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The Month of Pumpkins and Spooky Ghouls
October is finally here (in 3 days), and you know what that means… Halloween is just around the corner! For me, it’s all about the candy, and one sweet treat stands out from the rest: candy corn! There’s something about those tri-colored kernels that brings back fond memories of my childhood. Dad had a sneaky habit of stealing all the candy corn from my Halloween stash. In all honesty though, he didn’t sneak about it. He used the guise of “I need to check the candy to make sure it’s safe and hasn’t been poisoned.” We lived in a small ranching community and there was not one door we knocked…
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Candy Corn is a Weakness
I always buy a bag of candy corn after October 1st. It’s a rule. Never before the month of October… until this year. I don’t know what I was thinking, other than the fact that if I were to wait, I might not find a bag on, or after, October 1st and in a spontaneous fit, I snatched the bag up and threw it in the cart. That was fine and dandy, except I opened the bag as soon as we got home and ate handfuls of them while putting groceries away. In the 3 days since, I have ate 3/4 of the bag and I have already put “Candy…
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October: Month of Candy Corn
I have a thing, for lack of better words, about buying a bag of candy corn each year. I won’t allow myself to buy a bag until October 1st and it has to be Brach’s brand. There really is no comparison, I’ve tried a few over the years, and my love of corn of candy dates back to my childhood. It’s true, so many of our likes and dislikes are because of that long ago period in our lives that shaped us into who we are. I like just 1 bag, and enjoy each piece because it’s what I do every October. I was never big on costumes, but Mom…
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Halloween Candy
I am sure that I have posted this before, but with Halloween being right around the corner, it has me curious. What is your favorite halloween candy? Bubba made a good point last week about not all candy counts as halloween candy. So, if it is available year round, it does not count. For example, Snicker Bars. You can pick one up each time you fill up the car at the gas stations, or when you are in the checkout lane at the grocery store. So, those do not count. For me, it is hands down candy corn. I don’t know if I actually like them, like them, or if…
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#NationalCandyCornDay
I support this hashtag and discovering that it is trending on social media has made my day! My dad loved him some candy corn! When my twin and I would get home from trick-or-treating he would “check the candy to make sure it is safe to eat.” But, really he just wanted to take all the candy corn out for himself. lol. I forget what granny would grab, and Mom never got in a hurry because she could grab as many caramel pieces as she wanted when we were at school. Each Halloween, I eat one very small bag of candy corn and I eat caramel all year round!