I call them the "grossest," but it depends on whom
you're asking: To your average Trick or Treater, these may very
well be the 10 "coolest" Halloween candies. I put
each of the candies through an evaluation from a friend's son,
5-year-old P.J. Koesterer, a New York City resident and
trusted authority on candy yuckiness.
--Matt
Schneiderman
1.
Fangs with
Tongue. This combo disguise-plus-candy is one part
plastic, one part gummy, and all parts yuck. Kids are entitled to
about 90 seconds of tongue wagging before the candy dissolves.
$1.95; Au'some Ghoulish Gummy Tongue;
store.offbeattreats.com
5-year-old says: "Whoa, that's scary!"
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2.
Severed Finger Dip
Stick. Fun Dip for the witchy crowd. Grotesquely colored
human digits--on sticks!--go into mouth, then into neon powder,
then back into mouth.
$3; Galerie Creepy Candy Finger with Dipping Powder; galerieusa.com
for stores
5-year-old says: "Spooky!"
3.
Glow Worms.
These gummies come packaged with a pair of plastic tongs equipped
with a small LED. Pick up a bug and see it light up. Ditto for
Swedish Fish and kids' pinkies.
$11.29 for 12 1.4-ounce bags; KandyKastle Lightning Bugs Gummy
Candy; candycentral.com
5-year-old says: "Awesome! Do you eat it?"
4.
Grubs. These
are shorter, squatter, and ickier than your typical gummy worms.
Catch-22 of cautioning kids about potentially dangerous behavior:
Will they think to put the candies into their nostrils if you
don't warn them not to?
$19 for 12 1.7-ounce bags; Creepy Confections Grimy Grubs;
candy-crate.stores.yahoo.net
Five-year-old says: "Bumpy"
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5.
Messed-Up Green
Mouth. Less of a lollipop than a large candy pacifier with
a disturbing handle--big green lips and braces--that'll turn a
kid's face into something well suited for a fun house.
$10.75 for 12 pops; Big Stuff Lip Pops; candydirect.com
5-year-old says: "I'm gonna eat all those tooth
parts!" [tooth parts are inedible]
6.
Squishy
Eyeballs. Forget the "peeled grapes in a
bowl" trick. These gummy eyeballs are much more realistic in
look and feel.
$10 for 14; CandyTech Gummi Eyeballs; dylanscandybar.com
5-year-old says: "Crazy! I can squish it."
7.
(Fake) Buggy
Pops. "Crawlers" being closely identified with
"creepy," burying a candy bug Tootsie-Pop-style in a
sucker is a surefire way to spook tots and strict vegetarians
alike.
$30 for 24 pops; Creepy Confections Fly & Spider Pop;
candy-crate.stores.yahoo.net
5-year-old says: "Look at those bugs! 3-D!"
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8.
(Real) Buggy
Pops. Yes, that's a real scorpion in that lollipop.
Other bugs you can find in this line of candy: Crickets and worms.
In our opinion, a bit too gruesome for children, but it had to make
the list.
$2.95 each; Hotlix Scorpion Sucker; hotlix.com
5-year-old says: "What the... it's real? A real
scorpion? That
thing's poisonous. Scorpions are poisonous,
right?"
9.
Snotty Nose.
Grody to the max: A prosthetic nose--complete with ear straps--full
of candy mucus that gets squeezed out directly onto the
wearer's tongue.
$29.40 for 12; Hose Nose; candywarehouse.com
5-year-old says: "Eww! That's cool!"
10.
Ghoul Mask. 13
ounces of candy shaped into a hideous full-size mask. The only
thing creepier than the painted visages is the volume of sugar
(220g) contained in one treat.
$10; Creepy Confections Goblin Mask Pop; brandnewllc.com for
stores
5-year-old says: "You can eat this?
It's giant!"
Share more treats: Make these adorable mini Halloween pumpkin cupcakes
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