A Rebuttal To The Rebuttal: The Great Candy Corn Debate

Candy corn is the first candy I look for in my trick-or-treat bag. Yes, every Halloween I still go out to collect candy from strangers (which is exactly what parents tell us not to do when we are young children—but that contradictory parenting style is for another time). I dress up in lame costumes like wearing a sheet to be a ghost or wearing a baseball cap to be a guy on the street wearing a baseball cap, all to achieve the goal of gathering as much candy corn as humanly possible in one day. Christina Rau’s blog post, “Candy Corn: Not A Gift From The Sugar Goddesses” indicates how she believes that candy corn is not great. She is totally wrong. She needs to eat more candy corn until she realizes how wonderful a candy it is.

First off, candy corn is simply part of Halloween.  Christina Rau says that in her conclusion, but she doesn't realize that THAT's the whole thing about candy corn.  It simply goes.

Just because candy corn is candy doesn't mean the taste is the most important thing about it.  Christina Rau seems to think it is when she says "taste is most important" but she is so totally off-base.  Plus, I dare to declare: MAGIC TASTES LIKE CANDY CORN and CANDY CORN TASTES LIKE MAGIC.  What do they both taste like?  Each other.  Does that make sense?  Not really, but that does not matter.  The only thing that matters is that candy corn is just good candy.

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Don't wait for Halloween.  Go out and get some now.  If you can't find any, write to your local candy corn manufacturer and make them crank it out pronto.

Work Cited

Rau, Christina. "Candy Corn: Not A Gift From The Sugar Goddess." Everyone Loves Essays. Blogger.com. 22 October 2014. Web. 27 October 2014.

Candy Corn: Not A Gift From The Sugar Goddesses

Candy is an important part of a happy life. In “Lewis Black Hates Candy Corn: A Rebuttal,” Michael Ian Black praises candy corn in opposition to Lewis Black’s insistence that candy corn is horrible. Michael Ian Black represents Halloween tradition, candy corn makers, and all the trick-or-treaters of America in his essay as he defends the tasty treat. However defensive Michael Ian Black is, he is wrong, and Lewis Black is right. Candy corn is simply not a delicious treat.

Since candy corn is candy, the taste should be the most important aspect. Michael Ian Black states that candy corn tastes "like it was made out of magic" (138). He then goes on "If magic had a taste," (138) which means it obviously does not, and therefore, nothing can taste like magic. Lewis Black thinks it tastes "like it was made out of oil" (qtd. in Black 138). That, too, is not true, but the spirit of the statement is. Candy should not taste like oil. Candy should taste good. Oil does not taste good. Candy corn does not taste good. It tastes like chemicals, the kind of taste that develops when people are in an enclosed,un-vented space while they are cleaning with Windex.

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Even though Halloween causes a boost in sales, candy corn is simply part of tradition. It is not a popular treat at any other time of year. Therefore, it is simply not popular, and not a scrumptious snack.

Work Cited

Black, Michael Ian. "Lewis Black Hates Candy Corn: A Rebuttal." My Custom Van...And 50 Other Mind-Blowing Essays That Will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face. NY: Gallery Books, 2009. 137-142. Print.