
What, you think Celtics used to hand out processed sweets 2,000 years ago during the festival of Samhain? Here are popular Halloween treats people used to give out before candy.
What, you think Celtics used to hand out processed sweets 2,000 years ago during the festival of Samhain? Here are popular Halloween treats people used to give out before candy.
Candy was only slipped into Halloween in the late ’60s to cover for the razor blade shortage.
Kids used to run door to door just to jab themselves in the arm before manufacturers realized it would be more appetizing to package the disease as candy.
Small plates of chorizo, Manchego, and Iberico ham were typically passed out to children to give them something to snack on without ruining their appetite for dinner.
Decades ago, kids would be greeted by the FBI at the door with an order to testify in front of Congress; however the practice later stopped due to kid’s hissy fits.
Prior to candy, copies of Goethe’s landmark 1774 bildungsroman novel The Sorrows Of Young Werther was the most popular treat year after year.
Oooh! Tripe!
Comfortable, powerful and with great handling, this car was an absolute treat to drive come All Hallow’s Eve.
In the Middle Ages, celebratory treats shared at harvest feasts often surprised holiday revelers with the bacteria that caused the Black Plague.
While it can be eaten plain, giddy children could also bring home scraps of chicken and pork gristle so their mothers could make them a batch of savory cartilage taffy.
U.S. wartime planning required all able-bodied children over 5 to receive a draft card at Halloween.
Intoxicating flavors of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves made this autumn delicacy much more special than the usual gravel people enjoyed the rest of the year.
People used to have a lot more children, so at least a few were widely seen as dispensable.
Widely considered to have driven the bird to extinction.
No longer of use to the medical community, leeches briefly provided the chewy sensation that modern-day trick-or-treaters get from nougat.
It may not be edible but there sure is a lot of it to go around.
The prestige of trick-or-treating​ as a profession has diminished considerably in recent years.
Marlboro used to have the Halloween market practically cornered.
Sorry if a good source of fiber and antioxidants wasn’t good enough for you.