What to do.....
Why not match the candy with some adult beverages?
I read an article about matching popular Halloween candy with beer. Why not wine? I copied the beer article's link below if you want to check it out yourself. Here are the candies, the beer pairing from the article and my wine recommendations.
Snickers: beer: milk stout; wine: Brachetto. There is a lot going on in a Snickers bar, with all those sweet and salty flavors attacking your palate. Brachetto is a sweet rose' sparkler from Italy. The sweet strawberry flavors will complement the milk chocolate, while the bubbles and slight acidity will do well with the salt.
Milky Way: beer: milk stout again or an English barleywine. Wine: Tawny Port - no doubt about it.
Reese's Peanut Butter Cup: beer: sweet or imperial stout or a sweetened fruit lambic; wine: The Brachetto would work here too, but I think a Merlot would also be very interesting.
Sour Patch Kids: beer: Flemish red ale or American IPA; wine: tough one. When in doubt - Champagne!
Candy Corn: beer: English ESB or American or English IPA; wine: gotta be sweet. Icewine or Sauternes.
Dark Chocolate: This wasn't part of the beer article, but a big Syrah/Shiraz or Cabernet would both do nicely here.
http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2012/10/halloween-candy-goes-best-with-beer.html
Tom
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