Still, even Ferrara appears to be bullish about the retro-candy market. The company continues to sell a number of old-school brands, such as Atomic Fireball, Boston Baked Beans and Jujyfruits.

Y eah, yeah—hard candy is “for old people.” It belongs in that weird jar at your grandma’s house or in the dusty pocket of your elderly neighbor’s cardigan. Quite frankl ...

Instead, I give you this: candy corn. I succumbed to a bag of the old-school sweet recently, and my hand inexplicably kept dipping in for another piece, and another. Shaped like your teeth ...