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Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 9:34 am
by Pumpkin_Man
With the exception of butter scotch and peppermint, I am no huge fan of hard candy, either. I do like Tootsie Rolls, caremels and anything chocolate. The peanut butter taffy can be good if you get it fresh enough. The problem is that 99 times out of 100, you get it when it's very stale. Then it's like eating a peanut butter flavored tennis shoe soul.
Mike
Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 9:35 am
by adrian
anyone like salt water taffy?
Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:13 am
by Pumpkin_Man
I like it if it's nice and fresh. It it's stale, it's for the lack of word, THE PITS. That's why faffy of any kind is not the best choice for Trick or Treat. It gets stale, and then it's just about inedibale.
Mike
Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:18 am
by adrian
yea no kiddin! skittles?
Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 1:52 pm
by Spookymufu
adrian wrote:anyone like salt water taffy?
love it, even more so if it's made locally and "fresh"
Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 1:54 pm
by adrian
Spookymufu wrote:adrian wrote:anyone like salt water taffy?
love it, even more so if it's made locally and "fresh"
you're right about that one.. i go down to P.C. regularly and pic some up from this mom and pop store when we leave
Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 2:18 am
by Corvus Kulde
As a kid I found a sad little collection of candies left from the previous year among the decorations. There were several of those orange and black taffy chews and they were unchanged. After the apocalypse it will be the roaches and the taffy sitting on a stack of Twinkies.
Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:49 am
by adrian
hahaha yea i've come across some taffies and suckers in pumpkin pales every year when i dig out the decor lol
this year i'm thinking that i'm really going to try and make some home made pop corn balls
Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:03 am
by Murfreesboro
I don't think I have a set thing I give out, but I do try to make sure I give out candy our family likes to eat, because we often have it left over.
Some years I give our caramels and apples, although the authorities are always warning kids not to eat unwrapped items, which the apples are. But the Trick-or-Treaters seem excited about the apples when I do that.
Basically I give out chocolates (usually Hersheys) and something fruity or tart, like Sweet Tarts, because my husband loves those. Also Jolly Ranchers.
Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:26 am
by Spookymufu
Murfreesboro wrote:I don't think I have a set thing I give out, but I do try to make sure I give out candy our family likes to eat, because we often have it left over.
here here.......we do the same thing and often we eat some
before Halloween
Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:29 am
by adrian
Spookymufu wrote:Murfreesboro wrote:I don't think I have a set thing I give out, but I do try to make sure I give out candy our family likes to eat, because we often have it left over.
here here.......we do the same thing and often we eat some
before Halloween
no kiddin.. i've been munching on butter fingers, milk duds, and candy corn for 2 weeks now lol its a shame really
Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 2:13 pm
by jadewik
Those "orange and black taffy" are actually called Mary Janes. They're a molasses candy... and I think they're d-licious!
Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 2:17 pm
by adrian
i know what you're talking about jadewik and yes Mary Jane is REALLY good hahahaha orange...black.. whatever color lol
Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 2:54 pm
by Pumpkin_Man
Like I said, taffy is really great when it's nive and fresh, but I would not hand it out for Trick or Treat because the differenc between delicious taffy and stale taffy can be an hour out in the cold and damp.
Tootsie Rolls were allways a favorite of mine as it is for other kids, and they're cheap.
Mike
Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:43 pm
by adrian
they are cheap but MAN are they hard to chew lol especially on a chili halloween night