Holy smokes! Candy got expensive AF. (TikTok screencap)
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They all look like from same brand that probably wants to have a 500% profit margins from reporpusing sugar
IKEA has full size bars for a dollar each. I think 30 of those would be better than a bag of small candies for $30
Tricks it is, then.
I checked Walmart on Ohio and the most expensive one is $19 for 2.5 lbs of mixed mini chocolate bars.
To be clear, a 2.5 lb bag is pretty damn big. $.47 per oz.
In the photo shown, its the one with the green witch face.
Buy your candy at the end of August like I do and they are half price or even lower. This is what happens when you wait until what you would think the opportune time to buy your Halloween candy is.
“The most opportune time to buy halloween candy is when its 90% off november 1st of last year, the second best time is now” - Sun Tzu
But what about Helloween? Heavy Metal Hamsters enter chat!
Entering on wheelchairs, no doubt. Not so glorious now, our future life.
the rollerblade wheelchairs with reflector stripes for long exposure photography fancy.
What the hell is up with these prices?
It’s just your typical Trump economy.
it’s what happens when you elect economic geniuses
it’s called ecofascism and you’re gonna love what comes next.
it’s called ecofascism and you’re gonna love what comes next.
…did you think “eco” meant “economy?” 😂🤣😂🤣
What kind of BS is that?
“Ecofascism is “environmentalism through genocide”, opined Klein. Political researcher Alex Amend defined ecofascist belief as “The devaluing of human life—particularly of populations seen as inferior—in order to protect the environment viewed as essential to White identity.””
Basically all the right wing nut bags that are popular now deny climate change. Trump even has his famous drill baby drill bit
Trick or Candy mortgage!
Halloween just promotes socialism for children. If they want candy, get a job in the mine.
And the ultra-wealthy yearn for the “mine!”
As a kid I yearned for the mines
The stupid shit tho is five years ago the candy would go on sale the day after and it $4 a bag. The candy is not expensive and the candy is probably somehow circulating from 5 years ago. Is all supply and demand, fucking capitalism.
Yeah that’s what’s so shocking about it, these bags would be $5 only a few years ago. And I remember how painfully impoverished large swaths of the country were then.
I cannot imagine how the average American in the Midwest is surviving at the moment.
Wife and I both work, everything is carefully calculated to have us constantly worry about bills and unexpected expenses. If one of us misses 1 day of work there is 1 bill that won’t be paid, which means multiple phone calls from bill collectors. A lot of them are super fast about sending to collections. I no longer fret about my credit score.
Have you been to a dollar tree? And everything is $3 or more
You’d be paying about $150 for a bag that size in Australia. Halloween - that special month of the year when confectionary prices triple. Mendelez and Nestle strangling the goose before it even arrives…
I like a couple of years ago they tried going “aspirational” - 200g bags of florentines and dried fruit for $35 - super Jeremy ! 95% of it ended up being fed to hogs…
No, you would not. $150? Try just over $50.
Random example bag - https://www.walmart.com/ip/M-M-S-Milk-Chocolate-M-M-S-Peanut-SNICKERS-TWIX-MILKY-WAY-Milk-Chocolate-Individually-Wrapped-Halloween-Candy-Trick-Treat-Variety-Pack-200-Ct-Bulk-Ba/5175566490
2.18kg for $24.96 USD. ~37.71 AUD.
We simply don’t make bags that big, because that size is pretty ridiculous. But, you can buy 20-packs of Snickers, Twix, Milky way standard price $7.50 at Coles. They’re between 300 and 320 grams so you’d need about 7 bags for the equivalent content and weight = ~52.50 AUD.
Yeah, about 40% more expensive, but these are made in Australia with cane sugar and real milk, not whatever hugh-fructose corn syrip + sawdust filling the US ones have nowadays thanks to endless Republican deregulations.
Is this USD or?
That was my same thought. I feel like this is maybe disingenuous.
Other places that don’t use USD can still complain about overpriced goods. Collapse already so the rest of the world can get on with our lives.
I’m a house that buys Full size Candy bars. We average 50 kids in our neighborhood, so generally 1 fundraiser box covers us.
I still have my 2024 screen shots and as you can see the price went up 31% I know it’s not an exact comparison, but the box I gave away last year appears to have been discontinued. On lower count packs its gone up nearly 45%.
I was planning on doing Roasted Chestnuts and Apple cider for parents as a fun gag, but now I’m considering doing that exclusively.
¡Hecho en México!
I got excited at this idea until I remembered that American cider isn’t alcoholic. Should make some proper scrumpy!
American cider isn’t alcoholic
So, it’s just apfelsaft?
I fully plan on making Adult Cider
We just call it cider here
Where do you get roasted chestnuts?
You need to find an open fire
Well first I have to pick them. I go here https://ohiochestnuts.com/#visit
And then I plan on roasting them the day of, I’ve got an antique cast iron chestnut pan and a grill.
Prices are fine in Canada. Happy Halloween, ‘Murica.
I normally do full sized bars considering how many people we get on average. I normally buy them at Costco Business and it looks like they’re still priced the same. Prices at regular Costco are similar to what I remember of last year too.
We probably make most of our chocolate here. In the area around where I work there are at least 4 Mondelez plants. I know Mars has a few plants in or around the GTA as well.
I mean… Those look like normal Canadian prices.
However, contextually, that stuff in Canada is actually chocolate and many US versions have little to no cocoa, and oils instead of milk ingredients. So its a rip off because its not even chocolate.
Considering global coffee and chocolate prices, I’m surprised. Are sizes the same as last year?
Just go for flour/sugar based snacks instead of chocolate then. Few packs of Aldi version of hobnobs, job done.
People who have afforded to buy their neighbors candy in the past have always been awesome people.
I am not one of those people.
Who else handing out cups of water this year??
Oranges are a traditional treat for Christmas. I reckon with its orange hue, it’s gonna make a killing for Halloween this year!
Cups, in this economy?!?
Just have them cup their hands, pour some water in, and then send them on their way. Fortunately, eggs and toilet paper are expensive as well, so you shouldn’t have to worry about any repercussions.
Who’s got cup money?!?
Just have them drink from a giant hamster tube thing hanging outside your door.
