Hallowe'en "candy"
#31
Re: Hallowe'en "candy"
Here's one of many rebuttals available on the web:
https://www.vox.com/science-and-heal...iew-vegan-diet
#32
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Re: Hallowe'en "candy"
Completely unbiased ratings of HW candy:
Good:
Reece's PBC (the gold standard)
Peanut or Almond M&Ms
Mounds
Almond Joy
Milky Way Midnight
Heath Bar / Skor Bar
Weird regional stuff (Turtles, GooGoo Clusters etc)
Somewhat acceptable:
Haribo
Snickers
Regular Milky Way
Reece's Pieces
Twix
Kit Kat
Trash it:
Smarties
Sour Patch Kids
Spree
Candy corn
Bit O' Honey
Charleston Chew
Mike n' Ike
Lemonhead
Kill it with fire:
Baby vomit Hershey's assortment (regular Hershey's, Mr. Goodbar, Krackle, Special Dark)
Peeps
Anything licorice (Good N' Plenty etc)
Necco Wafers
Good:
Reece's PBC (the gold standard)
Peanut or Almond M&Ms
Mounds
Almond Joy
Milky Way Midnight
Heath Bar / Skor Bar
Weird regional stuff (Turtles, GooGoo Clusters etc)
Somewhat acceptable:
Haribo
Snickers
Regular Milky Way
Reece's Pieces
Twix
Kit Kat
Trash it:
Smarties
Sour Patch Kids
Spree
Candy corn
Bit O' Honey
Charleston Chew
Mike n' Ike
Lemonhead
Kill it with fire:
Baby vomit Hershey's assortment (regular Hershey's, Mr. Goodbar, Krackle, Special Dark)
Peeps
Anything licorice (Good N' Plenty etc)
Necco Wafers
I love Skor Bars
#34
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Re: Hallowe'en "candy"
I've found myself missing tins of Heroes and/ or Celebrations.
At least there's time to fix that before Christmas!
At least there's time to fix that before Christmas!
#35
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Re: Hallowe'en "candy"
It all needs to be surrendered to me as soon as can be arranged. I think that's fair.
I got a big thing of Celebrations for Christmas last year, so I know they can be found out here. World Market, maybe.
I got a big thing of Celebrations for Christmas last year, so I know they can be found out here. World Market, maybe.
#36
Re: Hallowe'en "candy"
Completely unbiased ratings of HW candy:
Good:
Reece's PBC (the gold standard)
Peanut or Almond M&Ms
Mounds
Almond Joy
Milky Way Midnight
Heath Bar / Skor Bar
Weird regional stuff (Turtles, GooGoo Clusters etc)
Somewhat acceptable:
Haribo
Snickers
Regular Milky Way
Reece's Pieces
Twix
Kit Kat
Trash it:
Smarties
Sour Patch Kids
Spree
Candy corn
Bit O' Honey
Charleston Chew
Mike n' Ike
Lemonhead
Kill it with fire:
Baby vomit Hershey's assortment (regular Hershey's, Mr. Goodbar, Krackle, Special Dark)
Peeps
Anything licorice (Good N' Plenty etc)
Necco Wafers
Good:
Reece's PBC (the gold standard)
Peanut or Almond M&Ms
Mounds
Almond Joy
Milky Way Midnight
Heath Bar / Skor Bar
Weird regional stuff (Turtles, GooGoo Clusters etc)
Somewhat acceptable:
Haribo
Snickers
Regular Milky Way
Reece's Pieces
Twix
Kit Kat
Trash it:
Smarties
Sour Patch Kids
Spree
Candy corn
Bit O' Honey
Charleston Chew
Mike n' Ike
Lemonhead
Kill it with fire:
Baby vomit Hershey's assortment (regular Hershey's, Mr. Goodbar, Krackle, Special Dark)
Peeps
Anything licorice (Good N' Plenty etc)
Necco Wafers
Do you just go with the big bags of 'Snack Size' treats that are sold everywhere specifically for Halloween? And then do you folks give just one of those per TTer? Those seem to get smaller each year.
Or do you give a few of the little treats to each? The Husband found them so small this year, he was tossing whole big handfuls into the TTers' bags.
In previous years, I've sometimes forgotten to buy the treats till the last minute (HW morning) and ended up buying whatever larger 6-packs of candy bars were left on the shelf. Hubby said he preferred those, & he wants those next year, but they're invariably more expensive....
Last edited by WEBlue; Nov 3rd 2017 at 1:39 pm.
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Re: Hallowe'en "candy"
I know a couple of vegans a couple of others quit went back to meat, I had vegan chili recently not the most inspiring dish I have eaten.
The most odd " vegetarian " I know will only eat venison I have shot and forest raised pork when we get round to it.
#38
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Re: Hallowe'en "candy"
... but this list brings up a question I have: what size/amount of candy do you pass out to the trick-or-treaters?
Do you just go with the big bags of 'Snack Size' treats that are sold everywhere specifically for Halloween? And then do you folks give just one of those per TTer?
Or do you give a few of the little treats to each? The Husband found them so small this year, he was tossing whole handfuls into the TTers' bags.
In previous years, I've sometimes forgotten to buy the treats till the last minute (HW morning) and ended up buying whatever larger 6-packs of candy bars were left on the shelf. Hubby said he preferred those, & he wants those next year, but they're invariably more expensive....
Do you just go with the big bags of 'Snack Size' treats that are sold everywhere specifically for Halloween? And then do you folks give just one of those per TTer?
Or do you give a few of the little treats to each? The Husband found them so small this year, he was tossing whole handfuls into the TTers' bags.
In previous years, I've sometimes forgotten to buy the treats till the last minute (HW morning) and ended up buying whatever larger 6-packs of candy bars were left on the shelf. Hubby said he preferred those, & he wants those next year, but they're invariably more expensive....
They all go in a big bowl and we just dole out handfuls of them as we get people at the door. The amount varies depending on the time, we might hand out more towards the end of a quiet night if we have a bunch still left. Although this year, the first kid I had was a little boy in a Batman suit who looked so bloody cool I handed him a shitload of candy just because I felt he deserved it
#39
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Re: Hallowe'en "candy"
Definitely world market. They're also selling mince pies, english toffee (the type with a little hammer with it), shortbread, fox's glacier mints and some other stuff in the British Christmas section
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Re: Hallowe'en "candy"
Probably Chocolate Oranges too, but I can get those at Wally World anyway.
#41
Re: Hallowe'en "candy"
https://www.target.com/p/lu-chocolat...z/-/A-47079961
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Re: Hallowe'en "candy"
I did find Belgium Jaffa cakes at Target, but unfortunately all out of stock within 100 miles of me.
https://www.target.com/p/lu-chocolat...z/-/A-47079961
https://www.target.com/p/lu-chocolat...z/-/A-47079961
#43
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Re: Hallowe'en "candy"
Costco sells a box of 20.
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Re: Hallowe'en "candy"
The rest of that sounds like a bunch of bullshit holiday gatekeeping as well. Meh.