Anyone know how to make healthy Candy Corn and/or Hot Tamales?

I am extremely fond of both Candy Corn and Hot Tamales. However, I wish that they didn't include such toxic ingredients, like "Red 40" and "Blue Lake 5". I would be grateful if someone could either post an 'ible or answer with a recipe.

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[Re-design]

Well, at least red 40 if one of the safer food colorings. but to be honest if you're eating enough of the candy to have a problem with red 40 consumption, you;re going to have much more problem with the sugar in the candy first. Both in excess calories and the damage that much sugar will be doing to your arteries.

[black hole]

Frankly, I do have a problem with eating even a little of any unnatural color.
That's why I haven't been to a MacDonald's in years-partialy because they put blue color and titanium dioxide (something in white house paint) in their hamburger buns. And there's no such thing as a 'safe' food coloring that can cause various types of tumors in rats.

[Re-design]

And yet you are willing to eat large amounts of sugar - that is proven to cause many diseases and organ damage in HUMANS.

[black hole]

I never said anything about 'large amounts', I just said I liked them. Yeah, sure, sugar isn't that great for you, but it's a whole lot better than all those colors.

[Re-design]

The sugar in the candy does more damage to you than the coloring in the candy. Period.

[black hole]

Fine. Whatever. If you're not going to help with recipe ideas, then get lost.

[lemonie]

Don't add the synthetic dyes.
It'll taste the same.

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