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Popular Halloween Foods and Their Histories
Chocolate dominates Halloween candy with 72 percent of spending per National Confectioners Association. Candied apples began as a 1908 display item to lure shoppers. candy corn debuted in the 1880s by Wunderle and later Goelitz as Chicken Feed. soul cakes trace trick or treat roots to British and Irish dead-eve customs. pumpkin pie rose with autumn harvest and English settlement, evolving from savory spiced pies to sweet favorites timed for Halloween and Thanksgiving.
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National Confectioners Association
North America
George Renninger
Wunderle Candy
Britain
Ireland
England
America