How come nobody mentioned those toffee candies with the Halloween wrapping? So gross! And I love butterfinger. It must be the peanut buttery, flaky, chocolaty goodness...

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Blergh, the grossest thing ever is those little molasses candies. I'm sure you all remember them. The little brown things that taste like death and are wrapped in the waxy orange paper with the black bats and whatnot on it. Even though they're like, a centimeter thick, they're still disgusting.

Raisins are gross, too, but what about "fresh" homemade goods? Ah, I'll never forget that time I ate my neighbour's stale cookie, or my aunt's rock-hard fudge. Yes, fond memories...

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I forget which comedian said it but he said he gave out cough drops. Anyway I have to vote for the candy corn. Candy corn and any no name brand knock off of an obscure candy brand that only shows up for Halloween. You know the kind of stuff that you can buy a ten pound bag of individually wrapped candies for a $1.00.

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Yeah I would have to say my number 1 is those little toffees(is that really what they were, I could never tell) that came wrapped in the orange and black wrappers. They tasted like crap, and one of my friend's parents actually chipped a tooth on one! It's always the old people who give you that stuff.

My second "worst" would have to be Butterfingers. They taste alright on the first bite (maybe because there is usually more chocolate involved). But after the first bite, my throat starts to hurt from the sheer amount of sugar being consmed. I have no idea what that filling is, but it never tastes good after the first bite.

My third is tootsie rolls, chocolate or otherwise. I just don't like them, though I have no expliantion for it.

I actually like candy corn. They are really sweet, but then again, I don't think they are really meant to be eaten in huge quantities. They're kinda the thing you put in your candy dish and snack out of every once in a while.

Oh yeah, last thing. The only type of chocolate I eat from Hershey's is Special Dark. It's the only thing that doesn't taste like pure wax with sugar added. Otherwise, it's European chocolate...damn that stuff is so good, I could live off it.

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Yeah I would have to say my number 1 is those little toffees(is that really what they were, I could never tell) that came wrapped in the orange and black wrappers. They tasted like crap, and one of my friend's parents actually chipped a tooth on one! It's always the old people who give you that stuff.

My second "worst" would have to be Butterfingers. They taste alright on the first bite (maybe because there is usually more chocolate involved). But after the first bite, my throat starts to hurt from the sheer amount of sugar being consmed. I have no idea what that filling is, but it never tastes good after the first bite.

My third is tootsie rolls, chocolate or otherwise. I just don't like them, though I have no expliantion for it.

I actually like candy corn. They are really sweet, but then again, I don't think they are really meant to be eaten in huge quantities. They're kinda the thing you put in your candy dish and snack out of every once in a while.

Oh yeah, last thing. The only type of chocolate I eat from Hershey's is Special Dark. It's the only thing that doesn't taste like pure wax with sugar added. Otherwise, it's European chocolate...damn that stuff is so good, I could live off it.

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I like ButterFingers (even though they stick in your teeth). Not sure why - just like the taste. The ButterFinder crisps are better - we got some of those to hand out.

As for what I HATE, well, I don't like nuts in candy, but I don't hate candy for that reason. My only real hate is Candy Corn, which doesn't taste all that great, and is WAAAAY to sugary. Blech.

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Hmmm, not bottom five but I have two. I always hated getting tootsie rolls. Those small little ones. A single tootsie roll. They're miniscule and they're gross. Great, thanks.

One year I also remember getting one of those religious comic books about how Halloween was evil and satanic. So, I get to eat my one tootsie roll and read about going to hell for it -- excellent.

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My mother loves Butterfinger bars. And Tootsie rolls. Both of which I never liked. So she got those.

I liked chocolate well enough, especially Mr. Goodbar and Snickers, as far as 'regular' candy goes. (These days, give me Baci and I'm in heaven though). Mr. Goodbar however, kind of disappeared for a while, and when I was lucky enough to score some on Halloween, I ate those first.

Though other favorites of mine were Nerds, Bottle Caps (so rare!), the cookies from the local bakery, and Haribo gummy bears. Those little gold bags were like treasure. Whoever gave those out won a firm place on my good side.

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Butterfingers are like cheap rip-off versions of Crunchies, one of the many chocolate bars we can't get here in the states that I stock up on whenever I go back to Canada.

I've never had a coffee nip, but I assume it's somewhat similar to a coffee crisp, and I love coffee crisps.

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Let me begin by saying I am a huge fan of candy, there is little I dislike, but I do have a bottom five list to share. (1 being the worst)

1) Wax anything. I'm talking about the wax lips, the wax bottles filled with gross "candy" liquid, etc. Wax is for candles, covering cheeses, and containing honey, not for "candy".
2) Popcorn, not including carmel corn, etc. I'm talking plain popped popcorn in tiny baggies. Are you kidding me with this?
3) Toothbrushes. All kids know, or should know, that they need to brush their teeth. However, Halloween is the one time of the year when parents throw caution to the wind and let their kids consume more candy than can be considered healthy. Don't spoil this joy by putting reminders of cavities and tooth decay in amongst the tastiness.
4) Sweet Tarts, Smarties, etc. This is just personal taste. I don't like "fruit" flavored sugar wafers. They're gross, can we get a more complex flavor, maybe some chocolate, carmel, etc?
5) Tootsie rolls with "other" flavors. You've all seen them, the strange little yellow tootsie roll, or blue. WTF are these? Tootsie rolls are "chocolate" flavored, please keep it that way.



Have a good Halloween All. :)

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I actually like Butterfingers, but I always liked any combination of peanut butter and chocolate.

I hate the wax things, too. Nasty. Special Dark is the only kind of Hershey's chocolate that I ever really liked, and at this point my tastes run to really good dark chocolate.

I also don't like most hard candies. I mean, coffee nips and such are ok, but things like Lifesavers and other not-quite-fruit-tasting things always ended up sticking to my teeth and not tasting very good.

I'm really rather picky about candies.

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who doesn't like butterfingers? you're crazy! ;)

what i always hated was the really cheap stuff. like the REALLY cheap stuff. like i remember these really hard candies that came in a little box, with like a pic of frankenstein on the box. the candy tasted like chalk. also i hated double bubble, or other cheap kind of bubble gum. and pennies. and pads of paper. why the hell would you give pennies and pads of paper out on halloween?

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I LOVE the butterfingers!! Those are one of my favorites, along with Snickers!! YUMMY!!

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"Fun size"
What diabolical person came up with that label for the mini-candy bars? Someone with a devious sense of humor or some terrible Halloween memories...

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You are wrong.

Butterfingers are awesome. Perhaps an acquired taste, but they are awesome.

I always hated, though:

1. Mounds
2. Almond Joy
3. dimes, nickels or pennies (that ain't candy... and if I wanted change, I could rob my mom's purse)
4. Anything I had to perform before receiving. You know, when people make you say trick or treat, or make you tell them about your uniform. Geeze, just gimme the candy. In our neighborhood there's a woman who makes you sing a song, and the kiddies don't completely avoid her, but the ones who know better tend to walk right on by.
5. Toothbrush. Honestly. Do I even have to explain this one?

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I always always hated cheap ol' Peanut Butter kisses. The oddly brown blobs wrapped up in a nondescript black or orange wrapper? I think they win the award for the crappiest cheapest halloween candy you can buy.

As a kid, I always threw them away.

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Thank you for validating my extreme dislike for butterfingers!

I concur with many of the other comments (toothbrushes, performing, pennies) and want to add raisins and homemade items (that were thrown out at home by Mom) to the list.

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