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halloween

Trick-or-Treating for Grownups, Candy Corn in Bed and More (AUDIO)

In the annual Halloween show Dan interviews his aunt Meryl, a 50-something woman who eats sweets like she's five. She uses her dog to score candy and equates animal crackers to cereal. Plus callers debate cereal sans milk.

Count Chocula, Franken Berry and Boo Berry Analyzed and Reviewed (AUDIO)

Dan covers all things monster cereals including ideal soaking time, ideal cereal-to-marshmallow ratio, ideal combinations of monster cereals, and much more.

Kit Kat Kerfuffle Engulfs Innocent Young Boy

In this week's Halloween episode, Sporkful Eater and candy blogger Patti from Connecticut laid out a very elaborate and potentially controversial Kit Kat consumption method. But even if they don't subscribe to her complicated eating philosophy, most Kit Kat fans can agree that it's a lot more fun to eat the Kit Kat by breaking apart the fingers, rather than

Halloween 2011 (Ep 94)

This week we're talking about a number of key candy issues with special guests in time for Halloween. You'll hear from a Colorado-based Eater whose highly comprehensive candy treatise is on our blogand a candy blogger who has a Kit Kat eating technique that is bound to cause sustained widespread controversy or at the very least an significant uptick in

The Sporkful

Gabe, a Sporkful Eater in Colorado, e-mailed us an unusually long, detailed and sometimes explicit set of thoughts on candy and other treats commonly given out for Halloween. It caught our eye and we decided to call him up for our Halloween show, which comes out Tuesday. For now, check out Gabe's thoughts and let us

New Sporkful Junior Eaters Society Member-Presidents

We're always inducting new members into the Sporkful Junior Eaters Society and like to share their work from time to time. After the jump, check out a Halloween costume from Nathan in Washington, DC and drawing from Lia in St. Paul, MN. So how can your kid become a member? It's easy - just have them email us us any work of art