trick or treat where's Waldo oh where's my candy right here the spooky season is upon us so like a
zombie from the grave here are 10 discontinued Halloween candies that we want brought back
candy corn Oreo candy corn Oreos Oreos with candy corn filling when you think of trick-or-treating
what's the first candy that comes to mind if you said candy corn then you'd be among thousands of
Americans who've been saying the same thing it was in the 1950s when the treats bright autumn colors
first made it a staple to hand out for Halloween The Taste is pretty polarizing some people are a
little put off by the waxy yet crumbly texture of candy corn but if that's your only barrier
to enjoying it then Oreo cookies once offered a sweet treat that was sure to please even the
harshest candy corn critic candy corn Oreos were a sinfully sweet delight comprised of orange and
yellow frosting spread between two vanilla cookies it was truly the ideal compromise the crunchy yet
familiar texture of an Oreo cookie combined with the sweet traditional flavors of candy corn the
Candy Corn Oreo was released only seasonally which makes sense of course except on Halloween
but this may have also contributed to the treat's downfall as delicious as they may
have been they just couldn't generate enough hype to justify keeping them around and the
Candy Corn Oreo has been mysteriously missing from grocery store shelves since around 2016.
Astro Pop sorry kid natural pops foreclosures for years if you were planning on dressing up
as an astronaut or a space alien for Halloween then the only way you'd be able to complete the
look would be with an Astro Pop in your hand it's the candy made by real rocket scientists after all
as The Story Goes Astro pops were the brainchild of two rocket scientists who quit their day jobs
to pursue their dream of making a candy based on the three-stage rocket in 1963 they did just that
Millions were sold in their first few years of operation and throughout the following decades
they would cement themselves as a spooky season staple the original lollipops were a layering
of cherry passion fruit and pineapple flavors stacked in a cone shape though variations such
as the banana split and caramel apple would come to be added in later years Apple we're here for
Andy the company would eventually land themselves in a bit of trouble however when in 1997 they were
sued by a family claiming that their child had been injured when he had sucked the lollipop into
too sharp of a point perhaps as a result of this the company changed the position of their stick to
be at the tip of the cone rather than at the base in the year 2000 and for whatever reason children
just didn't seem to gravitate to this candy in quite the same way when they could no longer
shape it into pointy little daggers Starburst candy corn not like candy corn crap this entry
is in some ways the exact opposite of the Candy Corn Oreo example we brought up earlier while that
one managed to improve the Candy Corn flavor by switching up the texture Starburst decided to go
in an entirely different direction in 2013 by giving us candy corn and fruity flavors these
waxy little treats came in Cherry orange lemon and strawberry flavors which honestly seems a little
better suited for the summer season than for autumn part of what made candy corn synonymous
with Halloween was their yellow and orange coloring that brings to mind the changing leaves
first day of autumn leaves changing beautiful colors Starburst candy corn on the other hand
is bright and cheery looking they may taste sweet enough but these candies aren't necessarily going
to be your go-to treat for the spooky season and considering there are plenty who claim that candy
corn is already sweet enough as it is this may not have been as big of an Improvement to the recipe
as Starbursts had been hoping these fruit flavored treats just weren't able to find a large enough
fan base and only four years after being released onto shelves Starburst candy corn vanished forever
ouch bubble gum it's dumb it stick of the most amazing and Sensational gum in the whole universe
who says candy can't also be functional well we wouldn't recommend that you either use Gum as
a Band-Aid or chew a used Band-Aid as gum but regardless there is definitely something about
ouch bubble gum that just brings the spooky season to mind maybe it's the
fact that it almost seems like a candy in costume itself the idea behind this candy
was to package sticks of gum to look like Band-Aids so that you can enjoy
gum dressed up as a Band-Aid while you're dressed up as Spider-Man I'm Peter Parker
I am Spider-Man ouch bubble gum came as individually wrapped pieces inside a metallic
tin every pack would also give you a chance to win one of 20 collectible games proving that
children had even more reason to celebrate when they'd find one of these bad boys at the bottom
of their Halloween bag the gum itself came in a variety of intense flavors including strawberry
grape and watermelon though they would later add a bubble gum option as well they tasted great and
proved to be a big hit with kids throughout the 90s but a dip in sales around the early 2000s
led to Hubba Bubba deciding to discontinue out bubble gum in 2009. candy corn Hershey's Kisses
Hershey's Kisses melted they were only around for a short time only and yet candy corn Hershey's
Kisses definitely made an impact while they were this white chocolate candy offered in
fun candy corn colors made it onto shelves in 2008 and they were the perfect option when it
came to getting in a little Halloween themed baking similar to the Candy Corn Oreo these
Little Gems combined the classic sweetness of the Harvest Time treat with a more familiar
texture sure to please all those fin sitters out there who haven't quite made up their mind on how
they feel about candy corn but that being said they didn't necessarily make for the best candy
to hand out to trick-or-treaters with their thin foil wrapping being too easily removed and making
them fast suspects for tampering and while we're on the subject make sure to check any Halloween
candy you collect while trick-or-treating just to be on the safe side and since Hershey's Kiss
is already come in a variety of more popular flavors including the seasonal monster kisses
is made with simple milk chocolate candy corn kisses just weren't able to stand out as much
as we might Hope by 2011 candy corn Hershey's Kisses had been pulled from shells permanently
garbage candy I eat garbage because I am garbage if you were trick-or-treating throughout the 80s
or 90s then chances are that you remember finding one of these perfectly putrid little treats in
your bag garbage candy meant to capitalize on every child's secret desire to be disgusting this
one's gimmick was that the candy came packaged in brightly colored plastic trash cans forcing you to
dig your way through to enjoy treats shaped like discarded bones or an old shoe the candy itself
was pretty unexceptional with all of it being made out of a faintly sweet chalky substance with
Brands like toxic waste offering a similar style of packaging with a more memorable candy inside
it became increasingly more difficult for garbage candy to stand out over the years you and your big
fat brain are losing badly what once started out as a staple for kids to find in their Halloween
bags eventually began Vanishing from shelves and by 1996 garbage candy was gone it would be great
wait to see the candy return maybe with a better recipe but that being said there's still something
special about the childhood memory of digging through a neon colored trash can to enjoy sugar
candy shaped like fish bones on Halloween night Nestle wonderball what's important is what's
inside the wonderball was introduced onto shelves in the mid 90s and although it was available year
round there was something about the experience of finding one of these bad boys and amongst your
trick-or-treating Hall that felt a little extra special these Hollow egg-shaped balls of milk
chocolate could be cracked open to uncover either sugary sweets or some sort of collectible toy it
wasn't uncommon for the toy to be tied into some popular movie or franchise at the time with some
of their most popular themes being Disney Pokemon and SpongeBob SquarePants the chocolate itself
was delicious sure but the real draw to this treat was the excitement of finding out what was inside
and comparing your uncovered Treasures with your friends that that being said the Wonder
Ball was plagued with problems seemingly from the very beginning the Bear's eyes can become
easily detached and pose a potential choking hazard first receiving criticism in 1997 parents
complained that the plastic toys inside posed a choking hazard to children as a result the
wonderball was discontinued for a time before being re-released in the year 2000 with seamed
candies inside instead of plastic toys even still the Nestle company just couldn't seem to shake the
criticism as an urban legend began circulating that a child had passed away after choking on
the wonderball it has been discontinued and re-released multiple times over the years
before being passed from Nestle to Frankfurt to be released onto shelves with an entirely new look
for a short period of time the Frankfurt version is currently only available online but the orig
original wonderball may just be gone for good candy corn dots we bribed her with dots dots may
be the perfect movie theater snack but when you're sitting down to enjoy something spooky this season
what could possibly be better than candy corn dots this Gumdrop take on a classic fall flavor built
a fast cult following when they first hit the shells back in 2009 joining a line of Halloween
themed dots that already included black bat dots which are actually blood orange flavored instead
of black licorice as you might have expected and translucent pale green ghost dots spooky right
between the three seasonal options candy corn dots just weren't quite as popular as the others
finding especially stiff competition against the bat dots who many claim to be their favorite
Butterfinger BBS give me Butterfinger for children of the 90s Butterfinger babies were the ideal
Halloween treat these were butter finger candy bars shrunk down into bite-sized balls perfect for
sharing nor for digging eagerly out from your bag and munching down all yourself after a long night
of trick-or-treating filled with a crispy peanut butter flavored Center and coated in decadent
milk chocolate the Butterfinger babies could almost be compared to Whoppers in their design
they were advertised using The Simpsons as well with Bart Simpson and his friends skateboarding
across the bright yellow packaging and we have to admit that the sponsored tie-in may have added a
bit of an extra cool factor for kids back in 1992. better Butterfinger but that being said
it was basically just a bite-sized ball-shaped version of a Butterfinger and perhaps we as a
public merely decided that we didn't need the BBS when the original chocolate bar had already been a
classic since the 1920s another series for the sudden decline in popularity is related to the
chocolate's quick melting point as customers would frequently complain about how sticky their hands
would get while eating them whatever the official reason was Butterfinger babies had vanished from
shelves entirely by 2006. you can still find the original candy bar in stores and in 2009 Nestle
released Butterfinger mini bites so that you can still find your snack size chocolate and yet it
just isn't the same without that fun marble shape PB Max peanut butter huh when it comes to peanut
butter treats Reese's Peanut Butter Cups may be the tried and true champion today but if you were
trick-or-treating back in the 90s you may have been hoping to find a PB Max in your bag instead
and they weren't only peanut butter mixed with chocolate no instead picture a cookie that's been
smothered in peanut butter and oats then wrapped in Rich decadent chocolate who could possibly
say no to that the PB Max actually did prove to be extremely popular for the four years it was
available on the market too pulling in a whopping 50 million dollars in sales so then why was it
discontinued did Reese's Peanut Butter Cups prove too much competition for them are you challenging
me well believe it or not no although Reese's has definitely solidified itself as a candy classic
since first being introduced onto the market in the 1920s the biggest problem with with the PB
Max according to a former Mars executive was that the Mars family just didn't like peanut
butter hopefully the PB Max will be able to make a comeback someday soon but considering
it hasn't been spotted since being pulled off of shelves in 1994. we don't have high hopes