@awk Hey! That is what my parents did with halloween candy. We could eat as much as we wanted on halloween night and then put our bags in the freezer where they would limit when and how much we could eat. We’d accuse each other of stealing some of our candy. My parents would tell us if we couldn’t stop arguing about this, accusing each other, etc. they’d take our candy and we’d get none.
It turns out THEY were the ones stealing our candy as they admitted years later. Somehow some discussion all of the family was having turned into one of those tell all sessions which was safe since we no longer lived at home and they had no way to punish us for what we would have been punished within an inch of our lives had we been caught in the act.
@werehatrack YES!!! I used to live 5 miles from one in Oklahoma. I LOVE their solid chocolate bunnies (locally first the santa’s and then the hearts went away, now all we have are easter bunnies and only one store has their dollar bill christmas chocolate). I also love their chocolate pecan caramel chocolates that come in a box. Those are now incredibly expensive. I so wish I lived by one of those stores to get these things more cheaply from them.
OK so this sucks. I just looked up where Corsicana, TX is. No where near Houston. Here I had been planning a detour on my next Houston trip.
@chienfou I do have a separate stand up freezer. I think it is 16 cubic feet. Willpower, no, not so much. Just get tired of the same thing after a while and into the freezer it goes. Or, more usually when it is a bulk buy, some goes into the freezer immediately.
Plus, the last few years, it seem easier to find deals on junk than you know…actual food.
@ponagathos
when the kids were younger (they are both over 40 now) I think my wife and I had them pretty convinced that Valentine’s was the 15th of Feb, Easter was on a Monday, Halloween was Nov 1 and Christmas was the 26th.
@hchavers@tweezak I once worked with a guy who kept a bowl of candy on his desk. He was young and really good-looking, tall with long dark hair. Suddenly he noticed the bowl was being emptied every single night, which made him mad. He set up a little webcam and discovered that it was this young gal in another department doing it. He found out from her boss that she had a mad crush on him and was obsessed with having HIS candy. (Kind of sad, because he was gay.)
So they both got in some trouble - him for using a webcam to spy on her.
@tweezak When I worked in corporate, my bowl was bottomless.
(And I had two friends who worked nearby: one was a dentist two blocks down, another in the gym downstairs.)
Dark chocolate cranberry bars from Aldi
The last few truffles from the Advent calendars that didn’t go out.
Half price Halloween, Christmas, Valentines, Easter candy.
Occasional boxes of Turkish Delight when I find it at rare stops at certain stores.
Trader Joes stores (of which none near me - have to be in Houston or Cleveland, OH to find one of those. I don’t seem to go anywhere else that has them) Pound Plus chocolate and if I am ever near one ever again Russel Stover clearance stores for their solid chocolate and peacn caramel chocolate.
I don’t eat much candy (most is too cloyingly sweet for my taste, plus family history of diabetes). I do like an occasional taste of quality dark chocolate. I buy big bars of good Belgian dark chocolate that are sometimes available at Grocery Outlet (discount/overstock/near expiration). And sample them sparingly.
From the cheapest place. Candy is too expensive.
@yakkoTDI ME too!.. All kind of places!
@yakkoTDI I always liked that answer on the old Disney DuckTales cartoon.
“Prove you’re the real Scrooge: what size hat does Scrooge McDuck wear!”
“The cheapest!” (Oops, the line is “whichever hat’s on sale”)
I steal it from unsuspecting children.
@awk Hey! That is what my parents did with halloween candy. We could eat as much as we wanted on halloween night and then put our bags in the freezer where they would limit when and how much we could eat. We’d accuse each other of stealing some of our candy. My parents would tell us if we couldn’t stop arguing about this, accusing each other, etc. they’d take our candy and we’d get none.
It turns out THEY were the ones stealing our candy as they admitted years later. Somehow some discussion all of the family was having turned into one of those tell all sessions which was safe since we no longer lived at home and they had no way to punish us for what we would have been punished within an inch of our lives had we been caught in the act.
Lucky for me, the daily deal sight does not feature many appetizing sweets.
@hchavers Ani’t that the Truth.
Mostly from the Russell Stover factory outlet store in Corsicana, TX.
@werehatrack YES!!! I used to live 5 miles from one in Oklahoma. I LOVE their solid chocolate bunnies (locally first the santa’s and then the hearts went away, now all we have are easter bunnies and only one store has their dollar bill christmas chocolate). I also love their chocolate pecan caramel chocolates that come in a box. Those are now incredibly expensive. I so wish I lived by one of those stores to get these things more cheaply from them.
OK so this sucks. I just looked up where Corsicana, TX is. No where near Houston. Here I had been planning a detour on my next Houston trip.
@Kidsandliz Want? I have an extra.
@werehatrack I remember those bags used to be bigger (I wanna say… 11 oz?)
From my freezer because I still have the leftovers I bought after the holidays from two years ago.
@ponagathos I should probably start doing that as well…
@ponagathos
you either have amazing will power or a ginormous freezer!
@chienfou I do have a separate stand up freezer. I think it is 16 cubic feet. Willpower, no, not so much. Just get tired of the same thing after a while and into the freezer it goes. Or, more usually when it is a bulk buy, some goes into the freezer immediately.
Plus, the last few years, it seem easier to find deals on junk than you know…actual food.
@ponagathos
when the kids were younger (they are both over 40 now) I think my wife and I had them pretty convinced that Valentine’s was the 15th of Feb, Easter was on a Monday, Halloween was Nov 1 and Christmas was the 26th.
From the bowls on people’s desks at work.
@tweezak Even though they are free, the feeling of stealing make them that much sweeter.
@hchavers @tweezak I once worked with a guy who kept a bowl of candy on his desk. He was young and really good-looking, tall with long dark hair. Suddenly he noticed the bowl was being emptied every single night, which made him mad. He set up a little webcam and discovered that it was this young gal in another department doing it. He found out from her boss that she had a mad crush on him and was obsessed with having HIS candy. (Kind of sad, because he was gay.)
So they both got in some trouble - him for using a webcam to spy on her.
@tweezak When I worked in corporate, my bowl was bottomless.
(And I had two friends who worked nearby: one was a dentist two blocks down, another in the gym downstairs.)
From the candy dish of course!
…says this diabetic.
Dark chocolate cranberry bars from Aldi
The last few truffles from the Advent calendars that didn’t go out.
Half price Halloween, Christmas, Valentines, Easter candy.
Occasional boxes of Turkish Delight when I find it at rare stops at certain stores.
Recently I bought way too much remaindered Halloween candy from Safeway and I still have a lot of it.
@Kyeh give it out for Halloween this year!
@natasha_natasha Oh, that would be mean!
@Kyeh @natasha_natasha You say “mean”, I’m hearing “efficient”.
@Kyeh @natasha_natasha @SecretzRUs It’s probably still good.
@Kyeh @SecretzRUs exactly! Just freeze it.
@natasha_natasha @SecretzRUs
Nah, I will have eaten or given it away by then. (I know my brother could polish it off in a week or so!)
Trader Joes stores (of which none near me - have to be in Houston or Cleveland, OH to find one of those. I don’t seem to go anywhere else that has them) Pound Plus chocolate and if I am ever near one ever again Russel Stover clearance stores for their solid chocolate and peacn caramel chocolate.
Grocery store in multi packs
I don’t eat much candy (most is too cloyingly sweet for my taste, plus family history of diabetes). I do like an occasional taste of quality dark chocolate. I buy big bars of good Belgian dark chocolate that are sometimes available at Grocery Outlet (discount/overstock/near expiration). And sample them sparingly.
I keep 100 calorie cherry pies from hostess for when I need a sugar fix.
A Back Alley
Candy, anywhere.
Specifics, like authentic Halwa or Turkish Delight, I’m going to have to import from backchannels.
@pakopako Trader Joe’s sells bags of individually wrapped Halva. It’s surprisingly good.
From that guy in the panel van down the street?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@chienfou Just make sure you see the candy before you get in the van.
@ponagathos
