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Fabulous list. And I have to agree that Bit O' Honey and popcorn balls were the worst. Also those small, foil-wrapped, sludgy, super-off-brand chocolate balls.

To those asking what good Halloween candy is: Milky Ways, tiny boxes of Nerds, Reese's peanut butter cups, Snickers, individual caramel cubes (if fresh), Three Musketeers, Butterfingers, Hershey's Special Darks, Crunch bars...basically all the big candy brands, heavily weighted toward things containing chocolate. Also Tootsie Pops.

James Madison always liked to dip his pizza in a cooling saucer of bicameral spicy Thai dipping sauce, if I remember correctly.

Seriously, I love some Thai food, but I've gotta go with pizza on this one. Populist appeal + more grease = more fuel for late-night legislatin'.

We made this last night. I believe my boyfriend used more mint and added a little Thai basil to the filling. The chili sauce was good...very much like a fresh homemade version of that Maggi sweet chili sauce I love so much. Thanks for the recipe!

Another way in which restaurant tees are the new band shirts: they look really cool on the lanky 20-something kid working the merch table or dessert station, and they look considerably less cool tucked into khaki shorts on a 40-something guy with Ray Bans and a wine gut. (Not, of course, that I am implying anything about the good Mr. Brooks, whom I have never had the pleasure of meeting). I'm just saying...House of Blues, Les Halles...you know there's got to be a dude out there with both these shirts. He is extremely well-groomed and wears socks with his .

Interesting. I enjoyed the Elizabeth David biography Writing at the Kitchen Table way more than I enjoy actually reading Elizabeth David. I've been trying to get through English Bread and Yeast Cookery for about three consecutive vacations now, and it's not for lack of sufficient nerdiness about dough. But all this makes me want to try one more time.

I love Smarties! Dum-Dums?! They have some great flavors that can't be found wit other stick candies. Laffy Taffy is fun as well.

...and Tootsie Rolls?! Only a commie would put Tootsie Rolls on this list. C'mon, man, they are a Halloween standard. The same goes for Tootsie Pops.

I'm also n the side of those who said they enjoy the candy strawberries, and Bottle Caps as well. I also think circus peanuts are darn goo.

Wow, this article is SO wrong on Dum-Dums, Laffy Taffy, Necco Wafers (which I know I'm in the minority on), and those hard candy strawberries with the gel stuff inside. Love 'em all.

Dang, I like quite a few things on this list! Love candy corn, Dum Dums, Smarties, and Laffy Taffy (ITA with many others - banana Laffy Taffy rules, though I love grape and green apple too). Also, I got fun-sized bars 99% of the time and had no problem with it; I thought that was part of the fun of Halloween was getting tons of little bars like that. I also loved most any kind of chocolate bars (particularly 3 Muskateers, Kit Kat, and Snickers), Nerds, Twizzlers, Bottle Caps, and Blo-Pops. I hated Mary Janes, butterscotch candies, Rolos, Milk Duds, and Sugar Babies/Sugar Daddies. The weirdest thing I ever got was a snack-size bag of baked veggie chips - yeah, 10 year-olds just love that stuff!

Okay, I have to take serious issue with your toothbrush criticism. My father is a dentist, and for years he would dress up like the tooth fairy (quite a sight, as we both are larger, bearded men) and hand out cartoon-themed toothbrushes. I was always embarrassed, until I realized my friends and neighbors always came up to me in school the next day to comment on how much they liked them! Believe me, I'd be the first to criticize, but in our town we were always a popular stop, and we always ran out.

I agree--fun size sucks! There is nothing fun about the stomachache you get after eating 18 of those babies. This list also brought back unpleasant memories of a neighbor who gave out little bags of five pennies. Like...what!? Give us the bars, baby!