Hi, I'm Adam Gidwitz, host of Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmist.

On every episode, we tell a grim fairy tale.

Not the cute, sweet versions of the fairy tales that your children have heard so many times.

No, we tell the real Grim fairy tales.

They're funny, they're weird, sometimes they're a little bit scary.

But don't worry, we rate every episode,

Grim, Grimmer, or Grimmist, so you, your child, your family can choose the episode that's the

right level of scary for you. Tune in to Grim, Grimmer, Grimmist, and our new season, available

now. This is but, a podcast for curious kids from Vermont Public.

I'm Jane Lindholm.

On this show, we take questions from kids all over the world just like you,

and we find interesting people to answer them.

Do you have a sweet tooth?

Do you love lollipops and sour candies,

gummies, maybe chocolates? Sweets, candy, lollies, whatever you call them, many of us find

these sweet treats irresistible. And here in the United States, the holiday many people celebrate

on October 31st, Halloween, has basically become an excuse to

collect and eat a lot of candy. So at this time of year, when many young minds turn to

thoughts of sweets, we thought we'd learn a little bit more about what candy actually is.

Candy comes in all sorts of shapes, sizes, and textures. Usually it has a sugar base,

or it's made out of sugar most of the time, or different forms of sugar, like honey or natural

sugars from apples and fruits. But typically what I think of when I think about candies like chocolate or

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