2012 Sightings

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Re: 2012 Sightings

Post by Murfreesboro » Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:03 am

I'm not a candy corn fan, either, although I recognize that it is an iconic Halloween candy. To me it just tastes like sugar, not much flavor to it. My husband likes it, though.

I love caramel apples.

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Post by Pumpkin_Man » Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:27 am

Demon Duck, "Affy Tapple" is the brand name. They are actualy carmel apples, but for some reason, in my neck of the woods, everyone called them Taffy Apples. I don't know why, as there is a world of difference between Taffy and Carmal. And I agree, I love carmel apples, especialy the Affy Tapple brand.

Regarding Corn Candy, I never met anyone who didn't like it until now. It's not the favorite, but during October it was hard to keep it in the house as we all devoured it with gusto. Brachs brand was the prevelent, and it was a major Halloween staple.

Carmel Corn and popcorn balls are also a major tradition for Halloween where I come from.

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Post by Demonic Duck » Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:55 am

Mike I am aware of the huge difference between caramel and taffy. Everyone around here just calls them caramel apples and I'm not sure I could tell you a brand name off the top of my head. As for candy corn I'm glad everyone else likes it cause I'm certainly not going to eat it! BTW my wife doesn't like it either. Moving to caramel corn now that is tasty. Though we always seemed to have it around Christmas(in a giant tub of butter, caramel and white cheddar). I've never heard of a popcorn ball from what i see it seems similar in concept to a rice crispy treat only in ball form instead of squares. They sound delicious.

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Post by Rising Dead Man » Tue Aug 21, 2012 5:55 pm

Murfreesboro wrote:I'm not a candy corn fan, either, although I recognize that it is an iconic Halloween candy. To me it just tastes like sugar, not much flavor to it. My husband likes it, though.

I love caramel apples.
Sugar not tasting that good? What planet am I on?
Halloween wraps fear in innocence,
As though it were a slightly sour sweet.
Let terror, then, be turned into a treat...
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Post by Murfreesboro » Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:30 am

Rising Dead Man wrote:
Murfreesboro wrote:I'm not a candy corn fan, either, although I recognize that it is an iconic Halloween candy. To me it just tastes like sugar, not much flavor to it. My husband likes it, though.

I love caramel apples.
Sugar not tasting that good? What planet am I on?
LOL. I guess I like my sweets to have a flavor with them--fruit or chocolate or caramel or something, not just dead sweet.

Demonic Duck, I'm surprised you haven't heard of popcorn balls before. They are indeed pretty popular around Halloween, though perhaps less so now that people are afraid to give out homemade treats. I am not really into them myself--I prefer my popcorn salty, not sweet. But to each his own.

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Post by witchy » Wed Aug 22, 2012 1:04 pm

ScarecrowJack wrote:
witchy wrote:

We are having a festival this weekend & I'm hoping to find some unusual Halloween stuff there, I can't wait, it's suppose to be in the 70's all this weekend, I bet we will have record setting amount of people coming to it!! (it's a huge event around 1500 venders) :bounce:
Did you have any luck at the festival, Witchy?
I found a pumpkin candle with a witch hat, a pumpkin head with cloth over it with glowing eye's, some jewelry for my girls and lots of idea's, I am in the process of trying to make a decoupage pumpkin I saw there. I might be able to find a camera and start taking pics, cross your fingers!!!! :alien:
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Post by witchy » Wed Aug 22, 2012 1:41 pm

Here we go!!!!!!!
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Post by witchy » Wed Aug 22, 2012 1:44 pm

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Post by Boogeyman » Wed Aug 22, 2012 4:27 pm

I have noticed that stores like Walmart and Target have a Halloween link on their websites. It is not prominently featured but it is there nonetheless.
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.

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Post by Pumpkin_Man » Thu Aug 23, 2012 3:02 pm

DemonDuck, a pop corn ball is exactly that. It's very simular to a Rice Krispie treat, only it's made with popcorn and shaped into a ball. Years ago, one of our neighbors gave out home made pop corn balls that she made from scratch. This was before all the horror stories about poisinings, razor blades in the appless and the like. They were THE BEST pop corn balls I ever ate before or since, and I really miss them. Even after I stopped ToTing I would go to her house for a couple of pop corn bals to put in my lunch pail.

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Post by ramaries69 » Thu Aug 23, 2012 4:44 pm

I love the one of the bride holding the cat and pumpkin, Witchy!
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Post by witchy » Thu Aug 23, 2012 5:22 pm

Thank you!! I just cleaned the bisque and had her fired, I will still have to paint her tho... I did the same thing with the tree man.
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Post by Murfreesboro » Fri Aug 24, 2012 9:14 am

Oh my goodness, did you make those things, Witchy? I had thought you were showing us stuff you bought. You are very talented. The tree man reminded me of Treebeard from LOTR.

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Post by witchy » Fri Aug 24, 2012 3:28 pm

Thank you Murf, I made the fairy too, I love to do crafts!!
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Post by Big_Guh » Fri Aug 24, 2012 4:54 pm

Did someone say MALLOW PUMPKINS? You would be hard pressed to find candy that is a greater weakness of mine. I'm a relatively healthy eater, but when Autumn rolls around, I probably consume an excess of 1000 calories a week solely comprised of freaking MALLOW PUMPKINS. :twisted:

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