“I want candy”

December 28, 2023

Around Halloween, we were asked “What is our favorite candy?” for our fun Friday question at our team standup meeting. I cannot narrow it down to just one.

I am a sugar-holic. I like a lot of different candies. I am not a big fan of chocolate-covered raisins but I would probably eat them if they were the only thing in the house.

I like a variety of different candies so I always loved the variety I got from trick-or-treating at Halloween. When we go to the movies and buy movie candy (at Walgreens not the theater), I usually pick a different thing each time depending on what mood I am in.

Here are some of my favorites (not in any particular order):

• Snickers
• Twix
• Wild Cherry Lifesavers – This candy has an emotional tie to my Pawpaw (grandfather). I found a bag of them about a year ago at Walmart. I don’t think they make them in just Wild Cherry any longer. I miss the rolls they used to come in.
• Three Musketeers
• Milk Duds (I ended up asking for a box of Milk Duds for my stocking at Christmas)
• Good and Plenty (The manager of Rite Aid was also a fan of Good and Plenty and I felt a special kinship with him)
• M&M’s – plain and peanut
• Almond Joy
• Hershey’s Bar with Almonds
• Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
• Butterfinger
• Baby Ruth
• York Peppermint Patties
• Banana Laffy Taffy
• Bit O’ Honey
• Mike and Ike’s
• Dots
• Junior Mints
• Milky Way
• Kit Kat
• Mr. Goodbar
• Rolos
• Twizzlers
• Skittles jelly beans
• Milka Chocolate bars
• Boci Bars (Hungary)
• Sweet Tarts
• Nerds (I like Nerds in a Grape Slushy from Sonic)
• Skittles
• Whoppers
• Smarties
• Hershey Kisses
• Atkinson’s Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Candy Bars (my Mom loved these. I used to see them at Cracker Barrel and was always tempted to get some)

I was visiting Walgreens a couple of weeks ago when I first thought of the idea of this post. I really wanted to take a picture of their candy display in front of the registers but I would feel too awkward doing that. So I settled for a picture from Unsplash. But I wish I had more gumption and I had gotten that photo. Missed opportunity.

Update: I was at Walgreens on December 31 and took a picture of the candy display. The image at the top of the post has been updated. One of the things I like about publishing on the Internet is that you can update content later.

This post is part of my attempt to post something every day for a month. I was inspired by Michelle Barker, who recently participated in National Blog Posting Month.