(FoxNews) – Before it was known as “candy corn” — and more than a
hundred years before it was crowned the “worst” Halloween candy in
a 2019 poll — the triangular, tri-colored treat went by a much different,
less-alliterative name.

The original recipe for what’s now known as “candy corn” is said to
have been invented sometime in the 1880s, according to popular belief,
by an employee of the Wunderle Candy Company. (The Wunderle Candy
Company puts the exact date at 1888, and says an employee named
George Renninger came up with the idea.)

Wunderle wasn’t the only company to hop on the candy corn craze. The
Goelitz Candy Company — which later became Jelly Belly — began
producing the treats by the turn of the 20th century, marketing them 
under the name “Chicken Feed,” according to a 2015 report published
in National Geographic.

The 1898 packaging design for Goelitz Candy Corn.  (Jelly Bean)

Greyhound Lines, Inc., usually shortened to Greyhound, is an
intercity bus common carrier serving over 3,800 destinations
across North America. The company’s first route began in
Hibbing, Minnesota in 1914, and the company adopted the
Greyhound name in 1929.

Aladdin is a brand, over 100 years old, made popular for its
line of character lunchboxes including Hopalong Cassady,
Superman, Mickey Mouse and The Jetsons. Today Aladdin
continues to be a food and beverage products brand and
is owned by Pacific Market International, LLC of Seattle,
Washington.

The Campbell Soup Company was started in 1869 by Joseph A. Campbell,
a fruit merchant from Bridgeton, New Jersey, and Abraham Anderson, an
icebox manufacturer from South Jersey. They produced canned tomatoes, vegetables, jellies, soups, condiments, and minced meats.

In 1876, Anderson left the partnership and the company became known
as the Joseph A. Campbell Preserve Company".

Canned soups and related products are sold by Campbell’s in 120
countries around the world.

Joseph Albert Campbell
(May 15, 1817 – March 27, 1900)

Entrance to Campbell’s headquarters in Camden, New Jersey.