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SE Staff Picks: Least Favorite Halloween Candy

We've spent all of October rhapsodizing about our favorite candies. But we saved the worst for last. Remember the candy the "bad houses" passed out? Do any kids genuinely savor Good & Plenty? And candy corn lovers, you have some explaining to do. It's time for the SE staffers to share their most despised candies. How about you?

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Cereal Eats: Reese's Puffs, the Closest Thing to Candy in a Cereal Box

Well, it's Halloween. And since I've already written about Count Chocula, Franken Berry and Boo Berry, I figured we'd talk about the next most Halloweeny cereal there is, the only currently available cereal*, to my knowledge, that's based off a candy: Reese's Puffs.

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Serious Eats YouTube Playlist: Candy Corn

Candy corn is one of Halloween's most iconic and divisive candies. But as many haters as there are—some of whom are in our office (we've got lovers too)—this tricolored triangular candy is here to stay. Here are some videos showing how it's made in a factory, how you can make it at home, how to fry it, how it can be used in space, and more.

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Serious Eats YouTube Playlist: Candy

Halloween's just around the corner, and what does that mean in our world? Candy! Here are some of our favorite candy-related videos including commercials, factory tours, and more. You can subscribe to the Serious Eats channel to get updated about our new videos.

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Have You Tried Walnettos, the Walnut Candy?

Peanuts and almonds seem to dominate the world of nutty candies. But the Walnetto is a tasty little treat that showcases walnuts, which don't appear too often in the candy universe.

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Modernist Halloween: Cinnamon-Pumpkin Isomalt Candies

These brilliant gems are the perfect antidote to a sickly-saccharine Halloween because the pumpkinseed oil helps them toe the line of savory/sweet. If you're grown up and fancy, you might try serving them as a mignardise during a swank Halloween soiree.

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Boston Baked Beans, and Other Foods Named After Different Foods

Boston Baked Beans are a candy industry name for sugar coated peanuts that have been dyed red to match the color of, you guessed it, baked beans. This whole thing got me thinking about other foods that have names that don't match their ingredients. There's no butter in peanut butter, no seafood in Swedish fish, and no eggs in an egg cream.

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Video: New Skittles Ad, Cute Cat and Weird Man Involved

Check out this new Skittles "Touch The Rainbow" commercial and prepare to be cuted-out, followed by totally weirded-out. I honestly wish the commercial was just the first half but for much longer. As it stands, it reminds me of the weird Burger King "Creepy King" ads. Enough with the creepiness already—bring on more cute, please! You all with me here? Watch the video and decide.

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Our Favorite British and Irish Crisps, Candies, and Other Snacks

You have to hand it to the British Isles—they really appreciate their snacks. St. Paddy's had us thinking about McVitie's Hobnobs and Tayto's cheese and onion crisps, which reminded us of all the British snacky foods as well. Here are 11 of our favorite munchable treats from across the pond.

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Peepshi, the Holiday Edition

Remember Peepshi? The "sushi" made from Peeps? We hadn't really thought about them in a while, until SE community member grellionaso showed us some she made with Christmas edition Peeps. "There were no regular peeps available. I was only able to buy some peeps white snowmen and green Christmas trees."

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