14 Old-School Halloween Candies You Don't See Passed Out Anymore

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14 Old-School Halloween Candies You Don't See Passed Out Anymore By Bobby Lewis Sept. 20, 2025 9:39 am EST

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Halloween candy is a relatively new concept. Instead, cookies and snacks like nuts and fruit were given out to trick-or-treaters, but candy didn't make its way onto the scene in a major way until the 1920s, finally catching on in the early 1950s. But there have been enough generations of trick-or-treaters and Halloween parties that the candies involved have changed over time, too. Some old-school options like candy corn are still common, but others are fading into obscurity — or may already be gone.

Many of these candies were popular in their time. But the ca