Actually, so do a lot of people.
Who's eating the chocolate? Not these kidsBy SANDRA ECKSTEIN - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Thursday, October 23, 2003It's Oct. 23 -- do you know where your stash of Halloween chocolate is?
Yep. Already gone. Time for another trip to the market.
It's all part of the seasonal plan. It's why Halloween candy starts showing up on store shelves in early September, two months before the little ghouls and goblins descend. It's what has made Halloween the top candy-consumption season with $2 billion in sales, much of that for chocolate, according to the National Confectioners Association.
Why so much chocolate? Women buy the candy, and women like to eat chocolate.
Yet 6-year-old Sean Fitzgerald said he's tired of getting so much chocolate at Halloween.
"I get mostly sweet stuff, and I don't like sweet stuff," said Sean, of Conyers, who likes Sour Patch Kids. "I give it to my mom."
He was among Conyers kids -- participating in an AJC treat test Tuesday -- who said they rarely get the kinds of sour or gummy candy that they really like at Halloween. But they do get lots of chocolate. more...
I can only speak from my own experience, but I loved getting chocolate for Halloween as a kid. Chocolate and bubble gum. Carmelly things came next, followed closely by Smarties and Sweet Tarts. Hard candies came in last. Generally, though, if it had sugar, I'd most likely eat it. Kids these days, they don't know how good they've got it! ;-)
