So let us speak now of popcorn balls. Yes, popcorn balls. The true untouchables in the confection caste system, those treats rarely made and even less rarely shared with others thanks to pernicious--and, as it turns out, completely bogus--stories of wayward razor blades being hidden within these once common Halloween treats. I'm not quite sure why, exactly, popcorn balls got the bad rap that they did (though I have theories). The only documented cases of razors in Halloween loot involved the... read more
