My love for candy corn goes back many years. As far back as I can remember, candy corn has been a part of every Fall. This year, living in Panama, I figured I wouldn't be getting any of my very favorite candy. A few weeks ago we were walking through our local PriceSmart (think Costco in South America) and I spotted a bag of bright orange, yellow and white candy corn!! I was sooo excited until I saw the price tag! $10 a bag?? You see, I'm super frugal and I won't buy something unless I really need it and, at this moment, candy corn wasn't on my need list. So I left, candycornless.
Yesterday, we were walking through the same PriceSmart and I was wondering if they had sold it all as it wasn't on the candy aisle. We got in line to check out and that's when I noticed the delightful display of CLEARANCE candy corn! It was calling my name!! We loaded up the cart with some 4 pound bags of the candy goodness for the bargain price of $2.77 each! Happy dance! I put back gummy bears and Ghirardelli chocolates for this stuff!
As we were leaving, I was asking the cashier, cart guy and anyone else who would listen if they've ever had candy corn. None of them had! You see, that's what I love about PriceSmart. They bring in stuff that gringos like but price it high. Then the gringos don't buy enough of it, so they have to clearance it out. The Panamanians don't know what they're missing out on. Toasters Strudel is a great example. The directions were in English. I had a cashier ask me what to do with them when we were once buying six 4 packs (like we had breakfast for super cheap for months). Turkey bacon is another great example. Sadly, once it's clearanced, it never returns. So if Panamanians haven't had whatever the item is, they don't sell much of it and have to clearance it to make space for something else and I get to reap the benefits! Time to stock up!
So all this to say that I love candy corn and PriceSmart clearance. Yesterday they both made me (and my kids) very happy. We didn't think we were going to get any this year! Now we have enough to share. It freezes well too, if you didn't know.
Do you love candy corn?
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