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[franknbeans]

aside from candy corn(which is the worst candy of all time) i hated getting these fucking things

These were the worse.

I love candy corn though. They taste like cake icing to me

 

[LilWayneSuckz]

Candy corn and someone dared give out Circus Peanuts once.

 

[partyphone]

These were the worse.

I love candy corn though. They taste like cake icing to me

sounds like you need better cake icing in your life!

 

[Lucky Seven]

Tootsie rolls are disgusting. Worst part was that they're super popular so they filled up a big part of my bag.

 

[Spider from Mars]

Candy Corn and Salted Peanuts mixed together is the GOAT Halloween snack.

 

[breadtruck]

I actually dont mind these.


Candy corn on the other hand, those are garbage.

 

[Wyndstryker]

Black licorice.

This.

Black licorice is atrocious.

 

[Sesuadra]

Candy Corn and Salted Peanuts mixed together is the GOAT Halloween snack.

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[Florist]

You can't honestly say you hate smarties, they're so tangy and sweet!

Theyre so good! They taste like redbull in pill form.

Or i suppose its the other way around.

 

[BrettWeir]

Tootsie Rolls, any licorice, toffee

 

[Euron]

Candy Corn is good.

Dots are utter shit.

 

[Rösti]

Candy corn and someone dared give out Circus Peanuts once.

Are those peanuts intended for elephants only and not for human consumption?

 

[Herne]

Liqourice and fruit. There was always at least one person handing out fruit.

 

[shadyspace]

Disgusting.

These things are the fucking worst. Worse than candy corn. And it's pretty much the only thing the company that makes them makes. I have no idea how those evil fucks stay in business.

 

[Rest]

Those nasty fucking peanutbutter things, the ones in the orange wrappers and black wrappers. Fucking garbage.

 

[Dr.Acula]

im not even sure what flavor these are supposed to be. they taste like throat spew.

You only buy these to fuck with kids, they should be illegal.

 

[Hale-XF11]

Please send all your unwanted Mary Janes to me. I will gobble them up.

 

[Princess Viola]

These things are the fucking worst. Worse than candy corn. And it's pretty much the only thing the company that makes them makes. I have no idea how those evil fucks stay in business.

look everything else necco makes is horrid but i will defend the sky bar to the end

 

[deejay8595]

Candy corn the thread.

One and done!

 

[SmithnCo]

Regular dots aren't great but there's also paper dots which not only taste like chalk, but also come with added paper residue when you try to tear them off.

 

[Yawnier]

Tootsie Rolls. I don't hate them but they are among my least favorite candy.

Also that one family on my block who used to give out an apple or pear to each kid every halloween. Fuck them.

 

[StatelessRich]

Fucking Whoppers. Who the hell likes Whoppers?

 

[UraMallas]

That exists? What is that? M&M's that taste like candy corn?

Oh, they exist and they are glorious. They don't taste like candy corn at all, to me, since I hate candy corn. Red m looks like he wants to be killed on the bag, though.

 

[Afrodium]

Everyone is dog-piling on candy corn because they've forgotten these things exist as a defense mechanism. No one likes Necco Wafers.

Best candy ever. My grandfather got me hooked on these because the Army supplied them in his rations during World War II.

You're lying

 

[Wag]

aside from candy corn(which is the worst candy of all time) i hated getting these fucking things

I'm sorry, I love sesame seed candy. Anything sesame seed is awesome.

I admit they appeal more to adult tastes tho, as a kid I probably would have hated them.

 

[DarkKyo]

Anything with coconut in it. Pure child cruelty.

 

[Rösti]

im not even sure what flavor these are supposed to be. they taste like throat spew.

On the webpage of Kerr's the ingredients are listed:

Ingredients: Corn syrup, sugar, blackstrap molasses, coconut oil, salt, cotton stearine, mono and diclycerides (soy), soya lecithin, artificial flavour, soy (release agent)

Molasses Kisses they are called. Artificial flavour can be any of a long list of substances. FDA says this about artificial flavour:

(a)(1) The term artificial flavor or artificial flavoring means any substance, the function of which is to impart flavor, which is not derived from a spice, fruit or fruit juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf or similar plant material, meat, fish, poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation products thereof. Artificial flavor includes the substances listed in 172.515(b) and 182.60 of this chapter except where these are derived from natural sources.

Source: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/cfrsearch.cfm?fr=101.22

172.515(b)

182.60

182.60 features the more common substances I believe:

Acetaldehyde (ethanal).

Acetoin (acetyl methylcarbinol).

Anethole (parapropenyl anisole).

Benzaldehyde (benzoic aldehyde).

N-Butyric acid (butanoic acid).

d- or l-Carvone (carvol).

Cinnamaldehyde (cinnamic aldehyde).

Citral (2,6-dimethyloctadien-2,6-al-8, gera-nial, neral).

Decanal (N-decylaldehyde, capraldehyde, capric aldehyde, caprinaldehyde, aldehyde C-10).

Ethyl acetate.

Ethyl butyrate.

3-Methyl-3-phenyl glycidic acid ethyl ester (ethyl-methyl-phenyl-glycidate, so-called strawberry aldehyde, C-16 aldehyde).

Ethyl vanillin.

Geraniol (3,7-dimethyl-2,6 and 3,6-octadien-1-ol).

Geranyl acetate (geraniol acetate).

Limonene (d-, l-, and dl-).

Linalool (linalol, 3,7-dimethyl-1,6-octadien-3-ol).

Linalyl acetate (bergamol).

Methyl anthranilate (methyl-2-aminobenzoate).

Piperonal (3,4-methylenedioxy-benzaldehyde, heliotropin).

Vanillin.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Tootsie rolls are disgusting. Worst part was that they're super popular so they filled up a big part of my bag.

I don't think they're super popular I think the main reason people give em out in mass like the orange and black peanut-butter things and circus peanuts is because they're cheap.

 

[God Dayumm]

Real-size chocolate bars.

Fuck those things.

What is wrong with those?

 

[Leynos]

Man, fuck black licorice, and Tootsie Rolls. Candy corn, Necco Wafers, Mary Janes, etc. were all okay in my book, but black licorice, and Tootsie Rolls? Fuck that, I'd rather have pennies, and fruit instead.

I would eat all of the other candy, and would leave the bag of crap candy in my toy box (grew up poor so throwing food away was a sin,) and forget about it. Months later the bag would be found, and I would be ecstatic that I had some leftover Halloween candy! Poor, deluded kid me would open the bag with ravenous delight, only to find that it was full of...black licorice, and Tootsie Rolls. FUCK. I'd begrudgingly eat one Tootsie Roll, then put the bag back into the toy box to be rediscovered again months later. I just kept trolling myself.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

What is wrong with those?

Yeah, those are the best ones. That will be the house that gets revisited every year.

 

[dhonk]

oh god

i want to fucking vom

 

[Putzweg]

Just while were at this topic, could not Trick or Treating be seen as blackmailing? Your basically threatening someone with property damage unless they hand over candy to you. Just something i just thought of.

 

[Risible]

Real-size chocolate bars.

Fuck those things.

Wat??

 

[UraMallas]

oh god

No. Please no.

 

[Azzinoth]

What's the problem with Dots?

I bought a small box one day to see if it was good and I liked it. I thought it was good enough as one of the fruit flavored chewy candy out there. Is the sticking to your teeth aspect of it a deal breaker?

 

[Rest]

look everything else necco makes is horrid but i will defend the sky bar to the end

Sky Bars are legit, but I've only ever seen them in Arizona.

 

[Astral Dog]

I love white Hersheys with candy corn.

 

[UraMallas]

What's the problem with Dots?

I bought a small box one day to see if it was good and I liked it. I thought it was good enough as one of the fruit flavored chewy candy out there. Is the sticking to your teeth aspect of it a deal breaker?

They are super bland and stick in your teeth. It's like Anakin and his sand.

 

[Dishwalla]

If you're going to get Dots you might as well get Mike and Ike's, they have more flavor and they don't stick to your teeth as much.

 

[UnforgivenTwin]

I got candy cigarettes and an apple one time lol.

 

[tycoonheart]

Tootsie Rolls. Fucking yuck.

 

[Mushroomer25]

I can enjoy some Candy Corn from time to time, but it is a bit overdone.

Personally, Smarties are the scourge of the candy world. A piss-poor excuse for a sweet. Frankly, anything in one of those discount-store jumbo mix bags (with Tootsie Rolls, Smarties, DOTS, Dum-Dums, etc) is a bottom-tier candy.

 

[alfredofroylan]

Pencils and those biblical panflets.... yeah I know they're not candy but still.

 

[Hilbert]

When I was a kid, the worst candy was always better than no candy.

I loved them all.

 

[redlegs87]

look everything else necco makes is horrid but i will defend the sky bar to the end

I haven't had one of these in years. I wonder if my downtown general store still carries them.

 

[shacklesmcgee]

sorry old people, these do not count as Halloween candy

 

[outunderthestars]

Wat??

I give out full size snickers bars every year. I love seeing how excited kids get when they see them.

 

[hydragonwarrior]

Those shitty chocolate covered raisins. Fuck you.

Hehehe

 

[ph1l0z0ph3r]

Lol am I the only person that likes candy corn? For me its easily chocolate Tootsie Rolls. So disgusting