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50. circus peanuts or necco wafers.

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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