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I got eerily angry complaints from parents one Halloween after I gave out cotton candy “because it filled up too much space in their bags for something that would dissolve in their mouth all at once anyways as well as make them hyper as it’s just sugar”. Makes me wonder how they spent their evenings.
oh man pixie sticks are like summoning a demon
Man those parents don’t know shit - you were a Hallowe’en hero
Best: Reese’s
Worst: Circus Peanuts
Best: Full size Snickers, Reese’s Halloween editions
Worst: Candy Corn and Circus Peanuts
First thing I thought of when I saw the post, and your comment was the first I saw!
Best: Subjective.
Worst: religous pamphlets proletizing the youth because the religous must target those without fully functioning brains lest their numbers dwindle.
I see no one has mentioned Swedish fish yet. Always felt they were so freaking waxy they tasted like nothing. Probably not the worst though.
I recently tried a “European” swedish fish by Kolsvart, and they are way better.
I’m sorry but propaganda does not technically count as candy.
To be fair I once got 5 dimes wrapped in a little black mesh thing. It was lame as hell, but they did make an effort so I didn’t complain. But even back in the late 80s/early 90s, 50¢ wasn’t really useful, even for a kid.
It’s candy for your soul, how about that?
Best: Good candy corn
Worst: Bad candy corn
There are tiers of candy corn?
I think it just boils down to softness?
The cheap dollar store stuff is basically just sugar wax. The better kind actually has flavor, isn’t chewy etc
I prefer a mohs hardness test followed by gram stain, but boiling is a good method too.
If all else fails I just bite a sample to confirm my teeth can dent it
Best: full size Snickers bars
Worst: full size Snickers bars but you have peanut allergy
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I loved those.
That shit was my jam when I was a kid
I don’t but a close friend does. he would trade away coconut for it
That gave me the idea to toss in a coconut or two into bags this year. I’ll reserve those for the “kids” that are obviously too old for this stuff.
loll remind them they can send it through the mail with no packaging
I do full size candy bars, but I’ll also drop a handful of loose candy corn instead into the bag of someone who’s clearly too old.
Best: kit-kats, twix, heath bar, and the wee chocolates dark/light/crunch mix assortment.
Worst: banana laffy taffy, smarties
Also I freaking love black licorice and my kids do too but would never, ever dare hand it out, absolutely a trick not a treat for most kids.
I also love black licorice. Did we just become best friends?
Sir that is nasty
I once gave a single banana to a group of kids and told them to be sure to split it between them.
That was a massive improvement over the year before, where I had nothing at all.
It was extra sad because their parents only allowed them to go through the building they lived in, and it didn’t have many people.
Thing is, halloween isn’t really a thing there, plus I am absolutely terrible with dates.
When I was a kid my father handed out cans of soup.
My MIL used to work for a dentist. One year he encouraged? required? the employees to hand out toothbrushes on Halloween. My hubby begged his mom not to do it, to just fib and tell her boss she had. But… she went through with it. They got egged that night & their pumpkin was smashed. She fucked around and found out.
Classic
Could have handed out banana but that’s just me
Your birthdays must have been memorable
Best: twix, 100grand, candy corn, sweet tarts
Worst: bottle caps, heath, unnamed hard candies, tootsie rolls
I have a buddy who’s favorite is heath bars
He’s a little different
I blocked out the existence of bottle caps
Worst is Necco wafers.
Best is Whoppers, then Sixlets.
If the reaction of the kids who come to my door is any indication the best is ring pops. You can sometimes hear kids shouting to other ones down the street “hey, this place has ring pops!”
Worst: those molasses toffees with the orange/white/black wrapper
The best is almost always full size candy bars, though everyone’s personal favorites are different.
As for the worst, people might rag on the orange and black peanut butter things, candy corn, or circus peanuts. I personally like them all and I feel most of the hate is memetic.
The real bad candy? Peppermints. Even worse and strange? Peppermint candy canes.
Sure, I like them in December, but seeing those mixed in with other candy is an insult and reminds you of Christmas creep. It’s a breath mint. There might be one freakish kid who likes those hard minty disks of Christmas flavor around Halloween, but really, no one is excited about these restaurant give aways. Even hating on the candy you don’t like is part of the Halloween experience, but peppermint just feels wrong in a trick or treat bag.
I wholeheartedly agree on the peppermint thing
Best: chocolate Worst: raisins
