When my mom was little, a family friend told her that candy corn (her favorite candy) would grow into a plant and produce more candy if she planted it. She and her sister wasted an entire bag of candy corn.
A childhood belief about sweeties

others believed things like this
- I thought if you took some candy and buried in the yard, you would grow a candy tree.Anon
- I thought that the barber sign meant candy because I thought it looked like a candy cane.Anon
- When I was little my parents used to tell me and my sister that carrots were "orange candy." — Nancy
- When I asked my mother how Elvis died, she told me that he ate too much candy. — Katie B
- When I Was Little,I Used To Believe Clouds Were Candy FlossAnon
- I used to believe when I was young that Poland was made entirely of candy.— Jenn