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The Best And Worst Halloween Candy, Ranked

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And finally today, let's end on something sweet. On Monday, America will engage in the annual sugar rush called Halloween. Get real, this isn't just the kids. Americans will be hounding their neighbors for the biggest haul of Reese's Cups, Starbursts and even the odd pretzel or two. So we know we're going for volume here, but what about quality? Here's one take on that.

(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!")

GORDON RAMSAY: Hello, I'm Gordon Ramsay. This Halloween, excited young children will come to your door with bags open. Now, you have a choice. You could give them something good to eat, or you could and give them Smarties...

(LAUGHTER)

RAMSAY: ...The perfect combination of aspirin² and Tums.

MARTIN: That's British celebrity³ chef Gordon Ramsay on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" earlier this week, calling out and actually throwing what he says are the worst Halloween treats. But what about the best? One person who spent a lot of time thinking about this is Caroline Framke. She co-authored a hilarious⁴ piece on vox.com earlier this week, ranking the 27-best-and-worst Halloween candies, and she's with us now from New York to defend her choices. Caroline, this is very serious. You said the absolute worst candy was Tootsie anything. What makes it so bad?

CAROLINE FRAMKE: I think it's because they're trying to be chocolate, but it's like they gave up halfway⁵ through and just sort of were, like, the texture⁶ is as far as we'll go.

MARTIN: And then Twizzlers you said was pretty low on the totem pole. I don't know, I had a Twizzlers moment, you know, a while ago. What's so terrible about Twizzlers?

FRAMKE: Again, it's a texture issue. And I think the something that we found a lot when ranking these candies is that so much of it comes down to personal preference. It's very subjective⁷. And half the time it was a texture problem.

MARTIN: Texture problem. OK, so let's get to the top three.

FRAMKE: Let's see. At number three, we had Twix bars. I think Twix bars are the perfect example of proportion with candy bars. They give you enough cookie, caramel, chocolate. None of it is too much. They all work together. I'm also a sucker for caramel, so I really appreciate that Twix does not skimp⁸ out on the caramel.

MARTIN: All right, number two - Starburst.

FRAMKE: Starburst. I think if you're going for an non-chocolate option, Starburst is the best. I think they do exactly what they tell you they're going to do. They're a little square taffy treat that aren't too hard, unless you really are going to leave that in your bucket, but I don't know why you would.

MARTIN: (Laughter).

FRAMKE: Every flavor tastes exactly like what it wants to taste like, which is surprisingly hard for a lot of candy. I know I gave Laffy Taffy a lot of grief for their banana flavor.

MARTIN: You sure did. You sure did. You were really harsh on the Laffy Taffy there, Laffy Taffy.

FRAMKE: I was.

MARTIN: No love there.

FRAMKE: Taffy's tricky⁹.

MARTIN: Yeah. And then number one is Kit¹⁰ Kat. I've got to tell you, there's a lot of disagreement, especially because a lot of people think, frankly¹¹, Reese's Cups.

FRAMKE: I had a lot of Kit Kats while writing this, and I never got sick of them. I tend to - I'll scrape the chocolate off. I'll eat the wafer. I'll - it's simple. It's to the point. I've never had a bad one.

MARTIN: You said that with Kit Kats you don't run the risk of getting hung up on a flavor or texture you might not like. Show us a person who doesn't like chocolate-covered wafers, and we will show you a monster (laughter).

FRAMKE: Stand by it.

MARTIN: You stand by that?

FRAMKE: Yes. It's a simple candy. And I think on Halloween, a lot of candy, a lot of people tend to try and get too complicated, a little bit too fancy with it, a little ambitious. And sometimes simpler is better.

MARTIN: I got to tell you, though, you had - Milky¹² Ways came in close. They were number four. But for a lot of people, Milky Way is candy. It's gooey. It's chocolaty.

FRAMKE: A Milky Way, I can only ever have one. And for Halloween, that's kind of a problem for me.

MARTIN: Good point.

FRAMKE: It's a filling, really rich candy, which I love. But if I'm going - if I'm on Halloween, I don't want to just have one Milky Way and call it. I want more candy all the time.

MARTIN: Good motto. That's Caroline Framke, who ranked Halloween candy for vox.com along with her colleague Alex Abad-Santos. Caroline, thanks so much for joining us.

FRAMKE: Thank you for having me.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "CANDY")

CAMEO: (Singing) It's like candy. I can feel it when you walk. Even when you talk, it takes...

MARTIN: And now we want to hear from you. What is the thing you most want to see land in that pumpkin-shaped bucket, and what's the absolute worst? Which ones do you accidentally-on-purpose confiscate¹³ pretending to screen for contraband¹⁴? And which ones do you dump in the giveaway bowl at work? Let us know on Twitter at @nprM-I-C-H-E-L and @npratc or on the NPR ATC Facebook page. We'll let you know what you love and what you love to hate tomorrow.

1 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

2 aspirin   

n.阿司匹林

参考例句：

• The aspirin seems to quiet the headache.阿司匹林似乎使头痛减轻了。
• She went into a chemist's and bought some aspirin.她进了一家药店，买了些阿司匹林。

3 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

4 hilarious   

adj.充满笑声的，欢闹的；[反]depressed

参考例句：

• The party got quite hilarious after they brought more wine.在他们又拿来更多的酒之后，派对变得更加热闹起来。
• We stop laughing because the show was so hilarious.我们笑个不停，因为那个节目太搞笑了。

5 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。

6 texture   

n.(织物)质地；(材料)构造；结构；肌理

参考例句：

• We could feel the smooth texture of silk.我们能感觉出丝绸的光滑质地。
• Her skin has a fine texture.她的皮肤细腻。

7 subjective   

a.主观(上)的，个人的

参考例句：

• The way they interpreted their past was highly subjective. 他们解释其过去的方式太主观。
• A literary critic should not be too subjective in his approach. 文学评论家的看法不应太主观。

8 skimp   

v.节省花费，吝啬

参考例句：

• She had to skimp to send her son to college.她必须节俭来供她儿子上大学。
• Older people shouldn't skimp on food or heating.老年人不应过分吝惜食物或取暖方面的开销。

9 tricky   

adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的

参考例句：

• I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
• He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。

10 kit   

n.用具包，成套工具；随身携带物

参考例句：

• The kit consisted of about twenty cosmetic items.整套工具包括大约20种化妆用品。
• The captain wants to inspect your kit.船长想检查你的行装。

11 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。

12 milky   

adj.牛奶的，多奶的；乳白色的

参考例句：

• Alexander always has milky coffee at lunchtime.亚历山大总是在午餐时喝掺奶的咖啡。
• I like a hot milky drink at bedtime.我喜欢睡前喝杯热奶饮料。

13 confiscate   

v.没收(私人财产)，把…充公

参考例句：

• The police have the right to confiscate any forbidden objects they find.如发现违禁货物，警方有权查扣。
• Did the teacher confiscate your toy?老师没收你的玩具了吗？

14 contraband   

n.违禁品，走私品

参考例句：

• Most of the city markets were flooded with contraband goods.大多数的城市市场上都充斥着走私货。
• The customs officers rummaged the ship suspected to have contraband goods.海关人员仔细搜查了一艘有走私嫌疑的海轮。