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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAs a kid what Halloween candy was your guilty pleasure? Mine was KitKats , What about you?
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Lochloosa
(16,686 posts)debm55
(57,979 posts)OLDMDDEM
(3,079 posts)debm55
(57,979 posts)catbyte
(38,846 posts)Simple yet awesome.
debm55
(57,979 posts)Grim Chieftain
(1,428 posts)Still love them.
Midnight Writer
(25,208 posts)debm55
(57,979 posts)kozar
(3,293 posts)Reese Cups!!!!
Koz
debm55
(57,979 posts)pansypoo53219
(22,958 posts)debm55
(57,979 posts)mgardener
(2,312 posts)Or Mounds
debm55
(57,979 posts)SheltieLover
(78,321 posts)debm55
(57,979 posts)Solly Mack
(96,649 posts)My siblings loved trick or treating with me because I'd give them everything not dark chocolate in exchange for their dark chocolate. I ended up with far less candy, but I got the kind I wanted.
debm55
(57,979 posts)Zackzzzz
(318 posts)debm55
(57,979 posts)303squadron
(791 posts)Who doesnt think Snickers are the best. Chocolate, caramel, nuts oh my!
debm55
(57,979 posts)lpbk2713
(43,255 posts)Esp Mr Goodbar and Nestle's Crunch.
Still do. Many years later.
debm55
(57,979 posts)LudwigPastorius
(14,386 posts)
But, there were also these, in the "what where they thinking?" category:
Chocolate cigarettes

Bubblegum cigars

debm55
(57,979 posts)pandr32
(13,950 posts)Hated candy corn.
debm55
(57,979 posts)Dulcinea
(9,859 posts)Last edited Mon Sep 29, 2025, 02:33 PM - Edit history (2)
Snickers, Reese's peanut butter cups, & peanut M&Ms. I had to keep my dad from appropriating my Halloween candy! He figured it was his fee for taking us trick or treating.
debm55
(57,979 posts)Diamond_Dog
(40,102 posts)debm55
(57,979 posts)boonecreek
(1,430 posts)Both made by Holloway, now by Hershey. Haven't seen a Slo Poke in years but
they're still making Milk Duds.
pansypoo53219
(22,958 posts)pansypoo53219
(22,958 posts)debm55
(57,979 posts)pansypoo53219
(22,958 posts)debm55
(57,979 posts)debm55
(57,979 posts)debm55
(57,979 posts)Ritabert
(2,155 posts)debm55
(57,979 posts)Polly Hennessey
(8,688 posts)They were mine, all mine. No sharing!
debm55
(57,979 posts)get the red out
(13,997 posts)Still the superior choice in my life. Though Whoopers ranked quite high (and still do, I just bought a box).
debm55
(57,979 posts)get the red out
(13,997 posts)My neighborhood Kroger put them right in my face on the way to the checkout, I am helpless!
debm55
(57,979 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,155 posts)They still are.
debm55
(57,979 posts)OldBaldy1701E
(10,657 posts)debm55
(57,979 posts)FuzzyRabbit
(2,203 posts)I liked the full size ones.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,743 posts)zagnuts were rare.
debm55
(57,979 posts)The Madcap
(1,825 posts)Now that I am older, it's Heath Bars all the way.
debm55
(57,979 posts)leftieNanner
(16,138 posts)Used to bake fresh butter cookies every year! Back in the day when you could do that.
debm55
(57,979 posts)CommonHumanity
(352 posts)Come on y'all. Didn't anyone else LOVE these deadly, devilish, sweet, smooth, yet nonetheless crunchy treats?
elleng
(141,926 posts)debm55
(57,979 posts)chowder66
(11,999 posts)debm55
(57,979 posts)chowder66
(11,999 posts)An old standard favorite was Hersheys w/ Almonds.
debm55
(57,979 posts)johnp3907
(4,255 posts)Snickers!
debm55
(57,979 posts)elleng
(141,926 posts)debm55
(57,979 posts)Permanut
(8,138 posts)Back when they were the size of mountains.
They should call them Molehill bars now.
debm55
(57,979 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,156 posts)Not that I threw the other stuff away.
debm55
(57,979 posts)Prairie_Seagull
(4,624 posts)The large size Chick-o-Stick.
debm55
(57,979 posts)Aristus
(71,894 posts)I loved the dark chocolate. But I loved the coconut even more. It would get stuck in my teeth, and it would work its way out again so I could chew on it later, like a cud.
debm55
(57,979 posts)Jilly_in_VA
(14,092 posts)Had a couple neighbors that handed those out. Also one that gave out homemmade popcorn balls. Loved those! Kids won't get those any more.
debm55
(57,979 posts)displacedvermoter
(4,185 posts)Still love them, throw into hot chocolate.
debm55
(57,979 posts)Onthefly
(1,198 posts)Squirrel Nut Zippers, too!
debm55
(57,979 posts)Emile
(41,423 posts)debm55
(57,979 posts)electric_blue68
(26,445 posts)It may have been the first time I ever had darker chocolate!
Since I was pretty little 7 or 8 yrs old...it wasn't like I was going to the candy store, and buying like, Mounds, York Peppermint Pattie - the 2 dark chocolate candy bars I can think of.
The only other possible incidences would have been chocolate?bon bons gift packages my parents would occasionally receive- that had some dark chocolate items. But I don't know if they got them when I was that young.
And we always got more candy going to our North Jersey cousin's town, than our apt building! 😄
Tree Lady
(13,110 posts)With how hard they were.
