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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat the hell, Michigan. Candy corn?!
https://www.candystore.com/blog/facts-trivia/halloween-candy-map-popular/
Well, we just can't have any nice things in 2020, can we?
As you probably definitely recall, one of the greatest highlights of 2019 was that beautiful September day when, for the first time in years, candy corn was no longer declared Michigan's favorite Halloween candy, according to an annual CandyStore.com study of best-selling candy. The honor went to Starburst.
Well, sorry, everyone. It was an aberration. We're back to having a garbage taste in candy. Because candy corn is once again Michigan's favorite Halloween candy, followed by Starburst and Skittles.
I give up.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/09/25/candy-corn-halloween-candy-michigan/3528461001/
Srkdqltr
(6,365 posts)hlthe2b
(102,491 posts)intent is to treat a diabetic in a hypoglycemic coma, for which either is probably equally effective.
Yuck.
Kudos to my state of Colorado for choosing Hershey's (chocolate) kisses! (and a nod to all too conservative, though changing Kansas for choosing Reeses peanut butter cups).
catbyte
(34,514 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)ploppy
(2,162 posts)I love candy corn AND circus peanuts. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
Phoenix61
(17,023 posts)demmiblue
(36,911 posts)Which was convenient because no one wanted the Smarties!
LisaM
(27,848 posts)For Halloween candy, I like Butterfingers, Heath Bars, Skittles, and SweetTarts.
I do NOT like Reese's and malted milk balls, aka Whoppers. I like chocolate okay, and I like peanut butter okay, but why on earth did someone decide to combine them? Yeesh. And Whoppers are like chomping on cheap chocolate cardboard.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,112 posts)2naSalit
(86,897 posts)How Montana, Idaho and Wyoming have those as favorites unless they are used as dental aids for rotten tooth removal. So many in these parts have few to no teeth so I wonder how they chew bubbles gum.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)One of my favorites.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Looks like ice cream, and no kid wants that in their candy bucket.
Leith
(7,814 posts)I can't figure out what that picture is.
demmiblue
(36,911 posts)fleur-de-lisa
(14,628 posts)Laurelin
(538 posts)But what's a Swedish Fish?
fleur-de-lisa
(14,628 posts)Looks like yellow Mardi Gras beads. Or corn, not candy corn, just corn.
Oh, it's Lemonhead. I've never even tasted one.
LeftInTX
(25,719 posts)roamer65
(36,748 posts)The stuff is foul.
pansypoo53219
(21,005 posts)Dagstead Bumwood
(3,671 posts)Candy corn is the shit, though with my Type-Wilford Brimley diabetes, not such a good idea.
PS: No one in KY eats Swedish Fish. That would be for fureners. I kid, Kentucky
PPS: Swedish Fish Oreos are AWESOME (and also not a good idea)!!!
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,858 posts)Of course, it's been about 40+ years since I last went trick-or-treating. I know those blow pops were available back then too.
Candy corn and "wax lips" were the biggest disappointments for me being back then. Lol.
I think most people handed out chocolate, like Hershey's.
Edit: Received quite a few "candy cigarettes" too. Lol!
Dagstead Bumwood
(3,671 posts)I have no qualms with blowpops, and I've enjoyed more than a few over the years. I would just think they would always take a backseat to Reese's or Twix. I mean, chocolate is a tough act to beat. But, we voted twice for Bush and once for Drumpf, so what the hell do Ohioans know?
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,858 posts)We've got a significant number of idiots here.
I've been exposed to many of them for years after working in a factory after college, and being pretty much typecast for that type of work ever since that desperate financial decision.
The rural schools in my area are obviously horrible. The lack of basic science education those coworkers received has blown my mind.