Saturday, October 31, 2009

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A few lists of the best and worst Halloween candies came across my web browser yesterday. Hershey's national survey listed the top ten treats for adults and the top ten for kids. I was surprised to see some Mars and Nestlé products on the Hershey's list.

SF Weekly chose five candies kids love even though they don't taste great. I can agree with their dislike of wax lips and Pixy Stix but not candy corn. The tasty tricolor treats are addictive in their super-sweetness. I don't like Smarties but I will give them a free pass because my kids like them. The fifth choice was Ring Pops. Eh.

It was snooty Bon Appetit that got me riled up. They did get a couple of items right on their best and worst lists. For example, they like Whoppers and Reese's Peanut Butter Pumpkins. The worst list includes Necco Wafers and Milk Duds. They foolishly put candy corn on both lists. But how dare they impugn one of my all time favorites, Circus Peanuts. Screenwriter and candy-lover Paul Rudnick also dissed the Peanut on his list. Back in my heavier days, I would often eat Circus Peanuts on airplane flights. The last one in the package tasted just as good as the first.

The trick-or-treaters in our neighborhood will have to wait until I get home from work and my wife gets home from church before they can access our goodies. She bought an assortment of Mars products including Milky Way, 3 Musketeers, Snickers, Twix and Skittles. My wife likes to serve them from a bowl with a ceramic hand reaching up from the bottom. To give this photo an appropriately blood-red tint, I held my finger over the flash. Oooh, very scary!

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3 Comments:

Blogger lisa horstman said...

Ooh, Circus Peanuts! But they make my teeth ache...

11/01/2009  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

not that i like picking fights, but when i started reading this entry and you mentioned candies kids like even though they're nasty? my mind went straigt to those spongey orange circus peanuts. *shudder* they just gross me out SO bad. sorry. ...but see how i don't judge you for liking such a nasty foodlike substance? ;D

-lapsedstalkeramy

11/06/2009  
Blogger Frank Murphy said...

While I love the Circus Peanuts, the title of the post is a hint that I respect the opinion of others. Any guesses (minus the profanity)?

11/06/2009  

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