskets, but more filler than anything else. I mean, I guess I might eat one if it is there, but it would never ever be my preference. Now, Peeps and marshmallow bunnies are an entirely different story.
Also, you should really allow for anonymous commenting. What are you afraid of?
Also, you should really allow for anonymous commenting. What are you afraid of?
