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Halloween Candy Rankings and Childhood Trick-or-Treating
from #274 - Tourettes Gang | The Tim Dillon Show · #274
3 min
Tim and his guest discuss childhood Halloween memories at a religious school, then rank Halloween candies, with Reese's Peanut Butter Cups declared best, tied to a story about his parents' divorce.
- Tim attended a Jesus school where Halloween was allowed but kept innocent—dressing as skeletons and collecting candy, no haunted houses.
- Neighbors in the area were strict about satanic content; people wouldn't let their kids read Harry Potter.
- Tim argues Reese's peanut butter cups are the number-one candy for Halloween and rates best when frozen or in ice cream.
- When his parents announced their divorce, Tim found solace in frozen Reese's cups during the painful two-year separation and custody disputes.
- His wife prepared a Halloween bowl lacking Reese's and M&Ms but including Twix, Snickers, and Hershey's peanut butter.
- Kit Kat is marketed as a candy for older people who need a break, while Twix's slogan is to try both and pick a side.
- The question of candy preference in divisive times—whether to commit to one choice or embrace both options.