Amy McCarthy is a former reporter at Eater, focusing on pop culture, policy and labor, and only the weirdest online trends. As an elder millennial, the last six months or so have felt like a flashback ...

Candy corn. It’s one of the most controversial candies out there — a true love-it-or-hate-it treat. And yet it’s a certified Halloween season classic. Bags of the yellow, orange, and white candy ...

This has been a big year for me. I turned 50, and I started eating candy. Both were inescapable. Candy, by which I do not mean chocolate, is everywhere. The chewier/crunchier and more intensely ...