Imagine you come home from a long night of trick-or-treating, open your bag, and pull out a Twizzler. Getting one of these “sweet treats” would be pretty disappointing. To the adults who are wondering what candies should and shouldn’t be passed out: here are the top ten candies to avoid poisoning your trick-or-treaters with this Halloween.

10 -Twix

The first red flag is that it looks like a turd. Second, it also tastes like a turd. Don’t ask . . .  it’s been a long year.

9 – Candy Corn

There’s always controversy around Candy Corn: either you love it or hate it. I think it’s like eating sad traffic cones with the texture of candle wax, and the flavor is just indescribably disgusting.

8 – Laffy Taffy

This candy is like chewing on a rubber band if you can get it open. Opening a Laffy Taffy is like solving a Rubix cube, and by the time you finish, you don’t even want it anymore.

7 – Almond Joy

This chocolate is one to make you question your life choices. It’s the, “What can we throw together that nobody asked for?” combination. Bland chocolate, weirdly textured coconut,  and wait, don’t forget the nut they decided to add! Please save the kids and leave Almond Joy off your list.

6 – Raisins

Do I even have to explain myself with this one? Seriously, who thought it was a good idea to hand out Raisins to little kids for Halloween? They are more of a trick than a treat. They look like shriveled rocks from the 1800s and taste like disappointment. Let us stick to the real candy this year.

5 – Tootsie Rolls

I’m not sure whether I’m chewing chocolate or gum! These chewy things of chocolatey. . . whatever they are . . . stick to your teeth no matter what. They have a weird flavor of something you know but don’t remember, but it definitely isn’t chocolate…

4 – Butterfingers

Some might find these good, but you can’t even hold it for three seconds without it turning into a sticky mess. They have a flaky texture and flavor that leave a terrible taste in your mouth. Butterfingers feels like a failed attempt at recreating the success of the Hershey products.

3 – Gushers

As soon as you bite into these, they explode into an outright disgusting, gooey mess. Either you get a single color, or you get all but one. Not to mention the gross juices inside. Let’s stick to the fruit snacks, please!

2 – Smarties

Eating Smarties leaves me feeling like I just bit into a piece of chalk. You’ll get thousands of smarties or just a few in a pack. They barely even have any flavor, so they might as well be chalk.

1 – Black licorice

This candy is almost always #1 “Most Hated”, with good reason. Its flavor is so weird, definitely an acquired taste. Imagine reaching in your bag, looking for a pixie stick, then you pull out black licorice instead, such a mood killer. Let everyone agree to cancel this and ban it from being sold… it’s an old people’s candy and should stay that way!

From sticky messes, and strange, disgusting flavors, these are my top ten. It’s better to stick to candies that everyone loves, like Skittles!! You can never go wrong with them! Let’s make a promise to only hand out candies that won’t haunt children’s dreams. The true spirit of Halloween is all about the sugar rush. Let the kids be happy this Halloween.