According the National Retail Federation, 74 percent of you plan to pass out candy on candy October 31. Here are some fun candies – perfectly sized for the dozens trick or treaters who will come to your door this year (or, you know, for snagging a few for yourself).
- Hershey’s® Cookies’n’Cream Halloween –Inside a ghoulish wrapper lies a treasured treat of Hershey’s® creamy, rich white chocolate scattered with bits of chocolate cookies that will tantalize your taste bud. Perfectly portioned, the holiday fun-size treats will sweeten Halloween night. (The Hershey Company)
- Baskin-Robbins™ – For a creamy ice cream indulgence you can enjoy at Halloween time or any time, dip into Baskin-Robbins™ new Soft Candy, available in two Baskin-Robbins™ ice cream flavors you’ve come to love, Mint Chocolate Chip and Very Berry Strawberry. Each creamy delight comes individually foil wrapped and packaged in a theater-size box for perfect portioning. (BestSweet Inc.)
- Atkinson’s – Old-fashioned Coconut Long Boys® combines smooth chewy caramel with delicious flakes of real coconut for a true taste sensation in a bite-size treat. Or chomp into a bite-size Chick-O-Stick’s® sweet crunchy peanut butter and toasted coconut, wrapped in a thin candy shell. And for peanut butter lovers, try classic Crunchy Peanut Butter Bars, a peanut butter center wrapped in a candy shell that delivers a crunchy, bite-size burst of fresh peanut goodness. (Atkinson’s Candy Co.)
- Tootsie Roll® – New Tootsie Pop Drops® is a bite sized version of traditional Tootsie Pops®, without the stick! Each Pop Drop® is a bite-size hard candy with a chewy Tootsie Roll® Center in classic flavors: chocolate, orange, grape, cherry and blue raspberry. Or try all the great taste and bubble gum fun of Blow Pops® now in bite-size Blow Pop® Minis – no stick mini hard candies with chewy bubble gum centers, available in fun-size pouches of flavor favorites like Sour Apple and Blue Razz. (Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.)
- Primrose Fabulous Fall Caramel Swirls – Add a twist to your classic caramel with new bite-size Fabulous Fall Caramel Swirls, available in chocolate-peanut butter and caramel-apple flavors. These rich and creamy caramels with color-flavor swirls are as delightful to look at as they are to eat! (Primrose Candy Company)
Hopefully you know by now that all of these candies will be included in TOMORROW’S candy giveway contest. Be sure to read the Candy Dish Blog on Thursday for your chance to win!

9:40 am on October 22nd, 2008
Hey there Susan,
I was wondering if you would be available to be on my podcast, MUNCHCAST, this weekend. It would be 3:00 pm (Pacific time) and we’d chat with you about your new blog, and candy of course!, for about 10 minutes. Please email be back….THANKS!
cammyblackstone@mac.com
1:13 pm on October 22nd, 2008
These are all great candys that I am sure all the kids will enjoy. I like to make little halloween bags full of these candys to give away to my trick or treaters!
8:34 am on October 23rd, 2008
Good idea, Ida! that gives the whole thing a more personal feel, rather than just handing out free candy like a machine.
Now that I think of it, I want one of those machines!
1:30 pm on October 23rd, 2008
Ida – My mom always made little treat bags, too … and I tried to continue that tradition when I first moved out on my own. BUT – I learned that my mom was A LOT more patient than I am. Now I just put a big assortment into a large purple bowl and let the kids take 2 of their favorites!
If you put the candy in a bowl, do you let kids pick what they want (and how much) or do you pick for them?