Halloween Candy - The Good, The Bad, & The Forgotten

[@GraveyardGrog]

I love circus peanuts!

[@RetroDaze]

Nooooo!

[@tedadamgreen]

Great video even with Candy Corn on the good list! And maybe there is a fourth category… “Banned Halloween Candy” (see Candy Cigarettes anyone 🤣) Thanks RetroDaze for another delightful Saturday trip through time and back to the good ole daze!

[@RetroDaze]

It is our pleasure Ted! We did show a little love to candy cigarettes in that Festive Halloween Candy video from last year that we mentioned here.

[@tedadamgreen]

@@RetroDaze I go check that out !

[@KittieZombieSlayer]

I buy those Kraft caramel squares every year and eat the whole bag lol. They’re so tasty and nostalgic.

[@RetroDaze]

@@KittieZombieSlayer 😆 They can be a bit addictive.

[@Oceanaryia]

yay someone who finally put candy corn in the proper place!!!

[@RetroDaze]

Heck yeah! Candy corn lovers unite!

[@LaDracul]

I dunno, Necco made this tie-in for "Twilight" with candy hearts that were either cooling (Edward) or a bit hot (Jacob). I don't think they made a Trick or Treat size for it, but I'd like them to bring them back.

[@RetroDaze]

Thankfully not everything Necco makes or has made is as bad as the wafers. 😆

[@FNHot]

Candy corn is amazing, but I think people hate it not because it tastes bad, but because it's confusing. It's like a candy wearing a costume, it's actually buttercreme candy, which is sooo good, but because of the colors and the fact it's shaped like corn, people have a totally different expectation, dont know what to make of it, and deem it gross. It'd be like Oh Henry changing the name of their chocolate bar to Candy Poop. It looks like it, the idea would be in your head as you ate it, and you'd greatly dislike it, when in reality Oh Henry's are amazing.

[@RetroDaze]

I don’t know… I might be MORE inclined to eat something called Candy Poop out of sheer curiosity. 😆

[@OstianOwl]

12:02 The guy's "Hooray!" in that old commercial just cracks me up; didn't think it'd be possible to sound enthusiastic and forced at the same time but he pulled it off.

[@RetroDaze]

😂 Indeed. Reminds us of the Prevagen radio ad with the guy saying “I enthusiastically endorse it” in the most monotone of voices.

[@JohnPaulC27]

Dear Tony; The Writer, The lack of enthusiasm about Smarties was great, I could trade all the chocolate and nut filled treats that I was mildly allergic to for tons of smarties and strawberry candies. So many smarties. I will never financially recover from eating all those smarties. I could be a smarties millionaire now.

[@AnthonyJRapino]

Another Smarties-lover!? 😮 Jon was right! I may be in the minority on this one. 😝

[@RetroDaze]

You, sir, are clearly an investor in Smarties. Maybe CEO. It’s the only explanation. 😆

[@rbisme113]

I actually liked BitOHoney, Good N Plenty, and Mary Janes. Remember Chik O Stik? Those things and candy corn were a no-go for me.

[@RetroDaze]

Bit-O-Honey and Mary Jane’s were decent enough. Chik-O-Sticks too!

[@kudukilla]

I fondly remember those keg shaped root beer flavored candies.

[@RetroDaze]

They made regular appearances at grandparents houses everywhere. 😆

[@BennyLlama39]

I liked those. And the ones I called root beer sticks; they were basically brown and white candy canes without the hook.

[@erinl4111]

Am I the only one who likes candy corn? Those little mallow pumpkins are even better

[@AnthonyJRapino]

Nope, Jon LOVES them, and I have to buy at least one bag every year. 🙂

[@RetroDaze]

We all here at RD drown ourselves in candy corn. We bathe in them all month.

[@1977-NES-OG]

Love candy corn. Never understood all the hate it gets.

[@TeamRiptide17]

I love candy corn... And those little pumpkins... Yep, I said it...

[@RetroDaze]

You are welcome here.

[@AutisticPhantomOtaku]

Good: candy corn, Smarties and popcorn balls. I know that last one isn't candy, but I still like them. 😋 Bad: circus peanuts, black licorice and especially peanut bars 🤢 Forgotten: white chocolate crunch bars. I rarely see those anymore, at least not in the US. Also, I could be wrong about this one, and I know this one is in candy either, but I really see the small snack size microwave popcorn packets for trick-or-treaters anymore. Speaking of which, you guys should do a video on non-candy Halloween treats, both edible and non-edible.

[@RetroDaze]

Another good idea APO!

[@richardgazinia5482]

A good candy corn is terrific. In my parents neighborhood when I was a kid there was a candy maker. His house always had lines. He gave out fresh candy corn in a 1/2 pound bag. He may have been trimming his backlog of inventory but I can't eat Brachs because of having that candy corn as a kid. My wife loves Circus Peanuts, the staler the better for her. Two quarters? in a Halloween bag! We got pennies. One thing I do miss from being a kid of the 1970s was our ability to go Trick or Treating by ourselves. We had no supervision with us. My mother (my father hated Halloween) would instruct me that I was to only Trick or Treat in a certain area, which I ignored, and that she had to see the candy before I ate any. We used to get fruit, cookies and at special stops in the neighborhood apple cider or cocoa. When our kids were old enough to go out my wife or myself would go with them and we would only go to houses where people we knew lived. It's kinda sad that we and now my kids have to go out with our grandchildren.

[@RetroDaze]

It is an unfortunate necessity in many places these days. Sad indeed. That is super awesome though that there was a candy maker with fresh candy corn in your childhood trick-or-treat outings!!!

[@marshaharris4268]

Tootsie rolls are also a thing of the past.

[@RetroDaze]

Well not really since they are still around, but we definitely got our fair share of them trick-or-treating way back when.

[@KittieZombieSlayer]

No they’re not. They made a new kind called harvest mix and they sell like crazy where I’m at. As well as the fruity ones.

[@dragonknight1994]

Candy corn is great

[@RetroDaze]

Dragonknight1994 knows what’s up!

[@timz9862]

Circus peanuts come in a bag with clowns on them. Clowns are terrifying. Definitely Halloween candy.

[@RetroDaze]

The taste alone is terrifying. 😆

[@ZMAN_420]

I can't believe that Candy Corn is the lowest rated Halloween Candy. On the survey that asked 10,000 people, I'm I the only one that thinks Candy Corn was great as a kid on Halloween?

[@RetroDaze]

ZMan!!! You are too kind with the donation! Thank you so much! As for candy corn, it was actually ranked 3rd worst, with circus peanuts as first. Even so, what is wrong with people? 😆

[@ZMAN_420]

@@RetroDaze LOL, Great Content! Every Saturday upload schedule is great!🤘🏻👍🏻🇺🇲

[@AnthonyJRapino]

Clearly rigged.

[@stevenwilliams6602]

Note how most of the Palmer candy packages say "Chocolaty" or "Chocolaty-flavor". When I see that, I know it's gonna be terrible. Oh, and I like Smarties and Circus Peanuts (speaking of which, who has ever gotten Circus Peanuts in their trick-or-treat bag? I definitely didn't).

[@RetroDaze]

@@stevenwilliams6602 “Chocolaty” is corporatese for “gross”. 😆 You being a circus peanut apologist is unacceptable. Turn in your badge.

[@isaacheres1354]

Candy lipstick can be placed next to Ring Pops, or those baby bottle candies as gender neutral candy

[@RetroDaze]

Flavor neutral also. 😆

[@Ironcrane]

Palmer use to have those peanut butter and chocolate coins in Jack-O-Lantern wrappers. But now they're just plain chocolate. I'd say the old version has been forgotten.

[@RetroDaze]

Or SHOULD be if they aren’t. 😆

[@jeffreyboyd4719]

Smarties were always the last thing left in the candy bowl after all my other Halloween treats were eaten! LOL

[@AnthonyJRapino]

Finally, someone agrees with me! I was starting to worry that I was the only one. 🎃

[@jeffreyboyd4719]

@@AnthonyJRapino Imagine being forced to eat ALL the Smarties before any new candy was purchased! Such a sad life! 😂

[@RetroDaze]

That would ruin Trick-or-Treat for all time. 😆

[@alexanderdantonio8999]

@jeffreyboyd4719 Am I in a parallel reality??? The absolute perfect counter to choco goodness is a smartie...that's a hill I'm willing to defend. Are you people even real? I call bot interference by the chocolate industry disparaging the KING of all candies. Smarties will stand after all other candies fall 😏

[@jeffreyboyd4719]

@@alexanderdantonio8999 Thanksgiving would come and go and the Smarties would still be in the candy bowl... somehow or other they would disappear to make way for Hershey's kisses and peppermints! Maybe it was Mom???🤔

[@stephaniewainwright2113]

Bazooka Gum anyone😂

[@Lakeshow82]

Hell yeah and you get the comic to read.

[@stephaniewainwright2113]

@@Lakeshow82 Those were the dayz🥺

[@AnthonyJRapino]

I used to regularly buy the 5 cent ones in the local corner store.

[@RetroDaze]

Gum AND a comic strip… unbeatable!

[@Lakeshow82]

@@AnthonyJRapino I forgot they were only a nickel lol

[@mattparker3267]

As a trick or treater in the 80’s, I remember getting toothbrushes or dental floss, or religious materials like chick tracts, and sometimes even 5 pennies wrapped up in masking tape, and lots of the lousy candy you mentioned…wax lips, smarties, Mary Jane, even those strawberry shaped granny candies.

[@RetroDaze]

Those were the houses you mentally marked down for egging, shaving cream, and toilet papering. 😆

[@kudukilla]

We had a dentist in the neighborhood. He always gave out toothbrushes and sample sized toothpaste.

[@mattparker3267]

Candy corn and the similar pumpkins come from a time when “sugar” or “molasses” was considered a flavor. I agree that a good place for them is as a decoration or as part of a mix.

[@RetroDaze]

They really are best as part of a mix or as an item to adorn other foods.

[@kh0034]

I knew someone who said it wasn't fall until he had his candy corn and peanuts combo. The most hated candy i can think of is the little rounds of super hard pink gum that my gramma would always include in her trick or treat candy. It was like the gum that was included in baseball card packages that was super sweet and hard to chew. I think she used it like filler so it wasn't too expensive.

[@RetroDaze]

Know EXACTLY which ones you’re talking about, and they were horrible.

[@GraveyardGrog]

MONSTER CANDY!!!!!!

[@RetroDaze]

Which kind?

[@GraveyardGrog]

@@RetroDaze That's what it was called. You had it in the thumbnail picture but never talked about it!!!! Each little box had a universal monster on it. Up until the late 80's it use to feature a chalky slab with reb outlined images of monsters, then from the 90's onward, they replaced them with 2 of those candy cigarettes.

[@katmacoconnor]

Bring on the candy corn! It’s not my favorite, but yes, it is quintessentially Halloween!

[@RetroDaze]

It truly is.

[@SilentStormParadox]

I read that Smarties was the mystery flavor in Voodoo Mountain Dew. I like it pretty good.

[@RetroDaze]

@@SilentStormParadox We had been wondering what this year’s flavor was!

[@ZMAN_420]

Candy Corn means Halloween too me!🤘🏻👍🏻🇺🇲

[@RetroDaze]

You’re one of the good ones Z Man! 😆 🎃

[@AnthonyJRapino]

Heck yeah!

[@alexanderdantonio8999]

Keep my smarties name out of your freaking mouth! Dont ever disparage the greatest candy creation in human history. Im a once or twice a month bag of smarties consumer 😂

[@RetroDaze]

😂 We have been sufficiently scolded for our choices.

[@AnthonyJRapino]

🤫 🤭 😶‍🌫 *Whispers:* Smarties. *Runs away*

[@AidanCaDrago]

I like candy corn, especially with peanuts! 🥜💛🧡🤍

[@RetroDaze]

Right? They are great in most any mix.

[@katmacoconnor]

🙀🙀🙀The dissing of the Smarties, though…!!!

[@RetroDaze]

Down with Smarties!

[@katmacoconnor]

@@RetroDaze😝😝😝

[@NardDawg101]

I still have a soft spot for smarties

[@RetroDaze]

You Smarties folks are all coming out of the woodwork. 😆

[@AnthonyJRapino]

@@RetroDaze I've truly kicked the hornets' nest this time.

[@scottthomas3792]

Circus Peanuts....weird candy with the consistency ( and taste, probably), of automotive weatherstripping. The candy that weird aunt kept in a green glass candy dish on the coffee table...

[@RetroDaze]

Yes!!! Why does it even exist?

[@kronvlat]

i was usually pretty content with my any candy i got.... especially when putting it besides pencils or pretzels and one time a can of baked beans (found out later in life it was a trick snuck in by my uncle). I was a weird kid, i would get home dump it out and sort it then barely eat any and throw away 90% of it after it eventually expired because if i ate it then it would be gone.

[@RetroDaze]

😆 Oh man! So much candy not eaten!

[@MJisLove4life]

Bleh smarties 😂. I just don't know how i feel for them. 😂 I ate them a crap ton as a kid lol and they always gave me heartburn after I ate them. Never ever EVER heard of squirrel 🐿️ nut zippers before. Nor candy lipsticks 💄 Caramel squares are good tho. So are lik m aid and pixie sticks. Mmm pure sugar

[@RetroDaze]

Sugar + more sugar = glorious 😆

[@nowhereman4217]

The great thing about having your own KZbin channel is making your own rules I suppose. But candy corn # 1??? Come on y'all And Smarties are awesome. Come on man

[@AnthonyJRapino]

🤗 I take all the blame.

[@nowhereman4217]

@@AnthonyJRapino 😂

[@RetroDaze]

What would Halloween be without a little controversy, really? 😆

[@Dorelaxen]

I thought Jon was gonna put Bit 'O Honey on the good list and I was gonna RAGE.

[@RetroDaze]

But they aren’t BAD either!

[@usagi_snax9684]

*cough cough* I love Smarties, too...

[@RetroDaze]

@@usagi_snax9684 Smarties defenders are popping out from their hiding places. 😆

[@wjbrooks19]

Trick or treat bags = Pretzels.

[@RetroDaze]

Especially good if covered in white chocolate!

[@MichaelJacobs4934]

Black Licorice is my favorite candy. And Circus peanuts are great too!

[@RetroDaze]

How could you speak such evil!? 😈

[@godofzombi]

I view Candy corn as edible Halloween decorations.

[@RetroDaze]

@@godofzombi That’s sufficient for us! Any appreciation of candy corn is good.

[@seanrichardson3930]

Hershey's Kisses!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Revegelance]

I wasn't expecting Jon from GenXGrownUp when I clicked on this video! So yeah, I'll subscribe, I like you.

[@RetroDaze]

@@Revegelance Awesome! Thank you for that. We’re pretty fond of Jon too. He’s sufficient. 😆

I liked smarties lol circus peanutz n black licorice are vile I credit candy and caramel apples for the ruination of my teeth! lol

[@RetroDaze]

We’ll forgive the love of Smarties because of your healthy appreciation for caramel apples! 😆

[@katmacoconnor]

I’m very certain that I refused to even *taste* a circus peanut.

[@RetroDaze]

To call them a candy is an insult to candy.

[@katmacoconnor]

@@RetroDaze😹😹😹

[@mtslyh]

My Likes: Candy corn, marshmallow creme pumpkins, bit o honey, taffy, Mike and Ikes, and pretty much any chocolate... My Hates: Smarties, Necco Wafers, Pixie Stix, Skittles, and Jolly Ranchers. Forgotten Candies: Bubs Daddy bubblegum

[@RetroDaze]

We could probably get on board with most of both of these lists you’ve provided. 😉

[@brucewayne33497]

Some candies that i loved getting during Halloween as a kid were Junior Mints, Reese's, Dots, Skittles, Starburst, M&M'S, Runts, Twizzlers, Nerds, Blowpops, and Bottlecaps oh yeah and this isn't a Halloween Candy but as a kid i also loved eating Cotton Candy also known as Fairy Floss and Candy Floss depending on where you're from oh and a little fun fact Cotton Candy was invented by a Dentist named William Morrison back in 1897 oh yeah and Australia has Smarties but over there the Smarties are completely different than the ones over here in the U.S. Australian Smarties are similar to M&M'S

[@RetroDaze]

Those are some Smarties we could get on board with!

[@godofzombi]

12:34 Those candy lip sticks look like shotgun shells.

[@RetroDaze]

@@godofzombi 😆 Yeah they do for sure.

[@ctbinary42]

Writer Tony and I would be great friends. I'd take all you smarties if you took all the candy corn 😁 And circus peanuts are the worst. Why do they still make them if not to disapoint kids on Halloween?

[@RetroDaze]

Pretty sure they just exist to give us nightmares.

[@AnthonyJRapino]

I'll take it! Trading candy is a time honored Halloween tradition that ensures all children are happy with their evening. Candy Corn for Smarties is a good trade! 🎃

[@rickymcginnis7300]

Sweet tarts ,sugar daddies,babies dont remember seeing those?

[@RetroDaze]

Yes! Though they were skipped here. We feel ashamed. 😆

[@jbehnke22]

Bottle caps

[@RetroDaze]

Belong in the bad! 🤮

[@BennyLlama39]

I don't know. All in all, Circus Peanuts weren't that bad... they're better than candy corn. 😈

[@RetroDaze]

No way you just went there! 😆

[@seanrichardson3930]

Nerds!!!!!!!!!!

[@RetroDaze]

Delicious!

[@AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan]

Nerd cany corn was almost as putrid as regular candy corn.

[@wmmatthew83]

candy corn is freaking nasty

[@RetroDaze]

@@wmmatthew83How could you!?

[@isaacheres1354]

Smarties candy were so overated IMO back in my day of trick o treating, I get a lot of that stuff every year

[@RetroDaze]

Right!? Why???