What candy did you immediately throw away or try and barter away Halloween night?

[dugaresa]

for me it had to be Necco Wafers, gag. straight to the trash can.

didn't like "bit o honey" as a kid but as an adult grew to tolerate them, those I could trade to kids who wanted to hasten a loose tooth along.

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Circus peanuts. Godawful pieces of shit. Makes me gag just to think of the taste,

and it's probably been 35 years since I've put one of those disgusting abominations in my mouth.

[dugaresa]

4. i forgot those disgusting things

i actually gagged a bit reading your post.

[EastTennesseeDem]

7. What sadistic asshole gives circus peanuts to kids on Halloween?

That's like slipping ipecac in a Reese's cup.

[Quantess]

10. Those are the worst!

By far, the worst. x(

[dugaresa]

12. found this funny article on circus peanuts and the people who love them

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1159/does-anybody-actually-like-circus-peanuts

[susanr516]

27. Damn you--

I had managed to block all memory of those Gawd-awful peanuts until you reminded me of them.

[begin_within]

45. Well give yours to me. I like them.

[Mopar151]

60. I had a friend who LOVED them

Washed down with Tab - no foolin'. Just lookin' at that combo gave me the heebie-jeebies.

[david13]

2. Dugie, I'm gonna have to drop out on this one. It has been a few

years for me since I went trix r treating.
But you, you get out there, and have fun.
And candy.
dc

[PeaceNikki]

3. Those generic candies with the black or orange wax-paper wrappers

that taste like real awful peanut butter.

[krispos42]

30. Ditto

Although I'll admit to liking candy corn, Lewis Black nonwithstanding...

[distantearlywarning]

40. +1

Those things are disgusting.

[surrealAmerican]

50. Same here.

Peanut butter taffy, yuk.

[JTG of the PRB]

5. Those candies in the black and orange wrappers.

I never even know what they were for sure, but... :puke:

[elana i am]

44. peanut butter flavored salt water taffy

[rcrush]

6. Anything the old lady gave out

Or that old man. Old people give out crap.

[susanr516]

28. The old ladies in my neighborhood

gave out wonderful homemade goodies. Popcorn balls, caramel apples, chocolate chip cookies--all the things parents would take away from their kids today.

[Lyric]

8. All the crappy old-people candy.

Mostly the black- and orange-wrapped peanut butter things, Smarties, Tootsie Rolls, Bit O Honey, and bubble gum. I wanted the stuff that tasted like real chocolate and/or real fruit (think Skittles or Starburst), and that was it.

[dugaresa]

9. then there were the families that made candy or stuff that was a bit off looking

i remember this one family that used to give out popcorn in a sandwich bag. it got to the point no one ever wanted to go to their house.

[alphafemale]

15. P:eople actually made some good stuff when I was a kid.

I'd get candy apples and stuff & popcorn balls & fudge. I can't imagine the time that must have taken people for to make of those things. And I really can't imagine anyone doing that now unless everyone really knew everyone. A baggie of popcorn is pretty chintzie but maybe that's all they could afford.

[dugaresa]

17. nah they could afford more, they were profoundly cheap

i know that because i knew one of the kids in the family and they let me in on the secret shame of having the cheapest mother on planet earth.

she would water down ketchup when the bottle was half empty to make it last longer.
would use a combo of real milk and powdered milk to make more milk

apparently their dad eventually went apeshit over the crazy shit she would do, the daughter told me that he actually left for a bit because "he couldn't take it anymore" and her mother got a bit better after that.

the kids begged her to buy real candy, anything but give out a half a cup of popcorn in a sandwich bag.

[alphafemale]

21. They didn't "have" to give you anything.

Just learn to say "Thank-you" and move on.

[Skittles]

34. perhaps she came from extreme poverty

[madmom]

20. We have an old couple that make donuts to give out. People flock to their house. That's one

of the few where the parents actually go up to the door with the young ones (they get one too) usually they wait in the yard or drive-way.

[nolabear]

11. Licorice. I hates licorice.

[sakabatou]

23. Black or red?

I hate black licorice.

[nolabear]

25. Yep, black. Though I can't find a lot to love about red. I hate anise.

[sakabatou]

53. I have no idea what anice is

But I do like red licorice.

[smitty]

13. Candy Corn, Terrible crap, probably radioactive. Plus something

called (I think) Candy Dots, little dots of hard candy on paper sheets. You couldn't peel off the candy without taking some paper with it---the candy always tasted like paper.

[NecklyTyler]

22. I hate candy corn

I'm spreading this rumor that candy corn is the way chemical companies dispose of their toxic waste

[AsahinaKimi]

14. anything with black licorice

Funny cause I like the stuff now.

[LostInAnomie]

16. Smarties.

Who the fuck wants to eat little hardened pieces of chalk?

[wickerwoman]

29. Me too.

If it doesn't have chocolate, it isn't candy.

Smarties (and Runts and those fruit squares) are just industrial effluent with good PR.

End of message.

[sakabatou]

54. But I like them...

[hippywife]

18. I loved them all.

I can't think of one kind that I didn't like. And barter nothing. My sisters didn't like the peanut butter blossoms, licorice, or Mary Janes so I got them all. :9

[Phentex]

42. Me too! Not a fan of coconut

but I ate any of it anyway. :)

[LisaM]

19. Malted milk balls, and ditto on those orange styrofoam peanuts

I know they were supposed to be edible, but yecchh.

[driver8]

48. I will trade you for those malted milk balls...

What do you want for 'em?

[triguy46]

24. Two things:

First were these paper things that I tore apart that said "REPENT" on the outside, but I couldn't find the candy.
Second were these round red things that my friends said were 'fruit,' whatever that is.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. Popcorn balls.

[krispos42]

31. Those too

Never quite got why they were good... my dad's popcorn was a heck of a lot better-tasting!

[AllenVanAllen]

32. Any kind of hard candy was the first to go.

Jawbreakers were on the top of the list...

[Ineeda]

36. Ditto, with two exceptions...

Root Beer Barrels and, especially, Atomic Fireballs.

[AllenVanAllen]

55. I don't remember Root Beer Barrels

But I couldn't do the Atomic Fireballs either.
:hi:

[ccharles000]

33. any kind of sucker

[Manifestor_of_Light]

57. Those cheap flat clear suckers in long strips.

That's what I got from old people.

I hate licorice and those generic black 'n' orange candies, taffy, bit o honey, and anything that's gonna break teeth, like peanut brittle or almond roca.


I like styrofoam peanuts and Necco wafers, except the grey ones which are licorice flavor. Yuck.

Don't like skittles either.

I like Almond Joy, Mounds, red hots, sugar babies and chocolate or caramel.

[Dulcinea]

35. Necco wafers. Smarties. The things in wax paper wrappers.

Even candy corn is better. If it wasn't chocolate, I wasn't interested. But I did acquire a taste for Starbursts.

[dropkickpa]

37. black licorice anything

Hate it. Then gum, I hate gum too.

[annonymous]

38. Mary Janes, Bit O Honey and Sugar Babies

I used to give these to my father who would eat practically anything. My children hate Dots, Twislers, Mary Janes and those fruit candies with the soft centers. When I was a kid, older people who wanted to discourage trick or treaters would give out Mary Janes or Crows.

[PassingFair]

39. Clark Bars....

they are the best "traders" since there
are people out there that ACTUALLY LIKE
the crumbly, horrid things.



I can usually trade for anything I want,
because if they like Clark Bars, they
LOVE Clark Bars.

:puke:

[rvablue]

41. Mounds.

And it's funny what people like and don't like.

I cherished both Necco's and Bit-O-Honey.

[1gobluedem]

43. Reeses Peanut Butter Cups

I still don't like 'em so that's what I buy to hand out -- so I won't eat it.

I didn't like Bit o' Honey either.

[Coventina]

46. Milk Duds

What an aptly named candy!

:puke:

[RebelOne]

47. Jelly beans. Hate them.

[azmouse]

49. Anything with coconut or black licorice.

I gave it to my parents.

[HughBeaumont]

51. Mary Janes and Bit O Honeys STRAIGHT away.

My hatred for these peanut butter-and-dust bricks runs deep, because when I was little I used to get tons of these stupid things and then me and my cousins had fights throwing them at each other. They did some damage. I say dust because they tasted like the dust from the boxes that these people stored their lifetime supply of those shitty things in. Then they brought them out every damned halloween because they were either lazy, cheap or both. When you come to my house, you don't get shitty candy such as this.

Any Malted Milk candies are the next to go. Whoppers and Milk Duds = TEH. SUCK. They taste like chocolate coated vomit.

All wax candy. Hells no.

Necco wafers (aka "sugar chalk pieces"). Dear GOD, the early versions of them had zero flavor.

[bikebloke]

52. Anything unwrapped.

Like cookies went into the bin. More of a hygiene precaution than fear of poisoning. Everything else was eaten, saving the faves for last.

[busybl]

56. peanut butter kisses and circus peanuts

[astral]

58. when I was a kid

some of the neighbors were nice enough to wrap up home made popcorn balls which were like bigger than a tennis ball by about a third. THOSE were my favorite thing to get. Something with substance to it.

Does anybody do that anymore : )

[Broken_Hero]

59. pixie sticks

bottle caps, anything that was predominately sugar based, also jelly beans.

[Inspired]

61. Pretty much anything not covered in chocolate. n/t