How did you sort your candy?

[bhndblueyes88]

As Halloween dawns/dusks upon us (depending where you are in the world), it occurs to me that--while most children probably sort their candy to some degree--I'm sure everyone does so differently.

Personally, I sorted by specific candy (or candy type if I had multiple brands of something fairly generic), grouped them by candy category (chocolate, fruity, gummy, etc...), and ate them in no particular pattern (although some candies themselves were eaten in nice OCD ways like sorting Skittles, but that's another poll!)

How'd you sort your candies?

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

As Halloween dawns/dusks upon us (depending where you are in the world), it occurs to me that--while most children probably sort their candy to some degree--I'm sure everyone does so differently.

Personally, I sorted by specific candy (or candy type if I had multiple brands of something fairly generic), grouped them by candy category (chocolate, fruity, gummy, etc...), and ate them in no particular pattern (although some candies themselves were eaten in nice OCD ways like sorting Skittles, but that's another poll!)

How'd you sort your candies?

The question is, did you put the Milk Duds in with the candy bars? And do M&Ms go with candy bars or with Skittles in a new category such as "bag of small sugared pieces"?

And can everybody list your top ten favorite candies? I always love checking out the different brands when I'm abroad.

 

[wicked woman]

Sort candy? Nope...just ate it.

 

[bhndblueyes88]

The question is, did you put the Milk Duds in with the candy bars? And do M&Ms go with candy bars or with Skittles in a new category such as "bag of small sugared pieces"?

And can everybody list your top ten favorite candies? I always love checking out the different brands when I'm abroad.

If I had enough variety to categorize as such (my organization did vary a bit on the nature of my haul), my Milk Duds would go with my Whoppers and M&Ms, and Skittles would go with things like starbursts and fruity-tootsie rolls!

 

[Sir_Winston54]

When I was a child and trick-or-treated, my loot bag would be emptied out on the carpet and anything resembling health foods (apples, etc., except oranges, went into the dining table fruit bowl. I would also *trade* dark chocolate items, apples, and other things I didn't like for oranges. When I had all the oranges I reasonably thought I could Bogart, they went in the fridge in a bag with my name on it. My brother felt much the same way about apples, so we usually ended up with a 1:1 swap. The neighbor kids we t-or-t'ed with thought we were weird, but would happily swap oranges (to me) and apples (to bro) for candy. For some reason - maybe the three-car garage that had been renovated into a somewhere near 30' x 30' den/recreation room - our house was usually headquarters for anything involving more than four or five kids.

After that, candies were sorted by specific brand and size within brand (generic or "off" brands were set aside), and big bro and I then compared our hauls. I usually won... apparently young and cute tended to get a little more in the bag than older and also cute (more responsible - he had to hold my hand between houses, etc.).

The generic/off brands, plus candies we didn't really really like, then went into a *huge* bag that was hauled down to the church and donated for less fortunate kids who attended the Halloween party there. At about age 8, I realized that was being really selfish, and started dumping about a third of my preferred candies in with the generics. I felt better, then, about stuffing myself to almost-sick for the next few days.

 

[midwestyankee]

Sort candy? Nope...just ate it.

This. After getting up very early to swap out all of my tubes of NECCO wafers for my brother's chocolate bars. Hey, I was fair about it, exchanging on a 1-for-1 basis.

Top Ten: Items 1 through 9 are anything with coconut. Also on the list: peanut butter cups.

 

[MeekMe]

I don't remember having a system for sorting. Usually it was examined and anything not packaged properly was tossed because people started getting paranoid at about that time.

I would usually seperate based on what I liked and didn't like. From there I would trade with my sister for anything we particularly liked. I don't know what became of leftover candy. Perhaps my parents took a lot?

 

[FurryFury]

Pixy sticks and REAL sweet tarts first! Smarties are NOT the same.

Once upon a time, long, long ago, sweet tarts were huge silver dollar sized things. I miss them. *le sigh*

Sugar Daddies, mamas and babies next. Though the babies are barely worth dealing with.

Good candy bars like heath and paydays next.

And wax lips or bottles with sweet liquids.

Finally candy corn, without which is is NOT halloween at all.

The rest can find homes in other tummies.

 

[FurryFury]

Mmm, Milk duds and whoppers are worthy!

If I had enough variety to categorize as such (my organization did vary a bit on the nature of my haul), my Milk Duds would go with my Whoppers and M&Ms, and Skittles would go with things like starbursts and fruity-tootsie rolls!

 

[FlyAwayFromHere]

i voted on the first five... I do all of them... i have subcategories D:

 

[Ahlam]

I pick out the tootsie rolls and then give the rest away.

 

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[Ropebunny]

I didn't sort. I liked just sticking my hand in the bag without looking and pulling something out - like a lucky dip!

My top 10 list:

10. Spearmint leaves
9. Milkyway bars
8. K bars - lime or raspberry are best
7. Skittles
6. Gummies
5. Those big colourful candy crocs - or the equivalent amount of the mini ones
4. Mini chocolate spratz - with the sticky pink marshmallow filling
3. Tangy fruits
2. Sour gummies - preferably cola flavoured
1. Fruit fizzers

I think I need to hit the pick 'n' mix after compiling that....

 

[bhndblueyes88]

I didn't sort. I liked just sticking my hand in the bag without looking and pulling something out - like a lucky dip!

For the most part, this is how I actually ATE my candy...but I still felt the need to count/sort/compare my haul before I started eating

 

[Curious_in_Cali]

Pile of what I liked and a pile I would put up for trade so that I could have more of what I liked of course.

 

[graceanne]

When I was a kid I ate as much of the stuff I liked, first, because without fail my mom would find a reason to throw all the candy away within a few days. And what didn't get thrown away my stepdad would steel. lol

Now I don't sort. I get a ziplock bag and put the kids names on them. They pour their candy into that, and then if they want to trade they can trade, but no trades with my youngest are allowed without my say-so as they are not above tricking him with a VASTLY unfair trade. (I don't care if they do that with each other, but doing that to a special needs child is bullying, as far as I'm concerned, and ticks me off.) There is no organization, because after they get done trading, I have K put the bags where I can't reach them or they won't make it through the night.

 

[seela]

We don't do Halloween and trick or treating. Well now some people do, but it's not that common.

Instead kids here collect candy on Easter. They dress up as witches, decorate branches of willow with feathers and strips of colorful tissue paper. Then they go from door to door to cast spells of good health on people with the branches. At each door they give away one branch, the one they've used for the spell, and get candy in return.

The type of candy that is given is mostly chocolate eggs of various sizes and kinds and jelly bean type candies. It has something to do with fertility and money, "lots of small things" ie. jelly beans represent wealth, eggs represent fertility.

I always used to sort my eggs by size and whether or not there was a surprise inside or not. I'd eat the jelly beans et al. first and save the eggs last. Any slightly damaged eggs got eaten first, then I went from smallest to biggest and from non-surprise to surprise.

 

[IrisAlthea]

We don't do Halloween and trick or treating. Well now some people do, but it's not that common.

Instead kids here collect candy on Easter. They dress up as witches, decorate branches of willow with feathers and strips of colorful tissue paper. Then they go from door to door to cast spells of good health on people with the branches. At each door they give away one branch, the one they've used for the spell, and get candy in return.

The type of candy that is given is mostly chocolate eggs of various sizes and kinds and jelly bean type candies. It has something to do with fertility and money, "lots of small things" ie. jelly beans represent wealth, eggs represent fertility.

I always used to sort my eggs by size and whether or not there was a surprise inside or not. I'd eat the jelly beans et al. first and save the eggs last. Any slightly damaged eggs got eaten first, then I went from smallest to biggest and from non-surprise to surprise.

It's the same here.
My top list:
Chocolate with nuts
Chocolate with marzipan
Chocolate with liqueurs
Chocolate with nougat
Chocolate with wafers
Just plain chocolate
Extremely sour candy
Raspberry gumdrops
Bassett's allsorts
Salty liquorice

I ate it in that order because I never got to keep it to myself. Not even hiding it in the Smurf house kept it safe from my candy crazy mother.

 

[laura93]

I'm letting my digestive tract do the sorting.

 

[DVS]

I had to work, but that didn't bother me. I'm not much of a Halloween person, any more. In fact, because of my line of work for the last 10 years, I haven't really experienced any holiday the same. It really doesn't bother me that much, it's just how things are. But when you have to work on holidays, celebrating them on the day after or whatever just isn't the same. Only when there are large Christmas parties or maybe a Thanksgiving family gathering, I miss out on those (but sometimes those family gatherings are worth missing, if you know what I mean).

I lived in a small town and back in the old days, you could go to any house in town and expect some treats. It's got to be kin do sad these days, when you have to go to select houses or whatever. I heard about one area that a bunch of cars were in a parking lot and the kids would go from car to car. I guess if you've never experienced real trick or treating, you don't miss it?

As for sorting out the goodies, I liked it all. I liked the fruit as much as the candy and in some ways, I liked it more. Like Sir_Winston, I really like oranges. Apples are OK, but a good sweet orange is pretty special, as long as you have a way to get the sticky off your fingers, after.

I don't remember much about how big my take ever was, but I know we kids were never disappointed. And I never sorted things out. I just stuck my hand in the bag and pulled something out. Maybe it was partly the journey of sticking my hand in the bag and not knowing what I was going to come out with. But, the more I stuck my hand in there, the more I got to know the shapes of the stuff I liked best. After that, I'd end up fishing around in the bag, feeling for those shapes.