Every year, in the fall, we get out our candy corn dispenser and fill it with candy corn. We have been doing this for so many years that I can’t even remember when we started doing this.

While I am not wild about candy corn, Kathy and the girls seem to live on it. And so, we have the candy corn dispenser sitting on the table until after the Thanksgiving holidays.

Well, the other day, I was sent to the store to purchase candy corn, in bulk, for the candy corn dispenser. But when I got to the bulk food section, there was no candy corn to be found.

This seemed rather odd, but I figured that they were just out of stock. So, I checked another store and discovered that they too were out.

Well, I though, maybe it is too early for candy corn. So, I decided I would check back in a couple of weeks.

I rechecked last night and there was still no candy corn to be found. Was it too late for candy corn? Was there a drought that ruined the candy corn crop? Is some speculator hoard candy corn until the prices go higher?

Some one once told me that candy corn was only made in 1920 and that what we have been eating all of these years is leftover from 1920. I suppose it is possible that the original supply has been used up. If so, then they need to make some more.

Fall just isn’t the same with out candy corn.