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Candy corn was originally called “chicken feed”.

By: Kelly Branco, Art & Music Editor
October 30, 2018
Photo Credit: Photo via Flickr under Creative Commons LIcense
Candy corn is a popular candy around Halloween time.

This is because corn is used to feed chickens.

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Kelly Branco
Kelly Branco, Art & Music Editor
Kelly Branco is a senior and this is her first year working on The Declaration. Branco is a fan of theater, she loves to perform and watch Broadway shows whenever she can. She is an anchor for Patriots Television and does the fun fact every morning. She is in the Colonia High School Theater Department, sings for the Harmony in Motion Show Choir, and AcaPatriots, A Capella Choir. Last year, Branco got the Seal of Bi-Literacy in French and she speaks Portuguese.  She loves to read in her spare time. She is going to Fairleigh Dickinson University in the Fall of 2019 with a Musical Theater major.
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Candy corn was originally called “chicken feed”.