I HATE CANDY CORN.

[bravenak]

I really hate candy corn. It is the nastiest third way candy in the world. Anybody who like candy corn likes a gross treat that has been repackaged over and over since the beginning of time.
Moses hated candy corn. Jesus hated candy corn. Santa hates candy corn. Who are they making this stuff for????

I noticed they done tried to get cute and color the nasty things in different ways, but I am not stupid. There is no fixing this candy, just give it up, and stop repackaging the same candy every year and selling it the next year. Oh, and get rid of Circus Peanuts and Boston Baked Beans too. Yuck!

[Nobel_Twaddle_III]

1. Finally we agree on something. candy corn sucks.

[bravenak]

2. Yay!!

[sheshe2]

111. Sigh....

I must disagree with you.

Ha! I love candy corn and I am not much into sweets. Lol~ my mom still gives me a bag every dayum year.



Happy Halloween!

[bravenak]

187. Liberal in LA loves it too!!!

You can have mine!!!

[sheshe2]

220. Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hugs back~

[Liberal_in_LA]

177. ..

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

195. lol, worst candy ever...my wife tho LOVES it. Guess opposites really do attract!

[irisblue]

3. so what kind do you like?

[bravenak]

11. Chocolate! Fruity!!

All kinds but not valentines candy with like cream centers. Omg, yuck! I used to work at the Original See's Candy Factory so I am an expert. They forced me to try ALL of them. Oh god. I can smell it in my memory.

[Teagan]

37. See's makes really good caramel

I love them, and still find them sometimes stowed away.

[bravenak]

42. Yes! And those are my favs!

[Warpy]

71. Yeah, if it isn't chocolate, it's not worth the calories.

One piece of candy corn reminds me of some of the better parts of my childhood. Any more than one piece gags me.

The same goes for those orange marshmallow peanuts.

Kids who trick or treat at my house get the good stuff. This is a really poor part of town and it's likely all they get all year unless somebody tucks a candy bar into their Xmas stockings.

[bravenak]

72. You are good.

Kids need stuff like that. Makes kife bearable.

[villager]

200. That's really the rule of thumb for candy. Candy corn enmity may yet unite DU, after all this

In which case: Watch out, GOP!

[hobbit709]

213. The calories in chocolate don't count.

[bettyellen]

75. Oooh See's - love their peanut brittle. I make great brittle too, ask Swag.

[bravenak]

78. You do?? I want some.

I love brittle. And turtles. And toffee. I hated working at See's but I liked feeling like Lucy and Ethel.

[bettyellen]

81. Peanut, cashew or pecan? I will do some before Tksgiving and send you...

Swag had the cashew I believe. I make it with some butter and a bit of whiskey or rum, which makes it a bit toffee-ish. Unfortunately, the booze burns off, but I think it's more subtle than vanilla.

[bravenak]

84. Peanut!!! I love it!

I am so ready. I accidentally bit into a candy corn and it was Vattels fault. Gross. Ruined my lil candy session today. I cannot wait to try it!

[bettyellen]

87. Okay, I can do some peanut for you. It's all about timing as it's best just about 5 seconds before

it burns, LOL. I love it with slightly dark streaks in it, and some flakes of salt. Good stuff!
I'll pick up some peanuts next week and PM you when it's done.

[bravenak]

89. Mmmm.

Dark streaks, flakes of salt. Peanuts. I will be waiting when you are ready, this is why I love you. My people are the best people here. They make stuff happen.

[bettyellen]

102. I am so happy to see you back here! If I have to bribe you with home made candy- so be it.

Totally worth it. I'd do it this weekend but have two parties. ;-D

[bravenak]

108. Whoo hoo!!

I'm glad SOME PEOPLE are happy to see me!
I was about to get a complex!
2 parties? Yay!!!!

[bettyellen]

112. Yep. One is sort of political, the other- a drunken country sleep over.....

I think we will end up being a pack of animals in the woods! I have a great tiger dress.

[bettyellen]

117. Now I am going to have to find some bubble wrap! Can't send you dust.

[bravenak]

125. If the dust taste like candy.

I can eat it.

[bettyellen]

140. It is phenomenal on ice cream! Or yogurt. OMG, I need to make granola too. Ahhhh....

THAT Is what I should bring to my friends place for the weekend. My awesome granola.

[bravenak]

144. Yeah. I kinda wanna be there now.

[bettyellen]

154. One day you will be. Catsitting and eating my granola..... Actually, I am planning....

on something either in early February (first week) and or later in the Spring (tulip season in Amsterdam)
so will be needing to open my home to another DUer. You could be my house sitting DUer #3.
And I will save some granola to send with the brittle. It is amazing!

[bravenak]

155. I wish! I have to go to school. :(

[bettyellen]

157. Waaaah. I will send you some granola too then. Thanks for the inspiration... I was trying to think of

something to bring Saturday for the sleep over and granola will do it. And it will be there when I wake up, LOL!

[bravenak]

158. Okay. I'll take the grains. I need them anyway.

[bettyellen]

159. It's a very simple recipe- but very addictive. And delish when it is fresh. After having it, I

cannot eat commercial stuff, it tastes dull and old. You're not a fan? I will make you one.

[bravenak]

160. I like granola, but nobody ever 'makes' it.

I just put it on my yougurt or eat bars from the store.

[bettyellen]

161. At work, a friend was room mates with a woman who started her own company a few years back...

and she brought in some and soon we were all addicted like it was crack! It was not cheap, and I was doing 2 bags a week.... and them low and behold, she did an episode of Martha Stewart and gave up the recipe. It was 8$ for a not very big bag, and the recipe is exactly like hers. I do the pecan but her sour cherry and pistachio was very popular.

Early Bird Granola. She uses olive oil, brown sugar and maple syrup ( I use maple flavored agave) and sprinkles with sea salt. It's very light and not heavy clusters. Lots of seeds, and not super sweet. So good.

Oh shit, Kansas might take this- bottom of the damn 14th inning!

[bravenak]

163. This game has been going on forever!!!

I am so glad my hubby is not into baseball. It never ends.

That granola sounds good. I might have to handle that this weekend. One time bonobo told me how to cook eggs and now I eat eggs like that all the time. Learn so much stuff. I'm hungry now. Gonna go make something, get out of bed.

[bettyellen]

166. Holy SHIT, I cannot be pissed at the Royals for bringing it. Great ending. I can sleep now, LOL.

[bravenak]

168. It's over? Who won!?

[bettyellen]

174. KANSAS, damn them.

[bravenak]

176. .

[bettyellen]

186. I'm a Yankee fan, but I must represent for my city. So fuck Kansas, dammit.

[bravenak]

189. Lol!! I go for LA no matter what.

Always! Don't even know what's going on sometimes, but I still cheer!

[bettyellen]

194. Me too! Especially post season, YAY.....

it'll be over soon! Awesome.

[KamaAina]

233. Um, the Kansas City where the Royals play is in Missouri.

There is a Kansas City, Kansas next door, but it doesn't have a big-league team.

[bettyellen]

234. Thanks! HA HA- Well double fuck Missouri then. I stand corrected...

A Kansan coworker was rooting for them. Go figure.

[KamaAina]

235. But of course.

One of the many things that's the matter with Kansas is that they have no big-league team of their own. So naturally, they've adopted the Royals as their own, much like the New England states that are not Massachusetts have the Red Sox (with the exception of southern Connecticut, which leans toward the Yankees or Mets).

[bettyellen]

173. she has a lot of raw seeds and nuts in it, which is a pain to find sometimes....

so I just basically get roasted sometimes and throw them in after it;s baked. Same difference for the pepitas or whatever I use. I add an extra 3/4 cup or so of oatmeal than her recipe so it's a lighter coating, and then play a bit with the added fruit or nuts. Yeah, Mike and Nicole will love it. Going to get ingredients and do it Thursday.

[bravenak]

175. Damn!! Nobody cooks for me! Only I cook!

[bettyellen]

183. Me neither, and I don't cook much. I try to make it monthly because it is the healthiest thing I

crave. I'm going to make a big batch this week now. Yay Fall. Have not had the oven on yet.

[bravenak]

126. Ohhh. Tiger? I like animal print.

I got me a zebra dress this summer and my hubby said why do I dress up like prey. Why not be a cheetah or a tiger. He is weird.

[bettyellen]

136. Yes, I got a 60"s tiger fur mini- dress in a recent clothing swap. It's hot, I am lazy....

and animals are always fun to be. Maybe I'll get some claws too. Heh heh.

[bravenak]

145. Hee hee!

I love being animals.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

4. #1 It's not hard candy yet it has no chocolate.

#2 See #1

[bravenak]

8. Just wrong! It makes no sense to make it. Why do we need it?

[luvspeas]

5. Yum. Give them to me...

Especially the ones with the chocolate bottoms. Circus peanuts are gross and I have never eaten one of those baked bean things.

I used to think that chick o sticks were really made of chicken.

[bravenak]

7. You gotta give your chico sticks then.

You can have ALLLLLL of my candy corn for one chico stick.

[luvspeas]

14. You got it...

Even though I now know they're not chicken I still can't eat them. Blech.

That's the awesome thing about candy if one person hates something they can share with someone who likes it and everybody wins. I wish everything worked that way.

[bravenak]

20. Me too. Life would be nice.

But it it got too nice then more bad stuff happens.

[cpwm17]

26. So they still make Chick-O-Sticks.

They cost a nickle when I was kid. I haven't seen them since. I liked them, and Butterfinger candy bars, which cost a dime.

Though I do like Boston Baked Beans and Candy Corn is OK.

[bravenak]

28. Yep. They put them down low on the racks.

A dollar now.

[Thav]

219. Mix candy corn with dry roasted peanuts

That combination is pretty good for some reason.

[malaise]

6. Ditto +1,000

LOL

[bravenak]

17. Lol! Yep!

[Liberal_in_LA]

171. ..

[leftofcool]

9. Yep, candy corn sucks. Give me chocolate.

[bravenak]

16. Yep!

[Hoyt]

10. It's really good when it's old and you have no other candy when the mood hits.

[bravenak]

13. Noooo!! Sacrifice!! Just don't do it!!

Ok. Maybe. But better rush to the store if it gets that bad. No candy in the home? Lord! Tragic. Happens to me and I get miserable.

[JackInGreen]

12. More for me then

You can have my smarties.

[bravenak]

15. Ok! Smartie are fine with me. Especially the white ones.

[Takket]

18. i get a craving for candy corn about once every 5 years... then i'm good for a while

[bravenak]

24. I bet you eat like three pieces, remember, then try to pawn it off un an unsuspecting person like I

always do.

[Takket]

30. more like...

the wife and I eat about 10 pieces, then they sit in a ziplock bag in the cabinet for 6 months before I finally just announce I'm throwing them out lol

[bravenak]

33. Smart!

[cwydro]

19. I always hated it

But here is the mystery. This stuff has been around since I was a kid way back in the 60s.

So WHO likes it?

Gah.

[bravenak]

22. Serious. I think I always find like three people.

Do they need that much for three people? No! But they make it anyway. It feels like they are trying to shove it down my throat.

[bigwillq]

21. It's awful.

[bravenak]

25. I wonder why it exists.

[bigwillq]

32. To piss off bravenak

[bravenak]

40. As do most bad things.

My mom laughs at me just like that! But like seriously laughing AT me.

[Liberal_in_LA]

178. ..

[Nobel_Twaddle_III]

23. the safe candy

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[bravenak]

27. Lol!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

58. That's great!

[emulatorloo]

230. Brilliant!

[MuseRider]

29. All I can say is

They are better than Peeps! Those things give me the queezies.

[bravenak]

35. How did I forget peeps!!!

Now THAT is the nastiest candy ever. The taste, the texture, the nasty sugar on the crust. I hate peeps!

[MuseRider]

41. I did not think anyone else felt that way

and as long as we are here, I do like candy corn but you know what I absolutely hate more than anything people shove in their mouths? S'mores. Too many in Girl Scouts I think.

Toffee, now there is a candy. Mmmmm.

[bravenak]

53. I hate smores too!!!

Whoa!!!
The chocolate never melts enough, i hate marshmellow on most things, and i think they suck.
I don't even get the s'mores thing. I'm like, just give me a hot dog and I'll roast that over the fire.

[MuseRider]

66. Gods yes.

Marshmallow is disgusting. AND they are messy as hell. I never put marshmallows in hot chocolate either.

Necco wafers? I like them, they last a long time and you can separate out your favorite colors/flavors

[bravenak]

68. Ewww. You can also have my necco wafers.

They gave out a bunch of them. Tropical. No.

[MuseRider]

74. They make tropical NECCO's?

Ewwwwww.

I rarely eat candy so most of my favorites are old as me, lol.

Salt Water Taffy? Fun to make and fun to eat until you end up with crowns.

This is SO much more fun that it has been around here in a while. Today did me in. Thanks for this. I am so glad I saw it.

[bravenak]

76. Yep. Tropical. I have not quite tasted them but I am sure they are gross.

I knew we needed a break. We used to do this kinda stuff all the time.

[MuseRider]

82. I put a whole lot of people on ignore

today and I have never done that before. It just felt so unhealthy here and all I wanted to do was discuss things.

Yes indeed we did need a break.

Real, honest to goodness licorice. NOT Twizzlers.

[bravenak]

85. Red vines, not Twizzlers!

Today was bad. It will have to end. Eventually.

[MuseRider]

98. Yes it will.

Red Vines, mmmmmm. Tomorrow I shall buy wine and Red Vines because I have neither and I require both.

[bravenak]

101. Good. And I will leave my bed tomorrow. So sick. Getting better though!

[MuseRider]

105. Oh no!

I did not know you were sick! I am so sorry. That sucks. I hope it is all over tomorrow. Feel better and get a good sleep tonight.

[bravenak]

109. Me too.

I will go to bed soon. I just had to put up a cheerful thread.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

61. Halloween. Focus.

[bravenak]

70. Oh yeah. That's easter.

[pinboy3niner]

217. Have you no decency, sir? How dare you disrespect the peep tragedy!

When Halloween arrives, the War on Easter is not far behind.

Oh, the Peepmanity!


As MrScorpio would say, Easter is coming...

[Gidney N Cloyd]

221. We need to call in the March Hares, get s'more boots on the ground.

[Godhumor]

31. I had candy corn gummies the other day

They were wonderful.

[bravenak]

38. How is this magic possible!

Are you a wizard?

[Scootaloo]

34. Could be worse. You know htey're still making THIS shit, right?

Gimme candy corn over that mess any day

[bravenak]

36. GROSSSSSSS!!!

Okay. Candy corn. THOSE DAMN THINGS. PEEPS. I could vomit right now.

[Scootaloo]

43. Peeps have their uses

I once bought up a store's entire after-easter peep supply. Completely filled the roomie's share of the apartment with hte things.

[bravenak]

45. I would be in a blind rage.

[Scootaloo]

48. Also you should see what they do in a vacuum chamber.

Make good tinder to start a fire, too!

[bravenak]

54. Wait, wtf? Start fires? With peeps? Lemme go tell my husband!

I like to lord knowledge like this over him. He'll go buy some and test it, bet!

[Scootaloo]

57. They're like pure sugar. if you can stand the smell of burnt marshmallow.

[Nobel_Twaddle_III]

51. I forgot those nasty things even existed.

[Lint Head]

39. But ...but all the candy corn farmers will go broke.

What will animal cracker cows eat?

[bravenak]

44. .

[Scootaloo]

47. The Department of Agriculture can pay them to grow candy dirt

[Lint Head]

49. ..

[Nobel_Twaddle_III]

77. what is the dirt part ? oreo cookies ?

[Scootaloo]

79. Yup, chocolate cookie crumbs

[greytdemocrat]

46. EAT ME!!!

[virtualobserver]

50. all forms of social media seem to be in total agreement with you

I prefer Dark LINDOR Truffles

Perfectly balanced dark chocolate offers a deeply indulgent premium chocolate experience. A delicate dark chocolate shell enrobes an irresistibly smooth dark chocolate center.

[pinboy3niner]

52. I KNEW YOU WERE A HATER!!!

[bravenak]

60. Ha!

[restorefreedom]

55. i used to love cc as a kid

but now if it doesn't have chocolate its just not worth the calories to me.

[bravenak]

63. They probably use the same candy from when we were kids.

Keep re handing out the same bags, year after year, since 1986.

[restorefreedom]

65. that image is gonna stick with me....

fortunately, i haven't had any cc in my stomach for a long time

[bravenak]

67. Lewis Black does a skit on it. Check it out! Too funny!

[restorefreedom]

69. i will thx! nt

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

56. The boston baked beans aren't horrible. Just not good.

But candy corn, tootsie rolls, circus peanuts, and those nasty chalk heart candies at valentine's are all repulsive.

[bravenak]

59. Tootsie rolls are delicious!

I get the costco bags. BBB are just not CANDY. Valentine hearts either. Not candy.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

96. I've never liked Tootsie Rolls, but they do have a use:

Kitty Litter Cake!



Here's the recipe: http://www.food.com/recipe/kitty-litter-cake-3091

[bravenak]

100. Eww!

You ruined them! I will always see this in my head now. I cannot believe somebody thought that up. That is funny.

[roamer65]

116. That is disgustingly funny. N/t

[Solly Mack]

62. You know what's colorful and fun to do with candy corn?

Take hurricane glass shades and partially fill with candy corn. Place candle, light.

Trash the candy corn after use.

I sometimes do that for Halloween parties.

Just my 2 cents.

[bravenak]

73. Hey! That's actually a good use!

[Solly Mack]

91. The colors work well together, especially in candlelight.

Use different sized glass - small, medium, large - and arrange them with the shorter ones side by side, but in front of the large one. Maybe slightly off center. Add a couple of tiny pumpkins - and place it all on a wooden tray, or a tray or plate of some kind - makes a nice center piece.

I sometimes tie a burlap ribbon around the shades.

[bravenak]

92. I should do a still life like that for my drawing final.

I hate drawing. Maybe it will give me incentive to draw what I see. I hate drawing.

[Solly Mack]

106. lol! Do you really hate drawing? Maybe you just need to be inspired.

Get a small table, find a corner to create a nook, place a few of your favorite things. Make it things that only seem disparate but actually do connect in some way. The more subtle the better. Then draw your own private joke. Whether or not everyone likes your drawing, you will all the more because you'll know what it means. Gives it added pleasure.

[bravenak]

115. You know what? I hate it there is no music on.

Music makes my drawings look like an actual artist drew them. But if it's quiet, I cannot draw things that look 'real', just like fuzzy koalas and baby elephants.

I think it's because it is 'forced' drawing. I love painting and I can draw with my brush. Why do I need drawing. So boring. No color, just that stupid chiaroscuro word that nobody knows how to say.
I'd rather just draw something funny, like a cartoon. But it's skeletons and artifacts from the backroom.
Ugly.
Maybe I like it, just not that class. Cannot wait for painting. Much better, imo.

[Solly Mack]

122. Let the light be your lyrics and the shade be your notes.

My way of saying good luck with your final.

Music should accompany most activities.

[bravenak]

124. I'm taking my headphones for sure!!

Thanks.

[pinboy3niner]

132. Good luck with your final!

Though you probably won't need it. Somehow I think you'll do just fine on your own.

[bravenak]

134. Thank you!

It's a hard class! The guy draws so good. And he's like a city legend so he has so much stuff he's done and it's in the museum.... I can't do it. Really. It won't work.

[pinboy3niner]

141. You can do it for your final and you will

Just think positive and remember what you've learned from the course. Don't be overawed by the prof. Don't let the talent of the prof intimidate you. In your final, picture the prof naked if you have to (you know, the public speaking trick). JUST REMEMBER, DON'T DRAW THAT!!!

[bravenak]

149. Haha!

[bettyellen]

114. Have you tried drawing upside down? Sometimes that helps you really get the shapes so right....

It kind of disturbs how you see things, and you see the shapes better.

[bravenak]

120. I turn that badboy all around. I am not a 'drawer'.

I have to squint to see what I'm supposed to see. Or take a picture, pump up the contrast and highlights and then use that and the item at the same time. It's so hard! I have a b in the clas. It might go down cause I just missed class. Maybe not though since we work on things for several days. I'm not bad, exactly. Just never drew anything except trees before this summer. And like, elephants or koalas. I have no idea why elephants and koalas. Only thing I can draw. Trees too. Kinda.

[BootinUp]

64. I guess I am kinda strange

I LOVE IT. I'm having candy corn, candy corn, candy corn, candy corn, candy corn, candy corn, milky way, candy corn, and candy corn.

[bravenak]

80. Lololol! Only 1 milky way?

Yiu are too funny!

[rbrnmw]

83. Candy Corn sucks so do Smarties

[bravenak]

86. Snarties are okay but only if it's an either or situation.

[rbrnmw]

93. Not me I use to throw both away when I was a kid

My kids like smarties though

[bravenak]

95. I let the smarties hang out till june. If they were still there, toss.

My one daughter. She hates chocolate. Loves smarties. Weird kid.

[cherokeeprogressive]

88. I hate candy snobs.

[bravenak]

90. .

[panader0]

94. Is it GMO corn?

[bravenak]

97. Um? Yes. Yes it is. I'm positive.

[DonCoquixote]

99. depends on whewre you get it

most candy corn sucks because it is Honey that when exposed to dry air, gets hard...The sort you would get in the better candy stores is a lot better, but then again the better stores actually THROW OUT their stale product.

[bravenak]

103. Lol!

Maybe I'll try the real stuff one day. Idk. It's just gross.

I think the good stores throw away the old product and then the other companies come in, rummage through the garbage, and boom! They take they candy and present it as 'new'.

[DonCoquixote]

119. that principle affects any food

OK, former Coffee Vendor here. Back when Starbucks was new, people would ask me why people paid so much for coffee. Being that I worked for someone who pretty much was a Willy Wonka of Coffee, I had ammo.

Two things that make bad Coffee: over-roasting and rot.

Most companies do not know how to roast, and they think roasting more will cover for the fact they use cheap beans. It does not.

Rot is easier to explain, simply put, even the freshest coffee will literally ROT within hours, thanks to it's oils. When someone keeps coffee in a big old urn, they are ensuring nasty coffee in an hour.

Starbucks used to be considered good coffee not because they were good roasters (they were not) but because they kept making their coffee fresh, so people used to skunky joe tasted it and went "wow, this is really good coffee!" Ah, but Captialism came in, with poorer trained workers and urns. Now, you want to know what cofee upstart started beating them..MCdonalds.

Now now, MickeyD's did not start becoming baristas, but what happens is that during breakfast rush, they cannot keep their coffee, so they HAVE to make it fresh. Of course, come marketing geniuses noticed this, and lo and behold, Mickey D's started talking about how it got fresh beans and was installing "MCafes" at it's locations where you could get lattes. People bought it, hook, line and sinker. Then Burger King noticed this, and decided to buy a chain called Tim Hortons, aka the Canuck Starbucks, and soon, at your BK, you will start buying maple donuts. The sounds you hear are the groaning of Canadian Duers who are scared to death BK will ruin their beloved donuts

The Moral is that with just a little bit of care and common sense, bad food can become good food, and vice versa

[bravenak]

123. That is so interesting.

I did remember micky dees beating them. You know what? I do not drink coffe because when starbucks came out, my silly friends all git addicted to theur sweet coffee and I was trying not to be a lemming and be all 'different'. Started drinking kerns nectar and thise mexican guavas and got addicted. Still am.

It's crazy how things happen. You made me want donuts.

[pinboy3niner]

137. Thanks for that info

I've always liked McD's coffee, despite the snobs that always dis everything McD. And in SoCal their senior coffee is around 90 cents and includes free refills. I skip the McCafe menu, though. Unless they have a coupon for iced coffee.

[HassleCat]

104. I used to eat that stuff by the pound

When I was a kid, I would consume candy corn until I got a headache from sugar overload. I liked the texture o the kernels, and the way they felt when I bit into them. I would balance each piece between my front teeth and bite down in a particular way. I don't think I have eaten any candy corn for 20 years. Diabetic.

[bravenak]

129. Oh. I have a cousin who loves it.

She i
Used to suck on them and ew. Sorry you can't have it if you want it.

[Waldorf]

107. Agreed! Even as a kid I hated when somebody dropped those in my pumpkin.

Like the peanuts though and I used to enjoy the Boston Bake Beans until I was worried about breaking a tooth.

[bravenak]

131. I hated seeing them coming!

It made me hate the occupant of the house a little too.

[LiberalElite]

110. I like the candy corn that has some kind of fake chocolate at the bottom nt

[bravenak]

133. That candy corn is a trick!

[roamer65]

113. It's pretty foul stuff.

I always liked getting Mounds or Almond Joy.

[pinboy3niner]

118. It's great for trading with the little kids for their candy bars

[bravenak]

135. I love both of those.

[Rex]

121. Oh sure! Shill for Big Chocolate!

Is that a Mars bar I see you hiding behind your back! BUSTED!

[bravenak]

127. Hey!

Chocosanto pays good money! It get's the job done!

[lovemydog]

128. My sister loves candy corn

so I always traded it with her for something I liked.

Halloween memories, by lovemydog.

[bravenak]

130. Smart!

My sister likes twizzlers. Ew. I gave her mine and got the tootsie rolls.

[Starry Messenger]

138. This thread reminded me I have two bags of candy to take to work tomorrow.

No one would know if I just opened up a corner and eased out a few mini-chocolate bars, now would they?

[bravenak]

146. I usually just tape the hole back up or put it in a cutsey bowl so I can eat tgem.

[Shrike47]

139. I once made a pretty attractive 'wreath' for Halloween using candy corn, a wreath form & glue.

I wouldn't want to eat the damned stuff but I don't mind gluing them to things.

[bravenak]

147. Only thing it's good for. Arts and crafts and candle holders.

[hunter]

142. I may be a freak. I prefer capsicum over candy anything.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chili_pepper

[bravenak]

148. That is different. I like those chile plums.

[jaysunb]

143. All errant candy corn should be turned over to me

immediately.

[bravenak]

153. Okay!!! Thank you!!

[Liberal_in_LA]

150. I love candy corn and circus peanuts

[bravenak]

151. Nooooo!!!

[pinboy3niner]

165. ...

[Liberal_in_LA]

152. I wish I could thumbs down this thread and all the candy corn haters

Candy corn is the best

[bravenak]

156. Lol!

You can if you want. Time consuming though.

[Liberal_in_LA]

169. Candy corn cocktail

Ingredients
2 oz. Pineapple Infused Vodka
1.5 oz. Orange Sherbet, softened
1 oz. Pineapple Juice
1 oz. Milk
1 oz. Simple Syrup

[bravenak]

170. That actually looks good.

[BainsBane]

188. That's because there isn't any candy corn in it

Did you see that they are trying to pull a fast one by making candy corn flavored m & ms? The oligarchy is relentless.

[bravenak]

190. Corporatist third way candy monsters!!

Yeah. I see them tryina slip new flavors in, mix it with the good stuff. No! No amount of weed can make me that hungry! No..

[BainsBane]

162. Me too!

First way Snickers all the way!

[bravenak]

164. Me too!!

Only first way candy!!

[Liberal_in_LA]

179. circus peanut salad

Circus Peanut Salad

Circus Peanut Salad, from my Grandma

Ingredients:
30 Circus Peanuts, cut up into small pieces
1-6oz package of orange jello
2-8oz cans of crushed pineapple
2 cups boiling water
2 cups cold water
1 container whipped topping, thawed
https://cookinginkentucky.wordpress.com/2013/06/16/happy-fathers-day-circus-peanut-salad/

[BainsBane]

181. .

[betsuni]

185. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

[mmonk]

212. Oh my lord, I've seen it all now.

[pinboy3niner]

180. 3 Musketeers and Reese's

I get only the best stuff for my trick-or-treaters. Because I I want to be good to kids. And because I get the leftovers.

[BainsBane]

182. I love the Reese's!

[betsuni]

167. Candy nagging, eh?

Playing the candy corn card again I see. Typical. You probably haven't even TASTED candy corn, you don't know what you're talking about. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS THIRD WAY CANDY. You candy naggers are so divisive. You people make DU suck. What kind of candy do you like, is it ... STATUS QUO CORPORATIST WALL STREET CANDY BAR?????

[bravenak]

172. Please!!!!

[Crunchy Frog]

184. I like it.

So there!

[bravenak]

191. Nooooo!! I'll SAVE you!!

[Crunchy Frog]

192. You can't save me.

I'm a filthy, disgusting, candy pervert. And I like it. In fact, I think I'll go grab some to munch on right now.

[bravenak]

196. Have you no shame?? Well?

[Crunchy Frog]

198. I embrace my degradation.

~Chomp, chomp, slurrrrp~

[pinboy3niner]

193. *SPOILER ALERT* It was candy corn that infected the Walking Dead

They'll probably out out a hit on me for revealing this, but just wait until the final episode. You'll see!

[bravenak]

197. Are the walking dead unfrozen white walkers?

[pinboy3niner]

199. Interesting...but I wouldn't put it past that Hell-spawned candy corn!

[betsuni]

201. A beer that tastes like candy corn.

When my husband saw it at the liquor store he went overboard and bought two cases without knowing what it tasted like. Suntory has been brewing up some delicious limited edition craft beers lately, so he assumed this one would be good too. It tastes EXACTLY like candy corn to me, and I hate candy corn. Two cases of liquid candy corn. Trick or treat. Because of Japanese liquor laws, it's classified as happoshu and not beer because of the added pumpkin. This is literally a Third Way beer. The can is pretty at least.

[pinboy3niner]

203. Two cases of pumpkin beer, never tasted? What was your husband THINKING?

The upside is that you can always get rid of it by giving it to trick-or-treaters. The downside is that you'll probably get busted. But it may be worth it to get rid of it.

[betsuni]

206. I know!

He's pretending he likes it. It has to be really cold and the glass frozen for it to even be drinkable. I thought we should save it for emergencies, like stocks of bottled water and toilet paper for when there's an earthquake. It really would be an ideal children's beer.

[pinboy3niner]

208. In an emergency, I think I'd rather die of thirst

[Flying Squirrel]

202. Careful....

Boston Bean has banned people from the HOF group for less.

[pinboy3niner]

204. That is uncalled for on a couple of levels

It's funny, but you really should self-delete.

[Flying Squirrel]

205. No way.

Boston bean deserves that one.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/125558025#post37

[bravenak]

223. I am on her buddie list so it's good. She is AWESOME. If the candy was like her it would be perfect.

[Yorktown]

207. Candy corn appears to be divisive (article link)

Love It or Hate It, Candy Corn Rules the Trick-or-Treat Bag

The story behind the century-old waxy treat that frightens half of America By Robert Klara
October 27, 2015, 7:48 PM EDTAdvertising & Branding
According to the National Confectioners Association, some 35 million pounds (about 9 billion kernels) of candy corn will be manufactured this year. Americans are expected to buy 20 million pounds of that batch—15 million for this week alone. In fact, in case you haven't marked your calendar, Oct. 30 is National Candy Corn Day.

Americans will buy about 15 million pounds of candy corn Halloween week. Photo: Nick Ferrari
Great stuff, right? But not for everyone. There's probably no other confection in existence that is so polarizing—that coaxes such intense expressions of loving and loathing—as candy corn. This year alone, product-review site Influenster ranked candy corn the No. 1 Halloween candy in five states—even as Kidzworld left it out of its Top 10 list entirely. In 2012, Time magazine declared candy corn to be "this year's 'it flavor,'" only to have The Huffington Post proclaim it the "most hated" candy in America the following year.

http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/love-it-or-hate-it-candy-corn-rules-trick-or-treat-bag-167722

[Hugin]

209. I only like a very specific type of candy corn.

It is very hard to find and is made with honey instead of corn syrup. I think it was the original and all of the other stuff is a crude copy.

I'd make it, if I had the recipe.

[MFM008]

210. my dad loved them all so we saw them every year

candy corn, candy pumpkins, circus peanuts, maple nut bites, necco wafers, red hots, Kraft caramels, fudgies, orange and black candy/peanut butter bites, cracker jacks......on and on.

[Warren DeMontague]

211. Yeah, Candy Corn sucks.

It's probably one of the few things in the universe currently polling lower than Chris Christie.

[Bluenorthwest]

214. The other day on Food Network I heard a judge call candy corn 'a national treasure'. I'm still

unsure if he was being sarcastic. I've detested it since childhood.

[ProfessorGAC]

216. Said The Same In My Post

Didn't like any of the candies Bravenak mentioned even when a little kid. And that was a long ass time ago.

[Bluenorthwest]

218. Wax passing itself off as confection.

nt

[ProfessorGAC]

215. Yes, yes, and yes!

To all three. Didn't even like those when i was a little kid! Wouldn't get near them now.

[Deadshot]

222. It's like Peeps on Easter, but worse.

I haven't touched candy corn in years and I never will again. I don't know anyone who actually likes it.

Why do they make it?

[TygrBright]

224. I ONLY like the white parts.

Yes.

I admit it.

I'm the one.

I eat all the white bits at the top and then throw the rest of it away.

You saw them in the wastebasket, didn't you?

So weird....

Now you know.

spectrally,
Bright

[bravenak]

225. I have a friend who only eats the brown part on those chocolate ones.

You guys should meet.

[randys1]

226. How many thought this was about candy? LOL

[bravenak]

228. Randy!!! If it wasn't about chocoate know that I eat the entire thing!!

[luvspeas]

227. bravenak! so glad to see you back!

You are loved. Everybody wants to say they posted on your thread.

[bravenak]

229. Thanks you!! I love most people!! And we all love candy!!

[Feron]

231. Agree, but add to the list...

those peanut butter things that come in the orange and black wrappers (Mary Janes?). Bleh.

With candy corn, well it's just a flavorless sugar paste. It's related to those dried sugar decorations you put on cakes.

[bravenak]

232. Yep!!

[treestar]

236. yah and it comes in triangulated shape

it is another corporatist plot.

[bravenak]

239. Well, there is a 'pyramid' on the back of the dollar bill, so... Illuminati!!!

[Squinch]

237. I used to RESPECT you!!!!!! Oh, the humanity!!!!!

They have candy corn that's shaped like little pumpkins now. And you will NEVER experience it!

[bravenak]

238. I saw them. I started worring that they would screw with christmas candy next.

[Squinch]

240. You mean that awful ribbon candy crap? Eeeew.

[bravenak]

241. Ummm. I have a can in my cabinet. Bought it in summer on sale. Yumm.