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Because the holiday comes in the wake of the annual apple harvest, Candy Apples (also known as toffee, taffy or caramel apples) are a common treat at Halloween. They are made by rolling whole apples in a sticky sugar syrup, and sometimes then rolling them in nuts. At one time candy apples were a common treat given to children, but this practice rapidly waned after widespread rumors that some individuals were embedding items like pins and razor blades in the apples that they would pass out to children. While there is evidence of such incidents occurring they are very rare and have never resulted in any serious injuries (see Snopes article on the subject). Nonetheless, many parents were under the assumption that the practice was common. At the peak of this hysteria, some hospitals were offering to x-ray children's Halloween haul at no cost in order to look for such items. Almost all of the very few Halloween candy poisoning (as opposed to tainting) incidents on record involved parents who poisoned their own children's candy, while there are occasional reports of kids sticking needles in their own candy (and that of other children) more in an effort to get attention than cause any harm (again, see Snopes for details of individual incidents). Yet the paranoia has continued unabated mostly because of the news media's misinformation and tendency to exaggerate threats - especially when children are involved.
A Halloween custom which has survived unchanged to this day in Ireland is the baking (or more often nowadays the purchase) of a barmbrack (Irish "báirín breac"). This is a light fruit cake into which a plain ring is placed before baking. It is said that whoever finds this ring will find his or her true love during the following year.
Other foods associated with the holiday:
* candy corn
* bonfire toffee (in the UK)
* hot apple cider
* roasted pumpkin seeds
* "fun-sized" or individually wrapped pieces of small candy, typically in Halloween colors of orange, and brown/black. |
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