What's Your Halloween Candy Personality?

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What's Your Halloween Candy Personality?

I bought Reese's Cups and KitKat for Halloween. Of course, I also had to buy raisins

CANDYALMOND'S CANDY-GIVER ANALYSISHISTORYCALORIE COUNTVOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE3 MusketeersDoes well in groups but is somewhat pompous. Prone to fancy costumes and arcane weapons. Wears hats in public that are ill-advised.Created in 1932 by Mars, the candy bar got its name because it originally had three pieces in one packet: vanilla, strawberry and chocolate.The Fun Size (15 grams) has 63 calories.

Vote for 3 Musketeers

Almond JoyI'm going to put aside my aversion to coconut in praising these folks as happy-go-lucky.Introduced in 1946 by the Peter Paul Candy Manufacturing Co. in New Haven, Conn. It's a companion to the Mounds bar, which arrived in 1920.The snack size (17 grams) has 80 calories.

Vote for Almond Joy

Bit-O-HoneyThey have contradictory personalities, hoping to express generosity but also having the passive-aggressive desire to damage the fillings of trick-or-treaters.The honey-flavored taffy was first manufactured in 1924 by the Schutter-Johnson Co. of Chicago. It is now made by Nestle.One piece (7 grams) has 26 calories.

Vote for Bit-O-Honey

ButterfingerEvasive, slippery, not necessarily to be trusted.Invented in 1923 by the Curtiss Candy Co. of Chicago. The crunchy bar wrapped in chocolate is now made by Nestle.The Fun Size (18.5 grams) has 85 calories.

Vote for Butterfinger

Candy CornPurely deluded people. They don't get that candy shouldn't attempt to imitate other food groups, particularly corn.Invented in the 1880s, it was first manufactured commercially by the Wunderle Candy Co. in Philadelphia and by the turn of the century at the Herman Goelitz Candy Co. in Cincinnati.A serving of 22 pieces (40 grams) has 140 calories, or 6.4 calories per piece.

Vote for Candy Corn

Good & PlentyOptimistic, perhaps overly so. A little bit of Weimar energy. Strong advocate of gay rights; acquainted with the bitterness at the center of most lives.The licorice candy was first produced in 1893 by the Quaker City Confectionery Co. in Philadelphia and is considered the oldest branded candy in the country.A serving of 33 pieces (39 grams) has 140 calories, or 4.2 calories per piece.

Vote for Good & Plenty

Reese's Peanut Butter CupsGenerous souls. Those who understand the salty in life, as well as the sweet.Created by Harry Burnett Reese in the 1920s. Reese was a former dairy employee of Milton Hershey, founder of the Hershey Co. In 1963, the Reese candy company was sold to Hershey for $23.5 million.A one-cup package (21 grams) has 110 calories.

Vote for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

SnickersJust going with the crowd, the safe candy choice, guaranteed to please the masses. Not ambitious, but dependable.Created in 1930 by Mars, Snickers bars sold for a nickel. The Fun Size was introduced in 1968.The Fun Size (17 grams) has 80 calories.

Vote for Snickers

TwixBoth brittle and supple in social situations; sort of trapped between personality types.A Mars product, caramel-and-cookie Twix bars were created in the United Kingdom in 1967 but weren't sold in the United States until 1979.The Fun Size (16 grams) has 80 calories.

Vote for Twix

TwizzlersSickos. Truly demented. Plastic people living plastic lives.The Twizzlers brand was introduced in 1929. The red licorice strips are manufactured by Y&S Candies, a company established in 1845 that is now a Hershey subsidiary.The snack size (14 grams) has 37 calories.

Vote for Twizzlers

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Edited October 29, 2007 by JODO