There are some candy questions that seem eternal: what actually is nougat? Can you really make homemade cotton candy with Jolly Ranchers? Why is there an orange-colored, peanut-shaped candy that's ...

You've probably seen and been baffled by them in the grocery store. Fortunately for adventurous candy lovers, circus peanuts — not to be confused with actual legumes — aren't going away anytime soon.

Although it’s clear that there are few better Halloween treats than a pile of tooth-shaped clumps of sugar wax, some insist on arguing against the merits of candy corn every year. It’s a perennial ...