Before the 1940s when trick-or-treating spread across the land, candy didn't have any special role to play in Halloween …
Samira Kawash
Samira Kawash researches and writes on the cultural and social history of candy in 20th-century America. She is professor emerita, Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ). She blogs on candy history and opinion at CandyProfessor.com.
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