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Oct 30, 2026
Christopher KimballHOST
I'm your host, Christopher Kimball.
Christopher KimballHOST
My next guest has turned candy into a career.
Christopher KimballHOST
Susan Benjamin owns True Treats Historic Candy.
Christopher KimballHOST
It's the nation's only historic candy shop.
Christopher KimballHOST
And as it happens, it's haunted.
Christopher KimballHOST
Ha! So how did candy get started? Was it just to make medicine more palatable? When did it morph from being something I think originally for adults like is medicine? When did it become a kid thing mostly?
Susan BenjaminGUEST
The beginning of candy goes back to the medicines and it's a real straight line.
Susan BenjaminGUEST
But if what you're asking, which I think it is, is when did it make the transition to include kids? That's a really salient point because Candy was made as a result of two factors, marketing and the Industrial Revolution.
KimHOST
Sometimes there's three.
JenHOST
So basically, if she wants to go back, a demon named Man Candy has to orchestrate it.
JenHOST
Everyone who lives in Hollow Springs knows about Man Candy because it's a legend in these parts.
JenHOST
At the stroke of midnight, if there's a single piece of candy left in a candy dish in Hollow Springs, Man Candy comes to give you a tricky treat.
JenHOST
If Man Candy gets summoned to Hollow Springs, he will bring back the people that are in Halloween World.
JenHOST
But nobody has left candy out for him in decades.
LynnHOST
No, because he's like a scary figure
8 MINS LATER
JenHOST
And she's getting anxious to get everyone out of her house before midnight, which is in 10 minutes.
DômeUNKNOWN
aller dessus.
DômeUNKNOWN
Bonbon
Lysandre NadeauHOST
ou pas.
DômeUNKNOWN
C'est-tu un bonbon? Bonbon ou farce?
Lysandre NadeauHOST
Oui, c'est ça.
Joanie GrenierHOST
Une farce ou un bonbon.
Sarah DurnHOST
I know.
Sarah DurnHOST
Candy companies really do change their recipes.
Sarah DurnHOST
And a lot of times, they don't even have to say so.
Laura BaisasHOST
Seriously? So, like, my beloved Milky Way could be completely different from the one that I ate when I was nine? Potentially.
6 MINS LATER
Sarah DurnHOST
Yes, at least that's the distinction the company is making.
Sarah DurnHOST
But this isn't just about Reese's.
Sarah DurnHOST
Candy companies have been adjusting their recipes for years.
Sarah DurnHOST
And to understand why, Popular Science spoke with Dr. Richard Hartel, a food scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Tom TolbertHOST
I would appreciate that.
Tom TolbertHOST
Candy at the dentist shop.
Tom TolbertHOST
It made no sense to me whatsoever.
Tom TolbertHOST
It was like, you don't need to eat the whole bowl.
PaddlesHOST
yeah
Kathleen MadiganHOST
yeah thanks for sending that um what are we tasting um there's there's so much news i can't even it's been a weekend it's been crazy uh what is this snickers things banana nut bread snickers from lawrence kansas termites uh darlene let's see i love a snickers it's my favorite candy bar i don't know about putting banana in it though
PaddlesHOST
Snickers is your favorite?
Kathleen MadiganHOST
Mm-hmm.
PaddlesHOST
Wow, I didn't know that.
Kathleen MadiganHOST
Well, I don't really eat candy, but...
PaddlesHOST
Right.
Kathleen MadiganHOST
As a child.
Michelle MadisonHOST
this.
Michelle MadisonHOST
So Candy says, no, John, there were infrared lights and the camera was on the controller.
John JacobsonHOST
Okay, whatever.
John JacobsonHOST
There was lights and receivers.
Shelley SchlenderHOST
Maybe a little silly, maybe a little scary, but not dangerous.
Shelley SchlenderHOST
Yet, for over 40 years, many parents and trick-or-treaters have worried about razor blades in Halloween apples or poison in Halloween candy.
Shelley SchlenderHOST
I'm Shelley Schlender.
Juliana KrigsmanHOST
For over 40 years, sociologist Joel Best has called these trick-or-treat scares a form of Halloween sadism.
Juliana KrigsmanHOST
So, do maniacs down the street really poison Halloween candy?
Shelley SchlenderHOST
For the real story, here's Shelley's interview with sociologist and criminologist Joel Best.
Joel BestGUEST
I have been doing research on what is sometimes called Halloween sadism for the last 40 years.
Joel BestGUEST
And one was on the East Coast and one was in the Midwest and one was on the West Coast.
MichelleHOST
You know what? I also hate candy
BobbyHOST
corn.
BobbyHOST
Candy corn
MichelleHOST
pumpkins.
MichelleHOST
All of those.
Sarah SpainGUEST
So being able to be the one person who got to change the Amos Cthulhu sign in Wrigleyville was a huge personal moment during that series.
Sarah SpainGUEST
And then I got to shout out my friend Mike Regent because he had come up with this idea of Groupon for Sweets, where if a suite wasn't going to sell at the last minute, there'd be a discounted price.
Sarah SpainGUEST
The team would still get something.
Sarah SpainGUEST
The fan would get to go at a cheaper price.
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