Worst treats to give for Halloween

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  • nightangelstars
    nightangelstars Posts: 337 Member
    Lol. I love smarties!! I was totally addicted as a kid and those along with chocolate bars were my absolute FAVORITE things to get! (I was actually a very skinny kid, btw, it's only in the last couple years that my weight has become an issue - ironically, since I quit eating candy in mind-blowing amounts).

    Not so sure about candy corn, though! I used to like nibbling different colors on each piece and trying to detect a taste difference (smallest was the best of course) but now I find it cloying. Oh well.

    Can I actually have candy on Halloween?? :laugh:
  • 3babybeans
    3babybeans Posts: 8,268 Member
    We gave out Play Doh last year, kids in the neighborhood liked it.

    Bleccchhhh-- I hate Play- Doh-- :wink:

    I think if you add sugar it tastes better.:huh:

    LMAO. Don't tell my son! He might try it. :laugh:
  • Ezzie
    Ezzie Posts: 665 Member
    Looks like I'm the only candy corn junkie on here! I can't get enough!! :wink:

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    Nope, one of my favorites....so it can't come in the door.:angry: Poor thing, has to sit outside with the fruitcake and the spicy jellybeans......:bigsmile:
  • DjBliss05
    DjBliss05 Posts: 682
    The best houses in my neighborhood gave soda (we mapped out our route so we could get a drink about half way, lol) and cotton candy, that they made on their porch!

    We're giving out bite size candies, but apparently our complex gets mobbed, so they will have to deal. :laugh:
  • spazmother0727
    spazmother0727 Posts: 55 Member
    Cotton candy made at the door! Where do you live, I am so there! :tongue:

    I will be the one passing out socialism pamphlets with a penny taped to it. :laugh:
  • pettmybunny
    pettmybunny Posts: 1,986 Member
    We have a mondo long driveway, with woods on either side. Kid's practically never come to our house, because it's dark and creepy.... We've tried putting out super cool decorations, even stringing lights all the way down the driveway, but to no avail. Maybe full sized candy bars and cans of soda given to the few who brave the distance. Of course, then we'll get mobbed and run out and then get tp'd and egged :laugh:
  • Marla64
    Marla64 Posts: 23,120 Member
    We have a mondo long driveway, with woods on either side. Kid's practically never come to our house, because it's dark and creepy.... We've tried putting out super cool decorations, even stringing lights all the way down the driveway, but to no avail. Maybe full sized candy bars and cans of soda given to the few who brave the distance. Of course, then we'll get mobbed and run out and then get tp'd and egged :laugh:

    Don't be silly-- I'd never tp you-- :devil:
  • EvilPIB
    EvilPIB Posts: 334 Member
    Looks like I'm the only candy corn junkie on here! I can't get enough!! :wink:

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    Nope, one of my favorites....so it can't come in the door.:angry: Poor thing, has to sit outside with the fruitcake and the spicy jellybeans......:bigsmile:

    Nope, I LOVE them :heart: :love: :flowerforyou: So this Halloween I'm grateful I have to work and my kids will be giving out candy. They have been instructed ALL THE CANDY HAS GOT TO GO. :grumble:
  • MargieM
    MargieM Posts: 2,248 Member
    Looks like I'm the only candy corn junkie on here! I can't get enough!! :wink:

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    Nope, one of my favorites....so it can't come in the door.:angry: Poor thing, has to sit outside with the fruitcake and the spicy jellybeans......:bigsmile:


    mmmmm candy corn, especially mixed with peanuts.
    One of our favorite fall treats.
  • Anna_Banana
    Anna_Banana Posts: 2,939 Member

    mmmmm candy corn, especially mixed with peanuts.
    One of our favorite fall treats.

    I like it with nuts too. Only with nuts though. Hate it plain
  • pettmybunny
    pettmybunny Posts: 1,986 Member
    Believe it or not, candy corn is rather tasty mixed in with buttered, salted popcorn. (use the ff butter spray to make it healthier?) healthy? With candy corn? OMG
    -Robin
  • jimswmn
    jimswmn Posts: 1,350 Member
    We gave out Play Doh last year, kids in the neighborhood liked it.

    Bleccchhhh-- I hate Play- Doh-- :wink:

    I think if you add sugar it tastes better.:huh:

    I was going to say you don't eat it...LOL
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    My husband gave our daughter a snack of candy corn mixed with m&ms. The girl was so excited she squealed with delight!
  • TexasAngelBeth
    TexasAngelBeth Posts: 315 Member
    I am one of those weirdos that loves some candy corn yummy.
  • KrisKabob
    KrisKabob Posts: 1,250 Member
    This may have already been named... those POPCORN BALLS! Gross! They taste horrible! :sick: Don't get me wrong I LOVE popcorn but those popcorn balls have to go! :ohwell:

    I have to disagree on the 'fun sized" candy and laffy taffy... I could live soley on laffy taffy and "fun sized" candy just means you can have more variety a.k.a. more candy!!! haha!!! :laugh:
  • KrisKabob
    KrisKabob Posts: 1,250 Member
    You can tell your getting old when you start liking that buttery-peanut butter candy wrapped in either orange or black paper! haha!!! :laugh: I hated getting those as a kid but now I think they're pretty tastey! :drinker:
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    I'm hoping to avoid a bag full of DumDum, Tootsie Rolls, and Dubble Bubble this year. :huh: Although with the economy looking so badly, I imagine we will get tons of that stuff, which means less chocolate for me to eat, so maybe this is a good thing!!:bigsmile:
  • Marla64
    Marla64 Posts: 23,120 Member
    This may have already been named... those POPCORN BALLS! Gross! They taste horrible! :sick: Don't get me wrong I LOVE popcorn but those popcorn balls have to go! :ohwell:

    I have to disagree on the 'fun sized" candy and laffy taffy... I could live soley on laffy taffy and "fun sized" candy just means you can have more variety a.k.a. more candy!!! haha!!! :laugh:

    I almost bought those popcorn balls tonight at Walmart-- they looked so good, but I was afraid they might be considered "sweets" so I avoided them-- I was starving and they looked oddly tasty.
  • KrisKabob
    KrisKabob Posts: 1,250 Member
    This may have already been named... those POPCORN BALLS! Gross! They taste horrible! :sick: Don't get me wrong I LOVE popcorn but those popcorn balls have to go! :ohwell:

    I have to disagree on the 'fun sized" candy and laffy taffy... I could live soley on laffy taffy and "fun sized" candy just means you can have more variety a.k.a. more candy!!! haha!!! :laugh:

    I almost bought those popcorn balls tonight at Walmart-- they looked so good, but I was afraid they might be considered "sweets" so I avoided them-- I was starving and they looked oddly tasty.

    Well, sorry to be no negative about the popcorn balls...:tongue: I don't like them but that doesn't mean you won't. My grandma thinks they are great! :bigsmile: I'm sure she's not the only one! :wink:
  • kerrilucko
    kerrilucko Posts: 3,852 Member
    This was on my Yahoo home page, I thought it was pretty good.

    On Halloween night, some houses struggle with the idea of candy. There are good houses, and there are bad houses. The best trick-or-treaters know to avoid the latter. At the food site Serious Eats, we all love Halloween, but wish certain homes would just stop handing out the classically bad "treats." They weren't good last year, the year before that, or now. Our own Erin Zimmer put together this list of our top 10 Halloween treats that nobody wants...

    Toothbrushes

    Dentists and orthodontists should not be allowed to celebrate Halloween if they're going to get all tooth doctory on us. Do not bring your work home with you, folks! We all have a personal responsibility to brush, and maybe some of us will forget, but your complimentary bristles on a stick (instead of a Snickers) will not help us remember. It will make us despise you and your trade.

    Raisins

    Little boxes of stuck-together shriveled globs are not what little kids schlep around the neighborhood for all night. When they say trick-or-treat, they want candy that will rot their teeth, not wrinkled grapes. (Using an empty box as a kazoo-like instrument, though, is kinda fun.)

    Candy Corn

    The most polarizing candy of all. The fruitcake of Halloween; it just never goes away. If you love them, fine. But don't subject the rest of us haters to the sickeningly sweet triangle that tastes like neither candy nor corn.

    Smarties and Necco Wafers

    These chalky candies are supposedly "fruit-flavored," but no fruit I know tastes like dust -- and makes everything eaten after taste like dust, too.

    Dum Dum Lollipops

    Usually, foods on a stick are yummy (corn dogs, ice pops), but Dum Dums just can't be included on that list. Not even if they were breaded and deep-fried and served at a fair.

    Apples

    Long before "poisoned candy" scares, evil people were handing out apples instead of candy on Halloween. This disappointing "treat" is the main reason to avoid unwrapped food while trick-or-treating.

    Tootsie Rolls

    It looks like chocolate and sort of smells like chocolate, but the mini brown tubes are not real chocolate. They taste like watered-down chocolate, and have a chewy texture that will strip the fillings right off your molars.

    Miscellaneous, Wrapped Hard Candies

    Halloween is supposed to be a holiday for young people, not senior citizens who suck on hard candies all day. Something about the strawberry-shaped strawberries, gold-wrapped butterscotch, and peppermint feels past the expiration date. (These usually get set aside for Granny.)

    Laffy Taffy

    I do not laffy when I get these. I sobby. I get depressedy. Because it gets all stucky to my teethy and doesn't even taste that goody.

    Anything Fun-Sized

    Who started calling it this? Since when is one bite fun?! Give us the rich houses with the sprawling driveways and full-sized candy bars any day. Portion control doesn't need to start this young.


    I gotta say, I love smarties, I love tootsie rolls and I LOVE LOVE LOVE candy corn. So I have to disagree with this list, lol :laugh:
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