Thursday, October 29, 2009

Sugar Rush

Halloween, God bless it, is the only time of the year that manages to conceal the fact that I have a sugar tooth the size of a football stadium.

No one at the drugstore looks at me askance because I’m buying bag after enormous bag of candy. Kit Kats, Snickers, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Tootsie Pops…the list goes on and on. It’s all, you see, for the children.

There is, however, one type of candy that I cannot abide and that is never foisted upon trick or treaters at our door: candy corn. These one-note triangular concoctions of gag-inducing sweetness are an affront to the entire candy aisle. Remember getting candy corn in your bag at Halloween? Few disappointments were ever greater. And if you traded candy at the end of the night, how many times did you try to unload your sorry bag o’ corn on someone? Answer: each and every time.

Judging from the foot traffic we had in our building last year, I’ve got about two king-sized bags of candy per kid. That’s a good ratio, I think. Gotta make sure I have enough for myself.

I mean, the children. Enough for the children.

10 comments:

  1. Have to agree Candy corn = gross.

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  2. And Swedish Fish? The Swedes should be ashamed of themselves.

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  3. Candy corn is my FAVORITE. Ever have them mixed with peanuts?Pure salt/sweet delight. Monica, as friends, somehow,we must get past this difference although...well, I suppose we must.

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  4. Wait! And peeps? How can you not like peeps? Bit-o-Honey. Swedish fish? Oh dear, perhaps we can't get past this...

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  5. Oh, God, do you like Raisinets too??? Sigh...we must soldier on. Find some common ground to save this friendship...however difficult that might be.

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  6. Raisinets? Sure. I rarely discriminate in the candy category.

    The next thing you're gonna tell me is that you don't like Circus Peanuts!

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  7. Yes! Finally a voice of reason in candy reviews, Peeps are definitely gross. Although they are fun to put in the microwave.

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  8. Circus Peanuts? Circus Peanuts?! Sigh...ok, we need to find some common ground here. How about Necco wafers? Lemonheads? Sweet tarts?

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