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debm55

(55,576 posts)
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 11:05 AM Oct 2025

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 Oct 2025 OP
Bit o honey SheltieLover Oct 2025 #1
Fair trade, SheltieLover. I liked Bit o Honey. You can have my popcorn ball. debm55 Oct 2025 #2
Win-win swap, Deb SheltieLover Oct 2025 #38
Apple Endlessmike56 Oct 2025 #3
Totally agree . Endlessmike56.We would chuck them on the side of the road. They looked rotten. debm55 Oct 2025 #4
Candy corn and anything with peanuts. mwmisses4289 Oct 2025 #5
Agree, memisses4289, Don't forget the circus peanuts. Yuk. debm55 Oct 2025 #8
Apple with razor blade ;-{) Goonch Oct 2025 #6
A person would have to be really sick to do that. Thank you Goonch. debm55 Oct 2025 #9
Bit O'Honey, Clark Bars Deep State Witch Oct 2025 #7
Thank you very much for sharing with us. Deep State Witch. debm55 Oct 2025 #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 Oct 2025 #11
Thank you Midnight Writer. That jar of Peanut butter is so disgusting. Glad you got some good popcorn bars. Ours were debm55 Oct 2025 #17
Candy Corn! justaprogressive Oct 2025 #12
Agree with you justaprogressive. Candy corn is terrible. debm55 Oct 2025 #16
Candy corn. I never liked it. MIButterfly Oct 2025 #13
Thank you MIButterfly. As a Boomer I remember those days. I never wanted the candy corn. to sweet. debm55 Oct 2025 #14
Loved the homemade popcorn balls. Polly Hennessey Oct 2025 #15
thank you Polly Hennessey. My favorite was the KitKat bar and the least favorite was the popcorn balls. We could have debm55 Oct 2025 #18
Anything with coconut. Mounds and Almond Joy rurallib Oct 2025 #19
LOL - drmeow Oct 2025 #21
and I hate them both rurallib Oct 2025 #22
Thank you very much, rurallib. for sharing. I agree with the coconut. debm55 Oct 2025 #29
I'll trade you--I like both of them spooky3 Oct 2025 #51
Agreed. It wasnt the taste, it was the texture. I hate shredded coconut BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 2025 #52
That is how my mom kept us out of "her" candy. Almond Joy. Still detest anything with coconut. efhmc Oct 2025 #72
Anything with coconut in it drmeow Oct 2025 #20
Thank you very much, drmeow. Yes, the bars with coconut were an acquired taste. I could take it or leave it. debm55 Oct 2025 #24
Apple or pennies johnnyfins Oct 2025 #23
Thank you very much, johnnyfins. I disliked the apples as the majority were rotten. I did get dimes and nickels. debm55 Oct 2025 #25
Chick Tracts gay texan Oct 2025 #26
Thank you very much, gaytexan. Why would people give those out? The Christians in my area do not celebrate Halloween debm55 Oct 2025 #30
Its a bible belt thing n/t gay texan Oct 2025 #36
Thank you the info. Glad I live in PA. debm55 Oct 2025 #39
Good and Plenty Bmoboy Oct 2025 #27
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHa. I hated good and plenty. Charlie says love my good and plenty. I didn't. debm55 Oct 2025 #31
Orange marshmallow peanuts. BarbaRosa Oct 2025 #28
Oh yes, the circus peanuts. Thank you BarbaRosa. They made me want to gag. debm55 Oct 2025 #32
Milk Duds k0rs Oct 2025 #33
thank you very much, k0rs. I lost a tooth eating one as a kid. debm55 Oct 2025 #34
Candy corn. Aristus Oct 2025 #35
You got that right. I so disliked them, Still do. But someone must like them because they been Halloween stables, for a debm55 Oct 2025 #41
Licorice anything Jilly_in_VA Oct 2025 #37
Agree, with you Jilly_in_VA, I am 70 and still refuse to have black licorice. debm55 Oct 2025 #42
Candy corn. Emile Oct 2025 #40
You got that right, Emile. I hated and still hate candy corn. debm55 Oct 2025 #43
Coconut stuff, like Almond Joy/Mounds sakabatou Oct 2025 #44
Thank you very much, sakabatou, The coconut would stick between my teeth debm55 Oct 2025 #46
Your Choice or The Peanut Butter Taffy Kisses ProfessorGAC Oct 2025 #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 Oct 2025 #47
Bit O Honey, candy corn, and omg I forgot about Good and Plenty! electric_blue68 Oct 2025 #48
Thank you electric_blue68. Agree with candy corn and Good and Plenty. debm55 Oct 2025 #53
Any candy with marshmallows in it Tree Lady Oct 2025 #49
Thank you very much, Tree Lady. I do dislike the marshmallow.candies. debm55 Oct 2025 #54
circus peanuts or necco wafers. pansypoo53219 Oct 2025 #50
Thank you very much, pansypoo53219 debm55 Oct 2025 #55
The small lollipops. Morbius Oct 2025 #56
Thank you Morbius. I think I remember them ,They were a give away when I got home. debm55 Oct 2025 #57
Candy corn. sueh Oct 2025 #58
HAHAHAHAHA. Thank you sueh. I disliked them too. debm55 Oct 2025 #59
+1 iemanja Oct 2025 #85
I got a rock from the boy across the street. milestogo Oct 2025 #60
Thank you ,very much, milestogo, Why would he do that. That's awful. debm55 Oct 2025 #61
He was a kid my age that I grew up with. milestogo Oct 2025 #62
He was an ass. debm55 Oct 2025 #63
I always loved those popcorn balls. Wanted to make some at home but was told there they were too time consuming. efhmc Oct 2025 #64
Thank you very much, efhmc. debm55 Oct 2025 #68
Candy corn and circus peanuts. n/t area51 Oct 2025 #65
agree, Thank you area51 debm55 Oct 2025 #69
Caramel apples LudwigPastorius Oct 2025 #66
Thank you very much, LudwigPastorius. Your list is great and very true. debm55 Oct 2025 #67
Also popcorn balls. boonecreek Oct 2025 #70
HAHAHHAHAHAHA. Very true, Thank you boonecreek. debm55 Oct 2025 #73
Whoppers are gross Lucky Luciano Oct 2025 #71
Thank you Lucky Luciano. I like them debm55 Oct 2025 #74
As so many have said... Candy Corn! Yuck! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Oct 2025 #75
Agree with you, OldBaldy1701E, debm55 Oct 2025 #77
Anything licorice. Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #76
Thank you Diamond_Dog. I hated black licorice but liked the red one. debm55 Oct 2025 #78
Unlike previous posters, I loved the orange marshmallow peanuts, candy corn and Mounds and Almond Joy Candy bars. wcmagumba Oct 2025 #79
Your kidding right??? right???? Oh well, to each their own. Thank you wcmagumba. debm55 Oct 2025 #80
I kid thee not...I'm just weird...living in red red Kansas makes me that way... wcmagumba Oct 2025 #81
OH now I understand. Enjoy. debm55 Oct 2025 #84
There were the toothbrushes the dentists handed out. rsdsharp Oct 2025 #82
HAHAHAHHHAH. I remember that, rsdsharp debm55 Oct 2025 #83

SheltieLover

(76,683 posts)
1. Bit o honey
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 11:06 AM
Oct 2025

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

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

debm55

(55,576 posts)
4. Totally agree . Endlessmike56.We would chuck them on the side of the road. They looked rotten.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 11:12 AM
Oct 2025

mwmisses4289

(3,204 posts)
5. Candy corn and anything with peanuts.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 11:17 AM
Oct 2025

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

Deep State Witch

(12,557 posts)
7. Bit O'Honey, Clark Bars
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 11:20 AM
Oct 2025

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

(25,139 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, 11:35 AM
Oct 2025

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

(55,576 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, 12:06 PM
Oct 2025

awful.

MIButterfly

(2,028 posts)
13. Candy corn. I never liked it.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 11:44 AM
Oct 2025

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

(55,576 posts)
14. Thank you MIButterfly. As a Boomer I remember those days. I never wanted the candy corn. to sweet.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 12:01 PM
Oct 2025

debm55

(55,576 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, 12:10 PM
Oct 2025

traded as kids.

drmeow

(5,920 posts)
21. LOL -
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 12:24 PM
Oct 2025

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

(38,249 posts)
51. I'll trade you--I like both of them
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 12:00 AM
Oct 2025

Though I haven’t eaten them in years.

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

efhmc

(16,077 posts)
72. That is how my mom kept us out of "her" candy. Almond Joy. Still detest anything with coconut.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 05:05 PM
Oct 2025

debm55

(55,576 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, 12:34 PM
Oct 2025

debm55

(55,576 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, 12:37 PM
Oct 2025

debm55

(55,576 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, 12:50 PM
Oct 2025

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

Bmoboy

(607 posts)
27. Good and Plenty
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 12:44 PM
Oct 2025

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

(55,576 posts)
31. HAHAHAHHAHAHAHa. I hated good and plenty. Charlie says love my good and plenty. I didn't.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 12:51 PM
Oct 2025

Aristus

(71,629 posts)
35. Candy corn.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 01:10 PM
Oct 2025

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

(55,576 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, 04:09 PM
Oct 2025

long time.

Jilly_in_VA

(13,791 posts)
37. Licorice anything
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 01:33 PM
Oct 2025

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

ProfessorGAC

(75,838 posts)
45. Your Choice or The Peanut Butter Taffy Kisses
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 05:18 PM
Oct 2025

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

debm55

(55,576 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, 05:29 PM
Oct 2025

ProfessorGAC,

electric_blue68

(25,796 posts)
48. Bit O Honey, candy corn, and omg I forgot about Good and Plenty!
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 08:46 PM
Oct 2025

No to licorice!!! :pushesitaway:

Morbius

(893 posts)
56. The small lollipops.
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 06:43 PM
Oct 2025

They're thin, about the size of a quarter in diameter, on a paper stick in plastic. The kind you see them give away at kid's doctor's offices. They don't taste bad, exactly; they don't taste much like anything. The red ones were usually okay; the green ones tasted like lime. The lollipops would be leftover long after all the other candy was gone.

milestogo

(22,540 posts)
60. I got a rock from the boy across the street.
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 01:06 PM
Oct 2025

My mom thought it was pretty funny, but I did not!

milestogo

(22,540 posts)
62. He was a kid my age that I grew up with.
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 01:45 PM
Oct 2025

I think when he finished trick or treating he took over for his mom in dispensing treats. He put his hand in my bag when he put the rock in. It was the last house and I knew what was in my bag, so there was no doubt when I saw the rock that it was from him. Plus he was laughing. I probably wasn't the only one who got a rock.

efhmc

(16,077 posts)
64. I always loved those popcorn balls. Wanted to make some at home but was told there they were too time consuming.
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 03:00 PM
Oct 2025

LudwigPastorius

(14,146 posts)
66. Caramel apples
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 11:50 PM
Oct 2025

...an impenetrable, sticky mess that cemented itself to your teeth, and when you finally broke through it, all you had was a dang apple.

Wax lips: Those were fun for about 5 seconds. After that? Inedible

Little boxes of raisins: I'm after candy, not fruit!

Gumdrops: Weird texture with a vaguely medicinal taste

Good & Plenty: I just can't hang with anything licorice

Necco wafers: Chalk dust and a little sugar formed into disks that looked like pastel Alka Seltzer

wcmagumba

(5,600 posts)
79. Unlike previous posters, I loved the orange marshmallow peanuts, candy corn and Mounds and Almond Joy Candy bars.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 05:35 PM
Oct 2025

rsdsharp

(11,788 posts)
82. There were the toothbrushes the dentists handed out.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 05:58 PM
Oct 2025

Dummies. They could have been building their business, but NOOOOOOOO!

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