Tag: Halloween Candy

Halloween Candy Guide: Classic Favorites, Trick-or-Treat Picks & Party Ideas

There is no single perfect bowl of Halloween candy. Some trick-or-treaters head straight for chocolate, while others would happily trade every chocolate bar in the bag for sour gummies, fruit chews, lollipops, or something aggressively blue and tangy. Candy corn inspires unusually strong opinions for such a tiny piece of candy, and peanut butter cups …

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The History of Halloween Candy: How Trick-or-Treating Became So Sweet

Halloween without candy now seems almost impossible to imagine. On October 31, bowls fill with miniature chocolate bars, peanut butter cups, lollipops, chewy fruit candy, and candy corn while costumed children travel from house to house hoping to return home with an overflowing bag. For much of Halloween’s history, however, candy was not the point …

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