The lac bug secretes a waxy, waterproof coating to protect itself that workers scrape from plants. Typically found under the name "confectioner's glaze" or "pure food glaze," lac coating is used in ...

Candy corn: Is it a treat or some kind of trick candy makers are playing on us? The question arises because the candy is truly divisive. But those who love it are delighted by the arrival of Halloween ...

This Halloween season, the National Retail Federation expects that we’ll spend $3.5 billion on candy. If you’ve already bought that bag of sweet stuff to hand out to trick-or-treaters, you may have ...

Halloween returns this week at Disney World, with the parks putting up fall decor and Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party opening on Aug. 9. One of the best things about the season at Disney — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FRANKFORT, Ind. — It's rare to find anyone who is indifferent in their opinion of candy corn. You either love it or you hate it.

FRANKFORT, Ind. — It's rare to find anyone who is indifferent in their opinion of candy corn. You either love it or you hate it. Strong feelings aside, more than 35 million pounds of the cute, ...