Halloween candy

[TripletDaddy]

Any of the fruit flavored stuff.....starburst, skittles, gummies, fruit tootsie rolls, individual packs of sweet tarts, etc..

Pass on candy corn, brachs butterscotch hard candy, smarties, anything pure chocolate, and random taffy.

Halloween night is a candy fest. The day after Halloween is usually candy before breakfast and intermittent snacking throughout the day. By the second or third day after, I am pretty sick of candy. That is when the "bowl" gets moved to the middle of the kitchen.....dont have the heart to throw the rest away, but it usually sits there for about a month.

[PaloAltoCougar]

I used to levy a tax on the collected goods, with a surcharge that resulted in all peanut M&Ms coming my way. We let our kids take huge hauls, so they were usually more than happy pay tribute, and knew any chocolate/nut combo was sure to win dad's favor.

I can still picture my hauls from the '60s. Do they still give out those rubbery marshmallow things that are shaped like a peanut? Hated those. Seinfeld comments on them in one of his routines, and said he'd simply tell the person dispensing them, "No thanks, we've got all the doorstops we need."

Next to Christmas and birthdays, Halloween was the best day of the year.

[TripletDaddy]

Originally Posted by PaloAltoCougar

I used to levy a tax on the collected goods, with a surcharge that resulted in all peanut M&Ms coming my way. We let our kids take huge hauls, so they were usually more than happy pay tribute, and knew any chocolate/nut combo was sure to win dad's favor.

I can still picture my hauls from the '60s. Do they still give out those rubbery marshmallow things that are shaped like a peanut? Hated those. Seinfeld comments on them in one of his routines, and said he'd simply tell the person dispensing them, "No thanks, we've got all the doorstops we need."

Next to Christmas and birthdays, Halloween was the best day of the year.

They are called Circus Peanuts and we have some in our house this very moment.

My mom keeps a stash of those and Necco Wafers (which are basically multi-colored antacid tablets) to snack on when she visits.

The odd thing is that she really goes out of her way to "hide" them, placing them in a bag and then putting the bag at the back of the cabinet.

I tried to tell her that nobody was going to eat them. In fact, over the summer, we had an ant infestation. Even the ants didn't touch the Necco Wafers.

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by PaloAltoCougar

I can still picture my hauls from the '60s. Do they still give out those rubbery marshmallow things that are shaped like a peanut? Hated those.

These are what I hate:

They call them peanut butter kisses, but they're an affront to the good names of peanut butter and kisses.

[Mindfulcoug]

As a general rule, Ferrero Rocher is the only chocolate which would make committing any crime absolutely legitimate, leave alone stealing. For the exception of my son who my husband and i would have to take a more diplomatic strategy and just start begging from.

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by mindfulcoug

As a general rule, Ferrero Rocher is the only chocolate which would make committing any crime absolutely legitimate, leave alone stealing. For the exception of my son who my husband and i would have to take a more diplomatic strategy and just start begging from.

Just admit it - you're a candy elitist!

[Jeff Lebowski]

Fast Break
Nutrageous
Butterfinger

[Mindfulcoug]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

Just admit it - you're a candy elitist!

I would be honored to accept the nomination specially coming from you ,whom i feel sort of close now that i have read your Camel training post some times ago !

[Donuthole]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

Fast Break
Nutrageous
Butterfinger

Substitute Take 5 in place of Butterfinger (aka Chico-stix dipped in brown wax) in the Holy Peanut Butter Triumverate, and I agree.

[Donuthole]

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

My mom keeps a stash of those and Necco Wafers (which are basically multi-colored antacid tablets) to snack on when she visits. . . Even the ants didn't touch the Necco Wafers.

And just when you think it doesn't get any worse than the pink Necco wafers, you stumble upon a licorice flavored Necco Wafer. Yuck. Not very many candies can make Smarties seem delicious, but I think Neccos fall into that category.