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15. MUNCHING ON CANDY CORN

玉米糖

According to some stories, a candymaker at the Wunderlee Candy Company in Philadelphia invented the revolutionary tri-color candy in the 1880s. The treats didn’t become a widespread phenomenon until another company brought the candy to the masses in 1898. At the time, candy corn was called Chicken Feed and sold in boxes with the slogan "Something worth crowing for." Originally just autumnal candy because of corn’s association with harvest time, candy corn became Halloween-specific when trick-or-treating rose to prominence in the US in the 1950s.

根据一些故事的说法，费城文德利糖果公司的一位糖果制造商在19世纪80年代发明了革命性的三色糖果。但直到1898年另一家公司将这种糖果推向大众，它才风靡起来。当时，玉米糖被称为“鸡饲料”，装在盒子里出售，广告语是“值得为之欢呼的东西”。最初玉米糖只是秋天的糖果，因为玉米与收获季节有关。在20世纪50年代，随着“不给糖就捣蛋”活动在美国的兴起，玉米糖成为了万圣节专属糖果。

英文来源：Mental Floss

翻译&编辑：丹妮

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