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Lochloosa
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OLDMDDEM
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catbyte
(39,448 posts)Simple yet awesome. 
debm55
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Grim Chieftain
(2,293 posts)Still love them.
Midnight Writer
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kozar
(3,394 posts)Reese Cups!!!!
Koz
debm55
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pansypoo53219
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mgardener
(2,433 posts)Or Mounds
debm55
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SheltieLover
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Solly Mack
(97,421 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
(873 posts)Who doesn’t think Snickers are the best. Chocolate, caramel, nuts oh my!
debm55
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lpbk2713
(43,317 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
(62,488 posts) pandr32
(14,307 posts)Hated candy corn.
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Dulcinea
(10,452 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
(1,564 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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(62,488 posts) Ritabert
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(62,488 posts) Polly Hennessey
(9,048 posts)They were mine, all mine. No sharing!
debm55
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get the red out
(14,081 posts)Still the superior choice in my life. Though Whoopers ranked quite high (and still do, I just bought a box).
debm55
(62,488 posts) get the red out
(14,081 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
(10,253 posts)They still are. 
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OldBaldy1701E
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(62,488 posts) FuzzyRabbit
(2,222 posts)I liked the full size ones.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,792 posts)zagnuts were rare.
debm55
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The Madcap
(2,151 posts)Now that I am older, it's Heath Bars all the way.
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leftieNanner
(16,183 posts)Used to bake fresh butter cookies every year! Back in the day when you could do that.
debm55
(62,488 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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(62,488 posts) chowder66
(12,678 posts)An old standard favorite was Hersheys w/ Almonds.
debm55
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johnp3907
(4,364 posts)Snickers!
debm55
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Permanut
(8,712 posts)Back when they were the size of mountains.
They should call them Molehill bars now.
debm55
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ProfessorGAC
(77,653 posts)Not that I threw the other stuff away.
debm55
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Prairie_Seagull
(4,895 posts)The large size Chick-o-Stick.
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Aristus
(72,715 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.
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Jilly_in_VA
(14,737 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
(5,224 posts)Still love them, throw into hot chocolate.
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Onthefly
(1,428 posts)Squirrel Nut Zippers, too!
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Emile
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(62,488 posts) electric_blue68
(27,865 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
(13,429 posts)With how hard they were.