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Sugar Rationing & the Sweet Pause: How WWII Shaped Modern Halloween
Explore how wartime sugar rationing halted candy production, forced confectioners to innovate, and ultimately sparked the explosive postwar Halloween candy boom that defined the holiday’s commercial identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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