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From Rationed Sweetness to Trick‑or‑Treat: How WWII Sugar Limits Shaped Modern Halloween
This episode traces how U.S. wartime sugar rationing forced candy makers into innovation, turning scarcity into a new culture of individually wrapped sweets and setting the stage for postwar Halloween’s explosive commercialization. We explore the economic, cultural, and marketing shifts that turned a modest trick‑or‑treat tradition into a nationwide consumer phenomenon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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