reindeer corn

English

Etymology

From the association of reindeer, who pull Santa Claus's sleigh, with Christmas. From the Christmas colors being red and green. From the coloring of this candy corn, white & red & green, Christmas-y colors; and its time-limited release during the period around Christmas. From the shape of this candy, resembling corn.

Noun

reindeer corn (plural reindeer corn or reindeer corns)

1. A limited-time Christmas candy, a red-green-white (or other sequence of these three colors) version of candy corn.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reindeer,‎ corn.

Hypernyms

• candy corn