We went trick-or-treating with our friends and ironically, completely by accident, the boys were both Spiderman (luckily Conrad let his evil side show by choosing the 'dark' side of Spidey, with his matching rain boots!) and both girls were dragon/dinosaurs! (Although we couldn't get either one to put their "head" on)
It rained a little but at least we didn't have to wear winter coats!
The candy selection was interesting to see. There wasn't a lot of chocolate handed out (better that way, maybe that will keep me out of their stash!) probably because chocolate can be quite expensive over here. Mostly people gave out gummy candies and hard candies or lollipops. We were out for about an hour and then headed home to drop the treat bags and head to the neighborhood block party.
Dark-side Spidey takes a load off, shows us his boots and has a ciggie. (It's just a lollie but doesn't it look like a smoke?)
Then he thanks his guns for helping haul in his major stash!
It wasn't until the following morning that I got a good look at what was in the kids' bags. For the most part since it was almost all westerners participating I found that it was pretty normal stuff. Some of the flavors were a little unexpected, lychee or mango lollies, (but thank goodness no durian!) and then I found this:
Yes, look closely: that is a corn-flavored lollipop. After my initial shock wore off I thought "Hey, maybe it'll taste like Sugar Corn Pops, my all-time favorite cereal!" But no, it simply, amazingly, tastes like an ear of boiled corn. I guess it's not altogether surprising since many Asian desserts consist of a rice base topped with corn and red beans. (I was surprised not to find any red bean or green tea-flavored treats but again, this was the westerners handing it all out.) So I guess it's meant to be paired with this lollipop:
In the end I'm left to wonder: Candy - trick or treat?
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