Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for November 03, 2019

What I would do as a kid is trade the candy I don’t like to people who DO like that candy in favor of candy I DO like.

So Phoebe has already eaten the “chuckle’s”, “Mix” and “Creamyroad”? She keeps this up and she could beat Pinkie Pie in an eating contest.

(Don’t eat the pennies, kid.)

So I’m guessing Phoebe’s neighborhood lacks a considerate soul who includes a free Halloween comic with candy. Deplorable!

Yeah I hit the comic store prior to Halloween myself to get those HCF titles before the 31st.

Dang, I usually don’t reach that state until mid-December.

Eat the worst first…

What is the difference between granola bars and unicorn food? Desperation.

Phoebe must do it the reverse, or eat her favorite candy and her avoiding two at a time at the same time.

Phoebe’s predicament kind of reminds me of Linus’ one in this classic Peanuts strip: https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1963/12/08

“What if you did not eat all the candy?” That’s crazy talk.

Gotta get that sugar fix! :D

I remember the candy ratings from my long-ago trick-or-treating. About midway down was the peanut butter saltwater taffy (in orange or black wrappers), then the rolls of things that looked like Sweetarts but were flavorless sugar, finally to cellophane packs of blue-gray sugar pills.

You’re just talking nonsense, Marigold.

“Too caramel-y” is not a thing.

And a long stomachache too.

I used to toss out my candy corn for the birds and the squirrels—and they never DID forgive me!

You always eat the candy you don’t like. That’s how you find out you liked it all along!

I prefer to mix it up and never eat more than two of the same type of candy in a row. Give it a sort of rhythm.

I think I was about 7 or 8 when I started doing that but with a twist. I put all the candy that I did not like in a Tupperware container to give out the next year.

I’d never eat coconut candy under any circumstances.

I’ll take the coconutty stuff!

In my large family, some kids wanted to eat the good stuff first, some wanted to save and savor it, and my youngest brother just ate until throwing up, the first year he was allowed to make his own choice. I kind of averaged: A few of the uninteresting and a good one or two… ending with the good one so I had that taste in my mouth afterward.

What about “too waxy”? Yes, yes I am talking about candy corn.

Too chalky would be the Necco wafers.

I find your taste changes over the years. Things I could live on I can’t stand now.

‘too caramel-y’? WHAT THE HECK DOES THAT MEAN?!?

Too… caramel-y? does not compute

My strategy is. To eat the gross stuff first, then eat all the good stuff until the next Halloween, when I fill up my pumpkin with even more candy, which I get more than I would’ve if I had eaten all my candy, and keep doing so until I need a pillowcase for all my candy.