Halloween ‘gum’. Tiny, Halloween-themed cardboard box with a single stick of ‘gum’ inside. Turned to powder after one bite, ZERO chewing qualities, tasted like flavored chalk. One shot horror from the eighties. She could bring home a case of THAT… vintage.
I’m allergic to peanuts and avoid chocolate (cross-contact concerns, companies are better about it now but since I grew up avoiding the stuff chocolate just tastes like death) so I’ve learned to like candy corn (the ones without black bits, that’s cocoa flavored) and smarties. Everything else was pretty much off limits, which made me the most popular kid in town on September 1 candy swaps.
Bummer. I have a friend who’s allergic to all kinds of stuff, and because of her I’ve always given out different kinds of candy: chocolate and non chocolate (usually Laffy Taffy or Nerds), and more recently I’ve started keeping some glow-in-the-dark bats on hand for kids who can’t have either of those choices.
I was first tempted to say that would be difficult, since the company that made them went belly-up. Then I realized that she could probably find a 20-year-old case of the stuff and it would probably be pretty much indistinguishable from the ‘fresh’ stuff.
12 thoughts on “#919 Defeat”
Josiah L Garver
i’m waiting for her to bring back Circus Peanuts.
maninblack
You had to say that
SurlyQueen
She HAD to.
Ale-8-One Ohmu
Halloween ‘gum’. Tiny, Halloween-themed cardboard box with a single stick of ‘gum’ inside. Turned to powder after one bite, ZERO chewing qualities, tasted like flavored chalk. One shot horror from the eighties. She could bring home a case of THAT… vintage.
SurlyQueen
Ooooooh MAN. That takes me back. I remember how terrible that stuff is…was…do they still sell it?
I’m a sucker for Mary Janes, but I haven’t seen any in the stores this year.
Bruceski
I’m allergic to peanuts and avoid chocolate (cross-contact concerns, companies are better about it now but since I grew up avoiding the stuff chocolate just tastes like death) so I’ve learned to like candy corn (the ones without black bits, that’s cocoa flavored) and smarties. Everything else was pretty much off limits, which made me the most popular kid in town on September 1 candy swaps.
SurlyQueen
Bummer. I have a friend who’s allergic to all kinds of stuff, and because of her I’ve always given out different kinds of candy: chocolate and non chocolate (usually Laffy Taffy or Nerds), and more recently I’ve started keeping some glow-in-the-dark bats on hand for kids who can’t have either of those choices.
Bruceski
Oh man I forgot about nerds. That stuff was awesome, but if spilled it was almost as bad as glitter.
SurlyQueen
Man, ain’t that the truth. I was always So. Disappointed. if I spilled them.
Graham
She could bring home Necco Wafers.
Potatamoto
I was first tempted to say that would be difficult, since the company that made them went belly-up. Then I realized that she could probably find a 20-year-old case of the stuff and it would probably be pretty much indistinguishable from the ‘fresh’ stuff.
SurlyQueen
It’s true. I feel like you can still find them at Cracker Barrel or something.
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