Spinoff: Horrible Halloween Candy

Okay yeah you win the circus peanuts are vile.

Or how about getting toothbrushes? Growing up a house in my neighborhood gave out toothbrushes and their house always got egged on mischief night.
Even with my husband being a dentist and we can buy them so cheap, I still would not give out toothbrushes. I got some Halloween pokemon card packs to give out to the kids I found at costco in addition to the candy this year.
 

I ate all the junk when I was a kid, now I'd only eat chocolate something. Yes those foam peanut things were awful, and I wasn't crazy about the orange slices either (a jellied candy in the shape of an orange segment with sugar on top.)
 
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Candy corn
Mary Janes
Weird flavors of DumDum lollipops
Jujyfruit and Jujubes (Jujyfruit not terrible but stuck to teeth; Jujubes taste like soap to me.)

I love black licorice and loved Good ‘n Plenty.
 
There is only licorice. And it is usually dark brown or black. Licorice is a flavor, not a color. There is no such thing as red licorice etc.

- Fighting the fight to keep licorice (ie 'red licorice') from being appropriated by the mobs.
Ha! Yes you're technically correct but definitely fighting an uphill battle. 😁
 
Side note: my hubby showed me a video on some social media site where someone was wrapping raw brussel sprouts in Ferrero Rocher chocolate wrappers. I said don't you dare! That would be THE fastest way to get your house egged or worse!
 
I'm on your dad's team. Love black licorice. :)

There is only licorice. And it is usually dark brown or black. Licorice is a flavor, not a color. There is no such thing as red licorice etc.

- Fighting the fight to keep licorice (ie 'red licorice') from being appropriated by the mobs.

PREACH! love licorice. everyone else in the household sez it tastes nasty YET they complain if I go too light on anise in recipes that call for it (the flavor for me is so similar I can't see enjoying one and not the other).
 
Today the supermarket had a ton of candy corn bags leftover at less than half price. The Snickers and other good stuff were still a measly “fake sale” of maybe 50 cents off per bag, the same as well before Halloween.
 
Most of the candy that people list is not candy I ever got in my Trick or Treat bag. People just didn't buy it. I don't think Smarties are too popular, but I enjoy those. The ones that I actually got that I dislike: York Peppermint patties, Almond Joy & Mounds, and one old guy in our neighborhood had Sugar Daddy pops. I also have a love hate relationship with Milk Duds. I like them, but my teeth do not.

My Mom liked the York and my Dad liked coconut so no candy went to waste.
 
Not necessarily bad, and not actually candy...but strange/different.

A girl I follow on line was giving kids the option of candy or Ramen. Ramen won!

A couple of guys that my husband knows was giving people the option of a potato. He ran out of potatoes before candy.
 
@ronandannette ’s response of her favorite being molasses kisses :crazy2: Inspired this thread.:teeth:

As a kid I hated. (and still do)

Mary Janes
Bit o Honey
Necco Wafers

I really didn’t want popcorn balls, pretzels, or raisins either, but those weren’t as bad as the three above.

What did you frown upon receiving?
Necco wafers are the worst. One of em tasted like tooth paste.

Circus peanuts. Horrid.
Bazooka bubble gum. It's always hard and loses flavor quickly.
Dots. HArd, sticky, and not very tasty. Nice concept. Poor execution.
Starlight mints and butterscotch. C'mon this isn't the 40s.

Mary Janes and Bit O'honey. Meh, not my favorites. In fact both are way down the list. There are far more things better than worse. But they're just not bad enough to get on my most hated.
 














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