In honor of Halloween, I thought it would be fitting to share with you all my thoughts on the candy that makes (or breaks) a good Halloween sugar rush. Let's start with the best first:
Milk Duds
This candy is "da BOMB"!! Actually, getting any "Movie" candy is worth it on Halloween given the price you pay in the theater. Not only did this stuff taste good, but it provided at least a hour of guaranteed toungue exercises as you tried to remove all of the gooey stuff from your teeth. A word of warning: this stuff should not be given to aunts or grandmas with false teeth!!!
Mallowcreme Pumpkins
Ahhh....this candy really brings back the memories of childhood. Along with Candy Corn (see my comments on those below), one handful of these little orange and green gems is guaranteed to provide a sugar rush that could induce a diabetic coma. Best eaten in moderation (for the sake of your teeth)!!
Candy Corn
Similar to the Mallowcreme pumpkins, Candy Corn is considered a Halloween staple. You could get the ones with the white tips or the brown tips. I never triend the brown tips, so I am not sure what the difference in taste would be. These little guys also serve double duty as you can use them to create makeshift vampire teeth in a pinch!
Charms Blowpops
Best known for the cute little commercial where the owl answers the age old question "How many licks does it take...", blow pops did double duty as a hard candy and gum. Since patience is not something I am known for, I must say that I can not remember one time where I did not break down
and crunch my way to the gum center. Unfortunately, the gum is only good for about 5 or 6 chews before it loses all flavor.
Peanut Butter Kisses
Wrapped in orange and black wax paper, peanut butter kisses were the poor man's equivalent to the tootsie rool. Packaged in the big "economy" bags, these no-name candies were purchased in bulk by my mom to give out to the trick or treaters every year. I will admit that many (ok, most of them) actually ended up in my candy bag. Shhhhh....that's our little secret.
Reeses Peanut Butter Cups
Seriously...is there really any better candy on the planet we call Earth that can surpass the sheer joy that eating a Reeses Peanut Butter cup brings? I think not!!! Recently Hershey's, the maker of Reeses, introduced a few new variations of the cup: Fudge, Chocolate Lovers and Peanut Butter Lovers. They even came out with a white chocolate version, and then colored the chocolate orange in honor of Halloween. A word to the folks at Hersheys...."If it aint' broke, don't fix it".
Hostess Ding Dongs
Yes, one did occasionally get snack cakes in their treat bag (or pumpkin shaped plastic bucket as was the case with me). If you managed to snag one of these, JACKPOT!!! Although now it would more than likey head straight to the garbage pail since some psycho would probably insert a razor blade, needles, etc. in one. Sigh.....
Pixie Stix
Now we are talking!! You could actually make a poor man's version of Kool Aid with these things. Pixie Stix were pure sugar and induced the same high as a shot of heroin (at least that is what I have heard).Definitely a no-no for kids after 5 PM.
Mike and Ikes
Mike and Ikes were the tasty version of Good and Plenty. Fruit flavored gummi chews that were similar to gummi bears with a hard coating.
