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, 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 wasn’t tampered with (urban legend), yet everybody looked at the unlabeled wrap job on those pieces of shit and was like “yeah, this def doesn’t contain a razor blade.”
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.
Best: full size Snickers bars
Worst: full size Snickers bars but you have peanut allergy
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
Best: Butterfinger Worst: candy corn, circus peanuts
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
The dentist's house handed out toothbrushes. Which actually was really thoughtful and appreciated by the poorer parents
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: twix, 100grand, candy corn, sweet tarts
Worst: bottle caps, heath, unnamed hard candies, tootsie rolls
I blocked out the existence of bottle caps
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.
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.
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 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
Your birthdays must have been memorable
Best: chocolate Worst: raisins
Best: Reese's peanut butter cups
Worst: Tootsie Rolls, they're just wax with a slightly sweet flavor
Worst: any kind of hard candy, yuck! Especially smarties, or those peppermint things. Oh and Tootsie Rolls and Tootsie pops.
Best: Any kind of chocolate
Worst: Candycorn aka Satan's earwax.
Best: Mexican candy, Pulparindo for the win!
💖 Mexican candies
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.
MaryJanes. Should be outlawed by international convention.
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.
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