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MIButterfly

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13. Candy corn. I never liked it.

Thu Oct 2, 2025, 11:44 AM

Oct 2

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!

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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? [View all] debm55 Oct 2 OP

Bit o honey SheltieLover Oct 2 #1

Fair trade, SheltieLover. I liked Bit o Honey. You can have my popcorn ball. debm55 Oct 2 #2

Win-win swap, Deb SheltieLover Oct 2 #38

Apple Endlessmike56 Oct 2 #3

Totally agree . Endlessmike56.We would chuck them on the side of the road. They looked rotten. debm55 Oct 2 #4

Candy corn and anything with peanuts. mwmisses4289 Oct 2 #5

Agree, memisses4289, Don't forget the circus peanuts. Yuk. debm55 Oct 2 #8

Apple with razor blade ;-{) Goonch Oct 2 #6

A person would have to be really sick to do that. Thank you Goonch. debm55 Oct 2 #9

Bit O'Honey, Clark Bars Deep State Witch Oct 2 #7

Thank you very much for sharing with us. Deep State Witch. debm55 Oct 2 #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 2 #11

Thank you Midnight Writer. That jar of Peanut butter is so disgusting. Glad you got some good popcorn bars. Ours were debm55 Oct 2 #17

Candy Corn! justaprogressive Oct 2 #12

Agree with you justaprogressive. Candy corn is terrible. debm55 Oct 2 #16

Candy corn. I never liked it. MIButterfly Oct 2 #13

Thank you MIButterfly. As a Boomer I remember those days. I never wanted the candy corn. to sweet. debm55 Oct 2 #14

Loved the homemade popcorn balls. Polly Hennessey Oct 2 #15

thank you Polly Hennessey. My favorite was the KitKat bar and the least favorite was the popcorn balls. We could have debm55 Oct 2 #18

Anything with coconut. Mounds and Almond Joy rurallib Oct 2 #19

LOL - drmeow Oct 2 #21

and I hate them both rurallib Oct 2 #22

Thank you very much, rurallib. for sharing. I agree with the coconut. debm55 Oct 2 #29

I'll trade you--I like both of them spooky3 Oct 3 #51

Agreed. It wasnt the taste, it was the texture. I hate shredded coconut BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 3 #52

That is how my mom kept us out of "her" candy. Almond Joy. Still detest anything with coconut. efhmc Oct 6 #72

Anything with coconut in it drmeow Oct 2 #20

Thank you very much, drmeow. Yes, the bars with coconut were an acquired taste. I could take it or leave it. debm55 Oct 2 #24

Apple or pennies johnnyfins Oct 2 #23

Thank you very much, johnnyfins. I disliked the apples as the majority were rotten. I did get dimes and nickels. debm55 Oct 2 #25

Chick Tracts gay texan Oct 2 #26

Thank you very much, gaytexan. Why would people give those out? The Christians in my area do not celebrate Halloween debm55 Oct 2 #30

Its a bible belt thing n/t gay texan Oct 2 #36

Thank you the info. Glad I live in PA. debm55 Oct 2 #39

Good and Plenty Bmoboy Oct 2 #27

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHa. I hated good and plenty. Charlie says love my good and plenty. I didn't. debm55 Oct 2 #31

Orange marshmallow peanuts. BarbaRosa Oct 2 #28

Oh yes, the circus peanuts. Thank you BarbaRosa. They made me want to gag. debm55 Oct 2 #32

Milk Duds k0rs Oct 2 #33

thank you very much, k0rs. I lost a tooth eating one as a kid. debm55 Oct 2 #34

Candy corn. Aristus Oct 2 #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 2 #41

Licorice anything Jilly_in_VA Oct 2 #37

Agree, with you Jilly_in_VA, I am 70 and still refuse to have black licorice. debm55 Oct 2 #42

Candy corn. Emile Oct 2 #40

You got that right, Emile. I hated and still hate candy corn. debm55 Oct 2 #43

Coconut stuff, like Almond Joy/Mounds sakabatou Oct 2 #44

Thank you very much, sakabatou, The coconut would stick between my teeth debm55 Oct 2 #46

Your Choice or The Peanut Butter Taffy Kisses ProfessorGAC Oct 2 #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 2 #47

Bit O Honey, candy corn, and omg I forgot about Good and Plenty! electric_blue68 Oct 2 #48

Thank you electric_blue68. Agree with candy corn and Good and Plenty. debm55 Oct 3 #53

Any candy with marshmallows in it Tree Lady Oct 2 #49

Thank you very much, Tree Lady. I do dislike the marshmallow.candies. debm55 Oct 3 #54

circus peanuts or necco wafers. pansypoo53219 Oct 2 #50

Thank you very much, pansypoo53219 debm55 Oct 3 #55

The small lollipops. Morbius Oct 3 #56

Thank you Morbius. I think I remember them ,They were a give away when I got home. debm55 Oct 3 #57

Candy corn. sueh Oct 4 #58

HAHAHAHAHA. Thank you sueh. I disliked them too. debm55 Oct 4 #59

+1 iemanja Oct 7 #85

I got a rock from the boy across the street. milestogo Oct 4 #60

Thank you ,very much, milestogo, Why would he do that. That's awful. debm55 Oct 4 #61

He was a kid my age that I grew up with. milestogo Oct 4 #62

He was an ass. debm55 Oct 4 #63

I always loved those popcorn balls. Wanted to make some at home but was told there they were too time consuming. efhmc Oct 4 #64

Thank you very much, efhmc. debm55 Oct 5 #68

Candy corn and circus peanuts. n/t area51 Oct 4 #65

agree, Thank you area51 debm55 Oct 5 #69

Caramel apples LudwigPastorius Oct 4 #66

Thank you very much, LudwigPastorius. Your list is great and very true. debm55 Oct 5 #67

Also popcorn balls. boonecreek Oct 5 #70

HAHAHHAHAHAHA. Very true, Thank you boonecreek. debm55 Oct 6 #73

Whoppers are gross Lucky Luciano Oct 5 #71

Thank you Lucky Luciano. I like them debm55 Oct 6 #74

As so many have said... Candy Corn! Yuck! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Oct 6 #75

Agree with you, OldBaldy1701E, debm55 Oct 6 #77

Anything licorice. Diamond_Dog Oct 6 #76

Thank you Diamond_Dog. I hated black licorice but liked the red one. debm55 Oct 6 #78

Unlike previous posters, I loved the orange marshmallow peanuts, candy corn and Mounds and Almond Joy Candy bars. wcmagumba Oct 6 #79

Your kidding right??? right???? Oh well, to each their own. Thank you wcmagumba. debm55 Oct 6 #80

I kid thee not...I'm just weird...living in red red Kansas makes me that way... wcmagumba Oct 6 #81

OH now I understand. Enjoy. debm55 Oct 6 #84

There were the toothbrushes the dentists handed out. rsdsharp Oct 6 #82

HAHAHAHHHAH. I remember that, rsdsharp debm55 Oct 6 #83