Phenomenal post idea, VampireLord! My favourites are:
- Sour Patch Kids (along with their variations [Sour Patch Watermelon, Super Sour Patch Kids eXtreme, Sour Patch Fun Mix, etc.]), which are my favourite candy ever and something I hope to be enjoying a lot of this year. When they first introduced blue SPKs in the mid-2010s, I was extremely skeptical, because I thought they'd throw off the delicate balance of flavours, but I've warmed to them with age.
- Peanut M&M's, my preferred variant of the M&M dynasty. Unfortunately, in recent years, fun-sized peanut M&M packs only have between 4 and 6 candies per pack, which often disappoints me.
I also like the peanut butter kind, but I put a lot of value on the crunch of a full legume.
- Nerds (the Wonka candy), which have been a cherished treat for me since I was but a tot. My favourite kind are the pink/purple combo boxes, but I've also been known to pound back one of the rainbow mega-mixes when I'm feeling particularly confident about my insulin levels. I have NOT yet tried those new gummies with Nerds coating the outside, but plan to in the future and will report back when I do.
- Kinder chocolates of any variety, but specifically the kind that actually mix hazelnut into the chocolate itself (Bueno bars, Schoko-bons, etc.). The Kinder brand isn't really a huge thing at Halloween, but I do believe they make special stuff for it, and I'll give it a chomp when the opportunity arises. (SORRY, AMERICANS!!!
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- Everything that the two fine, intelligent posters above me have already mentioned, with Butterfinger and Twix products especially highlighted.
Here in Canada, we also have a traditional, extremely-common variety pack of Nestle chocolates that are omnipresent at Halloween. This pack, without exception, includes
Kit Kats,
Coffee Crisp (a coffee-flavoured, chocolate-coated wafer bar, which I believe is exclusive to Canada),
Smarties (the chocolate U.K. kind, not the American candy tablets [known as "Rockets" here]), and
Aero.
Usually, these are palm-sized mini bars that can be easily shared (and, in the case of Coffee Crisp, reserved for moms as a show of reverence), but full-sized packs have become popular in recent years. If you ever come here at Halloween time, you'll see these big, red boxes in every drugstore, supermarket, and suburban household across the nation.
