8 Creepiest Halloween Candies

I love Halloween. It’s the rare chance to embrace all the frights (guts! gore! death!) we usually sweep under the carpet, as well as a time to play out some fantasies. (And no, that doesn’t mean I’ll be dressing up as Sexy Cookie Monster this year.) And best of all? Ritualized extortion! When else can you demand treats, and then perform feats of mischief if the order isn’t met?

Unlike some holidays, Halloween wasn’t born in the conference room of a marketing department–it stems from the ancient Gaelic festival of Samhain which celebrated the end of the harvest season and the ensuing preparations for winter. The Gaels believed that at this time, the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped and the deceased could reach back into life and wreak havoc such with disease or ruined crops.

With our typical American chutzpah, however, we have steamrolled the more subtle attributes right out of the holiday for…lots and lots of candy. We spent nearly $2 billion dollars on the spooky sweet stuff last year. This year, more than 35 million pounds of candy corn alone will be produced. That is equal to nine billion pieces—enough to circle the moon nearly four times if placed end-to-end.

But our appetite doesn’t stop at miles of candy corn and a bagful of wax lips. Not even close. Our kids have developed a taste for the creepiest of treats conceivable. In twisted Halloween spirit, the following examples embrace the goriest, goopiest, grossest ideas that transcend what is usually deemed appropriate during the rest of the year. And although some of them are seriously cringe-inspiring, the creepiest part may simply be their ingredients…

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Patricia N.

7:21PM PDT on Apr 5, 2013

("For the cannibal in all of us; serve with a nice chianti" the best description X)
I would try some of those candies... o.o Last Halloween, we found candy eyeballs in a store and they were delicious *.* I know they are bad for the health but i really like candies, even knowing about some of the awful stuff they put in there x.x

April 5
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Latoya B.

4:50AM PDT on Mar 13, 2013

Candy Blood Bags? That looks awesome! With the global craze for bloodsuckers that must've made its creators into overnight multi-millionaires.

March 13
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Angie V.

2:02PM PDT on Mar 11, 2013

Lol gross!

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8:54PM PST on Nov 18, 2012

Sounds good...

November 18
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Stella G.

3:56PM PDT on Oct 30, 2012

I saw some jelly eyeballs the other day that kinda gross me out but I really want to get hold of some of those Boogers so I can pick them out and eat them during the next book group meeting.