Candy Corn History
This holiday is mentioned at the beginning of the passage.
What is Halloween?
These three colors make up candy corn.
What are yellow, orange, and white?
This word means taking a lot of time to do.
What is time-consuming?
According to the passage, who especially liked the first candy corn?
Who were farmers?
What is the main topic of this passage?
What is candy corn, including its history and how it is made?
This man invented candy corn in the 1800s.
Who is George Renninger?
Workers used these large containers to mix the ingredients long ago.
What are kettles?
These are shapes that give candy its form.
What are molds?
Name two ingredients used to make candy corn by hand.
What are sugar, water, corn syrup, fondant, or marshmallows?
Why was candy corn only sold from March to November long ago?
What is because making it by hand took a very long time?
This candy company employed George Renninger.
What is the Wunderlee Candy Company?
Workers poured the candy mixture into these to give it its shape.
What are molds?
This word means surprisingly large or amazing.
What is staggering?
What did workers do first when making candy corn by hand: pour the yellow, orange, or white layer?
What is yellow?
What is one important difference between making candy corn long ago and making it today?
What is that machines make the process faster today?
Candy corn has been a Halloween favorite for more than this many years.
What is 100 years?
Today, this process helps make thousands of candy corn pieces quickly.
What is the cornstarch molding process?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgTvgQfcllM
For, 1000 points: After watching the video, name two steps in the modern candy-making process that were also described in the article.
What are filling the molds with layers of candy and allowing the candy to cool and harden?
What happens to the extra cornstarch on the sides of the candy?
What is it is shaken loose?
Why do you think the author included the fact that 9 billion pieces are produced each year?
Answers will vary; the number helps readers understand how much candy corn is made.
This date is National Candy Corn Day.
What is October 30th?
In today's process, the candy hardens for this long after the molds are filled.
What is 24 hours?
This word means attractive or pleasing to look at.
What is appealing?
According to the passage, how many individual candy corn pieces are produced each year?
What are about 9 billion kernels?
The author calls the amount of candy corn produced each year “staggering.” Which detail from the passage best supports this word choice?
What is that nearly 35 million pounds, or about 9 billion pieces, are produced each year?