And as for confectioner's glaze, which is responsible for candy corn's shiny finish, this product is derived from bug secretion. Confectioner's glaze, also known as shellac, is made from lac-resin ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Candy corn isn't just sugar. It's actually made up of several ingredients, including sugar, corn syrup, confectioner's glaze, salt, dextrose ...

Brach's Candy Corn at Walmart claims to make 86% of the candy corn sold in the U.S. Each year, the candy maker says it produces enough candy corn to encircle the Earth more than five times.

And while the candy corn market stays booming ... leaned into the debate with limited edition runs of seemingly made-for-social-media flavors like the viral 2021 Thanksgiving dinner variety ...