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Ellia Plissken@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months ago

what are the best and worst Halloween candy to receive?

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what are the best and worst Halloween candy to receive?

Ellia Plissken@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months ago
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    Best: Reese’s

    Worst: Circus Peanuts

  • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.ee
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    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.

    • Ellia Plissken@lemm.eeOP
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      oh man pixie sticks are like summoning a demon

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      Man those parents don’t know shit - you were a Hallowe’en hero

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    Best: Full size Snickers, Reese’s Halloween editions

    Worst: Candy Corn and Circus Peanuts

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

  • Tiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Best: drugs

    Worst: also drugs

    • grrgyle@slrpnk.net
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      I remember rediscovering Hallowe’en as an adult. Totally different vibe except definitely still hedonistic af

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    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).

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

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      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.”

    • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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      Reese’s are trash but the rest is on point. Personal opinion obviously

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      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

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    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.

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

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      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.

      • ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works
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        It’s candy for your soul, how about that?

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    Best: Good candy corn

    Worst: Bad candy corn

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      There are tiers of candy corn?

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        I think it just boils down to softness?

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          The cheap dollar store stuff is basically just sugar wax. The better kind actually has flavor, isn’t chewy etc

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          I prefer a mohs hardness test followed by gram stain, but boiling is a good method too.

          If all else fails I just bite a sample to confirm my teeth can dent it

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    • Zahille7@lemmy.world
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      That shit was my jam when I was a kid

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      I loved those.

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    Best: full size Snickers bars

    Worst: full size Snickers bars but you have peanut allergy

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    Best: Butterfinger Worst: candy corn, circus peanuts

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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.

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      I also love black licorice. Did we just become best friends?

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        Sir that is nasty

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          https://youtu.be/pr8pqIPS4Nc?t=55s

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

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

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      I blocked out the existence of bottle caps

    • JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world
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      I have a buddy who’s favorite is heath bars

      He’s a little different

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

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        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.

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          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.

        • Ellia Plissken@lemm.eeOP
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          loll remind them they can send it through the mail with no packaging

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

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      imagine the ruckus if he’d handed out something with fluoride in it

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        Like toothpaste?

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          Like hydrofluoric acid disguised as ketchup packets?

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
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    Worst is Necco wafers.

    Best is Whoppers, then Sixlets.

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      Ha, I would take Necco over whoppers and sixlets any day. We should have been friends as kids; best candy trade partner ever.

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