As recently as 2021, Halloween was a $10.14 billion industry, with candy making up $3 billion of total sales. How did this happen? From ancient culinary traditions to cursed food and the commercialization of Halloween treats, how have spooky foods evolved? Sources are listed throughout and at the bottom of this post. The Relationship Between Food and Death Of all the foods that can be placed on a grave, cakes are among the most popular. In Ancient Egypt, the dead were buried