umsami Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 What was your favorite Halloween treat to get as a kid? What was your least favorite? Did your parents control the candy distribution or could you eat what you wanted? Did you grow up in the x-raying candy era? What is the candy you miss most from childhood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 (edited) I didn't like those peanut butter toffees. We never Xrayed our candy. We always assumed that "checking your candy," was code for, "I am going to steal some of your candy." Edited October 28, 2016 by Slartibartfast 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmama Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 (edited) The "x Ray your candy" era was the ''80's, yes? I remember the hype, and everyone thinking it was dumb. My parents didn't care. Oh, favourite candy? Reeses peanut butter cups, hands down. Followed by the "real" size chocolate bars. I used to "hide out" in my tree fort and gorge on my treats. For whatever reason I thought I was out of sight, but in reality it was in plain view of my parents' enormous picture window in their living room. Ha ha, at least I could pretend I was being sneaky. ;) My son doesn't like Halloween candy. Not sure where he got his genes. ;) Eta: the worst candy was everything not chocolate. Honestly, what's the point? Edited October 28, 2016 by MEmama 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartlikealion Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 I asked some friends this question on facebook. I thought it was funny my MIL picked a treat that I thought no one considered their favorite. I never knew what exactly they were! Just tossed the to the side probably ha. Apparently one term for them is Mary Janes and they may or may not be the thing Slartibartfast mentioned. Not familiar with the x-ray thing, so I guess no. I think I've always been fond of chocolate. Snickers, Twix, Kit Kat, Mr Goodbar, Reeses. I actually love Take5s but I rarely think to buy them. I saw some today, but they were in a huge assorted bag and I didn't want to buy another large bag. I have seen them sold differently but I didn't have time to hunt. Least favorite? Hmm Tootsie rolls or anything really chewy. I'm actually kinda getting away from Twix these days just because I favor candy that doesn't get so stuck in the teeth. Snickers discontinued Cruncher which didn't have the caramel. That was my favorite of their line. Now they have something very similar called Crisper. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 (edited) When I was a child, people were still giving out homemade cookies, popcorn balls, and caramel/candy apples. Second grade was the year it was in all the papers that a child had recieved an apple with a razor blade in it. Even so, it was a few years before the homemade treats fizzled out. Plus we lived on military bases and my mom wasn't really worried. Some people would give out pennies. I loved peanut butter toffees, Mary Janes, and bit-0-honey. Everyone would give me theirs. We loved the bubble gum that came with comic strips and tootsie rolls. Packs of lifesavers were common too. There were also big orange lollipops with pumpkin faces stamped on them. Edited October 28, 2016 by Onceuponatime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 I asked some friends this question on facebook. I thought it was funny my MIL picked a treat that I thought no one considered their favorite. I never knew what exactly they were! Just tossed the to the side probably ha. Apparently one term for them is Mary Janes and they may or may not be the thing Slartibartfast mentioned. My grandmother handed those out as well :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifera33 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Where did you guys live where people passed out Mary Jane as a Halloween treat? :leaving: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmama Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Oh yeah! Those homemade popcorn balls were great! Even if they didn't have chocolate. Lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 No x-raying of candy here. I was a kid in the 70s. We were not allowed to eat anything until we got home then we dumped everything on the floor and threw out anything with a torn wrapper. We knew everyone on our block whose homes we went to. Some of my favorite things to get were homemade popcorn balls or full-size candy bars (oh, we loved the homes who gave out full sized candy bars!!) My favorites were Twix and Snickers. I hated Mary Janes, raisins, or fruity tootsie roll things. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 I've never had a big sweet-tooth, so I was more interested in the hunt than the prize. I liked getting full bars, like Mounds or Hersheys. For cheap candies, I liked Sweettarts. There were also beads of candy on thin elastic necklaces that were not good candy, but if you pulled then tight (like a sling-shot) and bit into the disc, it would go flying (good weapon). Probably outlawed. I didn't like hard candy or suckers, expect for some hot or sour Jolly Ranchers and some root beer flavored candies. I loved getting dark chocolate (but it was rare). Now? I steal the gummies. Especially sour ones, or intensely fruity ones. Worst score? Tootsie Rolls. Yuck. Bill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbookbuzz Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 I loved getting popcorn balls! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 I loved pretty much all candy except stuff with coconut or those toffee candies wrapped in orange or black paper. Halloween was the only time during the year I got candied apples. Loved them! I remember the xray idea but we didn't do that. I don't even remember my mom checking our candy. We were able to eat it whenever we wanted until it was gone. My mom didn't dole it out. I did share with her though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebcoola Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Kid in the lat 80's early 90's no x-raying. I wanted anything chocolate except tootsie rolls I hate them so much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loowit Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 My favorite were the rice crispy treats my grandma made. She added candy corn to it and as a kid I thought it was the best. I lived in a very rural area so we mostly went to visit family and friends. We didn't really do much door to door trick or treating. I got a lot of homemade treats that way like donuts, caramel apples, cookies, etc. For traditional door to door goodies I preferred to get chocolate. I am not a big fan of hard candies. We always kept what we got, which wasn't a ton, and could eat whenever. We were usually pretty good at self-regulating. I grew up hearing about not taking homemade treats and to check your candy carefully, but no one I knew actually took candy to be x-rayed. I still check over all my kids' candy and throw out any that are open, but we have the sort anyway due to youngest having an almond allergy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjffkj Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Favorite: Reese's cups not minis, still my favorite at Halloween but more rare now Least favorite: getting a toothbrush! Candywise, good and plenty We had complete control over our candy consumption. After giving the parents and older siblings a few complementary pieces we ate as much as we wanted when we wanted. I'm 30, what was the x-ray era? Candy I miss the most... hmm that is tough because I can't think of anything that is no longer around. And as an adult if I see it I can buy it whenever 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjffkj Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Oh I hated candy corn as much as Good and Plenty. Still hate both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjffkj Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 I lived in a college town surrounded by college students. So on our walk to my cousin's block, which had families so candy, we would stop at the college students' houses who weren't smart enough to turn their lights off. Some had candy but that was rare. Usually they'd give us things like Ramen noodles and Little Debbie's cakes. That was the best part of trick or treating every year! One year a drunk student gave my cousin his roommate's watch. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted October 28, 2016 Author Share Posted October 28, 2016 My favorite were the full-sized candy bars. There was one house in my neighborhood growing up that gave them out each year. Nobody TPd their house. (We had Devil's Night growing up in Michigan...the night before Halloween.) I loved most candy...especially Zit-to-Zots, Pop Rocks, and Lik-M-Aids. I hated Bit-o-Honey and Mary Janes. My brother loved Bit-o-Honey though, so I could trade with him. I didn't like Snickers either. There were always a few houses with the bowl of pennies. LOL My Dad was a radiologist, but he never x-rayed candy. Parents didn't control our candy, either. We'd empty out our pillow cases and eat whatever we wanted. My brother always had more because he went to more houses. I miss Marathon bars. They were braided caramel with chocolate over the caramel. Had a ruler on the package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Reese peanut butter cups Hershey bars 3 musketeers I would sometimes examine their haul. Dudeling will refuse to take candy he doesnt like. Reminds me I need to again give the lecture - take what you're offered and say thank you. Use it to bribe 2ds. He wants kit kats Reeses Twix Today, we're tot at 1dd's place of work. 2ds is coming. I saw a crazy cat lady costume. Bathrobe, stuffed cats attached. Easy. He likes being able to wear pjs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaeFlowers Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Butterfinger and sweetarts were my favorites. I didn't like dark chocolate, caramels and anything with toffee. I never understood skor or heath bars and thought they were "old people candy". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2scouts Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 I loved (and still like) 3 Musketeers candy bars. I disliked anything with coconut or almonds. That is still true too! I lived during the "razors in apples and pins in candy" years, but we didn't get x-rays. My Mom made me stop trick or treating by about 4th grade because of the hype. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, then and now! Least favorite will always be Bit O' Honey. What the hell. Gag! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 My favorites were milky way and bit o honey. My least favorite were Snickers which were my mom's favorite! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 What was your favorite Halloween treat to get as a kid? What was your least favorite? Did your parents control the candy distribution or could you eat what you wanted? Did you grow up in the x-raying candy era? What is the candy you miss most from childhood? Favorite candy? Little packets of candy corn. Other favorite treat? Little boxes of raisins Least favorite? Caramels because they hurt my teeth (but they were Mom's favorite so that worked out) Yes, I guess I grew up in the x-raying candy era since I remember there being an issue with razor blades in candy, among other things. Mom and Dad let us spread our haul and pick out our favorites but they carefully checked them and, unless something was made by a neighbor we knew well, we weren't allowed to eat anything homemade. We could eat several pieces that night but they would put the rest in a bag and let us have them in small quantities over time. We rarely ever finished eating the candy. The rest was given away or tossed. Favorite candy from childhood that doesn't exist anymore is actually not a candy, it was raisin biscuits. I also really liked the little cloth tie string bags full of bubble gum pieces. Do those still exist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Sugar daddy's and sugar babies. there is no least. It was all good to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 We never had our candy x-rayed, but my mom did throw out homemade treats. I think that we were allowed to eat whatever we wanted. I love most chocolate, especially 3 Musketeers, York Peppermint Patties, and Mounds. The candy that I miss the most are candy cigarettes. Nothing else tastes like them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted October 29, 2016 Author Share Posted October 29, 2016 Favorite candy? Little packets of candy corn. Other favorite treat? Little boxes of raisins Least favorite? Caramels because they hurt my teeth (but they were Mom's favorite so that worked out) Yes, I guess I grew up in the x-raying candy era since I remember there being an issue with razor blades in candy, among other things. Mom and Dad let us spread our haul and pick out our favorites but they carefully checked them and, unless something was made by a neighbor we knew well, we weren't allowed to eat anything homemade. We could eat several pieces that night but they would put the rest in a bag and let us have them in small quantities over time. We rarely ever finished eating the candy. The rest was given away or tossed. Favorite candy from childhood that doesn't exist anymore is actually not a candy, it was raisin biscuits. I also really liked the little cloth tie string bags full of bubble gum pieces. Do those still exist? Did a pirate themed bday five years ago or so and found the little cloth bags with the gold nugget bubble gum in them. Those were a hit! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Favorite - Milky Way and 3 Musketeers Least favorite - carob covered raisins :ack2:, Hershey's Special Dark which is secret candy code for "brown wax", and religious tracts. No parental control over the candy, except we gave all the Mounds & Almond Joy to our mom because they were her faves. Never heard about x-raying candy at the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Least favorite - Jujubees or MaryJanes or those orange slice things. Favorite - anything chocolate with nuts, caramel, nougat or crunchy stuff. I also loved Bottle Caps, Wacky Wafers, and those type candies. I love Tootsie rolls, which is odd considering I hate all those other chewy, sticky candies. My mother would check over our candy and throw out anything with a torn wrapper or no wrapper. I was a kid in the 70's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Oh wow. I had forgotten about those sugar coated fruit slice looking things, and sugar daddies. Charleston chews and Neco wafers also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Oh, favourite candy? Reeses peanut butter cups, hands down. Followed by the "real" size chocolate bars. Eta: the worst candy was everything not chocolate. Honestly, what's the point? Exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaVT Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 I was an early 80's trick or treater and I remember hearing about the razors in apples. No x-rays in our house (people had x-ray machines in their houses?) but my mom would make us dump out candy on the living room floor and throw out anything homemade or with a torn wrapper. Favorites: reese's peanut butter cups Least favorite: good n plenty, raisinettes (my dad loved those and happily ate them) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Favorite-Milky Way, 3 Musketeers, $100,000 Bar, Charleston Chew. Tossed in the trash: Mary Janes, Candy Corn, anything peanut butter. I don't recall my parents doling it out. I do remember coming home and trading with my cousins. I also remember the razor blade in the apples, and pins in the candy. No one X-rayed the candy but parents definitely checked when the scares occurred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janeway Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Homemade donut, fresh out of the oven. I can still remember the look on that couples face, older people, when I came back third time or so and tried to convince them I hadn't been there yet. Lol Least favorite...Baby Ruth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartlikealion Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Popcorn balls... well maybe they can be made differently. Someone made them for ds before and they were hard as a rock. We threw them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 (edited) Favorite: Junior Mints Least favorite: those weird peanut buttery taffy things wrapped in orange or black wax paper Parents sort-of inspected, but not really. I was the type of kid who ate one or two pieces, then saved/hoarded it all forever & eventually dumped it in the garbage (often the following Halloween). My sister was the type to come in & eat every piece of candy that night (or w/in a few days). My mom liked to snag chocolate candy (Mounds, Baby Ruth, Hershey's) from our stash. Edited October 29, 2016 by Stacia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbi in Texas Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 I like the orange and black wrapped candy, but I heard a comedian say it tasted like peanut butter mixed with hair. :laugh: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Favorites Charleston Chew Bit-o-honey Chick-o-stick Baby Ruth My mom checked for torn wrappers but after that I could eat as much as I wanted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 (edited) One thing I had forgotten about until just this moment...I also loved the Halloween themed bubble gum balls with the fake blood inside. So cool. :) Did anyone get stuff that wasn't candy? I liked the vampire teeth but those probably weren't terribly sanitary. I loved them anyway, especially the glow in the dark ones. I also once got a pack of mini-halloween themed playing cards. I loved those. Edited October 29, 2016 by OneStepAtATime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loowit Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 I was an early 80's trick or treater and I remember hearing about the razors in apples. No x-rays in our house (people had x-ray machines in their houses?) but my mom would make us dump out candy on the living room floor and throw out anything homemade or with a torn wrapper. Favorites: reese's peanut butter cups Least favorite: good n plenty, raisinettes (my dad loved those and happily ate them) I remember that hospitals offered x-ray services on Halloween if anyone wanted to bring it in to be checked. I don't know anyone who actually did this though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Mmmm, my favorites were Three Musketeers, Butterfingers, and Charleston Chews. Sugar Daddies and Smarties came in a close second. I didn't like hard candy, hard chewy candy like toffee and tootsie rolls, (and those odd orange and black wrapped chewy candies that others have mentioned), or anything with caramel. I trick-or-treated in the 60's, and no one knew anything yet about razor blades in candy! We did get some homemade candy like popcorn balls, but I never really liked them. My parents didn't monitor my candy eating at all. Sometimes I'd eat it until I got sick! The funnest part was trading candy with my siblings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted October 29, 2016 Author Share Posted October 29, 2016 Probably not PC, and I never ever smoked, but I loved Bubble Gum cigarettes and candy cigarettes. The bubble gum ones were the best because it would make a cloud of sugar smoke when you blew into it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Favorite: peanut butter toffees wrapped in orange or black paper Hated: Tootsie Rolls, Sugar Daddy Parents did not control the candy. I remember telling myself never to remark upon this because we ate very healthily all year long except at holidays. My mom is German, and I figured she didn't realize she had a choice! No x-raying of candy. I don't think anyone did that back then, in the era of being invited inside people's homes and getting homemade treats during trick-or-treating. I don't miss any candy I loved during childhood because it is all still available. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 I don't know why, but I've always really loved treats that come in tiny little boxes, vs bags or packets. I think it was the "ooh! So cute!!" factor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoutingmom Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Another 70's kid. I hated homemade stuff, especially candy apples. Also hated halloween kisses. Loved chocolate bars (very rare) and chips (fairly rare) and sunflower seeds (they never give those out now!). My family we controlled our own candy, and did a big trading thing to get more of what you liked and less of what we didn't. No checking of candy really.... more as I was older Our family.... kids combine everything, and it is doled out over the month. I actually pretty much hate halloween as an adult. Sent from my SM-T530NU using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Absolute favorite was Hershey special dark. I'd eat all of those the first night. Least favorite was popcorn balls. Ew. As an adult, my favorite is the Jell-O shots people down the road hand out to parents. ;-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 I did grow up during the candy x-ray era, but my parents didn't do that. They did inspect stuff though. My DH said the other day that in Germany they'd often get apples going door to door for another holiday. I said if we got apples my parents threw them out. That's what they told people to do. I have never liked candy all that much. I liked Butterfingers or peanut butter cups. I might eat those if I had them, and my mother usually ate the rest of my candy. Now pretty much the only candy I kinda like are Twizzlers. I just like the texture. The flavor is kinda eh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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