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Let's Dish: Growing Up, What Was Your Top Halloween Candy?

Fri, 10/10/2008 - 7:00am by YumSugar
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We never had much candy in my house when I was growing up, as my parents wanted to encourage us to eat healthy as much as possible. Every October, I would count down the days to Halloween, when I knew I'd be going trick-or-treating. I looked forward to all candy, but in particular, I loved Baby Ruth bars. The combination of chocolate, peanuts, caramel and — my favorite part — chewy white nougat made this my favorite Halloween treat of all time. What about you? What treats did you look forward to eating on Halloween, then and now?

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  • bluepuppybites's picture
    bluepuppybites
    1

    I'll have to say Reese's peanut butter cups. But we had the owners of a McDonald's that lived in our neighborhood and they would give out $5 coupons to their McDs.

    7 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • Shanabbey1215's picture
    Shanabbey1215
    5

    Reece's cups were and probably still are my favorites, with Peanut M & M's a close second.

    7 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • TidalWave23's picture
    TidalWave23
    7

    Sugar Daddy's - ohmygosh....I lived for those. I was also in love with those sour apple lollipops that had the gooey caramel on them! How creative and smart was that????

    Drool

    7 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • Peggasus's picture
    Peggasus
    8

    Charleston Chew! Stick it in the freezer and then SMACK it on the counter to break it up. I would always make my kids give me theirs. Sadly, it's kind of hard to find nowadays.

    7 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • yvettecq's picture
    yvettecq
    9

    Mmm...Big Hunks gotta love those! Also,it was such a treat to get those lips made out of wax that you could chew like gum, does anyone remember those? Also those wax bottles with the sugary flavored liquid inside.

    7 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • TidalWave23's picture
    TidalWave23
    13

    Peggasus (or anyone, really) - If you're interested in finding Charleston Chew (or any vintage candy), check out this site:

    http://sweetnostalgia.com/home.php

    I've ordered from here before when I've had a craving and have always been sweetly (or in some candy cases sourly) satisfied Smiling

    cheesy joke, I know....but it's friday Eye-wink

    7 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • gabiushka's picture
    gabiushka
    14

    Did not grow up here, we had Halloween parties a couple of times but our own celebrations certainly involved more food preparation than store bought candy.

    7 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • elle j's picture
    elle j
    16

    starbursts, almond joy, skittles, charleston chews, vanilla/fruit flavored tootsie rolls!

    7 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • ohkate's picture
    ohkate
    17

    my parents didn't.......believe in halloween or trick or treating. they said it was sacrilegious. my siblings and I snuck out one year to trick or treat and never did it again after the trouble we got in to. ):

    7 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • ualili's picture
    ualili
    18

    Bit o' Honeys were always my favorites - I used to trade with my sister and brother for them.

    7 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • Jabbadoo's picture
    Jabbadoo
    21

    Tootsie rolls, candy corn and those peanut butter kisses things in the black and orange wrappers

    7 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • Kate Marie's picture
    Kate Marie
    27

    Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, all the way. Starburst was a close second, especially the pink and red ones!

    7 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • suziryder's picture
    suziryder
    28

    Peanut butter cups, peanut M&Ms, Snickers... but my favorite of all was Baby Ruth!

    My least favorite were those hunks of pink bubble gum that were wrapped in yellow and blue paper. Tasteless, hard, horrible gum.

    7 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • Deidre's picture
    Deidre
    29

    Mini snickers! Although, I also love Tootsie Rolls...it's really the only time of year I ever eat them.

    7 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • Sun_Sun's picture
    Sun_Sun
    30

    starbursts and skittles and sour patch kids and sweet tarts! Sticking out tongue
    caramilk bars too (its canadian)

    7 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • lesmar912's picture
    lesmar912
    31

    My favorite growing up were mini Snickers bars, luckily my little sis is a weirdo and doesn't like chocolate so it was easy to get all of hers! Plus my neighbor used to give out the full size bags of Peanut MnM's which were also a favorite instead of the fun size and that was always fun to get them from him!

    7 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • kia's picture
    kia
    32

    I was never a big trick or treater. My family would take me to the mall, how lame is that? I would consider it a grand haul if I got a few Smarties. For a few years we did make popcorn balls though, mmmmm.

    7 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • UrbanBohemian's picture
    UrbanBohemian
    33

    For the sake of length of words, I'll say the candies I NEVER liked were Milk Duds and Raisinets.

    7 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • pinkdragonfly's picture
    pinkdragonfly
    38

    MMmmmm I used to looove Twix, Bit O Honey, and Sugar Daddies!!! These posts make me miss all the free candy! Eye-wink

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  • GlowingMoon's picture
    GlowingMoon
    39

    Any full-sized candy bars. I loved it when some homes gave full-size candy.

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  • ilanac13's picture
    ilanac13
    40

    i was always a reeses girl - any type of the chocolate/peanut butter combo would make me happy. i'm kind of in the same boat as you - we didn't have TOO much candy around the house growing up, so it was a novelty. we only really ever had hersey's kisses to eat, and those are kind of boring after a while since they are so one note.

    7 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • JessicaLE's picture
    JessicaLE
    41

    Anything but the Smarties and Sweet Tarts. Never a fan. Oh, and wasn't it cool when the houses passed out drinks? I lived in the deep south, so actually it was often still warm outside on Halloween nights. Getting those little plastic barrels of fruit punch was SO cool. Ah memories.

    7 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • chow's picture
    chow
    44

    starbursts, but my parents would never let me eat them. there's this one house that used to give out dollar coins. i hear they still do it...

    7 weeks 18 hours ago Report Comment
  • mtiger's picture
    mtiger
    45

    Pixelhaze, I love those! Candy corn pumpkins, regular candy corn, snickers, any hershey's chocolate, and m and m's! But I was always afraid I would run out of candy, so I used to just eat a tiny bit and try to make it last...it all ended up going bad!

    7 weeks 4 hours ago Report Comment
  • tlsgirl's picture
    tlsgirl
    46

    I'm with Party - I still love Caramellos! I'm also still a sucker for regular candy corn. It's a classic.

    6 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment

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