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CANDY CORN: Did you know that October 30th is National Candy Corn day? Who in their right mind gives a national day to a waxy concoction of sugar and corn syrup (also honey, yet another sweetener). I can count how many people I know who like candy corn on one hand. Maybe there are more people who like it, but they fear to say they do because I usually start out talking about candy corn like so... "I would personally beat anyone who admitted liking candy corn with the end of a dried up corn stalk until they denounced their sickening fetish of such a putrid Halloween treat."
Image Source: InvisibleFireGOOD & PLENTY: Anything black licorice related is horrible. This is something German's and the elderly enjoy, not children.
Image Source: BrightosqueePENNIES: Nothing says cheapskate like someone who is not only not willing to hand out candy but gives children scraps from their penny jar. A handful of pennies gets you a handful of nothing...well, it does make your hand smell like a robot.
BAKED GOODS: I either have to put this cookie in my bag and have it end up as crumbs and stick to other items, or I can carry it around all night while trick-or-treating, or I could stick it to the window of your car. This also reminds me of the Halloween episode of 'Freaks & Geeks' when the mom spends her day making cookies and this happens......
Jean (the mom): "Here, give these to your children-their homemade."
Angry Mom: "Are you crazy? I'm been lecturing my kids for weeks not to take unwrapped candy. Those cookies could have razor blades in them."
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GENERIC HARD CANDIES: AKA Last resort candy. I find this stuff at least tolerable. Tolerable that is after all other candies have been depleted and there is no other sugar in the house and I am on the verge of a nervous breakdown unless I taste something sugary. Sometimes this will be several months later and I open my bag to find these candies melted together in a crusted mess at the bottom of my bag. I am finding that all these things I hate to see in my candy bag have something in common; they are cheap. Therefore, if you hand out these items you are indeed a cheapskate.
Honorable Mentions: Circus Peanuts, Wax Lips, Candy Apples, Toothbrushes (seriously, what are they thinking?) and Double Bubble Gum.
I will probably follow up with a list of items I thoroughly enjoy finding in my candy bag, but until then, what is it that YOU hate finding in your trick-or-treat bag?
BAKED GOODS: I either have to put this cookie in my bag and have it end up as crumbs and stick to other items, or I can carry it around all night while trick-or-treating, or I could stick it to the window of your car. This also reminds me of the Halloween episode of 'Freaks & Geeks' when the mom spends her day making cookies and this happens......
Jean (the mom): "Here, give these to your children-their homemade."
Angry Mom: "Are you crazy? I'm been lecturing my kids for weeks not to take unwrapped candy. Those cookies could have razor blades in them."
Image Source: UnknownGENERIC HARD CANDIES: AKA Last resort candy. I find this stuff at least tolerable. Tolerable that is after all other candies have been depleted and there is no other sugar in the house and I am on the verge of a nervous breakdown unless I taste something sugary. Sometimes this will be several months later and I open my bag to find these candies melted together in a crusted mess at the bottom of my bag. I am finding that all these things I hate to see in my candy bag have something in common; they are cheap. Therefore, if you hand out these items you are indeed a cheapskate.
Honorable Mentions: Circus Peanuts, Wax Lips, Candy Apples, Toothbrushes (seriously, what are they thinking?) and Double Bubble Gum.
I will probably follow up with a list of items I thoroughly enjoy finding in my candy bag, but until then, what is it that YOU hate finding in your trick-or-treat bag?
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