There’s Peeps for Easter and there’s candy canes for Christmas. And for Halloween—there’s candy corn.

The one thing all these candies have in common is that they are either loved or hated, but candy corn is definitely the most polarizing of them all.

Originally named chicken feed, candy corn was created in the 1880s. And around 70 years later, it had started to be passed out on the spookiest day of the year.

There are people that despise it and people that love it. But America seems torn and split in two over the traffic cone shaped candy.

Junior Everleigh Gigandet describes candy corn as a marshmallow-y sweet flavor with a waxy crumbly texture that is satisfying to eat.

“It is a central part of Halloween, because every holiday needs a candy to go with it,” says Gigandet.

I agree that candy corn is a big part of the October season, but do people really enjoy eating it, or do they just like it because it’s an emblem of Halloween?

Junior Ashlinn Dwyer really dislikes candy corn.

“It genuinely tastes like plastic stomach ache,” Dwyer says.

The more you eat, however, the more the sweetness starts overwhelming your taste buds.

One thing that all the people that dislike candy corn agree on is that they wish they could enjoy this crumbly white orange and yellow colored-candy because of how essential it has been made out to be for Halloween.

Junior Faith Lister also dislikes candy corn. She says that it tastes like a very sweet cake fondant.

“Even though I don’t necessarily enjoy candy corn, it is definitely the biggest essential part of the Halloween season. It is like the mascot of Halloween,”  Lister says.

For me, candy corn should still be considered chicken feed, because I don’t know if it should be allowed to have the word “candy” in its name. Because last time I checked, candy tastes good and candy corn tastes like a “plastic stomachache.”

This Halloween you can leave the candy corn out of my bag because I’ll be sticking to my Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.