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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, 50¢ wasn’t really useful, even for a kid.
It’s candy for your soul, how about that?
I recently tried a “European” swedish fish by Kolsvart, and they are way better.
Best: Twix
Worst: peanut butter kisses
Best: Butterfinger Worst: candy corn, circus peanuts
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
Best: full size candy bars Worst: US Smarties.
Can’t believe you’re the only person I’ve seen that has said candy Tums
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.
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.
Your birthdays must have been memorable
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
Worst: raisinettes, circus peanuts, candy corn Best: none of the above
Man those are some of my favs. I’ve always loved them.
Best: Reese’s
Worst: Circus Peanuts
Best: Reese’s peanut butter cups
Worst: Tootsie Rolls, they’re just wax with a slightly sweet flavor
I love tootsie rolls. I’ll trade you.
That’s fair
you don’t look at wax and fantasize about chewing on it sometimes?
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: chocolate Worst: raisins
Best: Good candy corn
Worst: Bad candy corn
There are tiers of candy corn?
I think it just boils down to softness?
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
The cheap dollar store stuff is basically just sugar wax. The better kind actually has flavor, isn’t chewy etc
Trick or treating isn’t so much of a thing in Australia, even though the idea of Halloween and dressing up has become more popular.
Anyway, no one has ever done it in our neighbourhood, but just in case I buy a bag of chupa chups in October in case anyone knocks on the door.
