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New Halloween Candy For 2006 — Part 2!

Continuing on from yesterday's article, here's Part 2 of 2006's Greatest Halloween Candy, which admittedly isn't as "greatest" as the stuff in Part 1, but without tricolor Twistables, how could it be?

I'm trying to think of a Halloween-themed survey that we haven't already done to death in previous years. Hmm. Okay, got one. "Mischief Night Memories."

I know the term differs from state to state to a degree, but for me, "Mischief Night" took place on the eve of Halloween. Our costumes weren't on yet and our sacks weren't full yet, but we were covered in egg, covered in shaving cream and covered with conviction to make everything around us just as covered with those things. Despite the inherent immaturity involved with squirting shaving cream on someone's car, I always felt five years older than I was on Mischief Night. My friends and I always ended up running with the bad seeds in town, because if you didn't swear allegiance to them, they'd peg you in the belly with eggs. And they wouldn't even crack them first. Those things felt like god damned golf balls coming from the right arm. Though Mischief Night's heydays are over in my town, the local grocers still ban sales of eggs and shaving cream to minors around Halloween. It's so awesome to get carded when I go to the supermarket for eggs in October. Discuss your Mischief Night memories in the comments.

Posted by Matt on 09/21/2006. E-mail me!



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Yes! I hate Whoppers too, but I love them. I see the carton and think “That’s for white trash.” But I would have no problem pouring it straight in my mouth. Very strange.

Chestnuts roasted by Bryan @ 09/21/2006 12:33 AM

I can’t say that I have ever tasted Whoppers before or, you know, have heard of them before. I assume they exist here in Canada, I just have never, ever, heard of them before, what do they taste like, anybody?

Chestnuts roasted by Tyler @ 09/21/2006 12:51 AM

Whoppers=WOOF!
I’m going to see Nightmare on Elm Street on the big screen tonight…todays my birthday…YAY!!!

Chestnuts roasted by Kevin @ 09/21/2006 12:52 AM

To quote T-Bird “Here’s to devils Night, My new favorite Holiday!”

We used to take entire cans of shaving cream, put them in the freezer over night. The next day we would head out, armed with a sackful of frozen cans of shaving cream and a can opener. Target a house, use the can opener to open the bottom of the cans and slide out a frozen cylinder of Gillette. Stick it in a mailbox and walk away, as the shaving cream thawed, it would start expanding and voila! insta mess!

I tried this same stunt last year and nearly lost a finger. So be careful Childens! It’s a wonder my friends and myself are still alive!

Chestnuts roasted by Jester @ 09/21/2006 12:52 AM

Pretty good mix! Candy aside, one of my favorite Halloween-season-only foods is Kettle Corn. Reminds me of all the old Texas school carnivals and Fall festivals of my youth. I’m still totally jealous that you got to have it in Salem, Matt :(

Mischief Night was never that big in my neighborhood and the idea of smashing pumpkins before Halloween pretty much makes me want to cry. Usually we’d all just trick or treat until about 10pm and then tear around town eating our candy beneath the bridge or on the playground, ding dong ditching, and /then/ smashing pumpkins as a way of sending off our dearly departed Halloween.. Once we got to middle/high school, Halloween night meant trolling for girls more than anything else, so we’d either go to parties or commercial haunted houses and stand around looking stupid and drenched in fake blood. Man.. now I’m all nostalgic :/ “Brown-leafed vertigo, where skeletal life is known, I remember Halloween!”

Chestnuts roasted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 09/21/2006 12:59 AM

Kraft caramels aren’t anything new. Mom used to get them all the time, with sticks and all.

Those cats – wow, I sooooo wish they were vegan! :cry: It’s not everyday you get to eat a black cat.

God, I’ve never seen such lame ass candy as the “bits” with the straws. Craminy, they could’ve tried a tad bit harder. lol

I’ve never egged, TP’ed or smashed pumpkins, nor used shave cream, or whatnot, in a bad way. I have absolutely no Mischief Night memories… then again, I didn’t realize it existed until about 7 minutes ago. :D

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 09/21/2006 1:00 AM

Tyler: If you’ve never tasted malted milk powder, there’s really no good point of reference, so it’s hard to describe, but I’ll try– Imagine the texture of a dense, crispy, sponge that tastes like vanilla, coated in chocolate.

Chestnuts roasted by Bryan @ 09/21/2006 1:01 AM

Btw Matt, I’m not a big fan of the malted candies everytime I bite into one, it makes my teeth feel like they do when I chew on Tinfoil.

Also my mom hates the word Malt, it makes her physically shudder whenever she hears it. Wait till I call her and tell her the review I read today:)

Chestnuts roasted by Jester @ 09/21/2006 1:28 AM

I hate Whoppers because when I was about 8 and I was visiting my grandparents’ dairy farm, my cousin and I accidentally spilled our bag of Malteasers (English version of Whoppers) in the cow pasture. Whenever I think of them I still remember watching them fall and splat, one by one, into a fresh cowpat. No five second rule that time.

Mischief Night mostly involved me and some other invisible-nerd girls walking around the neighborhood hoping to see guys we knew. Lame.

Maybe the candy gravel that comes with the straws is meant to be eaten *through* the straws?

Chestnuts roasted by Welsh Rabbit @ 09/21/2006 1:28 AM

You’re thinking too logically.

The candy gravel is there because Albert wanted me to include “Spooky Straws” in an all-candy review.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 09/21/2006 1:30 AM

I have the same relationship with Whoppers, except if I happen to eat some, I can only eat like one or two.

Did I mention that I finally (FINALLY) found the Cocoa Cats? I’ve been looking for the hot chocolate Peeps since the Cocoa Bats on the Countdown ages ago. Found ‘em at Jo-Ann Fabrics (and Crafts) of all places. So delicious!

I have no Devil’s Night memories. Around here there was a big curfew or something, I don’t really remember. I don’t know if they ever enforced it. I wouldn’t have been participating anyway, though. I guess I’m just a Halloweenie. What I’m really surprised about is that no one ever did anything to us on Devil’s Night. I guess we got it bad enough the rest of the year. (I say this now, and watch- it’s totally going to happen.)

Chestnuts roasted by Rainbowfeet @ 09/21/2006 1:36 AM

Your Smarties are LIES. LIES I say. Silly Americaland.

Chestnuts roasted by Evin @ 09/21/2006 1:42 AM

Whoppers suck, end of story.

Also, I saw “It’s a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” fruit snacks at the store today. I didn’t buy any because it was $5 a box (although it was big). There seemed to be cutouts on the back.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 09/21/2006 1:49 AM

Man there’s a lot of hatred for Whoppers going on – I think Maltesers (and therefore I’d assume Whoppers) are pretty awesome. Does that make me trashy?

Mischief night AND Halloween? Man you guys get ALL the fun.

Chestnuts roasted by Mazoo @ 09/21/2006 1:52 AM

When I think about mischief night I think about that rainy night in the barn where Winnie Cooper and I nestled together in the hay… wait a second, that wasn’t me, that was Kevin Arnold on the two-part finale of The Wonder Years. Dang.

Chestnuts roasted by Review the World @ 09/21/2006 2:10 AM

Whoopers make me feel like I’m chewing on tinfoil too. The taste isn’t that great either.

Mischeif Night has never ever been a big thing over here, so I don’t have any memories except maybe like one egg got thrown at our garage once.

Chestnuts roasted by lin @ 09/21/2006 2:28 AM

I once toilet papered my own house on Mischeif Night. Why you ask? My mom thought it would be fun. I personally never had any inclination to go out and do so.

Also, I just want to say thank you Matt for the countdown. When I come home from work dead at 2:30 am or later, having something to do when no one is awake to talk to makes me hate my job slightly less.

Chestnuts roasted by Gadget @ 09/21/2006 2:40 AM

You’re not alone in your hatred for whoppers, yet I still eat them when my boyfriend leaves them by my end of the couch.

Chestnuts roasted by Leslie @ 09/21/2006 2:43 AM

Like Mr T?

Listen to his message kids!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_rBidCkJxo

I figured this would be the right crowd to appreciate this.

Chestnuts roasted by Jester @ 09/21/2006 4:07 AM

“Treat her right! Treat your mother right!”
I love that video no matter how much I watch it. The backup dancers (mothers probably)look like every teacher I had in elementary school.

Oh yeah, I had the Mountain Dew Pitch Black Icee at Target yesterday.. grapey goodness.

Chestnuts roasted by Dj lisas @ 09/21/2006 4:21 AM

okay i feel really uncool right now because i actually LIKE whoppers especially the kind they have at easter…shaped like eggs and covered in a candy coating…thats pretty much the best part of that holiday.

oh and, Youre thinking too logically…hahaha that just made my night…

Chestnuts roasted by katella @ 09/21/2006 4:29 AM

Matt, my friend brought up a great point the other day: You claim to hate grape-flavored sodas with a wild fervor, so forwhythenwho do you enjoy Pitch Black Mt. Dew?

Chestnuts roasted by Bryan @ 09/21/2006 5:35 AM

Cocoa Bats. Cocoa Bats! My KINGDOM for Cocoa Bats!!!

Chestnuts roasted by big lounging @ 09/21/2006 6:02 AM

Yuf. Did I miss anything? (You go away for a few months…)

Oh, and I never did mischief. I was a good, boring little boy.

Chestnuts roasted by Rhino @ 09/21/2006 6:55 AM

I love Whoppers of all kinds, especially when they try to tell me they’re Robins Eggs. I actually prefer the Reese’s shapes to the cups, they’re all smooshy and full of much more peanut butter goodness than the Big Cups. One year I swear I bought upwards of 10 packs of Reese’s Eggs during the Easter season.

Never did anything particularly mischevious on fright night, except once my friends and I stayed out slightly past elotted Trick-or-Treat time and scored all the leftovers.

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 09/21/2006 7:37 AM

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