Worst candies of all time

[Yavin4]

My vote is juju bees. Must have been invented by dentists to drum up business. My teeth are hurting just by looking at the photo.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

1. These monstrosities.

The most disappointing candy to find in the trick or treat bag, followed closely by candy corn, and Mike & Ike's.

[MontanaMama]

5. Thank you for posting a pic of these.

I don't know what they are but they are horrid. First thing my kiddo throws out when he gets home from trick or treating. I have a theory that they are the same crappy candies that we culled from our bags back in the 70's. They came back to life and haunt every generation.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

8. I google image searched for

"wax paper halloween candy". That's the best way I know to describe them.

[Shrike47]

94. I think they're salt water taffy.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

135. No. They're something else entirely. Nt

[ProfessorGAC]

22. I'm Going With Candy Corn, Doc

Even as a little kid i didn't like those. Those definitely hit my "most disappointing" on Halloween choice.

[LisaM]

58. They're salt-water taffy. I always liked the black ones...

they were licorice flavored.

[pansypoo53219]

72. i never had one. i think my mom must have snuck the black ones away.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

163. No, I like salt water taffy...

These were something else entirely. Google tells me they're called Mary Janes Peanut Butter kisses.

[LisaM]

164. Weird, I know I've had licorice ones, but yes, I see what you see!

I never buy them, but if I run across some, I'm going to try those black ones!

[pansypoo53219]

71. i adore mike & ikes.

[HopeAgain]

101. These win my vote. Straight from the Halloween bag to the garbage can

[Lotusflower70]

182. Lol

Omg! Those things are nasty.

[MLAA]

185. Oh god, I had forgotten about those horrible candies! The worst!

[GallopingGhost]

196. They're Mary Jane brand

Peanut Butter Kisses.

[Doreen]

2. Candy corn. Those thing are just nasty.

They taste nasty and they always seem stale. The smell sucks to.

[Freddie]

79. Agreed

Makes a cute decoration in a bowl. Throw away Nov. 1 or give to my granddog, the canine vacuum cleaner.

[stopbush]

131. Candy corn isnt bad if you realize its flavor is vanilla.

People don’t like it because they think it tastes weird, but that weirdness is based on the fact that they don’t have an idea in their head about what they should be tasting.

[Doreen]

148. I realize it is vanilla it is just a very bad and fake vanilla.

I can tell the difference between real and fake and candy corn is as fake as it gets.

[stopbush]

157. 99% of chocolate candy tastes fake.

[Doreen]

158. Yes, I can handle fake chocolate better than fake vanilla.

I have learned though how to read the ingredients of chocolate and know what is used with and in real chocolate. It also depends on how they make the chocolate. I love chocolate and that may be why I can handle fake to a certain extent.

[Salviati]

153. Candy corn is actually good if you mix it half and half with peanuts...

Try it. Seriously. It might surprise you.

[stopbush]

156. Yep. Lots of people make that mix.

[Lotusflower70]

183. Ugh

I absolutely can't stand candy corn. Gross!

[PoliticAverse]

3. They are probably the best if you need a filling removed but the worst candy of all time still is...

Circus Peanuts.

[Docreed2003]

33. Agreed!!! The absolute worst!

[brush]

121. How about Gummy Bears, close kin to filling-extracting Juju Bees?

[Docreed2003]

123. Yeah, especially the generic ones...theyre like eating rocks

[NBachers]

130. Yes- Circus Peanuts. They give me the willies. I don't know if I've ever actually tried one.

It's like getting a bag filled with Palmetto Bugs.

[GrapesOfWrath]

162. Yes!

I feel sick just seeing the picture of them...

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. Milk Duds - at least from about 50 years ago - like sticky cement hard caramel balls

First you break your teeth on them - then as they softened, pull out the fillings!

Pom Poms and Rolos far superior in texture (and safer to eat!)

[FSogol]

66. I agree. The aptly named Milk Duds are the worst. N/t

[Freddie]

80. Send them to me!

Love Milk Duds! But yes, must take care with dental work.

[forgotmylogin]

176. Milk Duds are for watching movies.

You want them to last the whole time, so you let them melt and soften in your mouth gradually.

[MontanaMama]

6. How about these?

Yuck.

[TlalocW]

19. Old ones suck

If you get them "fresh," they're nicely soft and chewy.

TlalocW

[underpants]

20. Mary Janes are basically the same thing. BLECH!!!

[janterry]

30. those were my favorite as a kid

I gave them to my daughter recently (and she liked them, too)

[bettyellen]

70. Mary Janes have a layer of peanut butter in them! Love that.

[Coventina]

7. Necco Wafers

Or as I like to call them: Necro Wafers, because they taste like death!

on edit: oops! Misspelled both words!

[Hoyt]

9. We love them, but you've probably ruined them for me now. :) I order box of 24, about once a month.

[Coventina]

12. Hahaha! Sorry. I would never want to ruin anyone's enjoyment of stuff.

But I have to say, they aren't for me!

[Polly Hennessey]

17. How's that Pepto-Bismol bathroom going? n/t

[Coventina]

21. It, er, keeps me going!

[genxlib]

18. That's the one

As far as I am concerned, they are Rolaids with color.

Even Tums is better than that.

[MontanaMama]

23. My mother in law

LOVES Necco Wafers. Need I say more?

[Mr.Bill]

42. When I was a kid in the 50s

there was a coke machine at our local pool that we discovered would take Necco Wafers as quarters. You cools buy a roll of them for a dime, then get a coke and 15 cents change. You do the math . I was six and I thought I could retire. !959 was a great summer. Or at least for a few weeks until they took that machine away and replaced it.

[Chipper Chat]

83. 1959. remember cigarette machines were everywhere.

My 10 yr old brother could put money in the money slot and buy cigs. For our mom of course.

[Freddie]

111. In the 80's

The *hospital* where I worked had a cigarette machine alongside the candy and soda machines. They removed it around 1990.

[LisaM]

59. I like some of the flavors.

We used them when we were little to practice our First Communion.....

[The Genealogist]

95. I was practically weaned on Necco Wafers

My father had full dentures by age 26, so he didn't care how much candy he ate. He'd buy Necco Wafers 5 or 6 rolls at a time, and just eat them all day long. When I went someplace with him, I would just ride along and chow down on them too. Only one I never liked was the black. They taste like black licorice, which I love, but the flavoring is just too concentrated. I still love to eat a pink and a brown Necco Wafer together, cause it tastes a little like mint and chocolate together.

[Hoyt]

10. The secret to some of these candies is to let them age for months or longer. Then, one night when

you are craving some candy, they are the best things ever.

[seaglass]

192. Yes, stale circus peanuts are so much better than fresh! n/t

[MFM008]

11. I HATE these things

[Yavin4]

14. Probably the same company that makes communion wafers

Just a different setting on the machine.

[tymorial]

64. Actually it's the oldest continually operated candy maker in the US

They are out of Revere, ma just outside of Boston. I enjoy them once in a while.

[ailsagirl]

74. NO ONE will agree, but for me it's anything with dried coconuts

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Mounds and Almond Joy come to mind

Stringy, dry coconut that just hangs around in your mouth forever after everything else has melted away

It has the texture of fingernails, IMO

Sometimes they sneak it into carrot cake

You asked!

[rurallib]

92. I will agree - I hate coconut

and believe me, I had some try to sneak it by me. Can't do it - gag reflexes to the max.

[ailsagirl]

117. Yay! So there are two of us!!

[Phentex]

137. That's what I said yesterday...

I love all of these candies people are naming and I tried to think of something I don't like. That's anything with coconut in it like Almond Joy.

Otherwise, hand me a bag of circus peanuts. Pass me the necco wafers. Hand over those hard shell sticky creme neon Easter eggs!

[spooky3]

178. This is the first post in this thread that Ive disagreed with!

I hated all the previously named candies, but I love Almond Joys. Can’t recall the last time I had one, though; too many calories.

[byronius]

177. They are horribly addictive, is what they are. I can't stop eating once I open the package.

Horribly addictive.

[Rollo]

13. Anything from the Whizzo Chocolate Company...

Crunch Frog, for example...

[SonofDonald]

15. And spring surprise!, great skit! N/T

[Rollo]

119. I'm rather partial to the "Cockroach Cluster"... nt

[Ron Obvious]

25. If we took the bones out, it wouldn't be crunchy! n/t

[SonofDonald]

45. Yup!, lol!, and wasn't there one with

Larx Vomit as an ingredient?, been awhile since I heard the skit.

[Rollo]

118. That that was the "Ram's Bladder Cup" that had a dollop of lark's vomit to go with it...

lol

[jmowreader]

50. Especially the Cherry Fondue

"This is extremely nasty, but we can't prosecute you for that."

[SonofDonald]

16. Coconut lifesavers, taste like metallic barf

And anything watermelon flavored, that ain't watermelon I'm tasting.

[MontanaMama]

24. You are so right.

Anything "watermelon" flavored is heinous. Yack.

[tblue37]

77. I hate artificial strawberry flavoring in candy, ice cream, milkshakes, etc.

Some people love it, but I hate it. It doesn't taste anything like real strawberry.

[japple]

69. The staff in my department all loved watermelon flavored Jolly Ranchers. I bought

a bag of 500 one year as a gift to my co-workers and we all enjoyed them for months!

[OriginalGeek]

146. IF it had been 500 chocolate somethings

it would have lasted maybe hours.

I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate Jolly Ranchers and understand why it took months to get rid of them. lol

[Chasstev365]

26. Circus Peanuts!

[HopeAgain]

103. The big orange ones?

[Chasstev365]

108. Exactly! Even worse when grandma doesn't believe they're stale!

[subterranean]

27. The hard candies my grandmother used to put out at Christmastime were pretty bad.

The green ones were okay, I suppose, but the others were about the worst candy I ever tasted (besides licorice and the dreaded circus peanuts).

[Floyd R. Turbo]

34. Absolutely! I still have some stuck in the

toe of my Christmas Stocking! 😏

[tymorial]

65. I miss the Russell Stover candy tin

My dad would buy me one every Christmas

[Freddie]

82. Must have been a grandmother thing

She always put those out too. Some were pretty good, the jelly-filled ones yuck. Do they still make those little puffy butter mints? Loved them, another Grandma candy.

[PossiblePasts]

155. I don't like them either, but the memories.....

Grandma always had a bowl of these every Christmas. Now I long to find a candy dish like hers and put some candy in it.
Hate circus peanuts, but send me the orange and black wrapped candy, along with Bit O' Honey.

[JHan]

28. tootsie rolls

yuck

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

54. I've always hated Tootsie Rolls, but you can make this interesting cake with them:

http://www.thehungryhousewife.com/2014/10/kitty-litter-cake.html

Tootsie Rolls make excellent fake cat turds.

[JHan]

110. LOL LOL LOL

makes sense: all they're good for ....their resemblance to cat turds.

[HopeAgain]

102. My wife loves them

Go figure..

[JHan]

109. lol. I hate them with the intensity of a thousand suns.

[Glorfindel]

29. Sugar Daddy

Dear Lord, I hated those things!

[jmowreader]

55. My dad loves them

This is what he'd buy to give out as Halloween candy when we lived on 14th Street in St. Maries. Our street was about as steep as the ones they have in San Francisco and only two other people - one of whom was 90 years old and hated children, the other who was the county's biggest weed dealer* - so only a few trick-or-treaters ever went up there. Dad figured if he was going to be stuck with a whole bag of candy he couldn't give away, he'd get what he liked.

* This guy would have been REAL easy to catch in the act. There was a clear line of sight to his house from about half the town, so to alert his customers he had marijuana for sale he put a neon beer sign in his window. When he had inventory he turned it on.

[Glorfindel]

91. Hey, your dad sounds like a sensible man!

And everyone is entitled to one lapse in taste.

[Homer Wells]

160. I sacrificed several fillings to this caramel horror.

Dentists must love those things!

[Glorfindel]

161. I'm sure they do, Homer!

I'm pretty sure I have bought my dentist a boat or two over the years, but not from eating Sugar Daddy.

[procon]

31. I confess to having a secret candy corn sweet tooth.

I buy a couple of bags of Jelly Belly Gourmet Candy Corn every Halloween and stash 'em in the freezer. When no one else is around I'll treat myself to a couple of candy corn pieces through the year. I'm so ashamed.

[Phoenix61]

35. I love candy corn

An old co-worker did too. We called it crack corn because once we started in on it we couldn't stop.

[procon]

38. Crack Corn, that's my new excuse! See, I'm an addict so I really can't stop eating the stuff. nt

[Phentex]

140. it's a bit like tequila for me...

a little tastes great. But once you go past a certain point...

[MiniMe]

73. Always hated candy corn

[Danmel]

32. I like bit o honey

But circus peanuts are an abomination.

[northoftheborder]

37. I love Bit O' Honey, but never see it in the stores.

Hate candy corn, caramel squares, and those jelly things in the first thread post.

[Blindingly apparent]

36. Bamboozles

Just last night my grandson introduced me to bamboozles. They look like innocent jellybeans and part of the package are. Each package contains paired jellybean- One is a normal flavored like coconut the matching jellybean is something awful like spoiled milk. Other flavors include dog food, boogers, and grass clippings. They are awful. Let the taster beware.

[Rhiannon12866]

51. Ah! Those sound like the jelly beans from Harry Potter

Those were Bertie Bott's Every Flavor [Jelly] Beans and they had flavors like ear wax and vomit. I was once given a box, but I never tried even one...

[cemaphonic]

124. The Black Pepper ones are surprisingly good

I wish they'd rotate those into their regular mixes.

[Rhiannon12866]

126. That doesn't sound too bad - and I really like jelly beans

But I don't think my box had an explanation and I was afraid of getting earwax or vomit.

[Botany]

39. Horehound Candy

[Kali]

112. I have the dish my Grandmother kept those things in.

They were gross but if it was the only candy for miles, you could sort of get used to them and eat a couple.

I would still take them over circus peanuts any day.

[True Dough]

40. If you stretch the bounds of candy to include gum...

This crap was/is horrible. You know the marketing geniuses have done the world a disservice when the packaging tells you that the edible product tastes like soap!!!

[lunasun]

76. It still tastes like soap! Huh?

As if that's a good thing
The color reminds me of that hideous lavender gum in a silver pack that's still out there

[applegrove]

128. I remember those.

[edbermac]

41. Jawbreakers.

Aptly named.

[Phentex]

43. I love all the candy everyone else hates...

Candy was such a treat for me as a kid. I love most all of the ones listed here. Plus wax lips and red hots and fire balls and licorice those little pink Canada brand lozenges. MMMmmmmmmm....

[SonofDonald]

46. Same here, milk duds, jawbreakers, sugar daddy's

Anything with caramel in it, I just don't eat them the way that will yank out fillings or break teeth.

[Phentex]

48. I can't do it now...

I ate a soft caramel not long ago but I'd be afraid of Sugar Daddy now. I loved them and can't believe I didn't lose any teeth back then!

I can't do candy apples any more for the same reason.

[SonofDonald]

52. I love those candy apple lollipops though n/t

[Hoyt]

53. Pulled off crowns frequently with Sugar Daddys.

[Mr.Bill]

44. Marshmallow Peeps. Hate them.

Our local grocery store has a whole rack of throwback candy. All the stuff you remember from the 50s., like the little wax bottles with the liquid in them. I'm surprised they still make a lot of this stuff.

[SonofDonald]

47. I love all that stuff, there is/was a candy store

In Carmel California right down the street from the Boars Head that had all the different types of old timey candy, another one in Cannon Beach Oregon I found last summer was great.

What really sucks is I love jolly rancher candy, they make all sorts of types of it but I can't find it anywhere except online, the candy store in Cannon Beach didn't even know they made other types of it except the individually wrapped pieces, walmart used to sell the lemon ones in their own bag but not anymore, walgreens sold them until a year ago, not anymore.....

Luckily JR sells everything online.

[Phentex]

49. I loved watermelon jolly ranchers!

well and everything everyone has listed here. I don't like anything with coconut in it but that's the only kind of candy I can think of that I don't like.

[SonofDonald]

57. In a prior post I mentioned watermelon candy

I got a pile of jolly rancher watermelon candy due to the many bags of the assorted one I go through every year.

I saw that they now make a caramel apple version but haven't found any yet, yum yum!.

I just can't stomach watermelon although I love the real thing, kind of like that I can't stand hazelnut coffee. ( too bitter ) but I grew up with hazelnut trees in our yard and can eat bushels of them.

[demmiblue]

150. The watermelon jolly rancher stix were the bomb (the 5-6 inch ones with the clear wrapper).

They would mold to your tongue/roof of mouth. It was bittersweet when you finally had to bite the end off!

[Cartoonist]

63. Novato, CA

North of SF.
They have a store that specializes in old candy.

[beveeheart]

104. There's a store in Arvada CO with old timey candy too

And the best ice cream! Yum!!!

[SonofDonald]

120. I was just there, my Sister didn't mention it

Damn her! It's not like we didn't have the munchies, she lives in Colorado, I live in Washington.

I'll try to act indignant next time I talk to her.

Lol

[beveeheart]

147. Here you go! Enjoy the next time you're here.

http://www.scrumptiousco.com/

[TuxedoKat]

145. Thanks, you two

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I just googled old time candy and a website came up and I found Regal Crown Sour Cherry candies that I used to love. Thank you!!!

https://www.oldtimecandy.com

[beveeheart]

149. I liked them too.

[klook]

56. Twizzlers are pretty bad

Not as bad as Necco wafers, though!

[jmowreader]

96. Black and brown Twizzlers are good

I agree with you on the other colors.

[Laffy Kat]

129. OMG, I was going to post this but I thought everyone would hate me.

They seem so popular. To me they look, feel, and chew like plastic. I can't see where they are really food. Thank you.

[spooky3]

180. Their current TV ads are as bad as the candy.

[LisaM]

60. Circus peanuts, malted milk balls (yuck!), and Turkish Taffy.

I think those are on the bottom rung of the ladder for me.

[Glorfindel]

90. Strongly agree about the taffy and circus peanuts, but I love malted milk balls.

No accounting for tastes, right?

[LisaM]

99. I guess not!

When we got them trick or treating, my dad would use them to do "magic" tricks (put them in one ear, take them out the other, etc.) So we liked them for that reason, but other than that, they taste like Ovaltine powder to me!

[Boxerfan]

61. So many votes for Circus Peanuts....My Mom's favorite.

She got a serious craving for some in her last days. I was her caretaker & I had also had to pluck a fresh duck & cook it for her.

The Circus Peanuts were actually harder to find & a older gas station mart had some. Appropriately aged & "crisp" if that is what you call stale. My Mom loved them so much I had to keep a bag at her bedside until she passed.

I've got dentures & some gums stick like cement-heck almost all of them do. And the ones that don't suck & have the goodyear effect (chew like rubber). So those suck worst for me. Bonus is I can finally eat Ice Cream pain free.

[Phentex]

141. They still make them...

I've been known to get some as gifts. I like them a bit stale, too. Millions of us can't be wrong!

It's just banana flavor.

[Luciferous]

172. I loved circus peanuts as a kid :)

[IADEMO2004]

62. The Five Worst Halloween Treats According to Gordon Ramsay 2016

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gordon+ramsay+halloween+candy

Circus Peanuts are clown shit.

[jmowreader]

98. I'm sorry, but Ramsay is full of shit on this one

How the fuck could he do a fucking "worst Halloween treats" list when:

1) He's fucking British and they don't fucking celebrate Halloween in the first fucking place

and

2) he doesn't know what the fuck a Chick tract is, and why it's the worst fucking Halloween treat you can possibly fucking give.

Look guys, you know how little kids like to TP the houses of people who give bad treats? Chick tracts call for hand grenades through the fucking picture window.

[IADEMO2004]

113. Excellent Gordon Ramsay impersonation.

My sons will never forget the family that gave them the Chick tracts one year.

[hunter]

154. My kids got a few Chick tract sorts of things...

... but maybe the worst was a Herbalife brochure wrapped around a stale Herbalife food substance, held together with a rubber band.

I don't know if it was a sincere attempt at marketing or the last gasp of a Herbalife distributor. I can picture an angry spouse dumping unsold inventory like this.

The people moved away shortly after.

[klook]

186. That is hilarious and cringe-worthy!

That's like something that would be in a movie!

[tymorial]

67. For me it's cadbury eggs

I absolutely HATE these things

I realize I am in the minority on this.

[lunasun]

78. No they suck too

But then again every candy mentioned in this thread is disgusting to my palate

[Lotusflower70]

184. Omg!

That creamy inside is disgusting.🤤

[tymorial]

187. Thank You!!

This is what I am saying. My wife loves them. I buy them for her when I see them but I can't watch her eat it. Yuck!!!

[JDC]

68. Not sure if anyone has played Bean Boozled but..

It’s a risk reward candy game. Spin, get a color and then eat. Examples of some flavors below:

Dead Fish - Strawberry Banana Smoothie.
Spoiled Milk - Coconut.
Stinky Socks - Tutti-Fruitti.
Lawn Clippings - Lime.
Rotten Egg - Buttered Popcorn.
Toothpaste - Berry Blue.
Barf - Peach.
Canned Dog Food - Chocolate Pudding.


My kids and family played once....these flavors are no joke. They are the real deal.

Circus peanuts or wax soda pops are a layup for me otherwise

[pansypoo53219]

75. circus peanuts. tho necco waffers pretty bad.

[The Blue Flower]

81. Hard little Valentine hearts with words on them

Tasteless and you can't chew them.

[eppur_se_muova]

174. Yeah, Futurama visited the factory ...

[Chipper Chat]

84. Gumdrops-the white ones.

All other colors are delicious.

[Freddie]

85. Anything artificial banana or lime flavored

Black licorice
Really cheap chocolate like some Easter candy
All the sour crap the kids like
York Peppermint Patties (the mint wrecks the chocolate IMO)

[wendyb-NC]

86. Good & Plenty's would be my pick.

I am repelled by the taste of licorice candy. The thing about these, is that they have that pink or white, candy (disguise) coating on them. I gagged when I bit down on one. That was in 1958, and I can still remember the unexpected burst of pungent licorice in my mouth. I can still remember the taste.

[Freddie]

89. Choo-Choo Charlie was an engineer...

Now I have that stuck in my head. Sure sign of old age if you can remember that one!
Pretty sure they’re made by the same company that makes Mike & Ike and Peeps, Just Born in nearby Allentown PA.

[Major Nikon]

166. I used to buy those for Halloween and hand them out to repeat customers

[chelsea0011]

87. Anyone up for paper backing to spit out. This stuff was awful

[PoliticAverse]

127. I think that one wins "worst candy packaging" as I still remmeber the taste of paper backing. n/t

[Stuart G]

175. These were not awful...I could eat them by the dozens...nice and sweet

[Binkie The Clown]

88. I never met a candy I didn't like. nt

[JenniferJuniper]

93. Squirrel Nut Zippers

Squirrel Teeth Rippers was more like it.


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[Tikki]

97. No on any grocery store bought candy...I can always taste a chemically after taste.

But I buy a box of MRS. SEE'S dark chocolate assortment nut and chews twice a year
and look forward to it.


Tikki

[Shrike47]

100. Crackerjacks. Good and Plentys. Yucks.

Basically, I wanted chocolate. That's what I hand out now (there might be leftovers!)

But the red wax lips were fascinating.

[madaboutharry]

105. My vote for the worst: Good N Plenty uck

My favorite candy as a kid was Peppermint Patties and Junior mints, still love them.

[PubliusEnigma]

106. Orange Slices, anyone?

[Freddie]

114. Love those! Spearmint Leaves too

Gum drops but only the fruit ones, not the weird spice ones

[becca da bakkah]

107. Baffle Bars....

....to me they tasted like chocolate-covered Alka Seltzer! There aren't many candies out there I despise, but that is one of them. They were popular in the 60's & 70's. Yeah, I'm old! Also ditto for Tootsie Rolls, candy corn & ribbon candy at Christmas.

[GeorgeGist]

115. These things ...

[Mendocino]

116. Fizzies

not exactly candy. Eat some without water, prepare to die.

[SonofDonald]

122. Are those the ones that make you

Foam at the mouth?, aren't they a hard candy covered foam generator?.

Then there was the pop rocks, and bottle caps from what I remember.

On a different branch there was Quench gum, great for cottonmouth, bad for anything else.

[Phentex]

138. Zotts!

That weird baking soda flavor in your mouth.

[SonofDonald]

142. That's it!, horrible candy n/t

[cemaphonic]

125. Turkish Delight is wretchedly awful

despite having a cool name.

[stopbush]

132. When it comes to Halloween candy, 95% these days is some variety of chocolate.

Very boring.

[Phentex]

136. Kids love it when you go rogue with

pixie sticks, starburst, fireballs or some other non chocolate kind for those who can't eat chocolate.

But they also love full size candy bars.

[NBachers]

133. OK, now for a favorite candy that they refuse to bring back - Butternut Candy Bar!

Better than Snickers, Milky Way, or 3 Musketeers. There's a story that a big candy conglomerate bought up Hollywood Candy and deep-sixed the Butternut because it was too much competition. It was so good, I wish I could buy one today.

[aka-chmeee]

134. What? I'm the only one here who can't stand PEZ candy? /nt

[Phentex]

139. NOBODY BETTER SAY Lik M Aid!

Also known as Fun Dip.

Sugar on a stick. You can't get more classic than that.

[shenmue]

165. Yep

[geardaddy]

143. Ribbon candy

Especially since it had been in my grandma's candy dish since the '30s probably.

[Grammy23]

144. My father liked ribbon candies. We had some every Christmas

But I think we recycled the same batch every year since he was the only one who liked it. We also got the hard candies in our stocking. The ones with little flowers in the middle and assorted other hard as a rock colorful things that my sister and I hated. We also got oranges, apples and nuts in the stocking, too. The candy often migrated to the toe and one particularly disgusting thing was the fuzz that accumulated on the candy because those stockings were made of flannel. I still have my stocking after all these years and hang it up every year. I don’t get fuzzy candy in it anymore.
😢

[WinkyDink]

168. Yes! HATE this feh candy!

[forgotmylogin]

179. I bet it's good fresh.

My only experience with ribbon candy is the kind that seemed a part of a glass dish at various grand-relatives' houses. They'd offer you a candy and you had to take one because your Mom always made you promise to be polite, and once you unstuck it from the bottom of the glass, you discovered it had some archaic flavor that was only available in the 1920s and before that tastes like really old potpourri but with a slight ammonia tang.

It was always ribbons or pillow-shaped things they'd apparently cut by hand with rusty pliers back in the 1950s and would form into one mass that had to be picked up and dropped into the dish where they'd shatter into separate pieces again like glass.

[geardaddy]

188. That was my experience, as well

LOL

[demmiblue]

151. The sweet tart candies that disguise themselves as smarties.

I have been fooled too many times!

[catbyte]

152. Candy hearts. Colored chalk.

One of my favorite Grumpy Cat memes is that stock pic of her with the caption, "I love candy hearts. They taste like sadness."

[Kablooie]

159. Those are jujyfruits not jujubees

Jujubees were the little hat shaped things.
Harder to chew than jujifruits.

[Major Nikon]

167. Pixy Stix

[Stuart G]

169. It is time to expose the truth...absolute truth...candy corns are the best !!!!!!

Anyone who does not like the candy corn candy is just out of their minds !!!!

Candy corns are so tasty, and smooth and sweet..What is wrong with the candy corn haters?

I have liked them, as my favorite for over 58 years...who else can say something like that????
I would put up a picture...but I don't think I can.. Candy Corn Lovers...UNITE !!!!


Hit the link, and see a picture of my absolute favorite candy...

http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/candy-corn-picture-id173028074?k=6&m=173028074&s=170667a&w=0&h=Jmzt_Tp_18A2SyAGXw5kMYwWRraOSXEtdYaFW8PwMIg=

[spooky3]

181. Is anyone going to nominate our very own Skittles?

[Wolf Frankula]

170. Candy canes

If every candy cane ever made were at the bottom of the ocean, it would be so much the better for us, and so much the worse for the fishes.

Wolf

[Luciferous]

171. Those candy dots on paper

[kairos12]

173. Warheads. Bitter beer face x10.

[GoneOffShore]

189. I read 'CANDLES' and was expecting really odd things in the thread.

More coffee before I look at the topics.

[3catwoman3]

190. I read this thread late...

...last night and laughed so hard I was snorting. My husband looked at me like I had lost my mind.

Thanks for the much needed belly laughs!

I detest Tootsoe Rolls - the look, the taste, the texture.

[GoneOffShore]

191. After reading this thread, I have to say I hate all the candies mentioned.

With the possible exception of Cadbury eggs. And that's a take it or leave situation for me.

[LeftInTX]

193. Circus Peanuts and Necco Wafers. Those hard Christmas candies really sucked and I have no use

for candy canes.

[sakabatou]

195. Anything black licorice

[GallopingGhost]

197. Those wax bottles

with the small amount of whatever that colored toxic fluid that oozes out is.

Yuck.

[Archae]

198. Nobody mentioned these?

And you hated getting them because the dork handing them out never wrapped them!