Originally Posted By jdub >>...Not to the teens... << Not me--as long as you're in costume, c'mon. Best treats to the original costumes, most unimpressive stuff to the storebought crowd.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros When I was in high school we always did Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF. We had to explain what we were doing at pretty much each house, but it was a really fun way to still be able to go trick-or-treating without getting funny looks from the folks at each house. One year, all the neighbors called ahead, so by the time we came down the other side of the street they were all ready for us! It also seemed like people were being extra nice to us with candy, since we weren't even there for us (officially...we all knew we would get candy too!).
Originally Posted By jdub But, tell us about disappointing treats! I'll add one: ANYTHING from Annabelle: <a href="http://www.annabelle-candy.com/" target="_blank">http://www.annabelle-candy.com/</a>
Originally Posted By mele Butterscotch hard candies. The cheap kind in the yellow cellophane. Yuck. Sometimes I like Smarties. Last year my boss gave out Dots (gumdrops). Bleh.
Originally Posted By jdub Butterscotch hard candies--OOF! Good one! That most certainly DEFINES... >> 8. Miscellaneous, Wrapped Hard Candies Halloween is supposed to be a holiday for young people, not senior citizens who suck on hard candies all day. <<
Originally Posted By mickeymeg There is nothing wrong with Smarties ! We always used to go trick or treating as teenagers. We loved dressing up and would use the night as a good excuse to do so. Instead of candy we would collect food for our local food bank. It was a lot of fun and we would usually get a really good response from the community.
Originally Posted By magnet I've always wondered -- if some of these candies seem to be so universally hated, how is it possible that year after year they continue to be manufactured? At some point has a candy been around so long that it just becomes a part of our culture? Does it become integrated into our lives so much that it doesn't really matter anymore how it tastes? It just has to be there because life just wouldn't quite be the same in the new era caused by its passing. Would Christmas be the same without fruitcake? (Of course it would -- perhaps even better in my opinion) Yet why do so many thousands of pounds of the stuff get made every year when it has such a stigma attached to it? Year after year it's universally recognized as the worst gift that can be given (yes, even below not giving a gift at all!), but that doesn't seem to stop enough people from doing it anyway. Who is this nameless group that buys fruitcake and eats disgusting candy? What can be done to cure this insanity?
Originally Posted By jdub Then there are the other Christmas classics-- Stale popcorn in a huge tin tub, & boring Danish cookies in oversized round tins. Y A W N But I'm off-topic. And in the thread I started, of all places! ;P
Originally Posted By jdub Brach's CERTAINLY fits within a "Most Disappointing Halloween Treats" thread. The name of the candy is the sound most kids make when they see it in their treat bucket.
Originally Posted By mickeymeg I don't know what they are officially called but I used to hate getting those little stale brown toffee things that were usually wrapping in orange paper with black pumpkins or bats or something on them. Any one know what I am talking about. They were awful, kind of like dried out molasses or something. I don't know anyone who thought they were good.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Dots for sure. I just checked through my Mickeys Halloween party treat bag and came up with a perfect answer.....a wrapper with nothing in it I think it was a jawbreaker that escaped in the pouring and scooping that they do but I thought that was pretty funny. I'm a chocolate lover so anything like smarties, laffy taffy etc. I can pass on but I did like them as a kid. I'd use the smarties for medicine when I played hospital with my dolls. Knock off any nasty thoughts, I tried to choose my words wisely Our left over candy goes to our daughters school (she's a teacher) I'll have to ask her what the kids think of the candy that I think is gross. I won't give them the empty wrapper
Originally Posted By dsnyredhead Hard candy's in general. Not sure why but I can't eat those without biting down on them...I broke a tooth on one two weeks ago. I need a crown!
Originally Posted By mapleservo And then there's... rocks. Just what kind of neighbourhood did Charlie Brown live in, anyway? (Here's a cool little riff on Charlie Brown from Kid Koala.... "I gotta rock!" <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chk5KM8lQ7o" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...5KM8lQ7o</a> )
Originally Posted By mele Hahaha! The kind of neighborhood where people have a lot of broken windows, I think. ;-)
Originally Posted By jdub Ya know, I'm really shocked--judging by recent board activity, I was SURE we'd be up over 1,000 posts by now!
Originally Posted By LadyKluck Mickeymeg, those are Mary Janes! Nasty little things! Worst thing I ever got in my trick or treat bag? Cheese...as in those Kraft cheese slices....uh yup talk about horror, especially when we got back home...
