- What's the best Halloween candy of all time?
- Let's talk about that.
(upbeat music)
(fire crackling)
Good mythical morning.
- It's the week we've all been waiting for,
it's Bleak Creek week! - Woo!
- Yes, our novel, "The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek,"
officially comes out during this hallowed time.
And if you haven't already gotten your hands on a copy,
go to bleakcreek.com now.
Thank you. - Yes.
And not only is it Bleak Creek week,
it's also Halloween week, little beasties. (laughing)
It's candy time!
Now, last year we asked you to vote
for the top 16 worst candies,
and then we meticulously tasted each garbage fire of a treat
to determine once and for all the worst candy ever.
You can go back and watch that if you missed it.
- But this year we're switching to the tasty side
of the aisle and trick or treating ourselves
to some of the best of the best, thank goodness.
So join us as we embark on a three-day taste test tournament
to determine the best Halloween candy of all time.
It's time for The Bewitching Battle
of the Best Halloween Candies.
Day one.
Behold our outrageously omniscient,
offensively outgoing orange candy bracket,
aka the sweetest 16.
- Yes, now as you can see, this bracket contains 16
of the best Halloween candies of all time,
voted on by you.
We started with a list of 32 of the best candies
based on online sentiment and Mythical Crew surveys.
- Gotta love that online sentiment.
- I love it.
And a whopping 90,000 votes were cast.
Thank you for doing that.
Narrowing it down to the top 16 best Halloween candies ever.
- Okay, and we're kicking off the competition
with these eight candies.
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
- [Rhett] Candy Corn.
- [Link] Butterfinger.
- [Rhett] Starburst.
- [Link] Peanut M&M's.
- [Rhett] Milky Way.
- [Link] Nerds.
- [Rhett] And Snickers.
- All right, let's get to our first matchup.
(man laughing creepily)
First up, we got the number one cede,
with 12,046 of your votes, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups,
in that nice little trick-or-treater size,
facing the lowest cede, 16th, 1,948 votes, Candy Corn.
- And womaning the board, we've got Flo from Progressive.
- Well, hello.
- [Rhett] Or is it Emily dressed as Flo from Progressive?
- Well, actually today I'm not Flo from Progressive
because it's my day off.
I'm just Flo, and I'm feeling dangerous today, yeah.
- That explains why we're not getting paid by Progressive.
- Yeah, that's true.
And there's a lot of danger I can make on my day off.
Like these leaves are looking real flammable.
Don't have a match, but I got cinnamon sticks.
- Good, do not give her a match.
Speaking of match. - Okay.
- Let's go ahead and dig into these, my friend.
- I gotta be honest with you.
There's a part of me that is just like,
how could these not just win the whole thing?
- This actually isn't a smaller size, it's just one.
- I was gonna wait until now to point that out.
- I was like, I thought they were a little smaller.
- No, but they do make a smaller one
that's a little taller.
- Mm, that's good.
- It's already got the orange packaging.
It's like it was made for Halloween.
- [Link] This has got orange packaging.
- [Rhett] It's not as bright, though.
- Little known fact, Rhett,
Candy Corn was our number two cede
in our Worst Candy Tournament last year.
- Yeah, Candy Corn, so versatile.
It can be the best, it can be the worst.
- We determined that it was not as bad
as banana-flavored Laffy Taffy, however.
I stand by that.
- I don't mind it.
- [Link] I don't mind it either.
- It's got a nice buttery taste to it.
- [Link] Little waxy.
- But it's not my go-to.
- It's like hardened icing.
- When I'm trading candy with my children, as you do,
really I don't trade, I just steal it.
'Cause I don't have any candy.
- 'Cause you're dad.
You gotta get something for being a dad.
- I never once found myself going in for the Candy Corn.
- Yeah. (Rhett coughing)
This is obvious, Flo.
- A little dry.
- Don't you know what moves on?
- Yes, moving on, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.
(man laughing creepily)
Next match up is the ninth cede with 3,088,
Butterfinger versus the eighth cede
with 3,096 votes, Starburst.
- Oh, neck and neck. - Very close.
- Yeah, 13 vote differential,
we got our work cut out for us.
- Now I'm a big Butterfinger fan.
As a peanut butter man, I know you're not a huge,
you think the peanut butter's too dry or something?
What's happening here?
- Let me taste it again and see if I can articulate it.
- Why don't you articulate it, Link?
- The taste is good, but something about the crunchiness.
I want some creaminess.
- No, Link. - I'm a creamy.
- It's the crispidy chrunchity,
peanut buttery, Butterfinger bar.
I like these, in fact, a lot times--
- It sticks in your teeth.
- They're half size even more fun size.
These are fun, but if you want the really fun size,
it's just a little square Butterfinger.
I love that when the boys bring that home.
- Don't get me wrong, it tastes great,
but I'm just picking it out of my teeth.
It's not an easy win for me.
Do you want the orange Starburst or the red one?
Or should I say opal fruit, as they used to be called?
Knowledge.
(Rhett laughs)
- You're dispensing some knowledge.
- Droppin' knowledge.
- That was a good branding move.
Opal fruit doesn't have the same--
- Opal fruit. - Ring to it.
- Are you choking on the opal fruit?
- Starburst is solid.
It is a good taste in your mouth.
- Talk about sticking in your teeth, though.
If I'm gonna complain about Butterfinger,
I really gotta give it to the Starburst.
I like to it chew lightly on the Starburst
so that it doesn't really go in to my teeth.
- You like to chew something lightly?
- Yeah, 'cause when I go heavy, I can't pry my jaws apart.
- Can I just get some Starburst to have on hand
when I want Link to begin chewing lightly?
- Is this swaying your vote?
'Cause it seems like you were voting for Butterfinger?
What is that on my hand?
- I'm actually passionate about Butterfinger.
- Chocolate.
- It's one of my favorite candies.
- I'm pleasantly surprised by the taste.
- Okay. - I've given it short shrift.
I'd like to apologize to Butterfinger.
Starburst has got game.
- Very good, but not as good, in my opinion.
- I'm agreeing with you and voting for Butterfinger.
- Butterfinger moves on!
- All right, speaking of butter,
I have a backpack full of knives.
They're butter knives, though, so it's okay.
- Wow. - Full of surprises.
(man laughing creepily)
- Now we've got the fifth cede with 4,286 votes,
Peanut M&M's versus the 12th cede,
Milky Way with 2,718 votes.
Oh, we're getting astronomical over here.
- Now, do you know that the creator of these, Mr. Mars,
was actually allergic to peanuts,
so he never got to try them, isn't that tragic?
- Wow, that is a bit sad.
- Here's to you, Mr. Mars, in your grave.
Ha ha, look at me.
No problem.
- So they start with a little peanut,
then they throw all that chocolate around it,
then that candy coating.
Isn't that a beautiful process?
- I think I prefer these.
- Or do they just shove the peanut in at the end?
I don't know.
- Yeah, they got a peanut pusher.
- I think there's like a--
- It's a person.
- There's a peanut belly button.
- Little tiny finger.
They push it in with their pinky finger.
- Boop. - I'm the peanut pusher.
I use my pinky to push peanuts into Peanut M&M's.
- Man, I got a special place in my heart for Milky Way.
It's actually my stomach.
- They've changed the packaging of this.
- The dimensionality of the fun size has gotten elongated.
- [Rhett] And thinner.
- [Link] Look at that.
- [Rhett] For the small mouthed.
- [Link] I like that.
- I appreciate that. - Snickers without peanuts.
- As a small-mouthed man, I appreciate the changes
that you've made, Milky Way.
- Or 3 Musketeers with caramel.
- Man.
(doorbell dings) - Was that the doorbell?
- Is that somebody at the door?
Could you get that, Link? (doorbell dings)
- [Link] I think we have a trick or treater.
What's going on?
Hey.
- Trick or treat.
I'd like some candy.
- Well, you're a little early.
It's not Halloween yet.
- I know but the early bird gets all the candy.
- [Rhett] That's not how that works.
- Fill 'er up
- What might you be here?
- I'm a food fear taco.
So whatever something's disgusting in here
made with probably blood taco.
- That's pandering, by the way, I believe.
What she just did, that was pandering.
- Official GMM taco will make you vomit.
- I'm not gonna make eye contact with you.
It's just a little early.
- I'm just gonna. - And, no, no, no, no, no.
- Okay, all right. - Okay.
I felt sorry for her, but--
- That was a little sneaky, Christine.
- Well, it's just not that time yet.
- Right. - All right.
I like both of these and I would be happy
to see either one of them go through.
- I'm not a big M&M fan,
but a peanut-less Snickers is pretty amazing.
I'm voting for Milky Way.
- Okay, like I said, I'm happy with that.
Milky Way, moving along.
- That taco reminded me that I've left four Crock Pots
full of hot cheese in your dressing room.
Plugged in, overnight.
- [Link] So dangerous.
- [Flo] Yeah.
(man laughing creepily)
- Our final matchup today is the 13th cede with 2,363 votes,
Nerds versus the fourth cede with 4,981 votes, Snickers.
- [Link] Okay.
- All right, fun fact, on August 18th, 2019,
police seized 500 pounds of THC-infused Nerds Ropes
from a residence in Victorville, California.
- Victorville!
(crew laughing)
- And also we bought these in bulk from Amazon
and all the packaging is in Spanish.
(speaking in foreign language)
- All right, I'm reaching for some grape here.
Nerds are good.
They're good because I don't eat them
except at Halloween, so I always forget.
- Oh, you build up with Nerds tolerance, whoops.
- And they're so crunchy. (candy crunching)
It's like eating little rocks.
Super tangy.
- I loved Nerds as a kid.
- The boxes that would have the special slider things
and you could open one side or the other side or both sides
at the same time and get like a mixture.
- Well, there's something to keep in mind.
(speaking in foreign language)
- It's got artificial (speaking in foreign language).
- With artificial flavors, I believe.
- [Link] Okay.
Snickers is a classic.
- Got a great mascot, too.
- It is the number one selling candy bar in the world.
- If this is on bar apparently.
- You know what, pace yourself.
Get that nugget.
You know what, I said earlier that
a Milky Way is a peanut-less Snickers.
- But that's not true. - That is not true.
The nugget is totally different.
- It's a different nugget. - And far superior.
- It's a different nugget farm.
They're getting it from a different place.
- The taste of this.
Well, we gotta compare I to the Nerds.
Here's the thing.
I could argue this is a perfect candy bar.
And it's good for you if you're hungry.
Nerds, however, you miss the experience
of being able to combine two different flavors
like you can do the rest of the year.
- Let's get two packs.
- But they're really fun, man.
I don't know, this is not...
The ceding doesn't reflect how close these are to me.
- To you?
- If I get either one of these, I get excited.
In my bag.
- I just feel like the cultural domination
that Snickers has enjoyed for so long
should either be respected or challenged.
- I think Nerds is giving it a decent challenge.
I wonder how Nerds feel about Nerds.
- I think they might feel like its pandering to them
and they're probably not into it.
Link, we can't send Nerds forward.
Sorry, Nerds. - Yeah, Snickers--
- I wanna apologize to nerds everywhere
and to the makers of Nerds,
but I just don't think there's any way
that we can send them ahead of Snickers.
- It's a perfect bar, and it moves on!
Snickers!
- All right, just to let you know,
I did put a razor blade in your Snickers.
It's a Pink Lady Bic, and it's for my toe knuckles.
So I'll need it back later.
- Oh, my goodness.
- Pink Lady Bic.
All right, there you have it!
Reese's, Butterfinger, Milky Way,
and Snickers have all advanced to the quarter finals.
We definitely had a chocolate bias today, I'm seeing that.
- Oh, yeah.
- Make sure you come back tomorrow
for day two of the tournament,
where eight more hall-of-fame candies will face off.
- Thank you for liking, commenting, and subscribing.
- You know what time it is.
- Hi, I'm Anne.
- I'm Jared, and we're from Salt Lake City, Utah.
- And we're gonna try Good & Plenty
from the Worst Halloween Candy Bracket.
- [Both] And it's time to spin the Wheel of Mythicality.
- Oh, she likes it.
- Mixed reactions.
- Click the top link to watch us try
Halloween-themed candies in good Mythical More.
- And to find out where the Wheel of Mythicality
is gonna land.
So this week at the--
- Round table of dim lighting we're going to be exploring
how our childhood informed the novel.
And the way we're gonna do that is,
we're actually gonna read some of the novel.