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Title: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Gefn on October 12, 2022, 12:01:19 pm
It’s that time Of year again…

So a poll just for fun. Up to 6 answers per person.


Guests are welcome.


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Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Texas Yellow Rose on October 12, 2022, 12:45:29 pm
In my day most of those listed didn't exist ... except M&Ms.  My absolute favorite candy was Root Beer Barrels.  I never had them except on Halloween!    333cleo
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: mountaineer on October 12, 2022, 01:01:56 pm
During my trick-or-treat years, I always hoped for Butterfingers and Three Musketeers. Num num num.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Lando Lincoln on October 12, 2022, 01:13:34 pm
Me?  I was always partial to Hershey's Milk Chocolate.  I would grab some bars or a handful of kisses and raid the refrigerator for cold milk to accompany my chocolate binge.  Loved it.  Mom would smile and shake her head. 
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: rustynail on October 12, 2022, 01:18:53 pm
Charleston Chew.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: catfish1957 on October 12, 2022, 01:22:27 pm
Reeses PB Cups -  My dietary Kryptonite.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Polly Ticks on October 12, 2022, 02:11:37 pm
I'm assuming the M&Ms can be the peanut ones.

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Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: mountaineer on October 12, 2022, 02:27:20 pm
I'm assuming the M&Ms can be the peanut ones.
Yes, please.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: mystery-ak on October 12, 2022, 02:37:22 pm
Anything chocolate....better yet...chocolate and nuts.

Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: roamer_1 on October 12, 2022, 04:28:40 pm
In my day most of those listed didn't exist ... except M&Ms.  My absolute favorite candy was Root Beer Barrels.  I never had them except on Halloween!    333cleo

Now there's a blast from the past! I wonder if they're still around?
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: roamer_1 on October 12, 2022, 04:34:39 pm
This time of year exclusively... candy corn mixed with peanuts... A long tradition in my house, always put out in candy dishes all over the house.

As to the rest, tarty stuff like sweettarts or skittles... Jellys to a lesser degree... chocolate is fine. Nougat and nuts... But I am without a doubt a caramel guy.

Brach's Milkmaids or Royals are probably my all time favorite. I can eat em by the pound.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Free Vulcan on October 12, 2022, 04:35:14 pm
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My weakness.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: roamer_1 on October 12, 2022, 04:35:29 pm
I'm assuming the M&Ms can be the peanut ones.

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Yeah... I can do that...  :laugh:
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: roamer_1 on October 12, 2022, 04:36:58 pm
Reeses PB Cups -  My dietary Kryptonite.

In the freezer for just a minute or two... crisp chocolate, warm peanut butter... with strong coffee. Excellent!
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: roamer_1 on October 12, 2022, 04:39:01 pm
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My weakness.

NOPE. There's something off in the ratio/size in comparison to candy corn. I like candy corn. All them candy pumpkins are for is throwing at people.  :shrug:
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Free Vulcan on October 12, 2022, 04:41:14 pm
NOPE. There's something off in the ratio/size in comparison to candy corn. I like candy corn. All them candy pumpkins are for is throwing at people.  :shrug:

They can definitely poke an eye out...
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: deb on October 12, 2022, 04:45:43 pm
Homemade popcorn balls.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: mountaineer on October 12, 2022, 04:48:35 pm
If you're a Pittsburgher, you'll also want some Clark bars and Zagnuts.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Lando Lincoln on October 12, 2022, 04:51:46 pm
If you're a Pittsburgher, you'll also want some Clark bars and Zagnuts.

I knew the infamous Michael Carlow who once owned a Clark Candy and Iron City Brewery.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on October 12, 2022, 04:52:32 pm
 pumpkin-nice    I traded anything with chocolate for any of these ...... 


(https://www.candywarehouse.com/item-images/125592-01_dots-candy-mini-packs-17-piece-bag.jpg) (https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/images.greenchoice.io/twizzlers-cherry-nibs-licorice-candy-individual-fun-size-snack-pouch-0-63ounces-pack-of-150.jpg) (https://food.fnr.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/food/fullset/2019/10/28/0/RX_mike-ike-halloween-candy.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.616.347.suffix/1572292227224.jpeg)

Still do.  :laugh: 




Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: roamer_1 on October 12, 2022, 04:57:56 pm
They can definitely poke an eye out...

You can surely get em whizzin ... Ask my sister.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: roamer_1 on October 12, 2022, 05:01:12 pm
pumpkin-nice    I traded anything with chocolate for any of these ...... 


(https://www.candywarehouse.com/item-images/125592-01_dots-candy-mini-packs-17-piece-bag.jpg) (https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/images.greenchoice.io/twizzlers-cherry-nibs-licorice-candy-individual-fun-size-snack-pouch-0-63ounces-pack-of-150.jpg) (https://food.fnr.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/food/fullset/2019/10/28/0/RX_mike-ike-halloween-candy.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.616.347.suffix/1572292227224.jpeg)

Still do.  :laugh:

@Right_in_Virginia
In that vein... Good and Plenty. Every now and then I run across them, and I will always buy.

I am a black licorice fiend.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Polly Ticks on October 12, 2022, 05:04:33 pm
My kid eats his weight in these:
(https://image.cnbcfm.com/api/v1/image/106216570-1572548933652colorful-candy_t20_7j7lvz.jpg?v=1572548996)

Ends up with sugar burns all over the roof of his mouth, but whatever.  He can't eat the majority of what you find in trick-or-treat bags due to a peanut allergy, and it seems like almost everything is 'made in a facility which also processes peanuts' these days.  I'll support his Smarties habit; it's cheaper than an Epi-pen.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: mystery-ak on October 12, 2022, 05:06:11 pm
Homemade popcorn balls.

We used to get them and caramel apples...our neighbors across the street used to make the apples, they always had a line waiting for them....
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: roamer_1 on October 12, 2022, 05:09:22 pm
My kid eats his weight in these:
(https://image.cnbcfm.com/api/v1/image/106216570-1572548933652colorful-candy_t20_7j7lvz.jpg?v=1572548996)

Ends up with sugar burns all over the roof of his mouth, but whatever.  He can't eat the majority of what you find in trick-or-treat bags due to a peanut allergy, and it seems like almost everything is 'made in a facility which also processes peanuts' these days.  I'll support his Smarties habit; it's cheaper than an Epi-pen.

I can happily eat my way into a sugar coma on Smarties... And I have tore up the roof of my mouth with em too... Though nowhere near as bad as Capn' Crunch.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: DCPatriot on October 12, 2022, 05:09:27 pm
How can the poll be taken seriously when "Snickers" isn't a choice?

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Even "DEATH" loves Snickers.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Ghost Bear on October 12, 2022, 05:19:32 pm
I used to love the mini-sized candy bars, especially 3 Musketeers and Milky Way bars.  KitKat and M&Ms were OK too, Snickers less so... I don't like peanuts getting in the way of my chocolate.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Gefn on October 12, 2022, 06:54:37 pm
How can the poll be taken seriously when "Snickers" isn't a choice?

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Even "DEATH" loves Snickers.


I am sorry about this….so many candies….I didn’t do Snickers, Almond Joy, York Peppermint Candy, tootsie pops,  etc.

How about all candy Is yummy!
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Polly Ticks on October 12, 2022, 07:04:29 pm

I am sorry about this….so many candies….I didn’t do Snickers, Almond Joy, York Peppermint Candy, tootsie pops,  etc.

How about all candy Is yummy!

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Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on October 12, 2022, 11:52:42 pm
@Right_in_Virginia
In that vein... Good and Plenty. Every now and then I run across them, and I will always buy.

I am a black licorice fiend.

When I find Good and Plenty I buy every box I can put my hands on  @roamer_1   Then enjoy every morsel slowly --- sugar coating first   :laugh:

Hershey now owns it and should bring the candy back, big time!
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: roamer_1 on October 12, 2022, 11:55:13 pm
When I find Good and Plenty I buy every box I can put my hands on  @roamer_1   Then enjoy every morsel slowly --- sugar coating first   :laugh:

Hershey now owns it and should bring the candy back, big time!

@Right_in_Virginia

 :beer: :seeya:

You should try and get you some black licorice out of Holland... Salted. The very best. If you've got a Dutch community around there, it is worth seeking out.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on October 12, 2022, 11:56:14 pm
@Right_in_Virginia

 :beer: :seeya:

You should try and get you some black licorice out of Holland... Salted. The very best. If you've got a Dutch community around there, it is worth seeking out.

I'm on it!  Thanks!
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Smokin Joe on October 13, 2022, 03:04:58 am
My kid eats his weight in these:
(https://image.cnbcfm.com/api/v1/image/106216570-1572548933652colorful-candy_t20_7j7lvz.jpg?v=1572548996)

Ends up with sugar burns all over the roof of his mouth, but whatever.  He can't eat the majority of what you find in trick-or-treat bags due to a peanut allergy, and it seems like almost everything is 'made in a facility which also processes peanuts' these days.  I'll support his Smarties habit; it's cheaper than an Epi-pen.
I like Smarties, too, and Atomic Fireballs were a favorite back in the day.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: roamer_1 on October 13, 2022, 03:07:19 am
I like Smarties, too, and Atomic Fireballs were a favorite back in the day.

I kept a gallon jug of those in my truck for more than half my life.  :beer:
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: art.prout on October 14, 2022, 09:53:11 am
In my day most of those listed didn't exist ... except M&Ms.  My absolute favorite candy was Root Beer Barrels.  I never had them except on Halloween!    333cleo

 888high58888
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: art.prout on October 14, 2022, 09:54:03 am
@Right_in_Virginia
In that vein... Good and Plenty. Every now and then I run across them, and I will always buy.

I am a black licorice fiend.

 888high58888
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: roamer_1 on October 14, 2022, 10:31:46 am
888high58888

Do you happen to have grand children that will get an entire jug of Jelly Bellys and pick out all the black ones? Because I do... Guess who gets em?  :beer: :seeya:
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: roamer_1 on October 14, 2022, 10:46:34 am
In my day most of those listed didn't exist ... except M&Ms.  My absolute favorite candy was Root Beer Barrels.  I never had them except on Halloween!    333cleo

888high58888

Well looky here what I found!

https://www.amazon.com/Dads-Root-Beer-Barrels-1lb/dp/B00LNCSUSI

Got that coming on my next shipment  :yowsa:
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Gefn on October 14, 2022, 10:51:43 am
Do you happen to have grand children that will get an entire jug of Jelly Bellys and pick out all the black ones? Because I do... Guess who gets em?  :beer: :seeya:

@roamer_1

Do you pick out the green M&Ms too?
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: roamer_1 on October 14, 2022, 10:54:27 am
@roamer_1

Do you pick out the green M&Ms too?

NOPE... I need all the green M&Ms I can get  :laugh:
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: roamer_1 on October 14, 2022, 10:58:24 am
So THREE cut glass dishes... on doilies...

One with butterscotches...
One with lemon drops...
One with root beer barrels...

That's full-on grampa mode, right there...


Nah... Who am I kidding... No doilies or cut glass dishes...All in jugs in the cupboard. Ain't no grandma around here.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: roamer_1 on October 14, 2022, 11:00:43 am
All that's left is the hard peppermints and butter mints.  :shrug:
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Elderberry on October 14, 2022, 11:48:54 am
                                              Tom's Peanut Butter Logs

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Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Lando Lincoln on October 14, 2022, 01:10:45 pm
Years ago, I worked in western Pennsylvania. During the holidays, a coal company would send out sheets of hard candy black licorice to its customers. The candy would come with a toy sledge hammer to break off chunks from the sheet. It was the most amazing licorice I ever had.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on October 14, 2022, 01:49:38 pm
@Right_in_Virginia

You should try and get you some black licorice out of Holland... Salted. The very best. If you've got a Dutch community around there, it is worth seeking out.

Is this it  @roamer_1 ??

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/IMAGERENDERING_521856-T2/images/I/71ahLpXWP+L._SX522_.jpg)

Gustaf's Premium Dutch Licorice | Salted Licorice Coins | Bulk Candy | 1 pound (453g)
4.3 out of 5 stars    762 ratings | 4 answered questions
Amazon's  Choice

Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: roamer_1 on October 14, 2022, 02:36:56 pm
Is this it  @roamer_1 ??

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/IMAGERENDERING_521856-T2/images/I/71ahLpXWP+L._SX522_.jpg)

Gustaf's Premium Dutch Licorice | Salted Licorice Coins | Bulk Candy | 1 pound (453g)
4.3 out of 5 stars    762 ratings | 4 answered questions
Amazon's  Choice

Yes, that'll do... Had something the like before... Very good- Not my fav though. I will have to write my sis and get the brand from her,  @Right_in_Virginia

The real thing is from the old country, is just little square logs, dusty looking with salt.
Had one similar that were cut to look like fishes. But they come to me wrapped tightly in saran wrap with no label. So I am pretty certain they are old school. Probably from one of my relatives over there.  :shrug:
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: roamer_1 on October 14, 2022, 02:38:25 pm
Years ago, I worked in western Pennsylvania. During the holidays, a coal company would send out sheets of hard candy black licorice to its customers. The candy would come with a toy sledge hammer to break off chunks from the sheet. It was the most amazing licorice I ever had.

I will reiterate @Lando Lincoln ... Find a Dutchman.  :beer:
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Lando Lincoln on October 14, 2022, 03:10:29 pm
I will reiterate @Lando Lincoln ... Find a Dutchman.  :beer:

 :beer:

Next time I'm in Grand Rapids, Michigan, I'll take a look!
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Lando Lincoln on October 14, 2022, 03:16:31 pm
I will reiterate @Lando Lincoln ... Find a Dutchman.  :beer:

@roamer_1 @Right_in_Virginia

https://www.amazon.com/Gustafs-Dutch-Licorice-Double-Ounce/dp/B00JAXNABY

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/IMAGERENDERING_521856-T1/images/I/81sqkk1aBIL._SX679_PIbundle-12,TopRight,0,0_AA679SH20_.jpg)
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: DefiantMassRINO on October 14, 2022, 03:30:55 pm
 ////00000////

Popcorn Balls and Apples with razor blades ... 1980s classics that had cops X-raying children's Halloween candy. ... just another peek into the shaping of the Gen-X psyche ... whatever

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2018/10/31/reports-of-razor-blades-and-pcp-in-candy-fueled-parents-halloween-fears/ (https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2018/10/31/reports-of-razor-blades-and-pcp-in-candy-fueled-parents-halloween-fears/)
Reports of razor blades and PCP in candy fueled parents’ Halloween fears

By Jen Graffunder
11:54 AM on Oct 31, 2018 CDT
Editor's note: Take a look back at the archives of The Dallas Morning News.

For several years in the early 1980s, Halloween got a whole lot scarier. Parents in Dallas and across the country weren't looking out for ghosts or goblins — they were looking out for cyanide and razor blades hidden in Tootsie Rolls and Spree.

Their concern wasn't totally unfounded. In late September 1982, an unknown individual laced Tylenol pain relievers with potassium cyanide, resulting in the deaths of seven people in the Chicago area. Parents began to worry that candy could be tampered with in a similar way. Rumors and reports of painful foreign objects added to the anxiety.

Many cities across the country banned trick-or-treating in an attempt to protect children from potential injury. But in Dallas, police spokesman Ed Spencer told The News that he "didn't see how we could do that." Another spokesman, Bob Shaw, noted that "traditions die hard." ...

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Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: mystery-ak on October 14, 2022, 03:45:35 pm
Can You Guess Your State's Favorite Halloween Candy?
Spencer Brown

 |  October 14, 2022 10:00 AM

Alabama

    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
    Starburst
    Kit Kat

Alaska

    Snickers
    Skittles
    Original M&M's

Arizona

    Skittles
    Kit Kat
    Snickers

Arkansas

    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
    Starburst
    Snickers

California

    Kit Kat
    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
    Skittles

Colorado

    Original M&M's
    Kit Kat
    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup

Connecticut

    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
    Original M&M's
    Twix

Delaware

    Starburst
    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
    Milky Way

Florida

    Milky Way
    Kit Kat
    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup

Georgia

    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
    Twix
     Kit Kat

Hawaii

    Original M&M's
    Hot Tamales
    Twix

Idaho

    Snickers
    Skittles
    Kit Kat

Illinois

    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
    Twix
    Milky Way

Indiana

    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
    Starburst
    Milky Way

Iowa

    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
    Kit Kat
    Milky Way

Kansas

    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
    Skittles
    Original M&M's

Kentucky

    Butterfinger
    Kit Kat
    Original M&M's

Louisiana

    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
    Kit Kat
    Original M&M's

Maine

    Kit Kat
    Original M&M's
    Twix

Maryland

    Milky Way
    Snickers
    Skittles

Massachusetts

    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
    Starburst
    Kit Kat

Michigan

    Starburst
    Kit Kat
    Milky Way

Minnesota

    Skittles
    Kit Kat
    Starburst

Mississippi

    Kit Kat
    Starburst
    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup

Missouri

    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
    Kit Kat
    Skittles

Montana

    Hot Tamales
    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
    Twix


Nebraska

    Milky Way
    Snickers
    Starburst

Nevada

    Kit Kat
    Skittles
    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup

New Hampshire

    Original M&M's
    Snickers
    Twix

New Jersey

    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
    Kit Kat
    Milky Way

New Mexico

    Kit Kat
    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
    Hot Tamales

New York

    Kit Kat
    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
    Twix

North Carolina

    Snickers
    Kit Kat
    Starburst

North Dakota

    Skittles
    Kit Kat
    Starburst

Ohio

    Original M&M's
    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
    Kit Kat

Oklahoma

    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
    Twix
    Kit Kat

Oregon

    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
    Twix
    Kit Kat

Pennsylvania

    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
    Starburst
    Original M&M's

Rhode Island

    Snickers
    Skittles
    Twix

South Carolina

    Kit Kat
    Skittles
    Starburst

South Dakota

    Kit Kat
    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
    Snickers

Tennessee

    Skittles
    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
    Kit Kat

Texas

    Starburst
    Kit Kat
    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup

Utah

    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
    Milky Way
    Original M&M's

Vermont

    Hot Tamales
    Kit Kat
    Twix

Virginia

    Kit Kat
    Skittles
    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup

Washington

    Skittles
    Starburst
    Kit Kat

West Virginia

    Kit Kat
    Skittles
    Snickers

Wisconsin

    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
    Milky Way
    Butterfinger

Wyoming

    Original M&M's
    Starburst
    Reese's Peanut Butter Cup

So, did you guess your state's top Halloween candy? Is there an underrated candy that didn't make any of the states’ top three? Let us know in the comments below.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2022/10/13/can-you-guess-your-states-favorite-halloween-candy-n2614488


Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Kamaji on October 14, 2022, 03:56:10 pm
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Popcorn Balls and Apples with razor blades ... 1980s classics that had cops X-raying children's Halloween candy. ... just another peek into the shaping of the Gen-X psyche ... whatever

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2018/10/31/reports-of-razor-blades-and-pcp-in-candy-fueled-parents-halloween-fears/ (https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2018/10/31/reports-of-razor-blades-and-pcp-in-candy-fueled-parents-halloween-fears/)
Reports of razor blades and PCP in candy fueled parents’ Halloween fears

By Jen Graffunder
11:54 AM on Oct 31, 2018 CDT
Editor's note: Take a look back at the archives of The Dallas Morning News.

For several years in the early 1980s, Halloween got a whole lot scarier. Parents in Dallas and across the country weren't looking out for ghosts or goblins — they were looking out for cyanide and razor blades hidden in Tootsie Rolls and Spree.

Their concern wasn't totally unfounded. In late September 1982, an unknown individual laced Tylenol pain relievers with potassium cyanide, resulting in the deaths of seven people in the Chicago area. Parents began to worry that candy could be tampered with in a similar way. Rumors and reports of painful foreign objects added to the anxiety.

Many cities across the country banned trick-or-treating in an attempt to protect children from potential injury. But in Dallas, police spokesman Ed Spencer told The News that he "didn't see how we could do that." Another spokesman, Bob Shaw, noted that "traditions die hard." ...

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I remember those days.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Lando Lincoln on October 14, 2022, 03:57:59 pm
Can You Guess Your State's Favorite Halloween Candy?
Spencer Brown

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2022/10/13/can-you-guess-your-states-favorite-halloween-candy-n2614488

Nice post @mystery-ak  :beer:
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Lando Lincoln on October 14, 2022, 03:59:34 pm
I remember those days.

@Kamaji

Me too but it interferes with me romanticizing my memories of a happier time.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Free Vulcan on October 14, 2022, 04:37:49 pm
I remember the Tylenol scare. Being in the Midwest, within distribution distance of Chicago, it freaked us out because we didn't know if it was done at the store or the factory, or how extensive it was.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: mountaineer on October 14, 2022, 10:25:42 pm
All this talk of candy is getting to me. We don't hand out Halloween candy, but I'm going to buy something anyway, thanks to this discussion.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Texas Yellow Rose on October 15, 2022, 03:20:41 am
I remember those days.

And before the 80' was October 31, 1974 in Pasadena, Texas

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PASADENA, TX — Urban legends abound warning of Halloween sweets tainted with pins, glass, razor blades, and even Ecstasy, but there’s one tale of weaponized candy handed out during the ghoulish holiday that’s actually based on frightening fact. The true-crime case of Ronald Clark O’Bryan, known as the “Candyman” and “The Man Who Killed Halloween,” forever changed the way many trick-or-treaters and their parents view the holiday — whether they realize it or not.

On October 31, 1974, O’Bryan and his family — wife Daynene; son Timothy, 8; and daughter Elizabeth, 5 — had dinner with Jim Bates, his wife, and their children. When they finished up, O’Bryan and his two kids joined Bates and his little boy on a hunt for candy.

At one point during the evening, the fathers and their children stopped at a home, but nobody answered and they left. O’Bryan then drifted behind the group, but he came running back a short time later waving five 22-inch Pixie Stix, straws packed with a powdered candy. According to O’Bryan, he had stumbled upon “some rich neighbors” who gave him the “expensive treats.”

"It was kind of a cold, and kind of a misty, damp night,” said Harold Nassif, a former Pasadena detective sergeant. "Since it had been raining, Mr. O'Bryan had a raincoat on. Unbeknownst to [anyone], he had the Pixie Stix shoved up the sleeves of his raincoat."

more https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/candyman-poisoned-halloween-candy-pixie-stix (https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/candyman-poisoned-halloween-candy-pixie-stix)
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Sighlass on October 17, 2022, 04:29:14 am
                                              Tom's Peanut Butter Logs

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Just you and me it seems, but I loved these too... Spent 10 minutes cleaning them out of my teeth, but it was worth it. @Elderberry
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: LilLamb on October 17, 2022, 06:57:12 am
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My weakness.

Me, too!
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: LilLamb on October 17, 2022, 07:02:55 am
@Right_in_Virginia

 :beer: :seeya:

You should try and get you some black licorice out of Holland... Salted. The very best. If you've got a Dutch community around there, it is worth seeking out.

Nooooo! The salt ruins the licorice. It’s nasty!  If you love licorice the Netherlands is the place to get it. They have so many different variations of it. Whenever I flew home from the Netherlands I always had a big bag of licorice.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: roamer_1 on October 17, 2022, 08:22:18 am
Nooooo! The salt ruins the licorice. It’s nasty!  If you love licorice the Netherlands is the place to get it. They have so many different variations of it. Whenever I flew home from the Netherlands I always had a big bag of licorice.

With the exception of your disagreement wrt the salt, That's what I said @LilLamb   happy77

I have never been to the old country - All that wound up in me by osmosis through my Dutch family in Chicago, Wisconsin, and Michigan (and points between). I am 3rd gen American and half purebred Dutch (Freislander, or high country).  :beer:

So I come by it naturally.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: berdie on October 17, 2022, 11:05:59 pm
Me, too!


Mine as well. I mix them with candy corn.

As far as chocolate candy, I can't choose a favorite. I never met a chocolate candy bar I didn't like. :laugh:
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: berdie on October 17, 2022, 11:12:05 pm
With the exception of your disagreement wrt the salt, That's what I said @LilLamb   happy77

I have never been to the old country - All that wound up in me by osmosis through my Dutch family in Chicago, Wisconsin, and Michigan (and points between). I am 3rd gen American and half purebred Dutch (Freislander, or high country).  :beer:

So I come by it naturally.



This is interesting, @roamer_1 . I guess I've never had "real" licorice. When I was a kid we had the licorice whips. And the black jelly beans are all mine, lol.

I may have to look on Amazon to see if I can order the real thing.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: roamer_1 on October 17, 2022, 11:18:41 pm


This is interesting, @roamer_1 . I guess I've never had "real" licorice. When I was a kid we had the licorice whips. And the black jelly beans are all mine, lol.

I may have to look on Amazon to see if I can order the real thing.

Depends upon the refinement of your tastes I reckon @berdie ... Kinda like beer - Good beer is wasted on me - Give me cheap crappy beer and I will be fine. I find no measurable difference in Pilsner beers... So a PBR or a Kokanee, or a Rainier is fine with me, and no need to spend any more. Though a dark ale is a different thing...

But if you have a taste for black licorice, yes, indeed, try a northern European source, and the Netherlands particularly.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: Idiot on October 17, 2022, 11:19:41 pm
This time of year exclusively... candy corn mixed with peanuts... A long tradition in my house, always put out in candy dishes all over the house.

As to the rest, tarty stuff like sweettarts or skittles... Jellys to a lesser degree... chocolate is fine. Nougat and nuts... But I am without a doubt a caramel guy.

Brach's Milkmaids or Royals are probably my all time favorite. I can eat em by the pound.
Candy corn....yummmmmm!  I love any of the things you mentioned...sadly sometimes I have a fear that a skittles or caramel will yank a filling out....old age sucks!
Title: Re: What is your favorite Halloween candy? 👻🎃🍭
Post by: roamer_1 on October 17, 2022, 11:21:39 pm
Candy corn....yummmmmm!  I love any of the things you mentioned...sadly sometimes I have a fear that a skittles or caramel will yank a filling out....old age sucks!

 :beer: :seeya: