okay i know everyone's got some sort of weird hill to die on for every kind of candy so this one goes out to the people who wants to die on the particular hill in question: What the fuck is the point of Candy Corn? I looked at some the other day and the ingredients were "sugar and cornsyrup" and less than 3% of other stuff. Is that really all it is??? Is there such a thing as Good Candycorn?? If I wanted to eat something that was basically just sugar and a stabilizer I'd eat Caramel.
It’s the same reason things like little individually wrapped hard candies exist. It’s to fill space.
At least the Hard Candies have something going on most of the time though. Candy Corn isn't even good.
Marshmallows contain joy and whimsy for being soft, though. And you can do many things with a good marshmallow. Marshmallow's got Range. Cheap ones in hot cocoa, Gourmet ones from a specialty store. Candy Corn is rocks. Worse than rocks. Rock Candy has way bigger novelty value than Candy Corn.