What are/was the worst treats to get on Halloween?

[Capt. Obvious]

We used to hate the popcorn ball lady almost as much as the toothbrush family.

[Purveyor]

1. Candy corn. eom

[OakCliffDem]

4. +1

[trueblue2007]

2. i LOVED popcorn balls !!!! I still do.

[Capt. Obvious]

3. So you're the one

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Candy corn, popcorn balls, pennies,

those weird orange caramel-ish candies in paper wrappers, Tootsie Rolls. I've always hated Tootsie Rolls.

[BlueJazz]

13. I'm with you on those. I keep thinking "What's the cheapest, nastiest crap I can hand out"?

[irisblue]

6. necco wafers

[olddots]

7. everybody that says candy corn

Never had Necco Wafers .

[Snobblevitch]

8. Circus peanuts were really bad.

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I really liked Fizzers. They were like Smarties but they actually fizzed. I have not seen them in years. My brothers would not eat coconut so I got their Almond Joys and Mounds bars. I liked Sugar Babies and most chocolate. For some reason I was never a fan of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups but love Reese's Pieces.

My older brothers ate their Halloween candy in about a week. I had to hide mine and it lasted until Christmas. They really hated me when we were watching TV after school and I was trying to quietly eat some candy. If they caught me with candy, they held me down and took it from me. I decided to eat the Almond Joys and Mounds in front them instead. They held me down and tickled me until I cried, sadistic bastards. They both have families with children of their own. I don't know what happens to the Almond Joys and Mounds anymore.

[rurallib]

11. I was a much younger brother who squirreled his candy away

they just beat me up and took it.

[Snobblevitch]

12. My older brothers tried to force me to tell where I hid my candy.

They knew there would be hell to pay if they actually ever forced me to give it up. That and there was generally enough crap snack food in our house anyway.

I never told them, but I hid the candy behind books in the large bookcase in our living room. I read books. They didn't unless they had to. Oddly enough, one of them is now an avid user of the public library. He always has a novel from the library that he is reading. The other brother is not so frugal (his wife inherited money). He is always buying e-books for his Kindle. I buy my books at a thrift store for a buck each.

[rurallib]

9. Christian tracts

what kind of sick mind ruins Halloween with Christian tracts???

[Dr. Strange]

19. Heh.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8210108

[meow2u3]

21. Christian tracts are no treats

They're tricks designed to ruin your fun. Christianists don't exactly put the fun in fundie.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

10. This stuff:

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Don't even know what it is, only that it was designed by cheap, cruel people who hate children. I think its made out of petroleum tar.

[CrawlingChaos]

14. Licorice all-sorts, I think

Petroleum tar... LOL!! You nailed it

[eppur_se_muova]

18. Hey, I love licorice -- including AllSorts ! nt

[Joe Shlabotnik]

22. eewwww

Sorry, you know you just lost 1st place credibility status, Eppur!

DU is a rough place fo sure!

[GOLGO 13]

15. Fruit FTW!

Getting fruit for Halloween is like a big FU. Usually we would chuck those at churches or cop cars.

[hifiguy]

16. Charlie Brown set the standard for bad Halloweens

[zanana1]

17. apples

Definitely the most disappointing Halloween treat.

[Initech]

20. Chick Tracts

That's worse than the people who give out tooth brushes, toothpaste, or pennies.