Wax bottle candies, known as “Nik-L-Nips,” earned their name from their original price — a nickel, and from the way they’re eaten by “nipping” of the bottle top to enjoy the flavored liquid inside.

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Americans rushing out to buy Halloween candy for trick-or-treaters should know about the new Federal Halloween Candy Law: Any person who, on Halloween, knowingly gives out candy corn or Bit-O-Honey or ...

One thing is certain: Candy corn must be the most divisive treat in the world. Here’s a taste of the venom we heard from Pilot staffers when we asked for volunteers to test different brands of the ...

Candy Corn is great. There is very little to dispute this fact. Yet every year around this time there are people that cannot help but ruin everyone’s Halloween fun by saying that Candy Corn is not ...

Here is a delicious winter treat that is easy to make and has only two ingredients: maple syrup and new snow. My grandma taught me to make this confection and called it jack wax. Put 1 cup of real ...