It's that time of the year again. The end of October means different things for different age groups. For kids (and nostalgic young adults), it means pillowcases bursting with sugar and exhilaration. For parents, it means figuring out how to cute-sify your toddler to the max, turning babies into pumpkins and cringing at thought of the impending dentist bill. For teenagers and feisty adults, it means spending either loads of time or money on the least amount of fabric you can get away with. For all, it means indulging in sweets, but not all candy is created equal.
1. Anything King-Sized
Let's be honest. We've all had our parents drive us to the rich neighborhoods in search of the generous (or cruel) souls who dish these out in style.
2. Chocolate
Always the most valuable in a game of after trick-or-treating candy poker, there is a reason chocolate candies and candy bars are more expensive.
3. Gummies
Something about the shape of the bears, worms, or even fingers made out of horse-hooves makes everyone want to bite the heads off or swallow them in handfuls.
4. Sour Anything
While they leave a less than ideal mess on your tongue and burn the roof of your mouth, sour skittles or sour patch kids are addictive and delightful.
5. Spongebob Krabby Patties
There's something about eating something that looks like another food type that is extra appealing, plus they are from Spongebob, you really can't go wrong.
6. Soda
As someone who wasn't allowed to drink soda growing up, receiving a can of corn-syrup flavored water is a dream come true, especially if it has the sugar and caffeine necessary for a long night of candy binge eating.
7. Taffy
Laffy Taffy and salt-water delicacies are equally great. I don't know who came up with the idea of putting corny jokes, written by children on candy, but they are a genius and I still flip up that flap whenever I come across one of these colorful chewy candies.
8. Candy that Doubles as a Toy
Glamorous. Simply glamorous.
9. Licorice
While Twizzlers dangle on the edge of bland, they can be used as a straw for the soda and that delight is worth every disappointing bite.
10. Bubblegum
If they didn't lose their flavour after five minutes of sugary bliss, or were easier to scrape off dorky childhood glasses or the inside of your nose, these wouldn't overwhelm the poker pot.
11. Fruit
We get you're trying to make a point to be healthy. Now watch as I throw this sad excuse for candy on the ground and stomp on it.
