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132. Any kind of licorice. Who eats that?

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What is the worst type of candy you ever received when trick-or-treating? [View all] EveHammond13 Sep 2019 OP

Those nasty jello-like orange slices covered in sugar cyrstals! Nt VarryOn Sep 2019 #1

nasty! EveHammond13 Sep 2019 #3

those things are awful however yellowdogintexas Sep 2019 #83

if it isn't chocolate I do not want to even look at it yellowdogintexas Sep 2019 #84

My grandmother loved those! Polybius Sep 2019 #94

They were an old peoples' candy.... VarryOn Sep 2019 #96

Here's the ultimate in grandma candy :) Polybius Sep 2019 #119

Ok, I'll admit it... VarryOn Sep 2019 #120

Oh man! calguy Sep 2019 #128

i still buy them sometimes Demovictory9 Sep 2019 #100

I'm a weirdo. Jirel Sep 2019 #105

Yes, VarryOn Sep 2019 #112

Orange slices are good Codeine Sep 2019 #123

I've always hated Tootsie Rolls, The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #2

How can you hate Tootsie Rolls? Phoenix61 Sep 2019 #9

They aren't really chocolatey and they're unpleasantly gummy. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #15

They taste nothing like chocolate Polybius Sep 2019 #95

They changed during the 60s tonekat Sep 2019 #145

I wanted to like tootsies C_U_L8R Sep 2019 #41

obviously you didn't live in Allensville where Miss Willie Mae yellowdogintexas Sep 2019 #139

That's unexpected. Maybe she thought it would make them more festive. n/t Judi Lynn Sep 2019 #142

Candy korn... Yuck. Zoonart Sep 2019 #4

oh I love them! pure sugar! EveHammond13 Sep 2019 #5

sugar in wax form! Demovictory9 Sep 2019 #99

I used to have a co-worker who loved Phoenix61 Sep 2019 #7

same. I could eat a ton. EveHammond13 Sep 2019 #11

The good stuff is made with honey. nt Phoenix61 Sep 2019 #17

ah. that explains the nice chewy mouth feel. EveHammond13 Sep 2019 #50

I was cold towards candy corn myself, until Wednesdays Sep 2019 #56

I wish you hadn't told me this... Phentex Sep 2019 #76

I love candy corn Codeine Sep 2019 #124

This message was self-deleted by its author True Dough Sep 2019 #6

Faux peanut butter taffy in both black and orange wrappers Cirque du So-What Sep 2019 #8

any of those Air Heads taffy products --- awful. EveHammond13 Sep 2019 #16

those were the worst 5X Sep 2019 #18

They're even worse when stale Cirque du So-What Sep 2019 #22

i don't think i ever ate one that wasn't stale, 5X Sep 2019 #24

They've got a brief shelf life Cirque du So-What Sep 2019 #26

I agree. The worst JDC Sep 2019 #78

Those were my least favorite The Genealogist Sep 2019 #80

They were and still are the absolute worst stuff zeusdogmom Sep 2019 #91

Oh, yeah. Those were awful. hlthe2b Sep 2019 #110

Crackerjack is one of them. Hated it as a child. Shrike47 Sep 2019 #10

agree - licorice - awful. how is this candy. EveHammond13 Sep 2019 #12

Licorice is the liver of candies Cartoonist Sep 2019 #42

I'm probably a nut but... The Genealogist Sep 2019 #81

Crackerjack.. yum. Demovictory9 Sep 2019 #86

Licorice anything. Phoenix61 Sep 2019 #13

Any type of licorice. MicaelS Sep 2019 #14

Necco Wafers. Marie Marie Sep 2019 #19

My buddies and I used them as poker chips Cirque du So-What Sep 2019 #32

oh dear god. That's like giving Tums as candy. EveHammond13 Sep 2019 #44

Exactly! MFM008 Sep 2019 #69

live the flavors that aren't mint or black licorice Demovictory9 Sep 2019 #87

They were great as Communion Wafers back in the day when playing priest and nun Submariner Sep 2019 #108

I lived about 10 blocks from the Necco factory on the border of Cambridge yellowdogintexas Sep 2019 #140

Flavored Dental Floss TruckFump Sep 2019 #20

Sugar Daddy sucker. Really horrible thing; caramel on a stick Glorfindel Sep 2019 #21

OH NO! i loved sugar daddy. bit o honey. circus peanuts should be on everybody's list. pansypoo53219 Sep 2019 #40

I agree TEB Sep 2019 #103

Yanked a baby tooth out with one of those at school N/T tonekat Sep 2019 #146

Those orange peanuts like sponge. LakeArenal Sep 2019 #23

those are called "circus peanuts" and the flavor...............wait for it............ Grasswire2 Sep 2019 #28

They sell 'em so you aren't alone.. LakeArenal Sep 2019 #38

Wait, WHAT?!?!?! Jirel Sep 2019 #106

Fuckin' circus peanuts. Codeine Sep 2019 #125

Those orange or black-wrapped peanut butter (?) things Roland99 Sep 2019 #25

Reese's? sakabatou Sep 2019 #60

Ha. Nope Roland99 Sep 2019 #68

Are you referring to the peanut butter kisses? Niagara Sep 2019 #131

Yeah. Those. Yuck! Roland99 Sep 2019 #136

There is such a thing as bad candy? Polly Hennessey Sep 2019 #27

NO Skittles Sep 2019 #34

I seem to like all of the ones listed... Phentex Sep 2019 #72

Good-n-Plenty, Neco wafers, or Clove or Wintergreen Chicklets. Blech!!! nt woodsprite Sep 2019 #29

I would kill for cloves anything now that they stopped making the gum. Laffy Kat Sep 2019 #31

You can order it online TexasBushwhacker Sep 2019 #39

I'm not so sure anymore. Cracker Barrel used to carry it and then stopped. Laffy Kat Sep 2019 #43

Also Cracker Barrel gift shops and the Vermont Country Store site. nt woodsprite Sep 2019 #54

You sometimes I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2019 #73

Good-n-Plenty is probably the only candy I would not eat as a kid. I can't stand them. Midnight Writer Sep 2019 #52

Anything with "gummy" in the name. Laffy Kat Sep 2019 #30

Necco wafers, anything licorice, but especially Smartees. Ugh, kas125 Sep 2019 #33

I'm ok with Smarties from time to time. Not my first choice by any means. EveHammond13 Sep 2019 #48

Serious??? MontanaMama Sep 2019 #59

Stale candy, or over ripe apples (before razor blades). Hoyt Sep 2019 #35

Candy corn...ewww......yuk. Doreen Sep 2019 #36

Never got these trick-or-treating Cirque du So-What Sep 2019 #37

Anything with nuts... which was most of them. alittlelark Sep 2019 #45

Popcorn balls, anything licorice or marshmallows. Guilded Lilly Sep 2019 #46

it's true - in the 70s popcorn balls were big as Halloween candy. EveHammond13 Sep 2019 #49

Even before that - by 20 years. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #53

We couldn't even trade them away! Guilded Lilly Sep 2019 #57

y'all just weren't in the right place, I'm telling you. yellowdogintexas Sep 2019 #141

Nailed it. That stops me too. yonder Sep 2019 #63

Circus peanuts and orange slices Docreed2003 Sep 2019 #47

I like orange slices sakabatou Sep 2019 #61

love both of them. They sill sell circus peanuts in CVS/Walgreens Demovictory9 Sep 2019 #88

Peoples loose change, very hard to chew. RGinNJ Sep 2019 #51

BlackJack gum Wednesdays Sep 2019 #55

yes, both awful Demovictory9 Sep 2019 #101

Anything with coconut and licorice, circus peanuts sakabatou Sep 2019 #58

Toothbrush and toothpaste from a dentist in my neighborhood. Lunabell Sep 2019 #62

artificial banana-flavored taffy diva77 Sep 2019 #64

possibly a link here... Phentex Sep 2019 #74

perhaps you're bananas? diva77 Sep 2019 #116

A very stale Now & Later, leading to... WestLosAngelesGal Sep 2019 #65

those amalgam fillings..still having them replaced one by one EveHammond13 Sep 2019 #66

I had not heard that. Good to know. WestLosAngelesGal Sep 2019 #67

I bet those of you who mentioned licorice have never had the real thing Ron Obvious Sep 2019 #70

I love all licorice... Phentex Sep 2019 #75

I hate black licorice, real or fake, the plant that produces that flavor, seasonings Demovictory9 Sep 2019 #89

Wax lips I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2019 #71

Oh my! That reminds me...Seems it was around then that montana_hazeleyes Sep 2019 #129

luuuved candy cigs!! consider_this Sep 2019 #138

that takes me back. wow. EveHammond13 Sep 2019 #134

This thread makes ME want to go trick or treating... Phentex Sep 2019 #77

"Haystacks"----haystack-shaped globs of cloyingly sweet white stuff coated with waxy "chocolate". n Atticus Sep 2019 #79

never heard of them. Demovictory9 Sep 2019 #90

I love those you can still get them at Christmas time blueinredohio Sep 2019 #102

F**king raisins flibbitygiblets Sep 2019 #82

LOL!!!! diva77 Sep 2019 #115

anything with coconut in it. black licorice is bad too... it that even candy? Demovictory9 Sep 2019 #85

Amen to both rurallib Sep 2019 #121

my grandfather would bring us kids a treat. Such disappointment when it was the horrific mounds Demovictory9 Sep 2019 #122

Packs of candy cigarettes n/t Backseat Driver Sep 2019 #92

loved those. and the bubble gum cigars Demovictory9 Sep 2019 #98

Sunmaid Raisins. MrsMatt Sep 2019 #93

I like raisins but not as Halloween candy. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #97

usually the raisins in those little boxes are like eating a wart EveHammond13 Sep 2019 #109

True, they get all dried out and hard and stuck together. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #117

So many to choose from! Jirel Sep 2019 #104

Candy Corn dawg day Sep 2019 #107

Chick-O-Stick's Texasgal Sep 2019 #111

Old candy corn! machoneman Sep 2019 #113

"Has Sad" Xolodno Sep 2019 #114

That makes me sad N/T tonekat Sep 2019 #147

I wasn't fond customerserviceguy Sep 2019 #118

Ketchup, mustard and soy sauce packets......nt Hotler Sep 2019 #148

Circus peanuts and Three Musketeers bars. Codeine Sep 2019 #126

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Sep 2019 #127

Jolly Ranchers cutter_man Sep 2019 #130

I hate them. Some people love them but I just don't see the appeal. EveHammond13 Sep 2019 #135

Any kind of licorice. Who eats that? CTyankee Sep 2019 #132

Anything that wasn't chocolate Niagara Sep 2019 #133

Mary Jane's jayfish Sep 2019 #137

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Sep 2019 #143

Horehound candy! lastlib Sep 2019 #144

Jebus literature attached to a cheap lollipop Major Nikon Sep 2019 #149