The Babble List: The Best Candy Ever
We rank the 25 all-time greatest Halloween treats.
by Brett Singer
October 14, 2008
19. Hershey's miniatures
When I was a lad, I flew back from Florida by myself. My grandmother, concerned that I would be hungry on the plane, packed ten Hershey bars in my bag. I ate three. The thought of eating even one standard-size Hershey bar now makes me sick to my stomach. Hershey's miniatures, however, are the perfect amount of chocolate. My favorite variety, Krackle (chocolate with "crisped rice," aka Rice Krispies), isn't typically found on newsstand candy racks, so for me this is a once-a-year treat.
18. Russell Stover Dark Chocolate Marshmallow Pumpkins
They aren't in the same league as Cadbury Cream Eggs, but these only-in-October chocolates are true foil-wrapped goodness. The slight bitterness of the dark chocolate perfectly compliments the gooey sweetness of the marshmallow.
17. Snack Size Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
You got your chocolate in my peanut butter! You got your peanut butter in my chocolate! The standard two-per-package would be large for trick-or-treat bags; the bite-size version, however, is just right.
16. Smarties
Smarties are pure sugar, but with a kick. Little discs of sweet joy, artificially fruit-flavored, wrapped loosely in plastic so you can more easily empty an entire roll into your mouth. . . I know a parent who says he literally hides these from his kids before they go through their trick-or-treat haul. I guess as addictions go, this one is pretty harmless.
15. Now and Laters
There are a few varieties of these soft-but-not-that-soft colorful confections. The Halloween variety you want is the "four individually wrapped taffy squares in a 0.56 ounce bar." That's just enough to "eat some now, save some for later."
14. Creepy Crawlers Gummy Candy
The taste is only so-so; I prefer Swedish Fish. But the "ewwww" these yucky things elicit from kids makes it all worth it.
13. Airheads
Not to be confused with the Adam Sandler/Brendan Fraser/Steve Buscemi film (which would actually be a pretty good trick-or-treat gift, now that I think of it), Airheads are kind of a big, flat salt-water taffy, but without the salt-water or the funky seaport flavors. Whatever color you eat will come off on your tongue, which can be fun to show the kids. Of course, I'm easily entertained (see "Chuckles").
©2008 Babble
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Brett Singer is a writer and father living in Manhattan with his wonderful wife and two terrific sons. Other writing work includes his new site, daddytips.com.
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