• Call me Lenny/Leni
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    223 months ago

    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.

    • ArkhamNightshift
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      273 months ago

      First thing I thought of when I saw the post, and your comment was the first I saw!

  • Vanth
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    163 months ago

    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).

    • @Today
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      43 months ago

      Glow bracelets go super fast in my neighborhood. They even take them off my skeletons. Of course we do candy too.

    • @ch00f
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      23 months ago

      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.”

    • @[email protected]
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      13 months ago

      I think they are actually molasses flavoured toffee if it’s the ones I’m thinking of. Always left to the very last, only to be consumed in the more dire of candy draughts

    • @[email protected]
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      13 months ago

      I remember rediscovering Hallowe’en as an adult. Totally different vibe except definitely still hedonistic af

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    3 months ago

    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.

    • @AdamEatsAss
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      53 months ago

      I recently tried a “European” swedish fish by Kolsvart, and they are way better.

    • @Etterra
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      23 months ago

      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.

  • rautapekoni
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    103 months ago

    Best: full size Snickers bars

    Worst: full size Snickers bars but you have peanut allergy

    • @Zahille7
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      73 months ago

      That shit was my jam when I was a kid

    • Ellia PlisskenOP
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      13 months ago

      I don’t but a close friend does. he would trade away coconut for it

      • @[email protected]
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        23 months ago

        That gave me the idea to toss in a coconut or two into bags this year. I’ll reserve those for the “kids” that are obviously too old for this stuff.

        • Ellia PlisskenOP
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          13 months ago

          loll remind them they can send it through the mail with no packaging

        • @Red_October
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          03 months ago

          I do full size candy bars, but I’ll also drop a handful of loose candy corn instead into the bag of someone who’s clearly too old.

  • Maeve
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    73 months ago

    Best: Butterfinger Worst: candy corn, circus peanuts

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    3 months ago

    Best: twix, 100grand, candy corn, sweet tarts

    Worst: bottle caps, heath, unnamed hard candies, tootsie rolls

  • @RBWells
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    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.

  • @[email protected]
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    63 months ago

    The dentist’s house handed out toothbrushes. Which actually was really thoughtful and appreciated by the poorer parents

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    63 months ago

    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.