# Least favorite Halloween candy
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-halloween-candy/515615
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [October 29, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-halloween-candy/515615 "2009-10-29T15:27:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2009, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-halloween-candy/515615/61 "2009-10-29T22:39:53Z")
OK, I’m going to have to take issue with those of you that say Tootsie Rolls are not good. They are long-lasting, low-fat, chocolatey heaven! Of course, I have a _special_ fondness for the other flavors of Tootsie Rolls, because when I was a kid, I had a toy called a “Toot Sweet” where you mooshed up the flavored Tootsie Roll until it was about the consistency of Play Doh, put the mass into the mold, pressed the handle down hard, let it ‘set’, and out would come a Tootsie Roll treat, shaped like a whistle, that you could actually _whistle_ through. Then you could nom it.
Why I remember that, Og only knows. . .
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### Author:  [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-halloween-candy/515615/62 "2009-10-29T23:28:08Z")
I loved candy corn as a kid. I don’t like it as much as I used to anymore but it surely isn’t Satan’s teeth to me. As a kid, any candy bar with nuts was awful. Yep, I hated Snickers, and Almond Joy and Chunky’s were even worse.
But the worst for me were candy cigarettes. This was around 1980. A number of homes in my neighborhood handed those out. Evil bastards. And I also remember an odd “candy” that was a wax tube filled with colored liquid of some sort (NOT A GLOW STICK) ;). Not even sure what it was called or what it was supposed to be. I couldn’t even get through the tube to the liquid (probably had loose teeth or something). Just threw the thing away.
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### Author:  [@Countrypolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Countrypolitan)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-halloween-candy/515615/63 "2009-10-30T01:11:13Z")
Anything Gummy. Starlite mints. Peanut butter kiss-thingys. Tootsie Pops OTHER than chocolate-chocolate.
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### Author:  [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-halloween-candy/515615/64 "2009-10-30T01:27:07Z")
[Christian Broadcasting Network Warns Against 'Demonic' Halloween Candy | HuffPost Entertainment](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/29/christian-broadcasting-ne_n_338738.html?slidenumber=7LnkBM4THLY%3D#slide_image) Forget it. Halloween is called off because it is demonic.
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### Author:  [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-halloween-candy/515615/65 "2009-10-30T01:29:34Z")
Easter has chocolate marshmallow eggs. That is a winner. Halloween does not go with marshmallows for some reason.
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### Author:  [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-halloween-candy/515615/66 "2009-10-30T01:32:23Z")
What about wax teeth or lips? THOSE were GROSS!
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### Author:  [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-halloween-candy/515615/67 "2009-10-30T01:52:27Z")
I hated Sugar Daddy’s. They would gum up my teeth on the rare occasions I ate one. I would trade them for Sugar Babies. Mmmm, chewy goodness.
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### Author:  [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-halloween-candy/515615/68 "2009-10-30T02:36:24Z")
Jujubees, which serve as proof that a candy can be both gummy and superhard.
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### Author:  [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-halloween-candy/515615/69 "2009-10-30T02:58:18Z")
> [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](#):
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> What about wax teeth or lips? THOSE were GROSS!
Bah! You know it! When I was a kid, and we’d all take our pennies down to the corner store to buy penny candy (back in those days, some candies were _two_ for a penny!), I never could understand kids who would ‘invest’ their pennies in wax lips!
My pennies always went for: lemon heads; strange flavors of Twizzlers (to bite the ends off of and drink your Kool-Aid through); chocolate babies (which were known by a _much_ less PC term at that time); Nick-l-nips; shoe button candies. And if I had a whole nickle to spare, a great big pickled onion!
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### Author:  [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-halloween-candy/515615/70 "2009-10-30T03:00:22Z")
circus peanuts although bad they were better if fresh.
candy corn must be talc and wax or floor sweepings from the candy factory.
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### Author:  [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-halloween-candy/515615/71 "2009-10-30T06:37:18Z")
Yay, I’ll take those delicious Neccos, Circus Peanuts, Good N Plenty, and horehound candies off your hands.
You can have all my Mary Janes, Sugar Babies, all other sticky, chewy candies, jawbreakers, Charleston Chews, Boston Baked Beans, and Jujubes.
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### Author:  [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-halloween-candy/515615/72 "2009-10-30T06:50:23Z")
Everyone thinks I’m nuts, but I hate tootsie rolls. By extension, I also hate tootsie roll pops. I just don’t think chocolate should be…CHEWY. (Not that they taste very chocolatey anyway.)
I also dislike Bit-O Honey and plain wrapped hard candy.
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### Author:  [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-halloween-candy/515615/73 "2009-10-30T07:15:16Z")
I shouldn’t have read this thread hungry.
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### Author:  [@ethelbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ethelbert)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-halloween-candy/515615/74 "2009-10-30T14:07:14Z")
While I certainly had my likes & dislikes, there was very little that I would not eat if it was in front of me, because, hey, SUGAR! I can remember many times I would say about a Tootsie Roll “Yeah, I hate these things”, then eat it immediately afterword. Maybe I wouldn’t eat Jujubes. Unless there was nothing else.
If you want a real treat, read [Candyfreak](http://www.amazon.com/Candyfreak-Journey-through-Chocolate-Underbelly/dp/1565124219)by Steve Almond.
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### Author:  [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-halloween-candy/515615/75 "2009-10-30T15:59:21Z")
> [@bouv](#):
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> He’s not talking about Mary Janes. [These are Mary Janes.](http://www.shamanshop.net/store/images/Images_GR/GR_736177.jpg)
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> What he’s referring to are, apparently, called [Peanut Butter Kisses.](http://www.groovycandies.com/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=793)
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> I agree that both are horrid.
In that Peanut Butter Kisses link, it says the brand is NECCO. They seem to be responsible for half the bad candy mentioned. My wife likes NECCO wafers, but she has a lot of redeeming qualities, so I keep her anyway.
Circus Peanuts aren’t Halloween candy to me. We got them in our Easter baskets. I wouldn’t mind eating one every few years. How’s that for a ringing endorsement?
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### Author:  [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-halloween-candy/515615/76 "2009-10-30T16:13:55Z")
poop
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### Author:  [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-halloween-candy/515615/77 "2009-10-30T16:39:46Z")
> [@Wheelz](#):
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> Popcorn balls.
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> We didn’t even wait to get home to throw those away. We’d chuck 'em out into a field, see who could throw the farthest. Or just whip 'em at each other. (Never at somebody’s house though. My friends and I were good kids.:))
I have only had one popcorn ball in my life…they were distributed at my kindergarden Halloween party. These were homemade, and they had gumdrops in them! So yummy!
I don’t get the hate for Necco wafers (though the sour ones are horrible). I’ve seen giant Smarties (U.S. version); those things are hideously sour! Regular-size Smarties are pretty inconsistent flavor-wise, but I like the texture.
Why was the article hating on root beer barrels? Some brands are better than others, but it’s a pretty inoffensive candy compared to some of the other stuff listed.
And yes, you can still buy rock candy; I’ve never seen it in indiviudally wrapped portions though. Personally, I like the stuff, even though it shreds your tongue.
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### Author:  [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-halloween-candy/515615/78 "2009-10-30T16:42:49Z")
I don’t think anyone has mentioned the absolutely worst candy yet.
Without a doubt it’s root beer barrels.
What do I win?
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### Author:  [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-halloween-candy/515615/79 "2009-10-30T16:58:46Z")
Bouillon cubes. Blech.
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### Author:  [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-halloween-candy/515615/80 "2009-10-30T19:10:54Z")
> [@kayaker](#):
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> Bouillon cubes. Blech.
Especially the ones that are hand-dipped in Baker’s chocolate, so you think they’re something yummy and chocolate-covered! 😛
Hey, I think I know what I’m giving the smart-ass teenagers who are trick or treating sullenly without even trying to _pretend_ they’re wearing a costume! 😉
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