The Top 31 Best Halloween Candies!: The Talking Place (Podcast Episode 41)
This is STILL Halloween!
Here I am, with back-to-back episodes this week to celebrate Halloween! I feel like the movie episode before this one was good, but it lacked the Halloween oomph!, you know? Well, where that one lacks, this one makes up for it big time!
In this episode I go over thrillist.com’s Best Halloween Candies of All Time! I mean, that’s quite the honor, don’t you think?
They listed 31 different candies! But for this episode, I just focused on the top 10. After that, I went through and picked some honorable mentions from the list. And THEN I did the unprecedented and rapid fired the entire list of 31 different candies! Ooooooooh the horror!
It was fun! There was even a cameo by my 12 year old where he gave me his top 3 candies real quick. Oh, and for the record, It was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II where Mikey was eating a butterfinger in Ralph’s ear. Seems like there was a discussion between some other guys pertaining to the same scene. I laughed when I found it on YouTube.
I really liked how this episode came out and I look forward to getting a hold of so much candy now! Freaking seriously, I think I’m going to go trick or treating with my own bag! I especially enjoyed the discord conversation, especially all the international candies that were brought up!
Speaking of which, a huge thanks and shoutout to Ve6a5 and the rest of the EZFM discord! Their conversation about Halloween candy is what inspired me to record this show!
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There are a few times in this show where I bring up the connection between a candy and a classic film from my childhood. I mentioned Baby Ruth in The Goonies, and Butterfinger in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (which I linked to above). But I think without a second thought, the biggest one is E.T. and Reese’s Pieces.
If it wasn’t for the kid’s and their allergies, I would have a big ol’ bowl of Reese’s Pieces in front of the couch every Halloween season that we sit to watch E.T.. Alas, we cannot. But it’s all good, the nostalgia for the candy and the movie will live in my heart.
I bring this up here because there’s a cool interview with Steven Spielberg where he talked about the original script for E.T. and how it was supposed to be M&M’s, not Reese’s?! Here’s the interview from Entertainment Tonight if you want to check it out!
Links & Info Discussed
- Best Halloween Candy Ever, Ranked! According to Thrillist.com. Don’t go spoiling it, be sure to listen first!
- 2025’s Halloween Movie Watch List, Physical Media, and Shout! Factory Love – The Talking Place episode 40
- Here’s last year’s Halloween show where I talked about more movies! There’s some overlapping apparently, but whatever! – The Talking Place ep 28 – Talking About My Favorite Halloween Movies
- Talking about Pokémon Legends Z-A, and My Top 3 Favorite Pokémon Games! – The Talking Place episode 39
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