countdown to halloween: ghosts of halloween past

I remember it well. The year we began stealing our children's Halloween candy after they had gone to bed. This marked the beginning of m...

Label : candy, halloween memories

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new candy strategy

I like molasses kisses.  Not "love".  Just "like".  In a "take 'em or leave 'em", "eat them if th...

Label : candy

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round two

Pre-Halloween chocolate bars, round two. Wonder how long these will last.

Label : candy

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it's a love/hate relationship

So it was time today for the annual "first trip to Bulk Barn for Halloween candy". Halloween candy that I don't especially lik...

Label : candy

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the grass is always greener . . .

For many years, I could only watch with envy as others enthused about the plethora of Halloween-themed and/or pumpkin flavoured foods that b...

Label : candy, treats

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and so it begins . . .

Purchased the season's first package of miniature chocolate bars today. But not the last. No, definitely not the last . . .

Label : candy

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mmmmmm . . . Snickers

So . . . based on these results, I see that I am not alone in my opinions on Halloween candy. I would fall in with the majority (of Food Net...

Label : candy

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countdown to halloween: cookies!

So after a weekend of prop enhancement and yard set up, I'm settling in for a Sunday evening of Halloween Countdown blog reading and pum...

Label : candy, recipes

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countdown to halloween: candy conservation

I was flipping through magazines when I encountered one of those monthly planner pages. The kind that offer suggestions for productive/enjoy...

Label : candy

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countdown to halloween: new candy in town

Early last month, I made the first of my autumn visits to Bulk Barn to kick off Halloween candy eating season. The bins were full. The selec...

Label : candy

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am I asking too much?

Are my expectations too high?  Am I being unreasonably demanding?  I'll buy them anyway, of course, as I already have since their re-app...

Label : candy

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required eating

I can never seem to resist the first sighting of these in my local grocery store. I've already bought two bags. And I don't even li...

Label : candy

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halloween night

It didn't look promising. We weren't in the direct path of Hurricane Sandy. But we got wrapped up in its outer bands. Outer bands of...

Label : candy, cemeteries, Costumes, halloween memories, jack-o-lanterns, pumpkins, treats, witches, zombies

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countdown to halloween: sweet corn

I find candy corn irresistible in October. It's one of the first treats I buy as the leaves begin to fall. Before miniature chocolate ba...

Label : candy, treats

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countdown to halloween: the dark side

One of the sweetest treats of the Halloween season is stumbling upon a promotion of which I had been completely unaware.  Sweeter still when...

Label : black cats, candy, ghosts, skeletons, witches

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candy corn in space

Finally.  It's been a long time coming, but it appears that the lowly candy corn may actually be getting some respect.  Especially since...

Label : candy, treats

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the spoils of November

So on Halloween night, my son was on the front porch helping to distribute treats. And at one point, we ran out of treat bags and had to tur...

Label : candy, halloween memories, treats

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resistance is futile

Each year around this time, my resolve breaks down. And I buy a bag of miniature Halloween chocolate bars.  Not for trick-or-treaters.  Jus...

Label : candy

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the sweet taste of autumn

The journey home from Thanksgiving weekend in Cape Breton was glorious. Warm and sunny and lined with red, orange and yellow trees.  The per...

Label : candy, pumpkins, road trips, treats

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sweet anticipation

Each year, as Halloween candy begins to appear in stores, I find myself inexplicably drawn to mellocreme.  Little orange pumpkins.  Yellow e...

Label : candy

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