What kind of Halloween candy...

[rpmdfw]

Two words for Scott....

Big Lots!

You keep out of this! He doesn't need any help!

 

[MonorailMan]

We would come to your house, my kids LOVE pb cups

You're more than welcome to come over. Unfortunately I will be at WDW.
(Well.....not UNfortunately. You know what I mean. )

I was one of those weird kids. I hated peanut butter until I was about 25. But now I can scarf down PB cups with the best of them.

 

[dwheatl]

If you grew up catholic, they were the best candy, you could play "priest" and offer your firends "communion"

I used to play that with my best friend. Imagine my surprise the day I found out I was not in the running for priesthood. Sigh!

Anyways, on the candy question, I bought Jolly Rancher suckers that are shaped like bats, monsters, etc. No temptation to me, but I think kids should like 'em. DH and I are also on a strict diet, so no chocolate allowed!

Who said peanut butter cups?

 

[PghLybrt]

The scariest part of this, by the way, is that Scott has decided to decorate our yard!

I'm afraid. I'm very very afraid.

That's the most fun!!!!!

We love decorating!! I even have nice little names for all my creatures (my one favorite I call Melissa Hart...she is running again for the seat she lost in Congress last time). I call the skeleton that because it also has NO heart!!! LOL Some of my neighbors do not think it is funny but I do.

My next door neighbors have to work that night and told us that we could use their yard too!!! Well they have a McCain sign in their yard so I made some attachments for it with lights that say “The scariest sight on Halloween” with arrow pointing to it. It’s all in fun and they know that.

 

[PghLybrt]

ok we are definitely on our way to your house too

OK!! but i expect costumes!!

 

[TuckandStuiesMom]

DANG! Saw this on the morning news...Smarties and Necco Wafers made the
list.

Toothbrushes

Dentists and orthodontists should not be allowed to celebrate Halloween if they're going to get all tooth doctory on us. Do not bring your work home with you, folks! We all have a personal responsibility to brush, and maybe some of us will forget, but your complimentary bristles on a stick (instead of a Snickers) will not help us remember. It will make us despise you and your trade.

Raisins


Little boxes of stuck-together shriveled globs are not what little kids schlep around the neighborhood for all night. When they say trick-or-treat, they want candy that will rot their teeth, not wrinkled grapes. (Using an empty box as a kazoolike instrument, though, is kinda fun.)

Candy Corn

The most polarizing candy of all. The fruitcake of Halloween; it just never goes away. If you love them, fine. But don't subject the rest of us haters to the sickeningly sweet triangle that tastes like neither candy nor corn.

Smarties and Necco Wafers

The chalky candy is supposedly "fruit-flavored," but no fruit I know tastes like dust—and makes everything eaten after taste like dust, too.

Dum Dum Lollipops

Usually, foods on a stick are yummy (corn dogs, ice pops), but DumDums just can't be included on that list. Not even if they were breaded and deep-fried and served at a fair.

Apples

Before the "poisoned candy scare," evil people handed out apples. After the scare (OK, perhaps it's an urban legend), even eviler people handed out apples with sharp blades and needles hidden inside, making this "treat" even more disappointing.

Tootsie Rolls


It looks like chocolate and sort of smells like chocolate, but the mini brown tubes are not real chocolate. They taste like watered-down chocolate, and have a chewy texture that will strip the fillings right off your molars.

Miscellaneous, Wrapped Hard Candies

Halloween is supposed to be a holiday for young people, not senior citizens who suck on hard candies all day. Something about the strawberry-shaped strawberries, gold-wrapped butterscotch, and peppermint feels past the expiration date. (These usually get set aside for Granny.)

Laffy Taffy

I do not laffy when I get these. I sobby. I get depressedy. Because it gets all stucky to my teethy and doesn't even taste that goody.

Anything Fun-Sized

Who started calling it this? Since when is one bite fun?! Give us the rich houses with the sprawling driveways and full-sized candy bars any day. Portion control doesn't need to start this young.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

I am officially a fat girl now, so no treats for me.
NONE of my pants fit, which is a bad thing since it is starting to get cold here. Instead of just popping over to Nordstrom and buying all new pants I have decided I am not allowed to buy bigger pants. I have to fit in my existing pants or wear shorts all winter. (I have no explanation for why my shorts fit and my jeans don't - they aren't new shorts in a a bigger size. )

IF I was allowed to eat candy, lovely, lovely, candy, I would eat Snickers. And Twix. And Baby Ruth. And Spree (but NOT the chewy ones).

DS LOVES Tootsie Rolls. He has never liked chocolate, though.
The little girl I nanny LOVES DumDum suckers. I guess that list isn't all that accurate.

Candy corn is revolting.

 

[TuckandStuiesMom]

DS LOVES Tootsie Rolls. He has never liked chocolate, though.
The little girl I nanny LOVES DumDum suckers. I guess that list isn't all that accurate.

Candy corn is revolting.

TOTALLY DITTO on the candy corn. Where IS that vomiting smilie??? Nasty.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCDsOAYiaqY

 

[wallyb]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCDsOAYiaqY

Wow - fun.
Nice art direction too.

 

[jeanigor]

lol smarties.... we are giving out min choc bars, aero, smarties, coffee crisp and kit kat's. some parents get so nasty if you give out stuff with peanuts. I'm sorry if your kid has a nut allergy but I like reese PB cups. LOL so to avoid any controversary we avoided the peanut stuff.

TOTALLY DITTO on the candy corn. Where IS that vomiting smilie??? Nasty.

Keep the Coffee Crisp coming!!! Just in the last few years have retailers been regularly stocking it. I want to trick or treat in Ontario!
And candy corn in moderation is alright...I find peeps around Easter to be revolting.

We don't hand out candy. No, we are not fuddy-duds or old & crotchedy. We go to one of my sisters' houses and go out with their family and help schlep the kids' booty bags. (for a small fee of chocolate of course).
Growing up, I lived on a farm in the middle of nowheresville. We would put a big bowl of candy on the porch with a sign that read, "Happy Halloween! Don't take too much!" and then headed into town. The bowl was always full when we got back.

 

[wallyb]

Happy Halloween!

 

[TuckandStuiesMom]

Happy Halloween!

Oooooohhh Good one, WallyB! Same back atcha , my Brother!

 

[wallyb]

flash back!
Groovie Goolies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_wWht4Ctn4

 

[TuckandStuiesMom]

flash back!
Groovie Goolies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_wWht4Ctn4

TOTALLY CUTE!!!! Gonna show it to the liddle kiddles when they come trick-or-treating tonight!

 

[wallyb]