Candy corn pumkins
Posted on 10/30/2008 7:40:43 AM PDT by Oyarsa
With so many American children struggling with obesity, you may not find joy in handing out globules of empty Halloween calories.
The typical jack-o'-lantern bucket holds 250 small chocolate bars (about 9,000 calories), and 20 percent of kids eat every last piece they collect. If you don't want to be the neighborhood Scrooge who's giving out apples and dental floss—or worse, pulling toilet paper from your trees the next day—try these tricks to treat their sweet tooths without expanding their waistlines.
(Excerpt) Read more at health.msn.com ...
Hmmm, Candy Corn... My late uncle, a man of great taste and distinction, once whipped out a jar of candy corn mixed with salted peanut halves that he carried while traveling. It sounds gross, but was very good. I actually used to love to mix it myself to put in a candy dish at work or wherever. Other people were doubting until they tasted it and became converts. It’s the only way I will eat nuts of any kind.
Can I spell or what?
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I like that stuff that makes your teeth stick together for a week
Candy corn gets a bad rap, IMO. In small doses it’s fine. A perfectly respectable filler for the candy dish. I like the kind with the pseudo-chocolate bottom layer.
Personally, I agree. I posted for two reasons.
1) There may be Freepers who share the assumptions of the article, in which case, they have it if they want it.
2) Figured people would enjoy reminiscing about Halloweens past or discussing kids favorite candy, etc, or give their “bests” and “worsts”.
Mmmmmmmmm - I’m coming to your house tomorrow night!
Worthless stock certificates.
Hand out WaMU to any kid in a Obama mask. I don;t have any of those, by My Husky Tickets (0-7 WA Huskies) are as as bout as worthless, and also a good choice if I want to disappoint a kid on purpose.
I bet your kids want to crawl in a hole in the floor!
Poor NavyCanDo. And it’s your father in LAW, so you really can’t say much without ticking the wife, mother in law, everyone off!
Anybody remember ‘Pennies for Unicef’?
Where do you live?
Maybe if the parents didn’t drive them around during trick or treat eating all those candy bars wouldn’t matter.
Or if they would make them get up from their Playstation and go outside every once in awhile...
It’s Halloween. Let them be kids.
Yes, we had to carry that orange box and beg for money and candy.
I'm not politically correct.
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I remember that....(sigh)
Mallo Cups were my favorite!!!
I still look for them when I go to Pennsylvania.
Necco wafers are the candy of SATAN.
I shudder to think how badly the homeowner who gave out Jolly Rancher, Tootsie ROlls, gum, or raisins would have suffered in St. Louis in the late 60’s to mid-70’s...but he would have suffered.
......I’m handing out pennies this year, bad economy, spread the wealth, etc.etc........
I’m handing out $10 gold certificates..... they are redeemable for gold coin or cash at your local Democrat HQ or any Union office.
Did you ever collect the cards on the bottom of the package, and collect $5.00 in cards for a free box of Mallo Cups?
Mercury dimes, they’re “Werewolf repellant” (silver).
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