# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3428
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68548 "2019-10-25T13:38:25Z")
Mighty Marvel Mutants 1. Cyclops 2. Phoenix 3. Nightcrawler 4. Magneto 5. Psylocke 6. Professor X 7. Wolverine 8. Storm 9. Mystique 10. The Juggernaut 11. Nate Gray 12. Beast ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68549 "2019-10-25T17:14:30Z")
Mighty Marvel Mutants 1. Cyclops 2. Phoenix 3. Nightcrawler 4. Magneto 5. Psylocke 6. Professor X 7. Wolverine 8. Storm 9. Mystique 10. The Juggernaut 11. Nate Gray 12. Beast 13. Iceman ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68550 "2019-10-25T17:17:45Z")
New Time to buy Halloween goodies for trick-or-treaters! Give a thumbs up or thumbs down to a treat, and if you want, explain why 1. Tootsie rolls, thumbs down, messy and sticky if they get damp ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68551 "2019-10-25T17:18:58Z")
Time to buy Halloween goodies for trick-or-treaters! What do you suggest or not recommend, and if you want, explain why? 1. Tootsie rolls, no, too sticky if they get damp 2. Hershey bars: we only buy the full-size ones to insure no tricks ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68552 "2019-10-25T17:24:24Z")
Time to buy Halloween goodies for trick-or-treaters! What do you suggest or not recommend, and if you want, explain why? 1. Tootsie rolls, no, too sticky if they get damp 2. Hershey bars: we only buy the full-size ones to insure no tricks 3. Necco wafers, which, behold, are an abomination in my sight ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68553 "2019-10-25T17:26:57Z")
Time to buy Halloween goodies for trick-or-treaters! What do you suggest or not recommend, and if you want, explain why? 1. Tootsie rolls, no, too sticky if they get damp 2. Hershey bars: we only buy the full-size ones to insure no tricks 3. Necco wafers, which, behold, are an abomination in my sight 4. Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups Miniatures: Thumbs up for sure. Best peanut butter-to-chocolate ratio out there ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68554 "2019-10-25T17:27:26Z")
Time to buy Halloween goodies for trick-or-treaters! What do you suggest or not recommend, and if you want, explain why? 1. Tootsie rolls, no, too sticky if they get damp 2. Hershey bars: we only buy the full-size ones to insure no tricks 3. Necco wafers, which, behold, are an abomination in my sight 4. Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups Miniatures: Thumbs up for sure. Best peanut butter-to-chocolate ratio out there 5. Blackjacks; they were good enough for your grandparents, dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68555 "2019-10-25T17:43:22Z")
Time to buy Halloween goodies for trick-or-treaters! What do you suggest or not recommend, and if you want, explain why? 1. Tootsie rolls, no, too sticky if they get damp 2. Hershey bars: we only buy the full-size ones to insure no tricks 3. Necco wafers, which, behold, are an abomination in my sight 4. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Miniatures: Thumbs up for sure. Best peanut butter-to-chocolate ratio out there 5. Blackjacks; they were good enough for your grandparents, dammit. 6. Butterfingers, which are as close to candy bar perfection as it is possible to get ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68556 "2019-10-25T17:58:55Z")
Time to buy Halloween goodies for trick-or-treaters! What do you suggest or not recommend, and if you want, explain why? 1. Tootsie rolls, no, too sticky if they get damp 2. Hershey bars: we only buy the full-size ones to insure no tricks 3. Necco wafers, which, behold, are an abomination in my sight 4. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Miniatures: Thumbs up for sure. Best peanut butter-to-chocolate ratio out there 5. Blackjacks; they were good enough for your grandparents, dammit. 6. Butterfingers, which are as close to candy bar perfection as it is possible to get 7. Brach’s Butterscotch hard candy; a favorite of mine as a kid ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68557 "2019-10-25T18:47:54Z")
Time to buy Halloween goodies for trick-or-treaters! What do you suggest or not recommend, and if you want, explain why? 1. Tootsie rolls, no, too sticky if they get damp 2. Hershey bars: we only buy the full-size ones to insure no tricks 3. Necco wafers, which, behold, are an abomination in my sight 4. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Miniatures: Thumbs up for sure. Best peanut butter-to-chocolate ratio out there 5. Blackjacks; they were good enough for your grandparents, dammit. 6. Butterfingers, which are as close to candy bar perfection as it is possible to get 7. Brach’s Butterscotch hard candy; a favorite of mine as a kid 8. Starburst “Fave Reds”, because the kids often say, “I got the red ones!” happily as they report their take to their parents. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68558 "2019-10-25T19:53:50Z")
Time to buy Halloween goodies for trick-or-treaters! What do you suggest or not recommend, and if you want, explain why? 1. Tootsie rolls, no, too sticky if they get damp 2. Hershey bars: we only buy the full-size ones to insure no tricks 3. Necco wafers, which, behold, are an abomination in my sight 4. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Miniatures: Thumbs up for sure. Best peanut butter-to-chocolate ratio out there 5. Blackjacks; they were good enough for your grandparents, dammit. 6. Butterfingers, which are as close to candy bar perfection as it is possible to get 7. Brach’s Butterscotch hard candy; a favorite of mine as a kid 8. Starburst “Fave Reds”, because the kids often say, “I got the red ones!” happily as they report their take to their parents. 9. Necco wafers; No, just…no. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68559 "2019-10-25T20:31:18Z")
Time to buy Halloween goodies for trick-or-treaters! What do you suggest or not recommend, and if you want, explain why? 1. Tootsie rolls, no, too sticky if they get damp 2. Hershey bars: we only buy the full-size ones to insure no tricks 3. Necco wafers, which, behold, are an abomination in my sight 4. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Miniatures: Thumbs up for sure. Best peanut butter-to-chocolate ratio out there 5. Blackjacks; they were good enough for your grandparents, dammit. 6. Butterfingers, which are as close to candy bar perfection as it is possible to get 7. Brach’s Butterscotch hard candy; a favorite of mine as a kid 8. Starburst “Fave Reds”, because the kids often say, “I got the red ones!” happily as they report their take to their parents. 9. Peanut Butter Oh Henry bars are quite possibly the best chocolate (candy) bar ever! Necco Wafers were already chosen in #3. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68560 "2019-10-26T01:37:47Z")
Time to buy Halloween goodies for trick-or-treaters! What do you suggest or not recommend, and if you want, explain why? 1. Tootsie rolls, no, too sticky if they get damp 2. Hershey bars: we only buy the full-size ones to insure no tricks 3. Necco wafers, which, behold, are an abomination in my sight 4. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Miniatures: Thumbs up for sure. Best peanut butter-to-chocolate ratio out there 5. Blackjacks; they were good enough for your grandparents, dammit. 6. Butterfingers, which are as close to candy bar perfection as it is possible to get 7. Brach’s Butterscotch hard candy; a favorite of mine as a kid 8. Starburst “Fave Reds”, because the kids often say, “I got the red ones!” happily as they report their take to their parents. 9. Peanut Butter Oh Henry bars are quite possibly the best chocolate (candy) bar ever! 10. Any type of sucker or lollipop is a big letdown. Slows down the candy consumption rate. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68561 "2019-10-26T01:41:03Z")
Time to buy Halloween goodies for trick-or-treaters! What do you suggest or not recommend, and if you want, explain why? 1. Tootsie rolls, no, too sticky if they get damp 2. Hershey bars: we only buy the full-size ones to insure no tricks 3. Necco wafers, which, behold, are an abomination in my sight 4. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Miniatures: Thumbs up for sure. Best peanut butter-to-chocolate ratio out there 5. Blackjacks; they were good enough for your grandparents, dammit. 6. Butterfingers, which are as close to candy bar perfection as it is possible to get 7. Brach’s Butterscotch hard candy; a favorite of mine as a kid 8. Starburst “Fave Reds”, because the kids often say, “I got the red ones!” happily as they report their take to their parents. 9. Peanut Butter Oh Henry bars are quite possibly the best chocolate (candy) bar ever! 10. Any type of sucker or lollipop is a big letdown. Slows down the candy consumption rate. 11. Candy buttons: not recommended; peel them off the paper and you end up eating some of the paper anyway ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68562 "2019-10-26T02:09:26Z")
Time to buy Halloween goodies for trick-or-treaters! What do you suggest or not recommend, and if you want, explain why? 1. Tootsie rolls, no, too sticky if they get damp 2. Hershey bars: we only buy the full-size ones to insure no tricks 3. Necco wafers, which, behold, are an abomination in my sight 4. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Miniatures: Thumbs up for sure. Best peanut butter-to-chocolate ratio out there 5. Blackjacks; they were good enough for your grandparents, dammit. 6. Butterfingers, which are as close to candy bar perfection as it is possible to get 7. Brach’s Butterscotch hard candy; a favorite of mine as a kid 8. Starburst “Fave Reds”, because the kids often say, “I got the red ones!” happily as they report their take to their parents. 9. Peanut Butter Oh Henry bars are quite possibly the best chocolate (candy) bar ever! 10. Any type of sucker or lollipop is a big letdown. Slows down the candy consumption rate. 11. Candy buttons: not recommended; peel them off the paper and you end up eating some of the paper anyway 12. Skittles: my kids were always excited to get them and I would share them too ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68563 "2019-10-26T12:53:06Z")
Time to buy Halloween goodies for trick-or-treaters! What do you suggest or not recommend, and if you want, explain why? 1. Tootsie rolls, no, too sticky if they get damp 2. Hershey bars: we only buy the full-size ones to insure no tricks 3. Necco wafers, which, behold, are an abomination in my sight 4. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Miniatures: Thumbs up for sure. Best peanut butter-to-chocolate ratio out there 5. Blackjacks; they were good enough for your grandparents, dammit. 6. Butterfingers, which are as close to candy bar perfection as it is possible to get 7. Brach’s Butterscotch hard candy; a favorite of mine as a kid 8. Starburst “Fave Reds”, because the kids often say, “I got the red ones!” happily as they report their take to their parents. 9. Peanut Butter Oh Henry bars are quite possibly the best chocolate (candy) bar ever! 10. Any type of sucker or lollipop is a big letdown. Slows down the candy consumption rate. 11. Candy buttons: not recommended; peel them off the paper and you end up eating some of the paper anyway 12. Skittles: my kids were always excited to get them and I would share them too 13. Sixlets. I like them, but kids see them as second rate M&Ms. Your morality is better than the bible’s 1. We don’t stone kids for being disobedient. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68564 "2019-10-26T13:04:17Z")
Your morality is better than the bible’s 1. We don’t stone kids for being disobedient. 2. I suffer witches to live. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68565 "2019-10-26T14:00:25Z")
Your morality is better than the bible’s 1. We don’t stone kids for being disobedient. 2. I suffer witches to live. 3. I do not believe women should sit down and STFU in church (or anywhere else). ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68566 "2019-10-26T14:59:06Z")
Your morality is better than the bible’s 1. We don’t stone kids for being disobedient. 2. I suffer witches to live. 3. I do not believe women should sit down and STFU in church (or anywhere else). 4. We don’t wage war against neighboring villagers just because they believe in a different god. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68567 "2019-10-26T17:18:58Z")
Your morality is better than the bible’s 1. We don’t stone kids for being disobedient. 2. I suffer witches to live. 3. I do not believe women should sit down and STFU in church (or anywhere else). 4. We don’t wage war against neighboring villagers just because they believe in a different god. 5. I’m fine if a man wants to lie with another man as with a woman. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3427) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3429)