We miss having all the kids—back in the day, I used to give away a whole grocery bag of candy, but that was in a quiet neighborhood. Here we’re on an arterial on one side, with 4-5 houses between us and another arterial, and kids who don’t live in this little section can’t get here safely unless parents drive them or steer them across the arterials—that means not many little ghosts and goblins. We laid in a supply of Tootsie variety pack and a packet of pixy stix, and a little bag of 3 Musketeers, because we usually swipe a couple of bars for us. I couldn’t get any other variety: the store shelves were stripped bare, except for those items. That’s ok. 3 Musketeers has long been a favorite—those and Zero bars. When I was a kid I was allergic to chocolate, an allergy I grew out of—but I got to have 3 Musketeers because’s light in chocolate, and ditto Zero bars. Everything else went to my brother. Or got traded to other kids for peanut logs, Bit O’ Honey and sultana bars, two of my OTHER candy sins as a child. I don’t know that you can find those any more, especially sultanas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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