The history of candy corn

http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/10/30/an-oral-history-of-candy-corn-the-most-polarizing-confection-of-them-all/
I'm not a big candy eater, but find the hatred of candy corn to be puzzling, especially given all of the other goop that's being sold.  At any rate, every Halloween I treat myself to half a dozen of them, and consider it one more thin reminder and connection to childhood.