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Halloween is finally here and so are the warnings to kids and parents alike about precautions that steps both can take to make sure everyone is safe this Halloween. It seems like every year there is a scare around Halloween and candy. When I w...

Here's one way to know which homes will be handing out candy on Halloween.

A local Facebook user noticed a gentleman selling candy apples at a Lubbock intersection.

That's one way to alleviate a hot sweaty club show.

Oh boy, mint and cinnamon are not in this companies pallette.

One thing we love around here is sweets, can't get enough.

Kool Smiles for Kids is bringing back a great event for the 6th year. Operation Troop Treats encourages Lubbock kids to bring in their candy to donate for troops overseas. In exchange, kids will get a toy for their candy. From Kool Smiles: "Operation Troop Treats promotes good dental health and gives Lubbock children and families an opportunity to send deployed U...

This year, some children in Fargo, North Dakota may get a bigger trick than treat when hitting the streets for trick-or-treating. That's because a woman in the city has decided to take a stand against childhood obesity, which on its face it's a noble effort. However, the method in which she is doing it is turning heads.

So Big comes in to tell me about "Crazybones" suckers.  They're cool.  They're regular lollipops except the stick looks like a skeletal leg or arm.  I'm thinking, cool, I'll Google this and see if I can get some for this Halloween.  I found the Crazybones, but I found something truly heinous in the process.  More after the jump.

I made a brief visit to the convenience story the other morning and had a brief WTF? moment.  That moment quickly turned to one of elation and yes, desire.  More after the jump.

This morning while talking to the Heathen I happened to mention a "Chunky" bar.  He had no idea of what I was talking about. Now for the record a Chunky bar was various nuts and raisins mixed into a square, thick candy bar.  Yep, none of those new fangled 'rectangular' bars for us..we got our candy bars in squares and WE LIKED IT.  More after the jump.

Yes I'm an expert on a lot of things.  One of them is "Easter Candies".  Easter is the holiday with the best candies, mostly because a lot of them, but not all, are chocolate based.  Think about it, Halloween is cheap candy, Christmas is peppermint and stuff (and you can get those at Sonic anytime), and despite the high chocolate quotient, Valentines candy is mostly for girls (sorry it'