The Guide to Trading Candy. (SLYT) Buzzfeed gets into the Halloween spirit by scaring kids onto the fast track toward embittered adulthood.
posted by Smart Dalek on Oct 28, 2012 - 16 comments

Ronald Clark O'Bryan: The Man Who Ruined Halloween, the source of the urban legends about random Halloween poisonings and sadism
posted by jonp72 on Oct 26, 2012 - 71 comments

Sorry, kids I ate all the candy!
posted by empath on Nov 4, 2011 - 154 comments

The Kid's Halloween Candy Code from cockeyed.com. [more inside]
posted by loquacious on Oct 30, 2008 - 65 comments

Consumer Reports for Kids publishes the results of The Great Halloween Candy Report. Be sure to take the Candy Bar test: A bit childish, but oh such chocolatey fun.
posted by Secret Life of Gravy on Oct 24, 2004 - 4 comments

Wonka! We'd be remiss to let halloween pass without a shoutout to one of the best candy companies ever. Very nice Flash work here, too. What's your favorite Wonka candy?
posted by andnbsp on Oct 31, 2001 - 29 comments

They aren't hermetically sealed in plastic, so most trick-or-treaters nowadays will never have heard of popcorn balls. But if you live in a trusting community, why not whip up a batch to give away tonight? (Hey, it's gotta be better than Snickers.) What's your favorite obscure Halloween treat? (that isn't pancakes.)
posted by darukaru on Oct 31, 2001 - 44 comments