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debm55

(51,229 posts)
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 12:05 PM 16 hrs ago

What was your least favorite candy or item that you got in your Halloween bag. Mine was the popcorn ball. How about you?

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What was your least favorite candy or item that you got in your Halloween bag. Mine was the popcorn ball. How about you? (Original Post) debm55 16 hrs ago OP
Bit o honey SheltieLover 16 hrs ago #1
Fair trade, SheltieLover. I liked Bit o Honey. You can have my popcorn ball. debm55 16 hrs ago #2
Win-win swap, Deb SheltieLover 14 hrs ago #38
Apple Endlessmike56 16 hrs ago #3
Totally agree . Endlessmike56.We would chuck them on the side of the road. They looked rotten. debm55 16 hrs ago #4
Candy corn and anything with peanuts. mwmisses4289 16 hrs ago #5
Agree, memisses4289, Don't forget the circus peanuts. Yuk. debm55 16 hrs ago #8
Apple with razor blade ;-{) Goonch 16 hrs ago #6
A person would have to be really sick to do that. Thank you Goonch. debm55 16 hrs ago #9
Bit O'Honey, Clark Bars Deep State Witch 16 hrs ago #7
Thank you very much for sharing with us. Deep State Witch. debm55 16 hrs ago #10
One time I got a little jar of peanut butter. Took it home and opened it, and it had been used as an ashtray. Midnight Writer 16 hrs ago #11
Thank you Midnight Writer. That jar of Peanut butter is so disgusting. Glad you got some good popcorn bars. Ours were debm55 15 hrs ago #17
Candy Corn! justaprogressive 16 hrs ago #12
Agree with you justaprogressive. Candy corn is terrible. debm55 15 hrs ago #16
Candy corn. I never liked it. MIButterfly 16 hrs ago #13
Thank you MIButterfly. As a Boomer I remember those days. I never wanted the candy corn. to sweet. debm55 15 hrs ago #14
Loved the homemade popcorn balls. Polly Hennessey 15 hrs ago #15
thank you Polly Hennessey. My favorite was the KitKat bar and the least favorite was the popcorn balls. We could have debm55 15 hrs ago #18
Anything with coconut. Mounds and Almond Joy rurallib 15 hrs ago #19
LOL - drmeow 15 hrs ago #21
and I hate them both rurallib 15 hrs ago #22
Thank you very much, rurallib. for sharing. I agree with the coconut. debm55 15 hrs ago #29
I'll trade you--I like both of them spooky3 3 hrs ago #51
Agreed. It wasnt the taste, it was the texture. I hate shredded coconut BlueWaveNeverEnd 3 hrs ago #52
Anything with coconut in it drmeow 15 hrs ago #20
Thank you very much, drmeow. Yes, the bars with coconut were an acquired taste. I could take it or leave it. debm55 15 hrs ago #24
Apple or pennies johnnyfins 15 hrs ago #23
Thank you very much, johnnyfins. I disliked the apples as the majority were rotten. I did get dimes and nickels. debm55 15 hrs ago #25
Chick Tracts gay texan 15 hrs ago #26
Thank you very much, gaytexan. Why would people give those out? The Christians in my area do not celebrate Halloween debm55 15 hrs ago #30
Its a bible belt thing n/t gay texan 14 hrs ago #36
Thank you the info. Glad I live in PA. debm55 11 hrs ago #39
Good and Plenty Bmoboy 15 hrs ago #27
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHa. I hated good and plenty. Charlie says love my good and plenty. I didn't. debm55 14 hrs ago #31
Orange marshmallow peanuts. BarbaRosa 15 hrs ago #28
Oh yes, the circus peanuts. Thank you BarbaRosa. They made me want to gag. debm55 14 hrs ago #32
Milk Duds k0rs 14 hrs ago #33
thank you very much, k0rs. I lost a tooth eating one as a kid. debm55 14 hrs ago #34
Candy corn. Aristus 14 hrs ago #35
You got that right. I so disliked them, Still do. But someone must like them because they been Halloween stables, for a debm55 11 hrs ago #41
Licorice anything Jilly_in_VA 14 hrs ago #37
Agree, with you Jilly_in_VA, I am 70 and still refuse to have black licorice. debm55 11 hrs ago #42
Candy corn. Emile 11 hrs ago #40
You got that right, Emile. I hated and still hate candy corn. debm55 11 hrs ago #43
Coconut stuff, like Almond Joy/Mounds sakabatou 10 hrs ago #44
Thank you very much, sakabatou, The coconut would stick between my teeth debm55 10 hrs ago #46
Your Choice or The Peanut Butter Taffy Kisses ProfessorGAC 10 hrs ago #45
That's true, but I liked the peanut butter taffy. I didn"t like the popcorn balls or the nasty looking apples.Thank you debm55 10 hrs ago #47
Bit O Honey, candy corn, and omg I forgot about Good and Plenty! electric_blue68 7 hrs ago #48
Any candy with marshmallows in it Tree Lady 6 hrs ago #49
circus peanuts or necco wafers. pansypoo53219 3 hrs ago #50

SheltieLover

(74,164 posts)
1. Bit o honey
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 12:06 PM
16 hrs ago

Haven't had 1 in forever, might like them now.

Trade ya, Deb, for gour popcorn balls! Love them!

debm55

(51,229 posts)
4. Totally agree . Endlessmike56.We would chuck them on the side of the road. They looked rotten.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 12:12 PM
16 hrs ago

mwmisses4289

(2,337 posts)
5. Candy corn and anything with peanuts.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 12:17 PM
16 hrs ago

They go in the same category as peeps- nastiest sweet treat ever invented!

Deep State Witch

(12,271 posts)
7. Bit O'Honey, Clark Bars
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 12:20 PM
16 hrs ago

And Butterfinger. As a kid, I was never a fan of peanuts or peanut butter. Anything that was crispy and contained peanut butter or peanuts was right out. Clark Bars, which were manufactured in Pittsburgh, were always given out at Halloween. They all went to my parents.

Midnight Writer

(24,802 posts)
11. One time I got a little jar of peanut butter. Took it home and opened it, and it had been used as an ashtray.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 12:35 PM
16 hrs ago

There was a forest of cigarette butts mashed out in the peanut butter. Disgusting.

But I loved popcorn balls. There was a lady in my neighborhood that made them herself and handed them out on Halloween. I loved them.

debm55

(51,229 posts)
17. Thank you Midnight Writer. That jar of Peanut butter is so disgusting. Glad you got some good popcorn bars. Ours were
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 01:06 PM
15 hrs ago

awful.

MIButterfly

(1,400 posts)
13. Candy corn. I never liked it.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 12:44 PM
16 hrs ago

My mother loved it. I'm sure she took every pack of candy corn I got. With my blessing!

I'd bring my Halloween candy home and dump it out and my mother would go through it, throwing out anything that wasn't wrapped and gum (I wasn't allowed to chew gum). Then I'd go back out to hit the next streets. This was baby boomer generation; EVERY house had their porch light on because they all had kids and we made out like bandits!

debm55

(51,229 posts)
14. Thank you MIButterfly. As a Boomer I remember those days. I never wanted the candy corn. to sweet.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 01:01 PM
15 hrs ago

debm55

(51,229 posts)
18. thank you Polly Hennessey. My favorite was the KitKat bar and the least favorite was the popcorn balls. We could have
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 01:10 PM
15 hrs ago

traded as kids.

drmeow

(5,787 posts)
21. LOL -
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 01:24 PM
15 hrs ago

just posted basically the same thing right after you!

How do you feel about black licorice? In my family the coconut people hate black licorice and the black licorice people hate coconut.

spooky3

(37,943 posts)
51. I'll trade you--I like both of them
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 01:00 AM
3 hrs ago

Though I haven’t eaten them in years.

You can have any of my candy that has no chocolate—Skittles, Starburst, etc. 😁

debm55

(51,229 posts)
24. Thank you very much, drmeow. Yes, the bars with coconut were an acquired taste. I could take it or leave it.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 01:34 PM
15 hrs ago

debm55

(51,229 posts)
25. Thank you very much, johnnyfins. I disliked the apples as the majority were rotten. I did get dimes and nickels.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 01:37 PM
15 hrs ago

debm55

(51,229 posts)
30. Thank you very much, gaytexan. Why would people give those out? The Christians in my area do not celebrate Halloween
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 01:50 PM
15 hrs ago

but they do have a Harvest event where kids dress up as saints and angels.

Bmoboy

(547 posts)
27. Good and Plenty
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 01:44 PM
15 hrs ago

That's my wife's least favorite.

I liked it, at least to shake the box and act like it was a train noise.

debm55

(51,229 posts)
31. HAHAHAHHAHAHAHa. I hated good and plenty. Charlie says love my good and plenty. I didn't.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 01:51 PM
14 hrs ago

Aristus

(71,003 posts)
35. Candy corn.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 02:10 PM
14 hrs ago

I didn't like the consistency or texture, and it didn't taste good; which is a standard one would think a candy should meet before it gets marketed.

debm55

(51,229 posts)
41. You got that right. I so disliked them, Still do. But someone must like them because they been Halloween stables, for a
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 05:09 PM
11 hrs ago

long time.

Jilly_in_VA

(13,150 posts)
37. Licorice anything
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 02:33 PM
14 hrs ago

unless it was the red licorice. I liked that. Hated the black stuff and still do.

ProfessorGAC

(74,643 posts)
45. Your Choice or The Peanut Butter Taffy Kisses
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 06:18 PM
10 hrs ago

They didn't taste terrible but they were like chewing rubber.

debm55

(51,229 posts)
47. That's true, but I liked the peanut butter taffy. I didn"t like the popcorn balls or the nasty looking apples.Thank you
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 06:29 PM
10 hrs ago

ProfessorGAC,

electric_blue68

(24,071 posts)
48. Bit O Honey, candy corn, and omg I forgot about Good and Plenty!
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 09:46 PM
7 hrs ago

No to licorice!!! :pushesitaway:

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