Halloween is right around the corner. Most of you who are reading this stopped trick-or-treating a while ago. But sometimes it’s fun to reminisce about the good ol' days of costumes and candy. Particularly, let’s talk about the best and worst things we used to receive as kids while trick-or-treating. These are mostly my opinions, but I have several different sources who helped me rank these.
Here are the top five best and worst candies I got as a kid.BEST:
1. Twix.
This was my absolute favorite candy as a kid. Seeing that glistening golden wrapper in my pile of candy really was like striking gold. I was a caramel obsessed child, so when you add that to some crunch – you got me.
2. King-sized candy bars.
Uh, duh. Everyone loved the house that gave out the ginormous bars of candy. Score.
3. Butterfinger.
This was the kind of candy I would drool over. OK, not literally but I was obsessed with these. They were so delicious – down to every last crumb. (And there were many.)
4. Dots.
This might be a bit controversial, but I savored every last package of dots when I received them during Halloween. Some people hate them. Some people love them. There’s no in between. I pretty much loved any candy that was considered gummies, so dots were no different.
5. Kit Kat.
A favorite of many. The wafers work so well with the decadent chocolate. The texture isn’t like many other candy bars. They felt airy and light enough to trick me into eating 10 at one time and then getting a stomach ache. Oh well, still good.
WORST:
1. Anything you can’t eat.
This one is pretty self-explanatory. I don’t want a pencil. I’m here for the candy, man.
2. Whoppers.
These little balls taste like stale chocolate covered Styrofoam. And they left the weirdest film on your tongue. Nothing about this candy is fun.
3. Good and Plenty.
There's nothing good about this candy whatsoever. The only people I know that enjoy these little licorice pellets are my mother and grandma.
4. Banana flavored Laffy Taffy.
I might be biased because I hate bananas, but banana flavored candy is even worse. There’s not much else to say besides EW.
5. Strawberry filled hard candy.
These would go in the reject pile when I would separate my candy collection as a child. I mean, c’mon — these are strictly meant for that glass jar in your grandmother’s house. These don’t belong in your trick-or-treat pillow.
