But Halloween candy is a relatively new staple of the holiday -- only first becoming popular and widely distributed in the 1920s and 1930s and not becoming a major player until the 1950s.

Columbus children didn't really begin dressing in costumes and going door-to-door for treats for Halloween until the early 1930s.

Halloween candy is a relatively new staple of the holiday — only first becoming popular and widely distributed in the 1920s and 1930s and not becoming a major player until the 1950s. Here’s a ...

But Halloween candy is a relatively new staple of the holiday -- only first becoming popular and widely distributed in the 1920s and 1930s and not becoming a major player until the 1950s.

But Halloween candy is a relatively new staple of the holiday — only first becoming popular and widely distributed in the 1920s and 1930s and not becoming a major player until the 1950s.

But Halloween candy is a relatively new staple of the holiday -- only first becoming popular and widely distributed in the 1920s and 1930s and not becoming a major player until the 1950s.