What do you hand out on Halloween?

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Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?

Post by Pumpkin_Man » Tue Sep 29, 2009 9:34 am

With the exception of butter scotch and peppermint, I am no huge fan of hard candy, either. I do like Tootsie Rolls, caremels and anything chocolate. The peanut butter taffy can be good if you get it fresh enough. The problem is that 99 times out of 100, you get it when it's very stale. Then it's like eating a peanut butter flavored tennis shoe soul.

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Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?

Post by adrian » Tue Sep 29, 2009 9:35 am

anyone like salt water taffy?
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Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?

Post by Pumpkin_Man » Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:13 am

I like it if it's nice and fresh. It it's stale, it's for the lack of word, THE PITS. That's why faffy of any kind is not the best choice for Trick or Treat. It gets stale, and then it's just about inedibale.

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Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?

Post by adrian » Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:18 am

yea no kiddin! skittles?
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Dearest; an apple russet- brown
I pared, and thrice above my crown
Whirled the long skin; they watched in keen;
I flung it far; they laughed and cried me shame
Dearest, there lay the letter of your name!

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Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?

Post by Spookymufu » Tue Sep 29, 2009 1:52 pm

adrian wrote:anyone like salt water taffy?
love it, even more so if it's made locally and "fresh"
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Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?

Post by adrian » Tue Sep 29, 2009 1:54 pm

Spookymufu wrote:
adrian wrote:anyone like salt water taffy?
love it, even more so if it's made locally and "fresh"

you're right about that one.. i go down to P.C. regularly and pic some up from this mom and pop store when we leave
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Dearest; an apple russet- brown
I pared, and thrice above my crown
Whirled the long skin; they watched in keen;
I flung it far; they laughed and cried me shame
Dearest, there lay the letter of your name!

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Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?

Post by Corvus Kulde » Wed Sep 30, 2009 2:18 am

As a kid I found a sad little collection of candies left from the previous year among the decorations. There were several of those orange and black taffy chews and they were unchanged. After the apocalypse it will be the roaches and the taffy sitting on a stack of Twinkies.
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Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?

Post by adrian » Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:49 am

hahaha yea i've come across some taffies and suckers in pumpkin pales every year when i dig out the decor lol

this year i'm thinking that i'm really going to try and make some home made pop corn balls
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I pared, and thrice above my crown
Whirled the long skin; they watched in keen;
I flung it far; they laughed and cried me shame
Dearest, there lay the letter of your name!

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Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?

Post by Murfreesboro » Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:03 am

I don't think I have a set thing I give out, but I do try to make sure I give out candy our family likes to eat, because we often have it left over.

Some years I give our caramels and apples, although the authorities are always warning kids not to eat unwrapped items, which the apples are. But the Trick-or-Treaters seem excited about the apples when I do that.

Basically I give out chocolates (usually Hersheys) and something fruity or tart, like Sweet Tarts, because my husband loves those. Also Jolly Ranchers.

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Post by Spookymufu » Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:26 am

Murfreesboro wrote:I don't think I have a set thing I give out, but I do try to make sure I give out candy our family likes to eat, because we often have it left over.
here here.......we do the same thing and often we eat some before Halloween :)
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Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?

Post by adrian » Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:29 am

Spookymufu wrote:
Murfreesboro wrote:I don't think I have a set thing I give out, but I do try to make sure I give out candy our family likes to eat, because we often have it left over.
here here.......we do the same thing and often we eat some before Halloween :)

no kiddin.. i've been munching on butter fingers, milk duds, and candy corn for 2 weeks now lol its a shame really
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Dearest; an apple russet- brown
I pared, and thrice above my crown
Whirled the long skin; they watched in keen;
I flung it far; they laughed and cried me shame
Dearest, there lay the letter of your name!

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Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?

Post by jadewik » Wed Sep 30, 2009 2:13 pm

Those "orange and black taffy" are actually called Mary Janes. They're a molasses candy... and I think they're d-licious!

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Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?

Post by adrian » Wed Sep 30, 2009 2:17 pm

i know what you're talking about jadewik and yes Mary Jane is REALLY good hahahaha orange...black.. whatever color lol
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Dearest; an apple russet- brown
I pared, and thrice above my crown
Whirled the long skin; they watched in keen;
I flung it far; they laughed and cried me shame
Dearest, there lay the letter of your name!

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Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?

Post by Pumpkin_Man » Wed Sep 30, 2009 2:54 pm

Like I said, taffy is really great when it's nive and fresh, but I would not hand it out for Trick or Treat because the differenc between delicious taffy and stale taffy can be an hour out in the cold and damp.

Tootsie Rolls were allways a favorite of mine as it is for other kids, and they're cheap.

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Re: What do you hand out on Halloween?

Post by adrian » Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:43 pm

they are cheap but MAN are they hard to chew lol especially on a chili halloween night :)
Last night 'twas witching Hallowe'en
Dearest; an apple russet- brown
I pared, and thrice above my crown
Whirled the long skin; they watched in keen;
I flung it far; they laughed and cried me shame
Dearest, there lay the letter of your name!

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