Only 3 weeks to go – time to obsess about candy. (Right?)

Posted: October 10, 2014 | Author: Renae Rude - The Paranormalist | Filed under: Halloween | Tags: Halloween, halloween cndy, nostalgic candy, Renae Rude, The Paranormalist, Trick or Treat | 4 Comments

So I have been deeply, wretchedly sick for the past 10 days or so. It started out not-so-bad but – boy! – it worked itself into a fine misery-inflict-er by the time it ran its course. Just yesterday, I started to be able to be useful again and I have A LOT to do. Today I plan to run some errands with Ogre and bring Halloween into my home and life. (Time to get out the decorations, buy a pumpkin for immediate carving, and stock the house with too much sugar.)

I’ve gotten a good start this morning by preparing the countdown post for this week:

Only THREE weeks until Halloween!

Show your love of Halloween and drive your friends crazy by sharing the above image on your social media sites this week.

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All links have been checked and content has been updated as needed for the post:

Classic trick or treat loot ~ nostalgic candy & prizes from Halloweens past.

PS: Come play with us at:

2014: The Paranormalist’s 1st Annual Halloween Photo Scavenger Hunt

PPS: I ordered my Halloween Hero magnets yesterday. If you plan to celebrate by playing some variation of Twisted Ding Dong Ditch, you can still get them at Pooka Creations.

Classic trick or treat loot: nostalgic candy & prizes from Halloweens past.

Posted: October 3, 2013 | Author: Renae Rude - The Paranormalist | Filed under: Halloween | Tags: candy, candy by the decade, halloween candy, NaBloPoMo, nostalgic candy, old school candy, Renae Rude, The Paranormalist, Trick or Treat, trick or treating | 17 Comments

UPDATED FOR THE 2014 SEASON

I’ve eaten THREE full-sized candy bars today, and I’m going to go prowl the seasonal aisle of the local drugstore as soon as I get done with this post so I can buy more. You see, I’ve spent the last too-many hours thinking of nothing but candy. For you. Always for you.

Perhaps because I’m hopped up on sugar and caffeine, (more than usual) today’s post comes to you in the form of loosely related list items … think of it as my way of tossing treats into your loot bag.

I’ve gathered most of my information and inspiration (and photographs) from the following vendors:

Candy Favorites * Nostalgic Candy * Candy Warehouse * Old Time Candy * Candy Crate

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This is fun. At Old Time Candy, you can pack a personalized bag of candy, piece by piece, for yourself or for a friend.

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Retro Candy Timeline – Some snippets of candy history. ‘Found this commercial (which settles a debate between Ogre and me) over there too.

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Remember Brach’s Dem Bones? They were in a little coffin shaped box that you could get at Halloween. They were simply bits of bone-shaped, smarties-tasting candy. You could fit the pieces together to make a whole skeleton. (Sometimes you had to nibble away little spurs of candy to help them fit together better.) They’re gone now, but another company has stepped in to to fill the void. You can buy a case of the new Scary Skeletons at Candy Warehouse. (I’m hoping to find some for sale at the drugstore so I’m not forced to buy a whole case.)

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National Confectioners Association has a done a little piece about Trick or Treating statistics. Plus this:

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Many online candy stores sell decade-themed gift boxes of candies. Each company’s selection varies, of course, and all the companies offer multiple decades. For more detail of any given decade, try these links:

Candy Crate

90s