* I'm not a big Halloween guy now, as Halloween grows in popularity. More adults are into the holiday, with costume parties in vogue. Halloween spending is in the billions, nott only for candy but for costumes and decorating.
Halloween was always about candy. Here are my favorite candy I always loved to get while trick-or-treating.
1. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups-
The best, whether it be the really big cups or the miniature ones. The combo of chocolate and peanut butter can't be beat, even now.
2. 3 Musketeers Bars-
I loved the fluffy part, as opposed to the caramel and nuts of other chocolate bars.
3. Peppermint Patties-
The mix of chocolate and cool peppermint was always refreshing,
4. Hershey's Chocolate Bars-
Nothing like a Hershey Bar. I never cared for the with almonds. The dark chocolate is OK, and better for you, but the pure milk chocolate is still the best.
5. Kit Kat Bars-
I loved the snap- and- crunch of a Kit Kat bar. Plus the bars were square and convenient to put in the pocket to snack on.
6. Peanut Butter M&M's
New on the list. I liked the regular M&M's as a kid. Never cared for peanut M&M's. pretzel M&M's or coconut M&M's ( more on coconut later). But the peanut butter M&M's are great, and don't melt.
7. Milky Ways-
Good because of the creamy texture; bad because I was never a big caramel fan.
8. Nestle Crunch Bars-
I liked them because they were crunchy and different.
I was never a fan of corn candy. They always tasted waxy and sugary to me. Plus I remember getting sick on corn candy one Halloween, so it was always avoided after that.
I have always hated coconut. So, candy bars like Almond Joy was dreaded. So were sticky and gooey treats like Mary Janes, Licorice, Gummy Bears and Twizzlers. Anything that would stick to my teeth was a no-no ( my dentist agreed).
I disliked nuts too. It was always a pain trying to dislodge them form my teeth. So, candies like Snickers were not my favorites.
Dark chocolate was OK, but I grew more accustomed to dark chocolate as I got older. It always seemed bitter to me. But now I like it. As a kid, there wasn't as much dark chocolate around.
Tootsie Rolls were good but I didn't care for Toosie Pops, again, because they stuck to your teeth. Butterfingers didn't turn me on. Good n' Plenty were OK, but licorice wasn't a favorite.
The worse while trick-or -treating was getting pennies as a kid. Kids wanted candy, and pennies were nothing. Apples were also a disappointment, as was any kind of fruit. I rarely got any kind of toy. Chocolate covered pretzels were different, but in the grand scheme of things, candy bars were the preference of choice.
* Nowadays, Halloween costumes come in all shapes and sizes, with superheroes and scary ghosts still at the top of the list. I remember dressed up as President Kennedy as a kid in school. In grade school, we would always have a Halloween party, complete with costume. I remember going as a hobo one Halloween. I wasn't a big superhero guy. I dressed as a baseball player once, plastic whiffle ball bat and glove in tow.
* Later in life, I remembered Halloween in different ways. A few years ago I remember a bad ice storm around Halloween, one which knocked out my power for a day. Since we had an ice storm so early in the winter season, it was thought the storm was a warning of icy weather to come that winter, but, believe it or not, that ice storm was the worst all season long.
I do remember very warm Halloweens too, Temps in the 60s required no jackets when out trick-or-treating in local neighborhoods.
Speaking of which, it's different now. Kids have to be careful knocking on doors and taking treats from strangers. That's a shame. A lot of towns have group Halloween parties at central places, like malls or churches, for safety reasons. All good ideas, in these troubled times we live in. But the innocence of Halloween when I was growing up in the late 50s and 60sare gone.And that's too bad.
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