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[-] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 months ago

Best: Reese’s

Worst: Circus Peanuts

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 22 points 2 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.

[-] tilefan@lemm.ee 18 points 2 months ago

oh man pixie sticks are like summoning a demon

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 months ago

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

[-] dan1101@lemm.ee 20 points 2 months ago

Best: Full size Snickers, Reese's Halloween editions

Worst: Candy Corn and Circus Peanuts

[-] ArkhamNightshift@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

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

[-] Vanth@reddthat.com 16 points 2 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@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

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

[-] ch00f@lemmy.world 2 points 2 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.”

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[-] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 months ago

Best: drugs

Worst: also drugs

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[-] terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 months ago

Best: Good candy corn

Worst: Bad candy corn

[-] frank@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 months ago

There are tiers of candy corn?

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[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

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

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 2 points 2 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.

It's candy for your soul, how about that?

[-] rautapekoni@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 months ago

Best: full size Snickers bars

Worst: full size Snickers bars but you have peanut allergy

[-] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago
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[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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.

[-] 200ok@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

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

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[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 7 points 2 months ago

Best: Butterfinger Worst: candy corn, circus peanuts

[-] BlueLineBae@midwest.social 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

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

[-] sentientity@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

I blocked out the existence of bottle caps

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[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 months ago

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

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[-] xilliah@beehaw.org 6 points 2 months ago

I once gave a single banana to a group of kids and told them to be sure to split it between them.

That was a massive improvement over the year before, where I had nothing at all.

It was extra sad because their parents only allowed them to go through the building they lived in, and it didn't have many people.

Thing is, halloween isn't really a thing there, plus I am absolutely terrible with dates.

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

When I was a kid my father handed out cans of soup.

[-] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

My MIL used to work for a dentist. One year he encouraged? required? the employees to hand out toothbrushes on Halloween. My hubby begged his mom not to do it, to just fib and tell her boss she had. But... she went through with it. They got egged that night & their pumpkin was smashed. She fucked around and found out.

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago
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[-] xilliah@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago

Your birthdays must have been memorable

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 months ago

Worst is Necco wafers.

Best is Whoppers, then Sixlets.

[-] Vanth@reddthat.com 7 points 2 months ago

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

[-] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 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.

[-] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

The best is almost always full size candy bars, though everyone's personal favorites are different.

As for the worst, people might rag on the orange and black peanut butter things, candy corn, or circus peanuts. I personally like them all and I feel most of the hate is memetic.

The real bad candy? Peppermints. Even worse and strange? Peppermint candy canes.

Sure, I like them in December, but seeing those mixed in with other candy is an insult and reminds you of Christmas creep. It's a breath mint. There might be one freakish kid who likes those hard minty disks of Christmas flavor around Halloween, but really, no one is excited about these restaurant give aways. Even hating on the candy you don't like is part of the Halloween experience, but peppermint just feels wrong in a trick or treat bag.

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[-] Squibbles@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

If the reaction of the kids who come to my door is any indication the best is ring pops. You can sometimes hear kids shouting to other ones down the street "hey, this place has ring pops!"

Worst: those molasses toffees with the orange/white/black wrapper

[-] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Best: chocolate Worst: raisins

[-] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Best: Reese's peanut butter cups

Worst: Tootsie Rolls, they're just wax with a slightly sweet flavor

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[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Worst: any kind of hard candy, yuck! Especially smarties, or those peppermint things. Oh and Tootsie Rolls and Tootsie pops.

Best: Any kind of chocolate

[-] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Best: full size candy bars Worst: US Smarties.

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[-] Bwaz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

MaryJanes. Should be outlawed by international convention.

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Best: King size candy bars

Worst: Those little rock-hard peanut butter taffy things in the black and orange wrappers.

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[-] Tramort@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

Best: Twix

Worst: peanut butter kisses

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