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TripletDaddy 10-22-2008 12:07 AM

Any of the fruit flavored stuff.....starburst, skittles, gummies, fruit tootsie rolls, individual packs of sweet tarts, etc..

Pass on candy corn, brachs butterscotch hard candy, smarties, anything pure chocolate, and random taffy.

Halloween night is a candy fest. The day after Halloween is usually candy before breakfast and intermittent snacking throughout the day. By the second or third day after, I am pretty sick of candy. That is when the "bowl" gets moved to the middle of the kitchen.....dont have the heart to throw the rest away, but it usually sits there for about a month.

PaloAltoCougar 10-22-2008 02:40 AM

I used to levy a tax on the collected goods, with a surcharge that resulted in all peanut M&Ms coming my way. We let our kids take huge hauls, so they were usually more than happy pay tribute, and knew any chocolate/nut combo was sure to win dad's favor.

I can still picture my hauls from the '60s. Do they still give out those rubbery marshmallow things that are shaped like a peanut? Hated those. Seinfeld comments on them in one of his routines, and said he'd simply tell the person dispensing them, "No thanks, we've got all the doorstops we need."

Next to Christmas and birthdays, Halloween was the best day of the year.

TripletDaddy 10-22-2008 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by PaloAltoCougar (Post 282720)
I used to levy a tax on the collected goods, with a surcharge that resulted in all peanut M&Ms coming my way. We let our kids take huge hauls, so they were usually more than happy pay tribute, and knew any chocolate/nut combo was sure to win dad's favor.

I can still picture my hauls from the '60s. Do they still give out those rubbery marshmallow things that are shaped like a peanut? Hated those. Seinfeld comments on them in one of his routines, and said he'd simply tell the person dispensing them, "No thanks, we've got all the doorstops we need."

Next to Christmas and birthdays, Halloween was the best day of the year.

They are called Circus Peanuts and we have some in our house this very moment.

My mom keeps a stash of those and Necco Wafers (which are basically multi-colored antacid tablets) to snack on when she visits.

The odd thing is that she really goes out of her way to "hide" them, placing them in a bag and then putting the bag at the back of the cabinet.

I tried to tell her that nobody was going to eat them. In fact, over the summer, we had an ant infestation. Even the ants didn't touch the Necco Wafers.

http://snackerz.com/shop/images/snk2...us_peanuts.jpg

BarbaraGordon 10-22-2008 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by PaloAltoCougar (Post 282720)
I can still picture my hauls from the '60s. Do they still give out those rubbery marshmallow things that are shaped like a peanut? Hated those.

These are what I hate:
http://www.typetive.com/blogimages/p...rkisses-lg.jpg
They call them peanut butter kisses, but they're an affront to the good names of peanut butter and kisses.

Mindfulcoug 10-22-2008 02:41 PM

As a general rule, Ferrero Rocher is the only chocolate which would make committing any crime absolutely legitimate, leave alone stealing. For the exception of my son who my husband and i would have to take a more diplomatic strategy and just start begging from.

http://i34.tinypic.com/28b4ok7.jpg

BarbaraGordon 10-22-2008 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by mindfulcoug (Post 282835)
As a general rule, Ferrero Rocher is the only chocolate which would make committing any crime absolutely legitimate, leave alone stealing. For the exception of my son who my husband and i would have to take a more diplomatic strategy and just start begging from.

Just admit it - you're a candy elitist!

Jeff Lebowski 10-22-2008 02:51 PM

Fast Break
Nutrageous
Butterfinger

Mindfulcoug 10-22-2008 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon (Post 282837)
Just admit it - you're a candy elitist!

I would be honored to accept the nomination specially coming from you ,whom i feel sort of close now that i have read your Camel training post some times ago ! :)

Donuthole 10-22-2008 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski (Post 282839)
Fast Break
Nutrageous
Butterfinger

Substitute Take 5 in place of Butterfinger (aka Chico-stix dipped in brown wax) in the Holy Peanut Butter Triumverate, and I agree.

Donuthole 10-22-2008 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by TripletDaddy (Post 282723)
My mom keeps a stash of those and Necco Wafers (which are basically multi-colored antacid tablets) to snack on when she visits. . . Even the ants didn't touch the Necco Wafers.

And just when you think it doesn't get any worse than the pink Necco wafers, you stumble upon a licorice flavored Necco Wafer. Yuck. Not very many candies can make Smarties seem delicious, but I think Neccos fall into that category.


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