Ghosts of Halloween Candies Past
By Chuck Sudo in Food on Oct 26, 2010 6:00PM
Growing up I was never at a loss for Brach's candies. Aunts, uncles and cousins on my mother's side of the family put themselves through school or started careers working at the former Brach's plant on the West side, and bulk candy from the plant was always a perk. One of my mother's jobs was working the midnight shift at the old Leaf candy plant on Cicero and Division. As an adult, I don't have an affinity for confections like candy corn, star brites, Brach's caramels or Whoppers, which were made by Leaf.
I asked the staff to list some of their favorite memories of candy from Halloweens past. Rather than list them, we decided on a gallery. The Atlantic Monthly has a wonderful article on the long marriage between Halloween and candy. Consumerist, meanwhile, list some of the worst Halloween candies of all time.