Halloween Junk Food History, Part III: 2005!
Before October slips away, I need to continue my Halloween Junk Food History series! We looked back at 2003 and 2004 in prior videos, so this time, it’s all about 2005.
To put that year into proper context, imagine yourself watching the insect scene from Peter Jackson’s King Kong. On repeat. You’re surrounded by giant crickets.
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Join me on a ten-minute trip to 2005, where we’ll discuss everything from Mountain Dew Pitch Black II to Hi-C Frightening Fruit Punch. Plus some other things that weren’t drinkable. It was a pretty hot year for Halloween junk food, and I’m thankful that I still had the photos to prove it!
Enjoy! I’ve spent the last six hours battling inexplicable technical issues, so I’m gonna go collapse under a pile of throw blankets. If you missed the previous videos in this series, here’s 2003 and here’s 2004.
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Let’s see what’s inside! (Stop reading here if you don’t want to be spoiled!) Read More…
2021’s Best Halloween Junk Food, Part 4!
Welcome to the fourth edition of 2021’s Best Halloween Junk Food, which isn’t even gonna be the last one. I’ll need the benefit of hindsight to be sure, but I can’t remember another year when we got sooo much great stuff. From a foodie perspective, this has gotta be in the running for Best Halloween Ever.
Ghost Pepper Chicken Nuggets!
(Available at Burger King)
Even without any special packaging, Burger King’s Ghost Pepper Chicken Nuggets might be my favorite food of the entire Halloween season. They’re that good!
The heat isn’t daunting, exactly, but it’s pretty severe by fast food standards. It’s that sneak-up-on-you kind of heat, too, which leads me to believe that there’s some capsaicin extract in the mix, along with whatever “real” peppers the King diced up.
Beyond that, they’re just good nuggets in general. Can’t remember the last time I had BK’s chicken nuggets before this week, but they’ve evolved into the perfect midpoint between Applebee’s chicken tenders and McDonald’s McNuggets.
GRADE: A+. I noticed that Burger King is using shadowy ghosts in the online promo images. If those end up in restaurants as window displays, I promise you that I will steal one or die trying. Read More…
Jackpot Finds at a Weird Halloween Store!
Hey, you. Tonight’s video is about a random Halloween store in New Jersey. Not a Spirit Halloween, and not a store that’s part of any big chain. That’s what made it beautiful. The stuff I found at this place could not have been found at any other store. (Seriously, they had giant squeaking cockroaches from 2001 in this joint.)
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In the video, I’ll show you footage of the store and tell you about the wonderful treasures I found there. (And yeah, if you couldn’t tell by the thumbnail, stupid contact lenses were among my finds.)
I hope the vid encourages you to seek out some of the weirder Halloween stores in your town. Whereas a chain like Spirit has consistent stock no matter which location you go to, these one-off shops are completely unique, and if you dig around them long enough, you’re sure to find some awesome goodies.
Enjoy the vid! I’m gonna let this one sail through the weekend, but I’ll be back early next week. In the meantime, drop by Dino Drac After Dark for late night fun, and follow me on Twitter or Instagram to keep tabs on what I had for lunch. Talk soon!