558900 Fri Sep 19 23:17:58 -0700 2008 50 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 4048938 Candy corn Bit-o-Honey Now & Laters Vanilla Tootsie Rolls 100 Grand Chocolate Bars And you? Fri Sep 19 23:17:58 -0700 2008 11583 ipsedixit 1 4049090 Twizzlers Mary Janes Nerds Bottle Caps I miss those crappy candy cigarettes of my childhood, too. Chalky goodness! Sat Sep 20 04:53:41 -0700 2008 4048938 180853 comestina 2 4049155 We were at the Deerfield, NH fair, last autumn, and a guy had a table full of cheap toys and candy for sale. I laughed out loud to see candy cigarettes among the items for sale. Hadn't seen those since I was a kid. Would've bought some for old time's sake if my son hadn't been with me. Sat Sep 20 06:22:55 -0700 2008 4049090 15131 three of us 1 4049091 Butterfingers Kit Kats Sat Sep 20 04:55:23 -0700 2008 4048938 10205 valerie 1 4049147 ok - somewhat off topic but i HATE the change from 100 thousand dollar bar to 100 grand bar. the original name had a nice rhythmic meter. the new name is clunky Sat Sep 20 06:09:30 -0700 2008 4048938 135229 thew 2 4050571 So true. Sun Sep 21 01:56:28 -0700 2008 4049147 184593 givemecarbs 1 4049355 I will only eat Kit Kat and Reeses Pbutter things during Halloween (maybe easter too). Hate that waxy, funky taste most Hershey's and that Walmart brand-what is it Palmer? Kaaaaaa- gotta scrape your tongue to get rid of the taste. Do you make vampire teeth with the candy corn? We used to do that. Sat Sep 20 08:44:54 -0700 2008 4048938 110426 Boccone Dolce 2 4052794 Wow! I thought I was the only one who made vampire teeth from candy corn! Glad I'm not alone (actually I still do it!). I love the candy corn, but ONLY Brach's brand, don't like the taste of the other brands, and ALL Palmer brand candy should be banned, all of it is nasty stuff that doesn't taste like it should. Blechh! Mon Sep 22 13:07:12 -0700 2008 4049355 203280 kimfair1 1 4049655 Reeses and bottle caps, Twix. I don't eat candy at all really during the year, except for some dark chocolate now and then, but Halloween's the only time I'll indulge. It's just THERE in the house when it normally isn't something I'd buy at all. Sat Sep 20 11:34:58 -0700 2008 4048938 207014 fuuchan 1 4049870 not sure what they are called but those little black and orange wrapped peanut butter things Sat Sep 20 14:37:19 -0700 2008 4048938 224353 mattyjaco 2 4050052 Also made by NECCO, if these are the ones you mean: Mary Jane Peanut Butter Kisses Peanut butter and molasses kisses in orange & black wraps for Halloween http://www.necco.com/OurProducts/Products.asp?ProductSubCategoryID=2 Sat Sep 20 18:00:10 -0700 2008 4049870 10027 Chris VR 1 4049961 Even though I love it, the ONLY time I eat candy is Halloween, but then it's open season! I only buy the stuff I like to eat to give out on HW. Nestle crunch, snickers, 3 Musketeers, milky ways, Smarties (sour-y goodness), butterfingers, m&m's, kit-kats. No almond joys or mounds allowed in this house!!! Off topic, does anyone know if they still make Clark Bars? (sort of like a butterfinger, but even betterer....) Sat Sep 20 16:44:08 -0700 2008 4048938 154787 adamshoe 2 4050048 Yes, Clark bars are still made by NECCO (New England Candy Confectionary Company). If you ever fly into Logan Airport, their outlet store isn't far away but I'm sure you can also find then online at a site like www.hometownfavorites.com Sat Sep 20 17:58:40 -0700 2008 4049961 10027 Chris VR 2 4051343 I saw a bag of miniature clark bars at my local Super Walmart a few days ago. To answer the OP's question, I only eat those candy corn pumpkins at Halloween, but that's only because it's the only time they're available! They are fantastic for quick energy during long runs. Sun Sep 21 13:20:14 -0700 2008 4049961 100743 almccasland 3 4055046 Oh, that's brilliant. I love those mellow creme (candy corn) pumpkins and I'm sick of using Gu and Hammer Gel for my runs. Viva La Mellow Creme Pumpkins! Tue Sep 23 09:33:48 -0700 2008 4051343 226583 Metalee 4 4056447 Yes, it was a great discovery! After Halloween, I'll use the dove dark chocolate squares (since they won't melt in the winter), and then when the Valentine's Day candy comes out, they make the candy corn cupids! Of course after that, it's back to the boring old sports gels. ;} Tue Sep 23 17:26:03 -0700 2008 4055046 100743 almccasland 2 4051346 In Canada, a "Smartie" is like an M&M, except it melts in your hand, not in your mouth. And someone mentioned those "candy kisses" in the orange & black wrappers? I *HATED* those as a kid; didn't like the taste, they practically yanked your fillings out, and worse, everybody was handing them out. We had elaborate trading schemes set up; 3 of those kisses were worth one "Rockets" (a roll candy) or a box of two Chiclets, etc. Much wheeling and dealing would occur on Nov. 1 Sun Sep 21 13:24:59 -0700 2008 4049961 48210 KevinB 1 4050074 I don't eat much candy, but I love candy corn and I love that it's everywhere on Hallowe'en. Sat Sep 20 18:10:02 -0700 2008 4048938 16828 Judith 2 4050173 Judith, I second the candy corn, Wax,sugar,and artificial color...What,s not to love? Sat Sep 20 18:59:48 -0700 2008 4050074 161922 jodymaryk 3 4050756 I third it. I also love the little pumpkins that are essentially the same thing. Sun Sep 21 06:54:49 -0700 2008 4050173 11106 tatamagouche 3 4051833 Hurray for candy corn----all 3 major food groups! Sun Sep 21 20:24:00 -0700 2008 4050173 10926 mnosyne 3 4052863 I third this. I do not eat sweets any more at all...but if there is candy corn out, I might just have a few. Mon Sep 22 13:29:36 -0700 2008 4050173 134710 taboo 4 4053040 Why is it that the candy corn pumpkins are so darn addictive???? And why is it I can only eat this type of candy during Halloween season? Damn them! Mon Sep 22 14:18:30 -0700 2008 4052863 14917 mtngirlnv 5 4056492 I only really like the candy corn in the pumpkin shape (I know...) but this year they are no where to be found!!! I've been looking for the past month since the regular candy corn started to show up and it never did...I'm seriously getting po'ed that I can't find pupmkins...to answer the original question, I will eat most candy year round, but this is the only truly haloween candy I search out... Tue Sep 23 17:48:34 -0700 2008 4053040 53762 geminigirl 6 4056613 GeminiGirl...if you continue to be PumpkinMellowCreme-less, send me an email dragongirl at gmail dot com, and I'll send you a bag or two...they are all over the place here. (couldn't find a private email addy in your profile so excuse the public posting) Tue Sep 23 18:52:35 -0700 2008 4056492 93480 chocolateninja 7 4057145 thank you so much, that is so nice of you to offer! I am going to keep searching for a little longer, considering we are over a month away from haloween...but eventually I may break down and be e-mailing you:) thanks again! Wed Sep 24 04:07:58 -0700 2008 4056613 53762 geminigirl 7 4062169 you must have been channeling pumpkin candycorn thoughts my way because alas, walked into CVS for bandaids and did my usual pass down the Halloween aisle and there they were!!!! thnaks again for the offer! Thu Sep 25 16:37:39 -0700 2008 4056613 53762 geminigirl 8 4062201 Awesome! I *have* been abnormally obsessed with all things candycorn-ish lately. *gryn* Matter of fact, I'm out of the stash I got a couple of weeks ago (just two bags people! and some of it is being used for decoration!) and need to restock. Also, on a side note, I've heard to stay far, far away from the candy corn "flavoured" hershey's kisses...but the pumpkin spice ones aren't too bad. I kinda like 'em. Thu Sep 25 16:50:27 -0700 2008 4062169 93480 chocolateninja 1 4050193 Candy Corn, only at Halloween. Sat Sep 20 19:09:52 -0700 2008 4048938 199999 mcc 1 4050483 I'll join you on the 100 Grand Bars. Love those. I also love those hard, pink, individually wrapped bubble gums that get really nasty tasting within seconds (the name escapes me for the moment, but they had comics on the inside wrapper). And Tootsie Roll Pops. Red ones (either shade of red) preferably. Sat Sep 20 23:24:18 -0700 2008 4048938 173425 Jen76 2 4050553 Are you thinking of Bazooka or Double Bubble? Sun Sep 21 00:46:54 -0700 2008 4050483 196419 Kate is always hungry 3 4051433 Oh yeah, both of those! And saving up all the little comics because if you managed to get, like, 5,000 of them, you could send away for neat stuff like... um.. er... X-ray specs!! Sun Sep 21 15:41:39 -0700 2008 4050553 48210 KevinB 3 4051847 Bazooka! Thank you!!! I could not, for the life of me, conjure up the name last night. Sun Sep 21 20:35:06 -0700 2008 4050553 173425 Jen76 2 4051603 the really small individual pieces of gum I remember were called PALS. the flavor lasted for about 3 seconds then you had to spit it out. I used to segregate my candies and the Mallo Cups were my #1 fav. Sun Sep 21 18:16:13 -0700 2008 4050483 180658 mkmccp 1 4051159 Rockets and Tootsie Rolls. Sun Sep 21 10:57:03 -0700 2008 4048938 139180 Blush 2 4054757 Count me in on Rockets. Just doesn't seem right to eat them at any other time. Besides, if I eat a lot, they make me flushed and I start to sweat. Tue Sep 23 08:03:17 -0700 2008 4051159 139219 Sooeygun 1 4051571 gotta have my mellowcreme pumpkins and the peanut butter kisses. only time of the year you can even find them. Sun Sep 21 17:51:17 -0700 2008 4048938 92286 vttp926 1 4051787 Three musketeers (in fact, I don't even remember seeing them anywhere else...), Snickers (to me, it will always be an imitation Mars bar...even though it might have came first), those popeyes cigarette looking things..., twizzlers (I DO like them quite a bit though), smarties, caramilk, and Mars bar (taste better than a Snickers but I still won't buy them). Sun Sep 21 19:56:51 -0700 2008 4048938 212885 AngelSanctuary 1 4051812 Candy corn. I just bought myself a bag today and it's almost gone! Oh well...at least they are fat free. Sun Sep 21 20:11:45 -0700 2008 4048938 75732 mariannas 1 4053600 popcorn balls Mon Sep 22 17:46:51 -0700 2008 4048938 183241 misnatalie 1 4053706 Definitely Tootsie Pops and Tootsie Rolls! Mon Sep 22 18:27:52 -0700 2008 4048938 131149 Jetgirly 1 4054799 The little candy pumpkins. Candy corn Blow pops And the little chocolate, candy covered balls, that come in like a little cellophane pack of 10 or so who's name I can't recall right now. Tue Sep 23 08:17:49 -0700 2008 4048938 165021 Firegoat 2 4056491 "And the little chocolate, candy covered balls, that come in like a little cellophane pack of 10 or so who's name I can't recall right now." Sixlets! Count me in the candy corn crowd. I eat way too much candy corn and then moan about it... "Why oh why?!?" Of course, next year will be a repeat of this year, and so on and so forth! Tue Sep 23 17:48:27 -0700 2008 4054799 90565 Cookiefiend 1 4055584 Candied apples! First we visit the apple orchard and pick apples all afternoon Then we get out the big copper kettle and melt our candied gems to liquid form Wash, dry and poke our sticks in the stem end of each apple and dip those beauties until the very last one is done. Then we wait 30 seconds and dip 1/2 the apples in coconut shred and 1/2 in crushed almonds. About a month later, we all visit the dentist BUT oh what fun we had! Tue Sep 23 12:22:11 -0700 2008 4048938 36312 HillJ 2 4063097 Okay, are we the only family still making candied apples from scratch? Fri Sep 26 06:19:11 -0700 2008 4055584 36312 HillJ 3 4063240 I hope not, but I know the only time I ever got them was at street festivals. Fri Sep 26 07:14:10 -0700 2008 4063097 152043 TampaAurora 1 4055913 In addition to the candy corn and the bottle caps that students bring in for me, I get candy from students on the day after. I also have a nice glass of wine or two the next night to recover from the nightmares of teaching students hopped up and strung out on candy highs. Tue Sep 23 14:02:00 -0700 2008 4048938 152043 TampaAurora 1 4056189 Ooh...lessee...candy corn (brachs only thankyouverymuch and I make vampire teeth with them too! *gryn*), those mellow creme pumpkins, halloween-themed Peeps, the Palmer brand chocolate with the crispy bits (rice? it's the only type of Palmer chocolate that I kind of like...the plain stuff is just gack), Smarties, MaryJanes (the peanut butter ones), oh and did I mention candy corn? *giggle* Tue Sep 23 15:43:34 -0700 2008 4048938 93480 chocolateninja 1 4058079 Smarties, Sixlets, and Bottle Caps... especially root beer and cola flavored. Wed Sep 24 10:23:14 -0700 2008 4048938 10732 JMF 1 4063094 Bottle Caps, Brach's candy corn & Brach's pumpkins-stems first. Hope the people at Willy Wonka see the love & start selling Bottle Caps by themselves! They're always packaged with Laffy Taffy here, and I won't touch those. Fri Sep 26 06:18:09 -0700 2008 4048938 226378 turqmut 1 4063622 Candy Corn and the candy corn ish little pumpkins. When I as little, I would eat marathon bars ( the candy bar, not the energy bar) but I have not seen one in like twenty years. Does anyone know if Marathon bars still exist. Fri Sep 26 09:30:43 -0700 2008 4048938 158016 cassoulady