Okay, so trick-or-treat is here. Is your will power up for it?
Some Halloween candies just hold no interest for me at all. My wife bought a big bag of Smarties and while I liked those as a kid, they just haven’t stood the test of time for me, ya know?
But chocolate .. oh, how I loves me some chocolate.
Almost any candy bar with chocolate is a big temptation for me. Snickers, Mars, 100 Thousand Dollar Bar, Almond Joy … oh, how I love Almond Joy. Can you beat a combo of chocolate and coconut? With almonds to boot. Boy, I’m getting weak in the knees right now.
But probably my favorite is Butterfinger bars.
I love to crunch up a couple fun-size Butterfingers and mix them in a vanilla milkshake and make a home-made “blizzard”. (Am I allowed to say that without infringing on some trademark laws. Oh well.)
And while we’re at it … who thought that the tiny bars should be called “fun”. I always thought the big, jumbo bars should be called the “fun” bars!
Geez, I’m not doing much to dissuade you from diving into some kids pumpkin basket am I?
I’ve found that if I try to go 100% abstinence with candy during a time like Halloween, it just makes me a little crazy and I never win that battle anyway.
So allow yourself one or two “fun-size” treats and then be done with it. Sound good?
Happy Halloween!