What candy made you Happy Dance after a long night of trick or treating? In this episode we are celebrating our favorites along with other candy that we'd trade out as soon as possible or only eat if we were desperate! Also some of our costumes and the scares that kids faced on Halloween in the 90s! Happy Halloween Friends!
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What candy made you Happy Dance after a long night of trick or treating? In this episode we are celebrating our favorites along with other candy that we'd trade out as soon as possible or only eat if we were desperate! Also some of our costumes and the scares that kids faced on Halloween in the 90s! Happy Halloween Friends!
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What's up? My monster squad. It's me. Ashley. Hello
Aaron:friends. It's Aaron it's
Garret:me,
Aaron:Garrett.
Ashley:And you're listening to nostalgic
Aaron:halloween, many
Garret:So today we're talking about, Halloween, as we knew it in the eighties, what we went through, the candy, we loved the candy. We absolutely hated. I actually have a larger list of hated
Aaron:Yeah, like those BS mini candy bars they give out.
Ashley:That's just rude. We're way cooler than those We are, if. Full size candy bar episode. We are
Garret:king size actually. Ooh,
Ashley:I'm going to that house. that's enough to switch your costume and make another I like how you said what we went through, like The things that we saw
Garret:Halloween was different for different families. So, we're gonna talk about some of the dangers of Halloween that we experienced we're gonna go through all of that today, far. Yeah. Okay.
Aaron:Cool.
Ashley:Cool. You endang girl.
Garret:so what was some of your favorite candy when you were going trick or treatment butter
Aaron:finger straight up?
Garret:Mm, I do live some butter fingers.
Ashley:I was thinking of Bart Simpson for nineties butter fingers,
Aaron:yeah, it was on our candy episode. Shameless plug
Ashley:Do you remember the flavored Tootsie rolls,
Aaron:yeah, for sure.
Garret:oh Yeah, vanilla
Ashley:Oh, vanilla was the best and cherry
Aaron:orange
Ashley:well, I didn't like the citrusy one,
Garret:oh, I love the lemon one. They were so good. Of like you get away from my can
Ashley:Yeah.
Garret:I loved lemon heads. Or the fireballs. You guys remember the fireballs that come singular package
Aaron:Hated it.
Garret:they were so good
Aaron:I hate cinnamon. So I don't call.
Ashley:Dust was mean recently and bought a bunch of gummy bears and they were all red and I was really excited. And then I found out there was cinnamon and I was like, this is just what is this
Aaron:I bought a pack of, sweetest, red fish and friends the other day. was like a turtle and a dolphin and something else.
Ashley:One of
Aaron:them tasted like jalapeno or peppery like, no, I'm like this isn't good. I think I got a bad batch.
Garret:Something man.
Ashley:you got to classics like Reesey's you can never go wrong with the
Garret:Reeses. Oh man. Reesey's chocolate and peanut butter. one of my favorites,, jolly ranchers. I never minded getting Remember these come in the sticks too.
Ashley:oh yeah. I did like the sticks. Mine is more like what you wouldn't like, don't be giving me the crunch bars or the stupid plain Hershey's. I want that on a s'more and a s'more only
Garret:you didn't like this crunch.
Ashley:No, that is lame.
Garret:The candy. absolutely hated, I wanted to throw it back at them do you remember the peanut butter kisses? They were the black, and orange candies that were wrapped. And that's all you would get was black in orange.
Ashley:And sometimes they were sticky. They would stick to the forever.
Garret:They were gross. They should have called them peanut butter misses. Cause they missed the marks so bad.
Aaron:Were they kisses though?
Garret:No, No, no, not like a Hershey's kiss. That's just the brand name that they would call that. Oh,
Aaron:okay. Okay.
Ashley:Those were some cheap people because that's the cheapest bag of candy you could find and sure. You're supposed to be nice but you may as well have not participated in Halloween. rather than give those out. is like a S slap in the face
Garret:Correct. Turn your light off.
Aaron:It was trick or treat, but yeah, you're still getting tricked,
Ashley:Yeah. You wanna know why your house keeps getting egged? peanut butter candy.
Garret:Yeah, those were terrible. The bit honeys And Mary Janes, those were terrible.
Ashley:is the Mary Jane, like the yellow rapper and kind of flat Yep. Yeah. Stick to your teeth. I don't think I like those. Yeah, mine is, lay off the licorice. I know it's Halloween and it's black but no licorice gross.
Garret:Yeah. Like the good and plenty you're talking about.
Ashley:Oh yeah. Those and just like rope, the little ropey ones.
Garret:I just, I hate Blackish, but like good. I do too. Like even
Ashley:worse. Oh, you know who loves black licorice is people in Iceland. They put in everything. And you don't know it we bought, some popsicles one time we thought they were dark chocolate. We were like, oh, they're gonna be so good. We bid into them. And we were like, well
Aaron:Uh, no way,
Ashley:Anyway.
Garret:Did y'all ever get the grandma candy? it looked like a strawberry was wrapped in like a tin Foley thing.
Ashley:I never got that for Halloween.
Aaron:I love those things Yes.
Ashley:No. Oh, when they get soft they don't have a crunch anymore. They're just like gooey.
Garret:No, man. I call that grandma candy, do you remember the white, the dish candy with they were in like a dish? Yes. They bought this candy and they were like, you want some candy, little one, and then you'd eat it. And you're like, what the hell is this grandma?
Ashley:yeah. I think they're teaching you not to eat candy.
Garret:They're like, ha it's cheap candy,
Ashley:Sucker.
Garret:Yeah. so yeah, that candy corn should be just eliminated from
Ashley:this earth. This is like, okay. Okay. Whoa, whoa. Yes. I like candy corn. I do not agree with this statement. Oh, that's
Garret:good. But what about it is pleasurable.
Ashley:got a little chew. It's not crunchy, like waxy chewy. Yeah. Yeah. But it's got like that little vanilla E flavor. I don't know. It's nice. I like it.
Aaron:Have you had candy corn mixed with peanuts
Garret:No. Is good. Oh
Aaron:man. Yeah.
Ashley:So, or he doesn't eat candy corn. So clearly wait,
Aaron:you like
Garret:candy corn as
Aaron:well? Yeah. I like candy corn. Really? I all voted.
Garret:Oh my
Aaron:God. I just had candy corn yesterday. You
Garret:did?
Ashley:you gotta retry Garrett, rethink this
Garret:No, definitely not our viewers. Do you like candy corn cuz I would rather eat garbage. Wait. No, it is garbage. Nevermind.
Aaron:in a survey in 2020 candy, corn was rated the worst Halloween candy
Ashley:oh, oh. Even over peanut butter thingies. Come on. Yep. Worse for you. Like it's sugar.
Garret:You're not gonna be able to spin this. I
Ashley:think, I think you're
Aaron:reading that wrong. Candy voted. America's least favorite candy.
Ashley:Let's do a vote also we know where all of you live so
Aaron:one thing I saw was That candy corn was actually originally called chicken feed,
Garret:That's what it should be called, I wouldn't even do that to the chickens.
Ashley:It started there and the farmer's like, Ooh, I'm like, yeah, very good. What's in them. one thing I did put on my dislike was I love jelly beans, like good jelly beans, but I hate ghetto jelly beans, the dollar bag ones that are like icky. I'm like, what is this? This is not a jelly be, I don't know what you did here, but yeah. I love me some jelly bellies. I like some. Starburst jelly beans
Aaron:Oh, yeah. Starburst jelly bees were the bomb Have you seen the. jelly, belly, bad tasting ones it was a challenge a couple years ago. It's like boogers, garbage.
Ashley:I think it was for Harry Potter
Garret:They were, I was trying to think of what they're called though.
Ashley:It was like a risk, you could either get a regular tasting one mm-hmm or you get one of the nasty. Why
Garret:you would wanna do that to yourself?
Aaron:I do not. I'm sure people thought it was. I did it with Patrick and them one night. It was not good.
Ashley:I don't even think I tried. I was like, no, it was like
Aaron:popcorn.
Garret:No. And that's one of the worst flavors
Ashley:Was that the good tasting one? Cause I
Aaron:love the, no, that bean boozed is what it's called.
Ashley:Oh being boozed. That's another one. Really? Butter popcorn. Yeah.
Garret:No, it is not good.
Ashley:we agree to disagree.
Garret:Whenever I'd get it, I'd be like, Ooh. And like spit it out real quick.
Ashley:Wait, that one thing I didn't like about the jelly bellies was when you got the cinnamon, when you think you're going cherry, and then you get a CI, give the cinnamon, you have all the popcorn, you
Aaron:know, gotta, it was rotten egg, butter, popcorn toothpaste bar. canned dog food. booger spoiled milk, stinky size roast, dead fish. I'm
Ashley:trying to figure out why butter popcorns is there.
Garret:that's a good one. I
Aaron:don't think so. Actually, butter popcorn is supposed to be the good one on that. Thank you. I'm like
Ashley:what the hell man? Well, I
Aaron:got it. And I thought I got
Ashley:That's just their regular flavor. alright. That one does say my taste buds are dead. Sometimes
Garret:Did y'all ever have any thing other than candy? I remember some lady, gave the mini boxes of raisins. Aw.
Aaron:Oh, raisins. we had some, they would give fruit or popcorn balls..
Garret:Oh, I do remember popcorn ball. Those were actually good
Aaron:though. Yeah.
Ashley:Like buttered popcorn, jelly beans. Even,
Aaron:money
Ashley:Money where,. yes.
Garret:I actually got money. They would put'em in you remember the gumball machine, they were the, plastic, round with the tops on'em. Do you know what I'm talking about?
Ashley:Yeah,
Garret:Yeah. So there was lady, she would put dollar bills in'em and that's what you would get. And I was like, sweet.
Ashley:what the heck kinda ritzy neighborhood are. Y'all going to
Garret:Uh, I grew up poor and I dunno,
Ashley:this lady, I didn't buy any candy Herald. Let's just give them the hundreds.
Aaron:Harold, give the PEs a dollar. There's probably somebody that forgot to buy candy and giving out like a can of corn or can of goods. Yeah. Oh my gosh. That'd be weird.
Ashley:You're like, here's some Ritz crackers just though, not the whole, GE
Aaron:thanks.
Garret:So what did you guys dress up as when you were a kid
Ashley:I was trying to think on this. I had a hard time.
Garret:I did too
Ashley:Aaron and I have this funny picture of us in Germany my dad sent it recently, where We had to ask, like, what are we cause the costumes in Germany and maybe this was costumes in the eighties. was like a garbage bag with a design on it. Almost like a tuxedo t-shirt or if you've ever been on vacation and seen like the bikini on the front, you know, of the t-shirt mm-hmm so mine was rainbow bright and it was The body of rainbow bright on a trash bag and then a plastic mask that was the scariest little girl. Remember
Aaron:ation. Yeah. it's like a piece of plastic with a elastic. And you have. SL for your mouth and little dots
Ashley:for your odds. It like horror movie mask. It was supposed to be cute, but it was terrifying.
Garret:but gimme some candy.
Ashley:Just take it. And Aaron, I think, were you a GI
Aaron:Joe? Yeah, I was supposed to be duke,
Ashley:he had the puffy vest on, and then you painted your face. It was a pretty rough paint job. I'm sure you were like, let me do it.
Aaron:I could do it myself. Okay I remember one year I was, Leonardo from to turtles. But I swear it was a pajama suit and just a plastic mask and it looked so
Ashley:bad. remember that. I think cuz it was it the same thing though? The plastic mask and yeah, I was just
Aaron:like a piece of plastic,
Ashley:And it wasn't like, you know, when you see the little costumes Superman, has like PAing and the little muscles, this is just pajamas,
Aaron:my scrawny ass were some skin tight Leonardo pajamas,
Ashley:I'm sure they were high waters. Like everything else that you get stuck with.
Aaron:I remember going as a soldier one year. Wearing dad's BTUs. I took a training. M 16 to school, one of the realistic looking oh, imagine trying to do that now.
Ashley:yeah. You would not get away with that today.
Garret:I actually can't remember any of my costumes because, my mom's pretty religious and we could not go out for Halloween, So my sister rebelled, and I remember her dressing up as like Elvira and going out.
Aaron:Ah, cool
Garret:but, I was forbidden. From going. and then my dad, left my mom, for the lady across the street and started living over there. whenever I stayed, I know this got kind of dark real quick.
Aaron:you can't just scroll right past that, bro. well,
Garret:I mean there's other podcast where I will go deeper into that, but there was times I had to stay the night over there so I do remember going out for Halloween. Because my dad didn't care.
Ashley:Well, especially if your mom did after a divorce, he's like, We're doing it
Garret:oh yeah. It was almost like a power struggle. Like, no, he can go. No, he can't. I wanna say I might have gone as a vampire or something. Cause I remember them putting some makeup on me I don't, remember really that much about going, but the one thing that stood out our neighbor who went with us, he dressed up as Batman and he kept. Running around on the sidewalks with his Cape, like going, I was like, oh my God. It was like flowing the wind. I'm like, he looked so cool.
Ashley:You're like my idol.
Garret:Yeah. I that's all I remember. I went out more as a teenager and as an adult, but like, as a kid, I probably went out two, maybe three times in that decade. But cannot remember for the life of me, what I was
Ashley:did you guys do? don't know if all schools did this. I feel like they still do it. We did parades. So even if you didn't go trick or treating, you would still, yeah. You would do like a Halloween parade at the school and everybody would dress up and then the parents would come and you'd walk around something really
Aaron:cool thought. Yeah. I remember that. Yeah.
Ashley:Yeah. So I, found some pictures of that. this was when we were in California, Pennsylvania, and. I was trying to figure out my costume and I think I remember what happened. So I'm calling it a Spanish flower I had this like Sy dress on with a fan and all my poses are very like, O but I just have to imagine that I found this dress at the thrift store and was like, I wanna wear this for Halloween. What are you? I dunno, it just thought it was cute.
Aaron:So you were doing like day of the dead or something?
Ashley:I, I wish I was cool enough to have painted my face, like the day of the dead. I was preed,
Garret:Yeah. I was that
Ashley:is that a thing anywhere else? no
Garret:small town that's news to
Ashley:me. And then I remember later though, when I worked at the mall, people were starting to feel unsafe outside, they did mall trick or treating where they would come to the stores. yeah, they still do that.
Aaron:I just feel like now it's parents driving their kids around, and trick treats like four 30 in the afternoon. So it's still daylight and they have their costume on with their coat.
Ashley:I know it's not so scary.
Garret:we used to do ours in like dark. Well, that leads into my other thing is dangers of Halloween. I remember as a kid there was this big scare about people putting razor blades in candy or needles we couldn't eat any of it until they checked all the candy for those little things. Did you guys have to go through. I
Aaron:do remember the razor blade scare. I don't think we ever really checked. Also remember the drugs, oh, like they're gonna drug you. Yeah. I'm like, dude, people are not giving away their drugs,
Ashley:correct. And they don't even get to see the results. So it's not like, they're like, oh, this will be really funny.
Aaron:I still see it every year though. People will post and they'll say, if you're a kid gets these gummies, they could be, THC gummies and I'm like, shit,
Garret:ain't nobody gonna spend$30 on 10 gummies to give them out to kids..
Aaron:I do remember the, the big thing about checking your candy
Ashley:The whole thing you learn is like, don't take candy from strangers. I'm like, isn't Halloween just taking candy from a bunch of
Garret:it's supervis,
Ashley:right? It's like we only go in the neighborhoods, you know? So, you can, hunt down the person, I guess. I don't know
Garret:I do remember there was one time. it was close to Halloween. I remember that or if not on it. There was a guy that was in one of the ice cream trucks and he was like, Hey, do you want some candy? And they were beating it into us. They were like, no, don't you ever take candy from strangers? And I was like, okay, Satan, I won't. so he was offering it to me and I was like, no, I'm okay. And he is pestering me to like, take it. I was like, I don't have any money. He's like, no, no, no. He's like, I'll throw it to you. can just have it. And He was like, following me as I walked. And so I like ran home.
Ashley:what the heck? Kidnapping scare.
Garret:that's when I started like listening to my gut and I was like, no, something's up with this guy,
Ashley:he's just trying to get you close. Gonna distract you with it on the ground and he is gonna kidnap you and put you in the van.
Aaron:Wow. I was laughing at first, but then when hit me,
Ashley:I know I get the running thing too. Also, your impressions are funny. It's you can tell us like a murder story, but I think your facial expressions, but we'd be like, it's not funny. It's just, You're acting out the whole thing in front of us that makes it yeah. that's
Garret:I always like diffuse things with humor,
Ashley:so I did not have a kidnapping scare.
Garret:No, but do you remember anything else like, that?
Ashley:I honestly think I was so naive was probably in danger every step of the way, but I was like, yeah, now. Everything I do. Like I was on a, Ferris wheel. And the whole time I'm sitting there going this thing is a piece of crap on, is gonna fall apart with me sweating on it. What is this made out of? Why did I trust these people to make this before? I was on every ride? The thing was rusted together. I didn't care now. Like, so I would say at until few years ago I was quite oblivious to any sort of danger. Especially then I was invincible, I was rainbow bright, I mean,
Aaron:Right.
Ashley:for my Sanita
Garret:Sanita.
Aaron:Well,
Garret:I mean, Yeah, that's about it for Halloween. if our listeners have any, Halloween tales that they wanna tell us, what candy, they love, what candy do they hate it? If they had any kidnapping that
Aaron:happened. Yeah. Or best, worst costumes, dangerous costumes, anything like that? any kind of weird, Trigger treating, traditions
Ashley:I would like to know what was left in your bag like mine was tootsy rolls again, the crunch, you know, that Stayed in my bag until I got like, oh man, I really need some candy and I would eat it. Did you
Aaron:use a bag didn't we use pillowcase for a while. I used the pillowcase. Yeah.
Ashley:Question on that though. Did we have, I feel like McDonald's used to give out cool. Container. Oh, the pales.
Aaron:the happy meals used to come in Jack of land ghost or, Frankenstein
Ashley:Yeah. The Frankenstein, we carried those a lot. I we wanted to collect them all, yeah, I did
Aaron:fill up so quick
Ashley:though. I think that was the upgrade when you're older and you're like, wait, I can get more candy, than you think, bring the bigger, They don't do that anymore at McDonald's.
Aaron:Nah, just a box
Garret:I think you could still buy them You get cheap little toys now from that, like all the good stuff we used to get mm-hmm
Aaron:they don't bark. That can be a whole episode. Talk about. Oh, I got fired from McDonald's for giving away happy meal toys,
Garret:oh my God. Such a checkered pass.
Aaron:I was like, dude, I've given away everything, but happy meal toys, and this is why you're firing me, Really? I think I've told you the cheeseburger story before, right?
Ashley:I don't know.
Aaron:Well, I worked at McDonald's for very, short period of time and, people would come through it and be like, Hey, so, and so, and one time I gave my buddy, it was like 12 patties on a cheeseburger and it took two cheeseburger rappers to wrap it up and I put it in the bag. And they gave it to the wrong lady and she brought it back and she was like, what is this?
Ashley:How would you, you would miss it
Aaron:I dunno, but if I got a 12 petty cheeseburger, I would be,
Ashley:I'm sure she thought you were playing some kind of joke. And like, I would laugh at
Aaron:look, whipper snapper.
Ashley:Yeah, like we would do now look, UN punk, not be the butt of your joke.
Garret:get off my lawn
Ashley:Also. I'm keeping this, I just wanna show you that I know it was you, but I'm eating it.
Aaron:All right, so you can check us out at all. Nostalgic podcast.com. all the social medias. Hey, we're there. Leave us a review. Give us a share
Garret:thanks for listening
Aaron:We're glad to have you guys
Ashley:And of course happy Halloween.