Sweetie

Halloween has come and gone but the left over candy remains. I bet every household does this, apart from the people that go out on Halloween rather than stay in for fright night fun. You buy in sweeties and chocolate and you get lots, just in case the whole of the town knock on your door. The last thing you want is the local neighbourhood thinking you're tight because when they knocked on your door the cupboard was bare.

And then the night comes and maybe there are only a couple of knocks, or maybe none at all. But regardless of how many times you're summoned to your front door, you're never quite sure whether there will be more people. So to be on the safe side you always make sure there's a decent amount of the sweet stuff available for whoever might turn up.

And then on the morning of November 1st there's the dawning of the realisation. There are a lot of sweets in the house. And this is where you have choices:
- Give it to the children and watch slowly as the sugar takes hold and turns your little darlings into hyperactive monsters from hell, who won't sleep a wink or eat a decent meal until the mountain of sugar has been consumed.
- Eat it yourself and feel the guilt, the sugar buzz and the inability to sleep.
- Throw it away.

I'd like to think no self respecting person does the latter because that's just not normal. And whilst I have some sympathy with the people that give it to their kids, that's not me. I like sweets. Actually I don't like all sweets, so, for future reference, here are some of the sweets I like:

Jelly babies
Fruit pastilles
Refreshers
Those sherberty lollies (just looked them up – Mega lollies or Double lollies)
Space dust, but not too much
Minstrels
Maltesers
Revels – but not peanut
Dolly mixtures
Candy necklaces (not tried candy thong or bra but I know they're available )
Marshmallows, especially dipped in chocolate

Available from: http://www.britishcandy.com

But the best sweet ever…..Lovehearts I love the fact it's a yummy sweet but it's fun too. And it's kept up with the times, Lovehearts now say e-mail me among other more modern suggestions. I think Lovehearts are more romantic than chocolate and sexier: https://www.lovehearts.com