Halloween and the origins of candy - a podcast by ABC Radio

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Candy wasn't always associated with a sugar hit. In medieval Europe, it was taken as a vitamin and thought to have medicinal properties. Food historian Sarah Lohman traces the origins of candy, from its inception in the Middle East to the tradition of handing it out on Halloween and the origins of trick-or-treating.