Halloween Stories & Candy Talk -

[@strocat25]

you guys remember those strawberry hard candies? they were wrapped in a wrapper that looked like the outside of a strawberry and the hard candy was filled with a chewy strawberry goo.... god those were awesome!

[@bleupapillons]

strocat25 they still exist :)

[@bleupapillons]

here in montreal canada they sell them at the candy store and in any dollar store.

[@CornerBoothGames]

+strocat25 Those are awesome!

[@ilpalazzo150]

My mom had a bank she went to when I was around 4 and they had those all the time. So damn good. My credit union has Dum-Dums waiting for you at each window.

[@skollrum]

strocat25 they were and still are my favorite.

[@Rospiden]

Does anyone else remember those little hard candy things shaped like a mug of A&W root beer? I loved those things.

[@VoidHalo]

10:22 Did Ian just turn into a small dog for a split second? lol

[@UNDERGROUNDskateco]

Lmfao

[@Panda_SMM]

nothing like 2 full grown men talking about candy for 14 minutes. lol

[@B33FY2011]

WOW Jolly Ranchers I loved them as a kid the most underrated candy there is. To me it's one of those that went under the radar everyone loved them but at the same time I don't think many people noticed when they went out and I actually had to Google it after hearing Pat and Ian talking about them because I had totally forgot about them.

[@StankMask]

Pat, I'm kinda from your area. Do you remember Spree? The packaging was the same size as Sweet Tarts and were fruit flavored cylinders. Beyond what was mentioned in the podcast, we used to get Goldenberg's Peanut Chews, small boxes of Good N Plenty, flavored Tootsie Rolls (Vanilla, Lemon, etc), snack size Fun Dip, individually wrapped flavored rectangular wafers, and Bazookas (different flavors). I also remember wax bottles filled with sugar liquid of different flavors. You would bite the top off and chug it.

[@coltranewashere]

Great video, really cute how passionate you guys were. At first i thought that these cu podcast videos were too random but now i really appreciate it because it adds alot of variety amongst my other subscriptions to video game related channels

[@PastaMaster115]

As much as I love listening to you guys talk about gaming I also love these rare times when you talk about stuff like this. The break from gaming is fun lol

[@michelledavis7503]

I still get popcorn balls trick or treating. Granted I'm in the Buffalo area, but they do still do that.

[@pxlsicle]

YES!

[@ArmorOfGod7]

Man, as much as I loved all the candy talk, I liked it even better when you got into the actual Trick-or-treating stories. Those really brought back some memories. I loved the part about being 5 neighborhoods over, with a group of older/shady kids you don't even know (wondering if they were going to beat you up and take your candy lol). Also, the way you told the story about knocking at the dark house in the weird part of the neighborhood, man that was perfect.

[@LordGSO]

I'm surprised they didn't mention Starburst. Favorite candy of all time.

[@Santiago3-16]

Oh man Starburst are so damn good. Also Im kinda surprised they didnt mention MilkyWays, Twix and Nestle Crunch, great candies at least to me.

[@Goobian]

They have Starburst candy corn nowadays. Not to mention different limited edition Starburst flavors.

[@LordGSO]

I've had that candy corn, its bad. It seems candy corn can ruin anything.

[@PatTheNESpunk]

Santiago 3:16 I love all of those. Peanut Butter Twix was my favorite, and the texture of Nestle Crunch made it a stand out.

[@woolhat1998]

Pat the NES Punk What about Twizzlers, though?

[@DrChimRichells]

handful of candy corn GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE... LOL laughed way too hard at that

[@pingi223]

Ian is right. The fun size snickers do not taste the same

[@ittdust]

I loved those black and orange wax paper taffy candies. And so did my dog, as I came home from school and found the entire bowl eaten.

[@milhousevanhouten3796]

Ian looks so alive and healthy

[@Red_Bearded_Dad]

Happiest episode EVER for you guys! Candy memories... mmmm

[@channelsurfing]

I love how this isn't even gaming related but it still is one of the longest episodes.

[@enyajiream6008]

I enjoyed the Halloween tales. Thanks for sharing.

[@DrTotz]

Ian it's funny that you mentioned the popcorn balls. My mom used to make those all the time. I live in a small town and there is an older lady,that on Halloween, still makes popcorn balls and hot chocolate for the kids. The parents get beer. Good trade off. I love the podcast folks. Keep up the fun discussions.

[@devinalario9987]

I remember getting those big jolly ranchers as a kid (12 years ago), but haven't seen them in so long

[@mykewaters]

Interesting. I think Canadian Peanut Butter Cups are different than the US ones. Our regular packs have 3 cups and the fun size is 1 full sized cup.

[@spybomber6499]

Dude about the fun sized snickers, I have to fully agree about them not tasting the same!

[@cartmanbeer]

Good to have you back on the podcast Ian.... And congrats on the wedding B-)

[@pxlsicle]

Thanks!

[@andywolan]

We had a guy in our neighborhood that gave out "grab bag" sized bags of Fritos. He apparently worked at a plant that made them. Memorable house to visit on Halloween.

[@spybomber6499]

I see a lot of candy in shopping centers down in more of the southern area of the US, that have some candy that I didn't even know they still made!

[@OtterWarlock]

Ian and I have very similar tastes in candy. I've only met a few other people who also enjoy Smarties and Necco Wafers.

[@DCReviews4]

Halloween is, was, and will always be the best holiday

[@Vriess123]

Skittles and Starburst are some of my favorites. I was always more partial to the fruit candy. Halloween was so much fun.

[@lezor777]

In Canada you eat Canadian smarties first the kit kats the peanut butter cups and aros and Mars and snickers and last rockets ( American smarties ) Hershey's and off brand stuff

[@TheSpyt67]

Are canadian smarties like m&ms?

[@ultraintensegamer]

TheSpyt67 Yep

[@youtubasoarus]

TheSpyt67 Yeah but they taste way better.

[@rondogg69]

Worst was always having the bottom of your bag being full of tootsie rolls or the rootbeer barrels

[@armandmuniz2981]

An executive from McDonald's lived next to my aunts house when I was a kid. He would give out McDonald's toys and those cookies from happy meals out. That was the best.

[@Demeech]

The fun size peanut butter cups I got were pretty big. The size of a regular one

[@takigan]

Wow....I just realized jolly ranchers ARE underrated. They get a bad wrap because they're hard candy (heh), but they taste EXACTLY like the flavor they're trying to emulate. The lemon tastes just like lemonade and the grape tastes just like grape juice. It's amazing!

[@ArmorOfGod7]

Candy is defintely my weakness. Mainly the "high end" chocolate candy bars. Snickers, Kit-Kats, Reese's. I could go on and on naming all the specific variations that are my favorites. Anyway, I definitely agree with Pat that fun sizes are much smaller than they used to be. They seriously were close to 1/2 the size of a full candy bar when we were kids, now they're just tiny. I agree with Ian as well, they don't taste the same. I think when they're smaller they don't get the ration of peanut butter to chocolate (or whatever ingredients) exactly right. The houses that handed out full size candy bars were always the best, that was the highlight of your trick-or-treating night right there. I took my kids for the first time this past Halloween; 1 house gave them KING SIZE Reese's, another held out a bowl full of all the big name candies and said "we haven't had many trick-or-treaters, take as much as you want". JACKPOT! I always liked the houses that would let you pick your candy, instead of just randomly handing you something. I didn't EXPECT it, it was just a nice bonus when it would happen.

[@cadencemayberry2431]

Jolly Ranchers are rather huge in my area every kid wants one or three. And you are correct on the dum dum mystery thing.

[@cadencemayberry2431]

Ok on the nut covered wraped candies are you talking about paydays? Also last thing I thought troyer farms were still around are they?

[@MrKroogur]

Ian Mayberry Troyer Farm products are still popular in western PA and eastern OH

[@cadencemayberry2431]

I thought so but thanks for the confirmation.

[@DrChimRichells]

Just got a dum dum mystery that was half butterscotch and half cream soda... delicious!

[@ClassicVideoGameDork]

how many licks does it take to get to the center of a toostie roll pop

[@jaybabe7767]

I love charleston chew and then freeze it omg it's amazing I do live in columbia an hour away from charleston I don't know if that has anything to do with the candy

[@ssjichigo666]

the 2 small brand candies I LOVE for halloween are bit'o'honeys and the peanut butter taffies

[@ninjasec]

I used to carry multiple masks for houses that had the good stuff, big chips and full size candy

[@ultraintensegamer]

Here in Canada, your smarties are called rockets! Smarties for us is completely different, they are like chocolate skittles!

[@chadjlmxp]

Switchblades in Apples? lol :) That is one cool hidden toy. Also a huge apple to hide it.... :)

[@GoofyDaGoofGoofTV]

snickers, and reeses peanut butter cups are my fav!!! and yes you are right Ian, the fun-size doesn't taste the same.

[@otaking3582]

I like most candies, and my favorites are anything with Reese's attached to it: peanut butter cups, Reese's Pieces, Fast Breaks, etc. The problem is that for some reason, Reese's seem to melt more quickly than other chocolates. Maybe it's because of the peanut butter...

[@tommeeker94]

My town doesn't even do Halloween anymore it seems. When I was younger, my brothers and I would walk all over town getting candy by ourselves. I don't even see anyone in my town even go out anymore. It is pretty sad... There was always one house that would give out Halloween pencils which sucked! I'm not a huge Reeses fan but if you put them in the freezer they are awesome!

[@BenLJackson]

Californi-way popcorn balls were handed out when I was a kid, twenty years ago.

[@albrown8890]

Willy Wonka still makes some of the best Candys of all time! Nerds Laughy Taffy Gobstoppers Sweet Tarts etc

[@cheetoe80]

that was trick with the chews you'd get on halloween, actually easier to chew when frozen.

[@TheModernRiot]

Excuse me sir: I am that person who eats those Charleston Chews and lives. They're the ish!

[@joshrefe]

Same!!

[@optimusprime3484]

They're good especially if you put them in the freezer. Crunchy turns to chewy, good time.

[@Randomninja47]

If the lights were off, we always skipped those houses. Usually meant they didn't want to be bothered or ran out of candy already.

[@AmethystMario]

I actually found a house that gave away one of those jolly rancher bars, and it was about 2-3 inches.

[@crackcorn0404]

Candy corn is easily the most polarizing Halloween candy. Personally I love it, but no ever thinks it's okay. Either love or hate.

[@m.oliver6839]

Halloween fruitcake.

[@adamcalloway1]

Worst candy ever made.

[@m.oliver6839]

Nah that honor goes to Black Jack chewing gum.

[@Yoshi-zt5df]

Candy corn is great.

[@christianholmes9993]

We don't havr candy corn in Britain but my friend brought some back from Florida and it was Ok, not bad but not great. He brought back some twinkies too, they just taste like cheap swiss rolls but they were weirdly addictive. We get Hershey over here now in the American sections in supermarkets but it's massively over priced, it's also not sweet enough for me, I'm spoiled by Cadbury's milky goodness!

[@subzero8679]

There was a lady in my neighborhood who would hand out random objects on Halloween. One year I got a handful of change from her, and another year she was handing out potatoes. 😂😂

[@NexusVerbal]

There was a candy I remember eating a lot but I don't remember the name of. Red Taffy wrapped in clear plastic along with metal foiling that displayed the company logo. Anybody know what candy I'm talking about?

[@Jeffari1]

Man, anyone remember the bubble gum cigarettes? Rare ass candy, but so cool as a kid, it was like a stick of gum wrapped in a paper, with some sort of powdered sugar in between, so if you were to blow air into the gum, it would have an appearance of smoke. It would be so rare to come across one of those as a kid trick or treating.

[@ugh.idontwanna]

Ian's back!

[@Wordsfrommyfaceofficial]

The way I always heard it, the "trick" part was a threat on the part of the kid. If they don't give you a treat, the kid is threatening to play a trick on them (not show them a fun trick, but do something like throw pepper in their face, TP the house, or something).

[@SeatherineJent]

What you call smarties we call rockets. Our smarties are more like M&Ms

[@TheTechnicalMiracle]

I forget that there are two types, the fruit flavored candies and then the non-american boxed M&Ms. I think I like smarties (non american) more than M&Ms though (I vacationed in Canada alot so I got to try those a lot).

[@xsilentbulletsx]

zombieowner66666 in canada m&m's and smarties are two different things.

[@SeatherineJent]

xsilentbulletsx Of course, but its just for a point of reference, they are similar.

[@youtubasoarus]

Yeah but chocolate smarties actually taste good. Less so these days. With every passing year I swear all the candy companies are cheapening their ingredients.

[@TheTechnicalMiracle]

***** You probably aren't wrong.

[@johnnybensonitis7853]

For some reason the area I live did Halloween on the 29th, but we didn't know that. So on Halloween night we took the kids out and there were very few houses giving out candy. Luckily we hit up a church that had a ton of candy and basically filled the kids' bags up the rest of the way so everyone was happy. If it wasn't for them we probably would've had to go to the store and buy the candy ourselves!

[@StankMask]

Ian, no joke. The potato chip dude sounds awesome!

[@pxlsicle]

I remember him being a cool fella. Also, his kids were older than me by a good deal so I didn't play with them but they were quick to stop bullies. Great family.

[@aurorathepuppymoth]

i think the reason that the full size and fun size snickers bars taste different is the ratio of peanuts to chocolate.

[@nikmidclayton5933]

Full size Laffy Taffy bars!

[@scratchpoint]

Also, even though it's gone, there's a PB Max recipe floating around: Homemade PB Max Candy

[@cash_banooca17]

I Love sour candies like warheads and sweet tarts. but I rarely got them on Halloween. I don't mind chocalate but I prefer sour things.

[@BenLJackson]

We used pillowcases and stayed out till 11 when I was 8. California used to be so different.

[@robdawg99]

Pat you're insane! Charleston Chew's are fantastic! To each their own I guess. Great video! I gotta listen to whole podcast sometime.

[@DeliciousHotShmoze]

My sister loves Charleston Chews, along with my friend Mackenzie, who I just bought some for as a Christmas gift.

[@HoneyMike]

Have you guys tried Rocaletas?

[@noneyajdub]

They ate rootbeer dumdums during the marathon!

[@Metal_Groove45]

I loved getting gummy candies and my favorite candy of all time, Peanut M&Ms!!

[@MIDNIGHT0521]

They weren't given often from houses but I used to love receiving Chupa Chups lollipops. Especially the vanilla/chocolate combo ones. So good.

[@pxlsicle]

THe plastic stick is such a great thing compared to the paper ones

[@johnf4202009]

I came here to mention Chupa Chups. I personally loved the strawberry creme ones.

[@MIDNIGHT0521]

Those were good too from what I recall. It's been so long since i've had any Chupa Chups. Here on the East Coast of NY unless in a specialty candy shop they're tough to come across for sale. A couple online retailers i've seen sell them but the cost is generally high for whatever reason.

[@looshkin66]

john frith chupa chups are spanish and their name translates out to suck-a-suck

[@MIDNIGHT0521]

Never knew that. That's a cool little fact. Thx!

[@spybomber6499]

Hay that peanut butter cup, never get fun sized, they still carry the old funsized ones, you just got to hunt a bit

[@WRATHofDESTRUCTION]

This episode could have gone on for at least 30 more minutes. Good episode.

[@NickelExpressCycling]

i used to eat CCs when i was younger... i cant find it anymore

[@sullivangate]

I want to defend Ian. Snickers Fun Size taste different to me as well. It tastes sweeter to me than a full bar.

[@ThePopculturefanatic]

My favorite was the Whatchamacallit candy bar.

[@EscApiNgTheVoiD]

The funniest but best thing I ever got was a bag of marbles.

[@nlw1000]

trick or treating for me back in 95 to 2000was awesome every year. Its me my sister and dad and mom me and my sister are dressed up my mom is walking with my dad and my dad has the wagon with 4 pillow cases and a case a beer in it. we only were in out neighbor hood but we filled are bags full till we had all the pillow cases full. are funeral home would be the best place to go because they gave out king size bars. oh man i miss trick or treating

[@ImSquiggs]

NECCO WAFERS! Yes!! You never hear about Necco Wafer love. People don't understand us Ian! And you are absolutely correct about fun sized Snickers not tasting the same. I always thought it was something about the new proportions of ingredients they used in smaller candies, it just felt off from the original.

[@jonnybaze]

there was a pop back in the day, it was square, dipped in hard caramel and a green apple pop. the shiz...made by charms by idk the name of it...but havnt seen em for yrs

[@jimobrien84]

I went through a major charleston chew phase in high school. Drugs were involved

[@themaninthebowtie4219]

For most of the years that I trick or treated I lived in San Diego and my second grade teacher was a family friend of mine and she lived in this very nice neighborhood and that's the neighborhood we would go trick or treating in and there was this one house that I will never forget where the guy would start setting up his decorations at like the beginning of September and his yard both front and back was just full of stuff and he added new stuff every year (most of which he made) he had fog machines everywhere and one decoration I especially remember was he had this eight foot tall Plexiglas tube full of green tinted water that had a small aquarium bubble machine at the bottom with lights and a giant latex alien floating in it and it was so fucking cool and just walking up to this house you knew this was going to be a house where you would get the full sized candy bars and he always gave out the full sized Three Musketeer bars.

[@OtakuKota]

I use to hate candy when i was younger. I remember Popcorn balls one time my bus driver gave them to us a week later she died.

[@maxpower10k]

They've made popcorn balls since the 80s in the Midwest. Store bought too. Also the razor blad s in apples is a complete urban myth.

[@Modiggidy790]

A lady read tarot cards to me once during Halloween. It was amazing!

[@ngBurns]

the pinnicle of old people candy is Werther's Originals hard caramels

[@scratchpoint]

I was big on kitkat, three musketeers, and reeses cups. At one point I really liked Zero Bars and I'm not sure why...cause thinking back on them they're weird.

[@TrackerRoo]

Snickers are my favorite, when I bite into one it's like that scene from the Nutty Professor where fat Eddie Murphey bites into the candy bar right after class ends and you have that cheesy love music playing, that's me.

[@mrmiyagi2789]

Love Pat and Ian!

[@emojo1990]

in wales, they do a huge box of mixed up nerdz for a quid

[@charlietwell4333]

In the UK a trick is when the adult gives you no sweets so you throw eggs at their windows

[@randywatson8347]

Ian is back! 🙌🎃💀👻👾👿 I'd be suprised if someone gets a "fererro rocher" lol.

[@ILikeToLaughAtYou]

I was having a raspberry tootsie pop while watching haha

[@JoelGloade]

Beechnut coughdrops the black ones were really good I think they just were straight up candy but unfortunate placement in the store made me think they were? Either way the black and white wrapper stands out anyway I would buy one if I was able to find them again

[@rosstedfordkendall]

Smarties are universal.

[@spybomber6499]

I always enjoy a mr. Good bar and a twix

[@opochicotay873]

Somtimes when I was younger people would give stuff like small bags of potato chips and also twinkies and granola bars instead of candy

[@boom3rang]

The best thing about the little Jolly Ranchers was oening a 6 pack of Zima (remember those?), putting one in each bottle, putting the cap back on and letting them sit for a day. Yum. Worst thing is when I got one stuck in my voicebox. I probably should have called an ambulance, in retrospect, but after lying on my back for about 20 minutes, I coughed it back up. That could have turned out badly.

[@RetroVGN]

I hated my late 90's ToT'ing, it was moving-into the "Paranoid" stage of Halloween. Where you couldn't have anything unwrapped.

[@Clay3613]

Finally someone else agrees that smaller sized candy bars taste different.

[@gamesthatiplay9083]

I'm a few years late, but there's "mini" sized now thats smaller than "fun" size. They say mini on the package.