Candy Dish Blog

A few years ago, NCA polled kids about what they most wanted to receive when trick or treating, and the results came back as follows:

• Chocolate preferred by 50 percent
• Non-chocolate candy, 24 percent
• Gum, 10 percent

(Other choices that got only a percentage or two of the responses included fruit, baked goods, small toys – and since we were polling kids quite a few said they didn’t know or didn’t have a preference.)

Since then, I have tried to create an assortment of candy to hand out that loosely follows the guidelines above – about 50 percent about the bowl is chocolate, but I make sure to have plenty of gum and non-chocolate candy, too.

Here are a few fruity candies that you can consider passing out to the kids in your neighborhood this year:

• TOXIC WASTE® Hi-Voltage™ Bubble Gum – Crank up the volume this Halloween and awaken your taste buds with Hi-Voltage™ Bubble Gum, three extra long cables of gum each with a shockingly sour core and in hazardously sour flavors like Amp’d Apple, Surgin’ Strawberry and Blackout Blue Razz. It’s over two feet of high voltage, gum chewing fun. (Candy Dynamics)
• WONKA® Pixy Stix® – Full of the familiar sweet and sugary powder that’s perfect for trick-or-treaters of all ages, Pixy Stix® candy now comes in extra long Giant Straws filled with Maui punch, cherry, grape and orange flavors. (Nestlé Confections and Snacks Division; Division of Nestlé USA)
• LifeSavers Gummies® – Get the tart and fruity burst of soft, chewy LifeSavers Gummies® in a mix of yummy gummie flavors: cherry, watermelon, green apple, blackberry and strawberry. Fun-size packs of LifeSavers Gummies® will delight on Halloween night. (Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company)

Keep in mind that the younger the kids in your neighborhood, the more likely they are to prefer fruity candies like these, or bubble gum. 

Remember, at the end of the Halloween Candy Preview we’ll be sending a gift pack to one lucky reader.  Stay tuned.