The dentist's house handed out toothbrushes. Which actually was really thoughtful and appreciated by the poorer parents
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imagine the ruckus if he'd handed out something with fluoride in it
Like toothpaste?
Like hydrofluoric acid disguised as ketchup packets?
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: Reese's peanut butter cups
Worst: Tootsie Rolls, they're just wax with a slightly sweet flavor
you don't look at wax and fantasize about chewing on it sometimes?
I love tootsie rolls. Iβll trade you.
That's fair
What I don't understand about those garbage molasses candies is who buys them and why? At this point they've been the most hated candy for decades.
Worst->Best
At least on the scale of what I'm handing out.
Had to scale it back this year only 43 lbs, probably only last about half the night.
Best: Good candy corn
Worst: Bad candy corn
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'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, 50Β’ wasn't really useful, even for a kid.
It's candy for your soul, how about that?
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
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.
Man those parents don't know shit - you were a Hallowe'en hero
oh man pixie sticks are like summoning a demon
Best: Reese's, starbursts, Skittles
Worst: Those peanut butter chews wrapped in orange or black that have a weird soft but chunky feel that reminds me of something half digested. Anything healthy. Anything not candy (stickers, pencils, etc).
Glow bracelets go super fast in my neighborhood. They even take them off my skeletons. Of course we do candy too.
Came here to post unnamed peanut butter bullshit.
Like, our parents were supposed to look at our candy to make sure it wasnβt tampered with (urban legend), yet everybody looked at the unlabeled wrap job on those pieces of shit and was like βyeah, this def doesnβt contain a razor blade.β
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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: King size candy bars
Worst: Those little rock-hard peanut butter taffy things in the black and orange wrappers.
I fucking love those things
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?
Best: Reeseβs
Worst: Circus Peanuts
Best: drugs
Worst: also drugs
I remember rediscovering Hallowe'en as an adult. Totally different vibe except definitely still hedonistic af
Best: full size Snickers bars
Worst: full size Snickers bars but you have peanut allergy
Worst is Necco wafers.
Best is Whoppers, then Sixlets.
Ha, I would take Necco over whoppers and sixlets any day. We should have been friends as kids; best candy trade partner ever.
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