Halloween is coming up, which means that in a few weeks, stores will be putting out Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations. If you're going to host trick-or-treaters on All Hallows Eve later this ...

The real Sleepy Hollow, with its real horrific inspiration for the famous headless horseman tale, played a key role in turning a 2,000-year-old tradition into a modern $8 billion business.

The average child consumes between 3,500 and 7,000 calories of candy on Halloween, ... The average American child eats more than 16 times the daily recommendation of sugar on average on Oct ...

Your regular American might very well start out eating their own weight in sugar every year. Related to this heavy consumption, ... Derek Thompson: Halloween’s $1.8 billion candy stimulus.

When candy makers in the 1910s and 1920s looked for ways to grow their fall sales, Halloween barely registered as a potential marketing opportunity, even though they were already using holidays as ...

The world of candy is a vibrant, sugar-fueled landscape, filled with everything from rich chocolates to tangy gummies. While some confections are universally adored, others seem to exist in a ...

While far older than today’s trick or treaters, many popular American candies were made just a few decades ago. Knowing what candy debuted the decade of your birth may not have astrological ...

Halloween candy sales in 1982 dropped by 20% to 50%, and 40 American cities canceled Halloween entirely, according to Eater's "Gastropod" podcast.A number of deaths among children on or after ...

The American Chemical Society ’s Reactions show released a YouTube video titled “ How Much Candy Would Kill You? ” in 2016, revealing that deadly dose to be 262 pieces of fun-sized Halloween ...

The U.S. Census Bureau reports that the average American consumes 22 pounds of candy every year. Read on to find out the favorite candy among Trick-or-Treaters.

We love candy, to eat and to look at. Big Suckers, from the portfolio Seven Still Lifes and a Silver Landscape. Wayne Thiebaud, 1971. Courtesy of the American Art Museum Here at the Smithsonian ...