Happy Halloween!

With Halloween comes the deluge of copius amounts of candy, and I have no problem with that. Dessert is great, but sometimes candy is all you need. I'm a big fan of the underdog candies unlike Snickers, Milky Way, M&Ms, and Reese's. I'll take a sleeve of Rolos or a Special Dark bar. Dark chocolate is in my wheelhouse no matter how you use it. I even spotted a Reese's dark chocolate peanut butter cup for the first time recently, and I'm still waiting for a report back from my mom on that one.

Chocolates are good for me when kind of hungry and wanting something sweet. I generally go towards a Snickers Almond since it has unofficially become the replacement for my all-time favorite the Mars bar. Overall, I'm a fan of candies. I love Red Vines red licorice, Dots, Ju ju bees, and tootsie pops especially. I now have officially become old enough to miss my favorite candies growing up. Who else used to love going to the grocery store to hit the Pick-A-Mix bins from Brachs. Count me in for the nougats, Royals, and filled chocolates. Butterscotch discs and root beer barrels rounded out my bag.

I still remember going to the smoke shop, liquor store, or other small shops and picking out five to fifteen cent candies like jolly ranchers that came in a strip, circus peanuts, and Chuckles. I recently found my old friend Chuckles at a specialty candy store for a mere $1.25. Are you kidding me? Dude, it's five overgrown gum drops, and I don't even eat the licorice flavored one. No matter what your favorite Halloween candy is, I hope you enjoy it on Saturday without guilt for at least one day. My suggestion is to get yourself a bag of Child's Play and go to town on all Tootsie related products.

Restaurant Recap

I'm going to go region specific on this one to a budding chain in the far northwest suburban market known as Country Donuts. It's not a knockoff brand or some generic donut. These are serious homemade donuts that cater to the cake dough and fluffy dough donut lovers. I personally suggest the blueberry, cherry, or any of the classic glazed cake donut flavors.