SYMHC Classics: The History of Halloween Candy

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 31 October 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Happy Halloween! To celebrate, we're revisiting a 2014 episode. Candy and Halloween go hand-in-hand, but when did candy become the standard for trick-or-treating, and who invented the holiday's most famous sweet treats like candy corn?

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0:00.0	And now for today's Roblox Winter Weather Alert,
0:02.7	I Heartland on Roblox has been walloped by a winter snow storm.
0:06.5	It is a winter wonderland.
0:08.9	You can now ice skate at State Farm Park.
0:11.4	In State Farm neighborhood, you can compete in snowball fights,
0:14.3	grab a hot cocoa and cookies, and more.
0:16.5	There's also special events from your favorite artists and podcasters all month,
0:20.3	along with scavenger hunts, exclusive content, and unique items.
0:23.9	So enjoy the festive winter weather at I Heartland on Roblox.
0:27.7	Head to iHeartRadio.com slash I Heartland today.
0:33.1	Happy Saturday, everybody, and happy Halloween.
0:36.0	We know a lot of folks are missing out on trigger treating this year because of the pandemic.
0:40.3	The CDC has listed traditional trigger treating as a higher risk activity,
0:44.8	and a lot of communities have canceled or modified their usual Halloween celebrations.
0:50.4	So we thought we would close out October this year with our previous episode
0:55.2	on the history of Halloween candy.
0:57.9	Since if you can't trigger treat, you can, we hope, at least have the treat part,
1:02.7	whether it is candy or some other thing that you love.
1:06.7	I need so much candy corn.
1:08.9	This episode does conclude with a discussion of poison candy tragedies.
1:13.2	So if you are not up for that today,
1:15.9	that discussion picks up after the second ad break, and you can just skip it.
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