I'm sitting here snacking on some meant-for-halloween whoppers which are my current favorite. Definitely weren't my favorite as a kid though! Back then I loved Reeses and would trade anything for a pixie stick.
We must be the same age. I remember every single thing you described. I LOVED those coffins. The ones you described above are Sixlets and you can still get them. Dollar tree always carries them!the candy-coated chocolate balls that came in little cellophane tubes that were sort of like m-n-m’s;
I like the almond Snickers, too, but you can get the peanut ones in Halloween packages, and they aren't Halloweeny, either. I guess it's a popularity issue. Or maybe cost, as almonds are pricier than peanuts.For me it would have to be ordinary M&Ms, KitKats, Almond Joys or Mounds (I think I like them a little more than almond joys because of the dark chocolate lol), and of course candy corn.
Since I'm allergic to peanuts, there is one that I wish came in a large bag or variety pack around Halloween - the almond snickers. It doesn't qualify as Halloween candy since it's a year round thing and isn't very common anyway.
For some reason, Lifesavers candies are hard to find in the States, too, as well as Charms. They were very good. Maybe the companies have been bought out or gone out of business. The Regal Crown hard candies are excellent, though.I can't remember when I last saw them in the little sticks/rolls either. It could have been years ago but I haven't been looking for them. Hershey seems to have decided to make them available only in bags:
The Jolly Rancher candies remind me of Charms. Are Charms still widely available in the States?
They're very tough to find in Canada. Even specialty candy shops seldom have any.
Life Savers are no longer easy to find in rolls in Canada either, and they're only available in Assorted Fruit, Wint-O-Green and Pep-O-Mint flavours. Can you still get Butterscotch Life Savers in the States?
Whenever I break down and buy a whole bag of Wint-O-Green or Assorted Fruit Life Savers though, I find them highly addictive and raze through them very quickly:
If however you really like the Grape Jolly Ranchers, I'd strongly suggest you track down Regal Crown Sour Grape:
They're British but they were widely sold in Canada back in the 1970's and I used to buy the Sour Cherry and Sour Grape all the time until they disappeared sometime in the 1980's. They're really good and I'd suggest you give them a try even if you have to order them on-line.