Better Than Candy Corn: Make Chicos, Smoky, Nutty-Sweet Native American Dried Corn

A handful of chicos turns a pot of beans into something interesting and delightful

The only ingredient for chicos is corn—preferably with the husk on—and each batch will have a unique character, depending on the corn and how long it's roasted. Ari LeVaux

Halloween, more than almost any other holiday, is about fun. It’s like New Year’s, but with corn syrup instead of booze.

It began with the Gaelic festival Samhain, which celebrated the end of harvest while ushering in the dark half of the year. Autumn was a spooky time, when the boundaries between the living and spirit worlds were thought to become more porous.