Smarties: A small pack of discs, they’re challenging to open without losing any, but once you get the skill, you’ll consider yourself a smarty.
Dum Dums: Small suckers with a large selection of flavors, Dum Dums also come in small packs, or monstrously large packs with like a thousand suckers. The monster size packs, of course, are for you to share, to pass around. Don’t eat them all yourself, unless you aren’t so fond of having teeth.
PayDay: Caramel and peanuts are a natural combo. You can’t go wrong with a pocket full of PayDay. If you get one of these, you’ll know it really is—PayDay.
Twix: Caramel and cookie and chocolate (unless you get the peanut butter kind, which are equally delicious), you’re in for a treat, and there are two per package (unless you get the bite-size, but even then you lucked out) so you can share with your best friend. Hahaha! Kudos to anyone who can figure out who their best friend is. No, not those kind of Kudos.
M&M’s: You know you’re on Santa’s good list if you get a one pound bag of M&M’s on Halloween. Sure maybe your favorite is Peanut M&M’s, but also for sure you wouldn’t send back a bag of plain M&M’s with a scowl on your face. You’d be smiling under your mask with Peanut Butter M&M’s, Pretzel M&M’s, even the minty, red and white M&M’s that come out at Christmas.
Mounds: Chocolate and coconut is a delightful combination. If you live in a colder climate during October, like most of the world, you might like this because it feels like a vacation to a tropical place. Savor every last bite, you’re an Eskimo in Hawai’i.
Almond Joy: The nutty brother of Mounds, Almond Joys have a surprise almond on top. You might have wondered what that lump was…it’s an almond.
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups: Impossible to open without getting teeny bits of chocolate on you, these are still scrumptious for eating. Take your time, or stack them and eat them like your the kid in Matilda eating a giant chocolate cake.
Nerds: The tiny boxes of tiny Nerds are some of the most fun candy. Who even cares about eating any of it, you can have as much fun sitting there shaking the box.
Kit Kat: Lighter than air, you won’t care that these are a low-calorie food until you’re an older Trick-or-treater. By the time you’re that old you’ll even consider cracking it in pieces and sharing it with someone else.
Snickers: Don’t be dismayed by the bite-size Snickers. They’re still a creamy, crunchy, chocolatey candy bar, only smaller.
Skittles: Some claim this to be the pinnacle of the candy category. They are delicious and come in a variety of fruit flavors. Purple=grape. Orange=orange. They come all mixed together in a bag. You can chew them together and make strange flavors, or eat select colors to savor a single flavor.
Twizzlers: Candy, or deadly weapon? It depends on who your friends are. Do they like to whip you with a mysteriously wet Twizzler? Your only option, of course, is to wet your own licorice whip. Or do you prefer strawberry whips? Chocolate or cherry whips, anyone?
Pixy Stix: This is the ultimate Hallowe’en candy. Why? Here’s why: It’s a paper straw, sealed at both ends, containing flavored sugar crystals. In keeping with all Hallowe’en traditions, you can open both ends, blow the sugar up in the air—and TAKE A SHOWER IN SUGAR!
You’re a hyperactive horror.
Happy Hallowe’en!
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