YouTube Challenge - I Told My Kids I Ate All Their Halloween Candy

I think that qualifies as child abuse!

earthlydesire wrote:On the subject of Halloween Candy i really have only one piece of input -- I loathe any and all candy corn. I have no idea why it was invented and I wish it nothing but bad times. Weird texture, fake flavor, strange looking icky candy.

Like you, I have been a hater of candy corn, dating back to childhood. My little brothers were the beneficiaries of this dislike, although I could never get them to consider swapping for anything good. However, this year, my niece gave me a bag of candy corn she had mixed 50/50 with salted peanuts. I turned up my nose at first, but working late one night, with nothing else to snack on, I gave in and grabbed a handful.... Sweet and salty.... not bad.... in fact, pretty good! It was like having a big bowlful of Paydays (if you like Paydays--which I do). I wouldn't say I'm a convert, but now at least I know a way to take advantage of those one-pound bags of candy corn that are ALWAYS on sale for 25 cents after Halloween.
BTW, a blurb on the Brach's candy corn bag says that every year Americans consume enough candy corn to circle the globe 4.25 times!
(The key word there might be "consume"--or is it just "buy"?)

tarte tatin wrote:However, this year, my niece gave me a bag of candy corn she had mixed 50/50 with salted peanuts. I turned up my nose at first, but working late one night, with nothing else to snack on, I gave in and grabbed a handful.... Sweet and salty.... not bad.... in fact, pretty good!

I had something similar at a tailgate recently, only it also had caramel corn added. I was a big fan.

Khaopaat wrote:I had something similar at a tailgate recently, only it also had caramel corn added. I was a big fan.

Funny you should say that--I suggested to my sister that we should add some caramel corn or buttered popcorn to the mix, and she thought it would be too many tastes. Well, I'll admit to having purchased one of those 25-cent bags of Halloween leftovers, so maybe I'll experiment.

Is it just me or are the mint 3 Musketeers better than they used to be? They seem denser and with a stronger mint flavor.

Hope 400 pieces is enough, might get another 200. Side-note, Halloween is one of two times a year a fat man can unselfconsciously buy mountains of candy.

I just read through this whole thread from the beginning and enjoyed it immensely. I sometimes don't eat candy for weeks at a time but then at other times get a taste for it and have some late at night while reading a book. Chocolate, obviously, goes with red wine or a sweet liqueur. Fruity candies, obviously, go with white. My dad's favorite candy was orange slices, and I love orange slices and other flavored fruit jellies too. Orange slices and Gran Marnier ... mmm ...

Some have commented above that they don't care for licorice candy, but I love it. My mom's favorite candy was licorice jelly beans around Easter time, and I inherited that love. I look for Good & Plenty on sale. The one type of licorice I don't like is the salty type, which is apparently very popular among some in Europe, but definitely an acquired taste. I'm sad to say I had to dispose of the salty licorice my brother bought for me at the PX when he was stationed in Afghanistan; I wanted to like it but just didn't. If you do like licorice candy, I think the best place around here to buy lots of different types of it is Woodmans.

I am also a big fan of fruity candies (good with white wine and a good book late at night) -- Mike & Ike's, jelly beans, Dots, and of course, Jujubees! Jujubees always cost more, though. I would say Chuckles also, but they're usually too expensive --- except for mini Chuckles at Menards. I have tried tropical Dots and other variations on the classic fruit candies, fruity salty worms and such, and, oh well, I will eat them, but without much if any joy.

The other category of candy that I love is salt water taffy. Once in a while a store like Jewel will set up a set of bins for people who want to buy mix-and-match salt water taffy in bulk. I like that, but what I like more is that my brother-in-law, who is from New Orleans, always keeps an eye out for salt water taffy when he and my sister are travelling with the family, and he says, we need to buy some of this for your sister, in gratitude for whatever watching-the-house or watching-the-dogs or watching-the-kids I've been doing.

Okay, yes, I deviated somewhat from talking about just Halloween candies, but are we doing kids a favor giving them just chocolate all the time and not teaching them about fruit candies or licorice or salt water taffy? I wonder.

Halloween shoppers have many delicious decisions to make before trick-or-treaters show up at their doors. And in many states, those choices will change how much tax they pay.

In Illinois, for example, locals pay a higher state sales tax rate – 6.25% versus 1% – on Reese’s, gummi worms and Hershey’s milk chocolate bars than on Twix, Twizzlers and Hershey’s Cookies ‘n’ Creme bars.

https://theconversation.com/not-all-can ... ses-123905

Dave148 wrote:

Halloween shoppers have many delicious decisions to make before trick-or-treaters show up at their doors. And in many states, those choices will change how much tax they pay.

In Illinois, for example, locals pay a higher state sales tax rate – 6.25% versus 1% – on Reese’s, gummi worms and Hershey’s milk chocolate bars than on Twix, Twizzlers and Hershey’s Cookies ‘n’ Creme bars.

https://theconversation.com/not-all-can ... ses-123905

Spoiler: if it has flour, it's considered groceries.

Trick-or-treating is in doubt this year, so Halloween candy is coming early

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/10/business ... 7141004484

Dave148 wrote:

Trick-or-treating is in doubt this year, so Halloween candy is coming early

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/10/business ... 7141004484

Costco already has an aisle set up for Halloween with yard decorations and candy.

HI,

I saw a Halloween candy display, I think it was Jewel last week.

I expect back-to-school, then Halloween. Nothing this year is what we normally experience, so why not a non-Halloween?

CAthy2

Cathy2 wrote:HI,

I saw a Halloween candy display, I think it was Jewel last week.

I expect back-to-school, then Halloween. Nothing this year is what we normally experience, so why not a non-Halloween?

CAthy2

The HP Jewel has an entire aisle set up for Halloween candy.

On Tuesday, Mariano's had large ceramic Halloween-themed decorations at 30% off.

Make sure you leave some room for Thanksgiving Dinner-Flavored Candy Corn - https://www.foodandwine.com/news/brachs ... candy-corn

America’s Least-Popular Halloween Candy Will Never Go Away

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/c ... c8c05e4c9a

One of my favorite candies is vanilla tootsie rolls, which never seem to show up in stores except at Halloween, and so far this year, I haven't seen them anywhere. I suppose it's a Covid-19 by-product that candies like this that aren't very popular aren't getting stocked much this year. If anyone sees them anywhere in the north burbs, please let me know.

I guess I'm in the minority in also liking candy corn, candy pumpkins, etc, but whether this is partially related to flavor or entirely related to nostalgia, I'm not sure.

Try dollar tree. I recall last year getting tootsie rolls and the mixed tootsie rolls bags with the vanilla ones in them at various dollar tree locations in their Halloween candy display.

Dollar Tree also has in the regular candy isle the fruit and vanilla flavored Tootsie Rolls in the small size. Stock varies depending on store and time. I also love the vanilla ones in the blue wrappers and unfortunately told my youngest about same and now she loves them.So now we have to share...

Thank you, Pauly and Elfin! I'm off to Dollar Tree.

For the second year in a row, U.S. shoppers are seeing double-digit inflation in the candy aisle. Candy and gum prices are up an average of 13% this month compared to last October, more than double the 6% increase in all grocery prices, according to Datasembly, a retail price tracker. That’s on top of a 14% increase in candy and gum prices in October 2022.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/28/for-the ... igits.html

Cost was partly why when I saw a Jumbo bag of assorted at Costco about a month ago I snatched one up. Looking at what Audrey has dropped off after round 1 of trick-or-treating, some of our neighbors did too.

P.S. - you know you are old when your child trick-or-treats as you as a child (80’s girl).

Hi,

I was at the 1847 Stupey Cabin in Highland Park for the evening.

Our archivist chose maple lollipops shaped as maple leaves. These were a lovely translucent tawny brown.

There was a second candy choice of rock candy on a stick.

Wind and snow showers kept the crowds away. Fortunately we have an open house on Saturday morning from 10 am to noon. Same hours on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, which is an experiment. Last open house of the season is Saturday, December 2nd.

Regards,
CAthy2

I weighed my options and went with Kirkland soft&chewy granola bars, and Welch's Fruit snacks. I HAD a few boxes of the 36 ct full size candy bars Costco was proudly displaying, but my cheapness got the best of me. We had not one trick or treater ring the bell.

Funny story - I made a chicken / andouille gumbo last nite - planned ahead to combat the weather. I delivered some to a neighbor a few blocks away. I walked up the stairs to his porch at the same time as a young teen trick or treater. He asked the trick or treater if they would like a big treat, or a small one. The trick or treater said "Big!"

He handed them a blue box of Kraft Mac&Cheese.
Not even a giggle, he turned to me, and thanked me for the gumbo. Deadpan. Not even a smile. He is absolutely hilarious.

The best Halloween candy is the boatload of unclaimed stuff from yesterday that I just dumped off at work. No better place for it than out of my house!

=R=

Cathy2 wrote:Wind and snow showers kept the crowds away.
Regards,
CAthy2

Not from our house. Ran out of candy around 6:30 and turned out the lights and closed the shades, but people kept ringing our door bell. I took the dog out for a walk after 6:30 and the neighborhood was mobbed with people.

lougord99 wrote:Not from our house. Ran out of candy around 6:30 and turned out the lights and closed the shades, but people kept ringing our door bell. I took the dog out for a walk after 6:30 and the neighborhood was mobbed with people.

Stupey Cabin is a location easily overlooked, but we spent our time discussing future programming.

Regards,
Cathy2

ronnie_suburban wrote:No better place for it than out of my house!

Quiet Halloween around our house. We have a ton of candy left and I have the willpower of a 6-week-old puppy. We have mostly good stuff, Almond Joy, M&M's, Kit Kat, Nestle Crunch, and Tootsie Pop. Small size, pop two in your mouth before you even realize what you are doing.

Making a Snickers bar is a complex science − a candy engineer explains how to build the airy nougat and chewy caramel of this Halloween favorite

https://theconversation.com/making-a-sn ... ite-241534