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A candy pumpkin is a small pumpkin-shaped mellowcreme confection primarily made from corn syrup honey wax and sugar. Traditionally colored with an orange base and topped with a green stem to make candy pumpkins largely identifiable with Halloween a candy pumpkin is considered a mellow creme by confectioners since the candy has a marshmallow flavor. Sometimes called candy corn’s first cousin candy pumpkins are made through a starch casting process similar to that for candy corn.
