The Yearly Candy Dilemma

I decided that I wanted to make my Halloween candy purchase and get that out of the way for the year. Of course, buying Halloween candy early can pose significant problems for my waistline, so I had to have a Halloween candy shopping strategy. That strategy was 1.) Go to Dollar General to buy the cheapest candy possible 2.) Get generic brand candy that’s not terribly appealing to my taste buds and 3.) Get enough candy so that we don’t run out like we did last year. Last year we had to dig into a bowl of candy that we had left from Easter (yes Easter) to stock the last few trick-or-treaters at our house! It’s amazing how long Hershey kisses stay fresh. At least I hope they still tasted okay. Oh well, if not, we’ll have fewer trick-or-treaters this year.

“Don’t go to that yellow house down the road. That lady gave us stale Hershey kisses last year.” I can hear the neighborhood children whispering.

I don’t think we’ll have to resort to using Easter candy this year. My shopping is complete. I bought 2 large bags of candy for $7. One bag is a “kiddie mix” with gum, sweet-tarts, and caramels. The caramel chunks will be slightly difficult to resist, but I don’t usually overeat caramels like I do other yummy treats like miniature Snickers and Twix bars. The other bag of candy is full of generic peanut butter cups and chocolate crunch rounds all wrapped up in that dorky Halloween print foil. Normal peanut butter cups (of the Reese’s variety) and Crunch bars would be hard to resist, but I can resist the generic kind…I hope.

Enough candy talk. If I keep it up I’ll start craving chocolate and have to resort to eating generic foil-wrapped mummies and witches.