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Lochloosa
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debm55
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OLDMDDEM
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catbyte
(39,261 posts)Simple yet awesome. 
debm55
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Grim Chieftain
(1,958 posts)Still love them.
Midnight Writer
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kozar
(3,359 posts)Reese Cups!!!!
Koz
debm55
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pansypoo53219
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mgardener
(2,389 posts)Or Mounds
debm55
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SheltieLover
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Solly Mack
(97,178 posts)My siblings loved trick or treating with me because I'd give them everything not dark chocolate in exchange for their dark chocolate. I ended up with far less candy, but I got the kind I wanted.
debm55
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303squadron
(847 posts)Who doesn’t think Snickers are the best. Chocolate, caramel, nuts oh my!
debm55
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lpbk2713
(43,290 posts)Esp Mr Goodbar and Nestle's Crunch.
Still do. Many years later.
debm55
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LudwigPastorius
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But, there were also these, in the "what where they thinking?" category:
Chocolate cigarettes
Bubblegum cigars
debm55
(61,336 posts) pandr32
(14,307 posts)Hated candy corn.
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Dulcinea
(10,251 posts)Last edited Mon Sep 29, 2025, 03:33 PM - Edit history (2)
Snickers, Reese's peanut butter cups, & peanut M&Ms. I had to keep my dad from appropriating my Halloween candy! He figured it was his fee for taking us trick or treating.
debm55
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Diamond_Dog
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boonecreek
(1,553 posts)Both made by Holloway, now by Hershey. Haven't seen a Slo Poke in years but
they're still making Milk Duds.
pansypoo53219
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(61,336 posts) Ritabert
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(61,336 posts) Polly Hennessey
(8,925 posts)They were mine, all mine. No sharing!
debm55
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get the red out
(14,064 posts)Still the superior choice in my life. Though Whoopers ranked quite high (and still do, I just bought a box).
debm55
(61,336 posts) get the red out
(14,064 posts)My neighborhood Kroger put them right in my face on the way to the checkout, I am helpless!
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Mad_Dem_X
(10,219 posts)They still are. 
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OldBaldy1701E
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(61,336 posts) FuzzyRabbit
(2,218 posts)I liked the full size ones.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,782 posts)zagnuts were rare.
debm55
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The Madcap
(1,995 posts)Now that I am older, it's Heath Bars all the way.
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leftieNanner
(16,164 posts)Used to bake fresh butter cookies every year! Back in the day when you could do that.
debm55
(61,336 posts) CommonHumanity
(364 posts)Come on y'all. Didn't anyone else LOVE these deadly, devilish, sweet, smooth, yet nonetheless crunchy treats?
elleng
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chowder66
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(61,336 posts) chowder66
(12,454 posts)An old standard favorite was Hersheys w/ Almonds.
debm55
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johnp3907
(4,330 posts)Snickers!
debm55
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Permanut
(8,527 posts)Back when they were the size of mountains.
They should call them Molehill bars now.
debm55
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ProfessorGAC
(77,140 posts)Not that I threw the other stuff away.
debm55
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Prairie_Seagull
(4,784 posts)The large size Chick-o-Stick.
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Aristus
(72,440 posts)I loved the dark chocolate. But I loved the coconut even more. It would get stuck in my teeth, and it would work its way out again so I could chew on it later, like a cud.
debm55
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Jilly_in_VA
(14,553 posts)Had a couple neighbors that handed those out. Also one that gave out homemmade popcorn balls. Loved those! Kids won't get those any more.
debm55
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displacedvermoter
(4,893 posts)Still love them, throw into hot chocolate.
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Onthefly
(1,356 posts)Squirrel Nut Zippers, too!
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Emile
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(61,336 posts) electric_blue68
(27,144 posts)It may have been the first time I ever had darker chocolate!
Since I was pretty little 7 or 8 yrs old...it wasn't like I was going to the candy store, and buying like, Mounds, York Peppermint Pattie - the 2 dark chocolate candy bars I can think of.
The only other possible incidences would have been chocolate?bon bons gift packages my parents would occasionally receive- that had some dark chocolate items. But I don't know if they got them when I was that young.
And we always got more candy going to our North Jersey cousin's town, than our apt building! 😄
Tree Lady
(13,375 posts)With how hard they were.