Best and Worst Trick-or-Treating Candy. What parents steal

Halloween is just around the corner and it’s time to tackle the most important aspect of the holiday – candy.

Of course you want to decorate properly and make sure you have an amazing costume, but at the end of the day it all comes down to the candy – what your kids want and what you’re willing to take from your kids.

Here’s a look at the pros and cons of Halloween candy and what mom and dad will say, “Oh, something’s wrong.” 🙄

The 5 Worst Halloween Candy You Can Get

Sweetcorn

We can debate the number of stale Three Musketeers (the lowest tier of the M&M/Mars candy bar chain) that are thrown away in December, but I think everyone can agree that the worst candy is the bag of candy corn and candy in it Snack size is pumpkins. I’m sure some people love candy corn, but it’s probably the same people who keep the Circus Peanuts market alive.

3 Musketeers

Do you know why Snickers and Milky Way are so good? Compared to her M&M/Mars companion, anything would look good (except candy corn). This chocolate bar consists only of chocolate flakes. Nothing else. To put it simply: If you’re wasting calories on a chocolate bar every day, don’t let chocolate flakes scare you.

Necco waffles

I don’t want to be sacrilegious, but any candy that makes communion wafers taste good is incredibly bad. The sweets have been made since 1847 and every cone looks like it was made that year.

Almond Joy

Remember when your parents got a box of chocolates over the holidays and you looked for the milk chocolate and stuck your fingers in the back looking for the caramel and avoiding the coconut? Of course, because what child wants coconut candy? Your taste buds are not yet mature enough to enjoy coconut. Most adults also prefer to avoid it.

liquorice

Black licorice is disgusting and immediately ends up in the donation pile. Red licorice or Twizzlers are better than black licorice, but that’s a low bar to overcome and it still ends up in the donation pile.

Honorable Mentions: Popcorn ball, fruit, granola bar

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The 5 Best Halloween Candies

Full size candy bar (minus 3 Musketeers)

This is the great white whale of Halloween. You may not like Almond Joy, PayDay, or Heath, but if a house gave you a full-size candy bar, you’ve definitely thanked them for it. And if that house gave you a full-size Snickers, a Crunch bar, or a Take 5, they would be the golden house and you would protect it from being hit with eggs, shaving cream, or toilet paper.

Snickers

There’s a reason why Snickers are one of the most popular candy bars, and it has nothing to do with the Three Musketeers. The combination of peanuts, caramel, chocolate and nougat is a little piece of heaven here on earth. That’s why you feel a little short-changed when you get one of these mini squares.

Reese’s peanut butter cups

Whether it’s a cup, pumpkin, tree, or egg, the peanut butter and chocolate mixture seems to release more endorphins in your brain than almost any other candy. They represent the gold standard and are therefore wrapped in gold foil.

M&Ms

Peanut or peanut butter M&Ms are some of the best candy ever. Simple, crunchy and they make no mess at all. The colors are bright and you get so many bags that you won’t care if mom or dad grabs a bag.

Milky Way

Without the peanuts, it’s less than a Snickers bar, but the simple caramel layer makes Milky Way way better than 3 Musketeers. It’s a very underrated candy that makes kids with nut allergies smile. Again, it’s not as good as Snickers, but you won’t feel bad if you reach into your trick-or-treat bag and pull out a Milky Way.

Honorable Mention: Crunch Bars, Krackle and Mr. Goodbar

5 Treats Parents Will Steal From Their Kids

Let’s start with the simple fact that no parent with a soul would steal full-size candy bars from their child’s bounty. We’ve also already touched on Snickers, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Milky Way, and M&Ms, so let’s cover other favorites.

Take 5

Dad steals this from the children’s pockets. It’s peanut butter, chocolate, pretzels and caramel in a small bar. Tell me that doesn’t seem to go well with a beer. Kids may not appreciate it, but adults who do know that Take 5 truly is the best candy bar on the market.

100 grand

This is difficult to escape from children, but parents have their own ways. The chips, chocolate and caramel are just too tasty for kids and they haven’t behaved well enough to earn 100 grand – or so we tell ourselves to validate our decision to steal it.

Twix

The Twix commercials asked whether you were Left Twix or Right Twix. Most parents were ambidextrous when it came to stealing these from their children. Like the Take 5, Twix satisfies your cravings for cookies, caramel, and chocolate. As a bonus, Twix tastes great frozen and goes well with ice cream. It is a candy bar with five tools.

Kit Kats

These crispy, chocolaty waffles are too delicious to resist. Children of all ages love them, so the younger ones have to hide them from the adults, just to say it.

Points

This is personal and I will die on this hill if I have to. They are fun gummy candies that will put a smile on your and your dentist’s faces. They’re not as good as gummy bears or Swedish fish, but they’re still top-notch candies that aren’t given out enough on Halloween.

Honorable Mention: All Hershey’s miniatures, Milk Duds and Heath bars