'tis the season... for a tummyache

Gather 'round, candylovers, I'm about to give you my run down on my favorite candies ever. I like to think that I'm removed enough from the topic to be able to keep it to the top 10, but I know I can't. There are too many options -- do you go with chocolate or fruity? Minty or sugary? Crunchy or bouncy? Do you stick to something you know you can control yourself with, or do you reward yourself with something extravagant?

In an effort to avoid argument, I've broken it down into five categories:

1. Chocolate (obviously)
2. Fruity (also obvious)
3. Oh No, Not Again (candy, which, by nature of being candy, I'll eat, but I won't be happy about it)
4. Candy I'd Take to a Deserted Island So I Can Eat As Much of it As I Want With Nobody Else Looking On
5. Other Favorites (i.e. everything else)
   

Chocolate.
I love chocolate. But I grew up thinking that it was too good to be good for you, and as such, I can actually eat it in moderation. But add something really tasty to it (like peanut butter) and I'm in big trouble. The top five I'd like to see in this year's trick or treat bag?
1. Reese's pieces or cups
2. Butterfinger
3. Peanut M&Ms
4. Mounds
5. Dove Bars

Fruity
Now, this is where I have my great downfall. Because, "fruity" candy, generally not being made out of fat, convinces me I can eat it until the cows come home. And I do. And then I realize that I am, in fact, one of the cows.
1. Red Vines. (Like Twizzlers, but WAAAAAY better)
2. Mike & Ikes
3. Swedish Fish/Gummi Bears
4. Chuckles/Sunkist Chews
5. Fruit Mentos

Oh No, Not Again
This is the stuff that manages to creep into plastic pumpkins across the nation, but is just garbage. Nobody should be giving these out. Least of all to me.
1. Sour Patch Kids
2. Fireballs
3. Blow Pops
4. Nerds
5. DOTS(I'm not even mentioning that hard-as-a-rock gum or other lame pieces of hard candy. They're beneath my radar on this one.) I can also live without Raisenets, Jujubees, Rolos, Airheads and Now 'n' Laters.

Candy I'd Take to a Deserted Island So I Can Eat as Much of it as I Want With Nobody Else Looking On
Um, all of it? No, these are my secret little loves. Which make my butt anything but secret or little.
1. Candy Corn
2. Tootsie Rolls (and all the different flavor variations)
3. Peeps (even though they're not Halloween candy)
4. Jelly Bellies
5. Circus Peanuts.

(I KNOW that circus peanuts are disgusting. That's why I'm taking them to a deserted island so I can't hear you throwing up while I eat them)

Other Favorites
Um, everything? I like me some whoppers, bit o honey, good 'n' fruity (plenty I can live without), those cute little Halloween coins with chocolate inside? I'm pretty much open to suggestion.

And, as a treat, as I was searching for images to use in this post (which idea, as you can see, I've since abandoned) I came across this, which made me rethink my life completely:

SWEET!