Hershey warns of looming Halloween candy shortage

[SarahRose]

Ohhh..I loved those...so much better than the small ones.. remember the paper straws they came in? Until one got the hang of it..you had one collosal mess..ended up chewing the paper to get the wet clotted up powder out...then spitting out the thing in colorful sweet spit balls all over the place..it was delightful!!!...

Yes!!! Or fun dip? I think that’s what it was called. Just dunking a sugar stick into pockets of more sugar?! Amazing

 

[kathymendel]

Shortage of Hershey halloween candy?????
I can see Henny Penny running around, yelling, "The sky is falling!!!"
I mean, what a world shaking development this is....................... NOT

 

[MapleLeaf]

I'm at the point where I want to be like a bear and fatten up on goodies before the supply shortages which should be the diet to end all diets.

 

[TimeWarpWife]

When I went to Wegmans today, while there were quite a few empty spots on shelves of other items, the Halloween aisle, which is quite big, looked full. Of course, there were more brands than just Hershey's.

 

[Tall Timbers]

There appears to be more than enough Halloween candy in Fairbanks, and when it's discounted by 3/4s afterwards it'll still be too expensive.

 

[MapleLeaf]

Way too much candy here too. It's as bad as Christmas now. The candy has been coming out in early August in small bits at first but once the Back to School stuff is done it is out in force. They know people who buy halloween candy that early are going to simply eat it all themselves and then have to buy more. Though I don't participate in halloween at all. We black out our windows and hide in the basement. Then I buy candy on clearance and have a great treat to last until Christmas. haha I hate halloween. Little kids in costumes is supremely adorable and I like the idea of neighbors mingling together outside but there is too much other baggage that comes with it. The ghouls and goblins and death and gore and satanism and girls dressing inappropriately are way too celebrated. I like the generic fall decorations of plain pumpkins, cornucopias, turkeys, leaf wreaths and friendly scarecrows.

 

[Momma D]

Why no shortages of liver and onions, or tofu???

With liver, it's a texture thing. I can't deal with that aspect of it. I just love the fried onions part though, and also like tofu (the firm kind.) You can marinate it and I would eat a brick of it...mmm