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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
(57,974 posts)OLDMDDEM
(3,079 posts)debm55
(57,974 posts)catbyte
(38,844 posts)Simple yet awesome.
debm55
(57,974 posts)Grim Chieftain
(1,428 posts)Still love them.
Midnight Writer
(25,208 posts)debm55
(57,974 posts)kozar
(3,293 posts)Reese Cups!!!!
Koz
debm55
(57,974 posts)pansypoo53219
(22,958 posts)debm55
(57,974 posts)mgardener
(2,312 posts)Or Mounds
debm55
(57,974 posts)SheltieLover
(78,311 posts)debm55
(57,974 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
(57,974 posts)Zackzzzz
(318 posts)debm55
(57,974 posts)303squadron
(791 posts)Who doesnt think Snickers are the best. Chocolate, caramel, nuts oh my!
debm55
(57,974 posts)lpbk2713
(43,255 posts)Esp Mr Goodbar and Nestle's Crunch.
Still do. Many years later.
debm55
(57,974 posts)LudwigPastorius
(14,385 posts)
But, there were also these, in the "what where they thinking?" category:
Chocolate cigarettes

Bubblegum cigars

debm55
(57,974 posts)pandr32
(13,950 posts)Hated candy corn.
debm55
(57,974 posts)Dulcinea
(9,856 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
(57,974 posts)Diamond_Dog
(40,099 posts)debm55
(57,974 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
(57,974 posts)pansypoo53219
(22,958 posts)debm55
(57,974 posts)debm55
(57,974 posts)debm55
(57,974 posts)Ritabert
(2,155 posts)debm55
(57,974 posts)Polly Hennessey
(8,686 posts)They were mine, all mine. No sharing!
debm55
(57,974 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
(57,974 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
(57,974 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,153 posts)They still are.
debm55
(57,974 posts)OldBaldy1701E
(10,647 posts)debm55
(57,974 posts)FuzzyRabbit
(2,203 posts)I liked the full size ones.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,743 posts)zagnuts were rare.
debm55
(57,974 posts)The Madcap
(1,825 posts)Now that I am older, it's Heath Bars all the way.
debm55
(57,974 posts)leftieNanner
(16,138 posts)Used to bake fresh butter cookies every year! Back in the day when you could do that.
debm55
(57,974 posts)CommonHumanity
(351 posts)Come on y'all. Didn't anyone else LOVE these deadly, devilish, sweet, smooth, yet nonetheless crunchy treats?
elleng
(141,926 posts)debm55
(57,974 posts)chowder66
(11,999 posts)debm55
(57,974 posts)chowder66
(11,999 posts)An old standard favorite was Hersheys w/ Almonds.
debm55
(57,974 posts)johnp3907
(4,255 posts)Snickers!
debm55
(57,974 posts)elleng
(141,926 posts)debm55
(57,974 posts)Permanut
(8,137 posts)Back when they were the size of mountains.
They should call them Molehill bars now.
debm55
(57,974 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,155 posts)Not that I threw the other stuff away.
debm55
(57,974 posts)Prairie_Seagull
(4,623 posts)The large size Chick-o-Stick.
debm55
(57,974 posts)Aristus
(71,893 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
(57,974 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
(57,974 posts)displacedvermoter
(4,185 posts)Still love them, throw into hot chocolate.
debm55
(57,974 posts)Onthefly
(1,198 posts)Squirrel Nut Zippers, too!
debm55
(57,974 posts)Emile
(41,420 posts)debm55
(57,974 posts)electric_blue68
(26,438 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
(13,109 posts)With how hard they were.
