As someone from Puerto Rico, hearing people hate chocolate and coconut is wild. We love dried coconut and coconut shavings over to death, it's a common topping on desserts.

The fact that mint M&Ms were on the list and the fact that circus peanuts weren’t are both really surprising to me.

Never did I hear about our Smarties being one of the most hated sweets, as I personally grew up eating them and have enjoyed getting them from time to time, especially the white chocolate variety! What a strange world, we live in!

Ive always compared eating cheap easter eggs to taking a bite out of a candle

For those who don't know, Bounty Bars aren't available in the US, but are similar to what we have called "Mounds," with the nut version called "Almond Joy" I adore Almond Joys.

My step family are Dutch, and I can confirm that licorice is definitely a European thing. My mom gets my stepdad licorice for Christmas as his candy in the stocking, and my sister and I can never understand how he is able to eat those things without cringing.

For those of us who remember the schoolyard Halloween candy currency exchange, we coconut lovers made out like BANDITS! I have always loved coconut! The going rate of one Mars bar to 3-5 coconut bars meant I could easily triple my candy haul.

In defense of the original twinkie... When Hostess was purchased by Andy and Dean, all of the products have a different recipe. The filling is different in all of the products, not just the twinkie. For instance, the fruit pies don't have fruit in them. I grew up on them and abandoned them after the change. Just not worth the calories anymore 😢

I always was a bit weirded by how much candy corn is hated. They're actually one of my favorite Halloween specific candies, but to each their own

I felt so bad for Strider while I was watching him eat that generic brand Easter Egg chocolate. You know a candy is truly terrible when it sparks early childhood mental trauma in someone almost in their mid 30’s.

18:51-18:56; 21:06-21:08 Seeing those clips of Moose and Zee singing about not liking candy corn took me back. Thank you for using those in the video!

I've always found it weird that people hate coconut and chocolate. I'm from Puerto Rico, and coconut and chocolate is one of our favorite candy combinations!

The Bounty debate brings to mind Mounds and Almond Joy. I can't help but wonder if the addition of whole almonds to dark chocolate and coconut only makes matters worse.

I actually love candy corn and I couldn't get enough of them. I am that proud to be the minority when it comes to the taste of these waxy confections. Also, I found it really hilarious that Moose & Zee of all characters are desperate and willing enough to decide that they would resort to hacking just so they don't have to see a single kernel of candy corn in store shelves.

14:48 It was good enough to convince Edmund to sell out his siblings

I've always been a mint-chocolate junkie, so I legitimately liked the mint M&Ms; was sad to see them vanish. As for black licorice, I can't stand the stuff. I'll always remember Codename: Kids Next Door literally associating black licorice with a curse and portraying even candy pirates as despising the stuff.

Generic easter chocolate is one of my guilty pleasures Its really hard to match the "unique" taste of bottom of the barrel chocolate like that, but man do I love it, in very limited moderation

We may hate these junk foods. But man, we will always love Strider and his amazing videos. Keep up the good work man.

People don't like pretzel M&M's?! But pretzels and chocolate go together so well!! It's salty and sweet!! Who doesn't like salty with sweet?!!😱 I miss pretzel M&M's. Edit: Thank goodness we always got Hershey's eggs. I didn't know they had generic ones, but the wrappers look almost identical to the Hershey's!! I imagine the packaging is the only way to tell them apart, so if you just saw them in a bowl or Easter basket you'd never know!

As an american, smarties were always decently popular among young boys, due to the fact some would crush them into a fine powder and recreate drug usage. Yes, some turned the mouth candy into nose candy. I kinda like them, but i also remember liking circus peanuts, and I love Bounty, so maybe I'm just a scientific anomaly.

Damn I didn't knew Bountys were so hated, they're one of my favourite bars, also I was really confused when you mentioned the dry coconut, in my country at least the coconut in the Bounty bars is super juicy and moist.

Seeing you juggling those tiny, wonky-shaped, foil-wrapped eggs is even more impressive than your usual juggling! They look so awkward to handle, so kudos to you!

Memories of a 90's kid from Hungary: way back when, the Bounty bar used to be something new and exciting for us. It was one of the first "Western" chocolate bars distributed in my area, available for a larger consumer base, not just the super rich. There were TV commecials for it, I still remember it showing a tropical island with the tagline "Bounty: The tase of Eden" or similar. We used to love it! And there were some really good generic Easter eggs, right from the "100 forintos bolt", the Hungarian equivalent of the dollar store. I think they were made from real chocolate, not nougat or similar. They were available for a couple of years. What you can get now are really bad

One candy I hate and don’t see mentioned enough is the generic strawberry hard candies. I don’t even know what they’re called, who makes them, or where people even get them, but they always seem to show up around Halloween, and every old person will probably have them if they’re the type to have a candy dish/bowl somewhere around the house. The outside is okay, but they have this thick, gel-like center that has such an overly strong taste to it, it honestly reminds me of a cough medicine.

As someone with a nut allergy, I'm actually a fan of British smarties and generic Easter eggs. They might not be the best tasting chocolates out there, but there's a lot to be said for not needing to worry about whether or not a dessert is going to kill me.

Smarties are actually one of my favorite candies, but I can see why they’re despised. I personally like the chalky texture

im one of the very rare people who loves bounty chocolate. I just love coconut flavored things, and it never bothered my throat personally. I totally understand why some dont like it, but ill be here in my corner loving them. (theyre not hated where i come from too, i had no idea people didnt like them in other parts of the world until this video) The coconut inside is also never dry, its always very juicy in my country.

Personally, I really like American smarties. I'm not really a fan of very overly sweet things, so the more, I guess, mild taste of smarties is appealing to me. In fact, when my friends and I were staying in a hotel together we got a bunch of smarties, opened them, put them all in a cup, and took "sips" of the cup, which was really just eating a mouthful of smarties

I can't believe I grew up thinking a lot of people liked American Smarties. I actually really enjoy the taste and I still take them from friends to eat lol it's definitely an acquired taste with the chalk texture.

“Caramels, they’d get stuck in your braces wouldn’t it? Lollipops, what we called ‘cavities on a stick.’ Then we have all this, all this chocolate.” Dr. Wilbur Wonka

The way I died laughing at the comment 'GO HOME NABISCO, YOU'RE DRUNK' 🤣🤣

Ironically, when the company that owned twinkies went out of business and we bought up a few years later, they had to increase the shelf life to make them profitable again.

I never realized bounty's were so hated, always enjoyed them every once and a while. Not my all time favorite as peanut butter & chocolate is always my favorite combo, but I always thought the cocoanut & chocolate combo was nice too. Guess you learn something new every day lol.

The best part of actually being a fan of Frys Turkish Delight is that whenever a box of favourites is pulled out I won't have to fight anyone for it

As a Gen Z American Im shocked candy corn is so hated. I always loved it when i during Halloween, alongside peanut butter cups and twix. I totally agree with the Easter egg candy, i still ate it as a kid, but it used to give me headaches if i ate more than a few bites.

up here in brazil we have this candy called "prestigio"- it's basically a bounty bar except it's quite crunchy and the coconut is in the perfect level of sweetness, and in fact it's my favorite chocolate bar of all time! so yeah, i think coconut + chocolate is actually a very nice combination; if you ever go to são paulo or pretty much anywhere in brazil, i very much recommend trying it out

Two howdys in one video? This MUST be a special video!

It's really funny that at first I was offended that Smarties was on this list, but then I realized that I loved to eat chalk as a kid, so the entire reason I loved Smarties was because they had the taste and texture of something you shouldn't even be eating XD

19:24 People are so desperate even Moose and Zee joined the fun!

18:34 Strider maybe you could have said once you pop you’ll want to stop 😂

As someone who has a peanut allergy and avoids M&Ms due to cross contamination concerns, British Smarties are rather special to me cause they were about as close as I got lol

As a person from the uk the smarties hate is unbelievable. I bet most kids in the uk would pick smarties over m&m's. m&m's chocolate might just be different here in the uk but it tastes far better as well imo. The colours are all natural which even leads the orange one to have an orange fruit flavour to it. I do understand though that they are more ment for kids which is why they might be less sweet and have more 'healthy' attributes to them...

21:48 Almond Joy has left the chat

I think the mint m&ms are best used in baking. Mix them in chocolate cookies and you get a flavor as delicious as those overpriced Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies 🍪 😋

I guess those "Circus Peanuts" that taste like nothing were so bad, he couldn't even rate them without vomiting

I personally love candy corn but I kind of understand why others don't like it. It's definitely an acquired taste

I actually liked the pretzel m&m's. Nice texture. Pretzels and chocolate are a rather classic combination.

22:00 mounds are good

Oreo Exectutive: Alright, what type of new oreo flavor should we make next? Some random worker: SWEDISH. FISH! Oreo Executive: Give this man a raise he's a literal GENIUS!!!

I never tried the Swedish Fish Oreos, but I feel like it would've been more palatable if they used the golden Oreo cookie instead of the chocolate one

I adored the generic easter chocolate eggs as a kid. No one would ever eat them so I would munch on them for weeks on end. I still seek them out at times as an adult!

I love the Swedish Fish. Truly a very unique flavor for candy. That being said I never tried the Swedish Fish Oreos. Because they kind of grossed me out. And never really found them appealing from the get go.

My husband did an experiment similar to that Twinkie one, but with a Devil Dog. It's similar to a Twinkie but chocolate cake. He left one on the dashboard of his car and didn't want to eat it, so he decided to see what would happen if he left it there. Apparently, the plastic wrapper decayed and fell apart, and the Devil Dog still had no mold on it.

As a Smarties lover, I can see how a lot more people hate it.

20:39 I’m a kid and I love candy corn is there something wrong with me *gets killed by candy corn haters *

How to eat candy corn: 1. Buy candy corn 2. Put straight into trash

I love how he does his silly personal opinion bits, it's wholesome af Glad this channel has been so amazing for so long

I thought minty chocolate would be a home run, had no idea people disliked the pretzel one

I work for Fred Meyer which is owned by Kroger and was working there when the Swedish Fish Oreo cookies came out. As you know the Swedish fish Oreo was exclusive to Kroger and it was no surprise that they didn’t sell well.

My favorite Jelly Bean flavor is Black Licorice, and I love candy corn. The good thing about liking gross candy is that you never have to share it.

I'm German, and I absolutely love Black Licorice. The more south you get to Europe, the sweeter they seem to be, but only the real salty Scandinavian one is the best. But I also don't like sweet candies, so give me all the licorice you don't want!

I'm the weird one here with the Mint Chocolate MnMs. I absolutely love them! That said I kind of had a feeling it's not very popular. My entire family hates them meaning when I get them I don't have to share lol. No one else will touch these and I feel like I have my very own snack in my big family. I thought they were discontinued but thanks to your video I looked them up and I guess I can still buy them from the company directly. Just ordered 12 large bags

I live in the town that Twinkies were made for alll those many years. We had a Hostess Outlet that you could get all those treats and bread super cheap…it was great. When it was announced they just up and closed without notice, that was really crappy for those workers. If I remember right, another factory took anyone that wanted a job quickly. Now the factory is a really cool cycle bar with amazing microbrews. It was a great addition for our downtown.

I actually liked Twinkies. I even tried them recently during my break at my job at Fred Meyers. But one junk food I didn't like was chocolate flavored Skittles. I tried them from my college vending machine and I regretted it and couldn't even finish the bag.

I'll never forget buying a family pack of strawberry twizzlers thinking they'd taste like any strawberry gummy, and finding out then and there that I despise anything resembling licorice.

It's funny hearing you bring up the generic Easter egg chocolates. As a kid my mom exclusively bought Easter chocolates from the Dollar Tree. I noticed it tasted kinda weird but I still liked it enough to eat them all. Maybe I had an acquired taste from eating then for so many years. I wonder if adult me would still like it as I haven't had them for years now 😂

18:46 the apple cheddar chips were probably thinking of a savory version of apple pie with cheese. However the cheese you use with apple pie is NOT smoked.

I see that Twinkies are not the most popular candy here too. Basically every original US sweet in Germany is rather expensive, but Twinkies are available in the 1€ stores.

As a danish person it sound unreal that licorice would be such a hated thing especially among kids. It's simply a delicacy.

I used to eat a ton of chocolate eggs. I once ate a 1 lb. chocolate rabbit during a school trip. I eat any milk chocolate that lacks a filling. These days it's Jersey Milk, Dairy Milk, AERO, and Lindt Bars. I think I might be a Chocoholic.😆

I always liked Zingers more than Twinkies though I was never huge into either. They were occasional cravings. It's actually been so long since I've had one that I don't even know if Zingers are still around or not.

UK here and I actually prefer smarties to m&ms because they're less sweet so I can enjoy the chocolate more. (Plus lots of childhood memories of them as a treat lol.) Also bounty bars were my mums favourite chocolate, but we cant seem to find them anymore. She likes any coconut and chocolate possibly because it reminds her of tropical holidays, so I guess she's in that 18%. And we both adore that Turkish delight, I love roses and it's like eating the essence of a sweet rose wrapped up in sultry chocolate... Though I love the normal Turkish delight with powdered sugar too, but then I was brought up on it. If you dont like liquorice I'd love to see your reaction to sarsaparilla, it's like drinking liquorice lol. I used to have that when I was little too, definitely an acquired taste...

8:35 I keep forgetting that Hoodlum and Strider are friends! 😂 whenever Hoodlum appears on screen it takes me back to when I used to watch his KZfaq channel when I first got into Creepypasta and 😂

*Rockets or Smarties?* Here, in Canada, we have both! Funny story: my mother used to be under the unfortunate _care_ of a doctor who would prescribe her lots and lots of pills. This meant that there were lots of empty pill bottles around the house. Since my favourite candy, at the time, was the chocolate Smarties, I would sort them by colour, put them in cleaned pill bottles and create my own little Smarties medecine cabinet in an old shoe box. When my mother would be taking a pill, I would eat a Smarties button candy to mimic her. Seeing me eat so many candies made her realize just how many pills she was gulping down so she eventually quit the pills and the doctor. So did I, lay off the Smarties... Another triumph for Smarties!

Sour patch kids Oreos is a new contender. I'm surprised people hate the lemon ones, they're really good.

@ 3:17 I love pretzel M&Ms. They’re my favorite kind of M&M. Sweet and salty is such a great combination!

Surprised to see bounty at no. 2. I actually really enjoy it. It's like my 2nd favorite chocolate bar, right after snickers.

I remember when the Swedish fish oreos came out. No one bought them and the store I was working in at the time had marked them down to $1 each and still no one bought them. I love Swedish fish and had a field day. I do get why some people didn't like them. Every so often there would be a chemical like aftertaste that was pretty unpleasant. The fruit medicine puree description is pretty accurate description of the aftertaste

21:29 for a sec thought you going to talk bounty soap and then think why eating soap now? 😅

Sadly, I actually really enjoy the generic rate eggs, candy corn, and licorice (and I would probably LOVE bounty bars) but I get where others are coming from. I think my not so good taste in candy comes from only being allowed sugar free stuff as a child. 🤣

To me, one of the most prominent 'why do these exist' foods that come to mind is Peeps.

I think the idea of a banana split oreo sounds amazing if done well but I guess it wasn't done very well 😅

I absolutely love licorice. I even loved it when I was a child, It was so weird to me when I realized people actually hated the candy.

Phantomstrider uploading a video brightens my day. Especially when I really need it brightened.

As someone with peanut allergy, i love the british smarties because its pretty rare to have peanut free chocolat candy.

I used to look at candy corn on tv and wonder what flavour it had (I had fantasies of it tasting like buttery sweet popcorn) then I finally tried one as a young adult and found that they taste like a crumbly old honey scented candle.

The song at 2:51 is “Get Out of Town” from M&M’s the Lost Formulas/Shell Shocked! Good and fitting music choice, that song is really good.

I love every little Strider morsel we get, no bad "strider snacks" in this package! For an episode idea, why not look at banned or wacky commercials? Perhaps look at the "Blank the rainbow taste the rainbow." commercials from Skittles, I know they got StRaNgE.

Phantomstrider has gifted us today with content! I am grateful 🙇

I must have old person taste buds because seeing the “worst” Halloween candy list kinda made me question why some were hated like I was shocked, I love Tootsie rolls, peanut butter kisses, candy corn and circus peanuts, I think some people are just exaggerating those candies are so good.

British Smarties: "They do everything I do" M&Ms: "But better"

I actually find Twinkies good (I’m 22) and I haven’t had Candy Corn in a while, but I thought they were not bad at all. Thanks for the video, Strider!

During the Twinkie Panic of 2012, my family managed to get a single box because my brother and I had never actually tasted them. That was the last Twinkie I've ever had. I tasted it and promptly decided it would not be a tragedy if they were discontinued.

I LOVED the pumpkin spice Oreos. They need to make a comeback.

Ooh as a poor kid growing up in America in the 2000s, we also had those generic mini easter egg chocolates! I never threw them up, but they were definitely the chocolate that I would only eat weeks later after I'd eaten all the good candy and was in desperation mode for sweets. From what I remember, they just taste like cheap sugar and maybe the factory worker making them was thinking about chocolate, but that's the closest it gets to tasting like chocolate. It's funny as someone who grew up in a small town in Texas that the only other person I've seen mention them is an Australian lol. Did you also have those pink bubblegums that came in a yellow and blue wrapper that literally tasted like garbage? That was my most hated Halloween "candy" growing up and I swear I always got a million of them. Side note, I love Almond Joys which seem to be the American equivalent of Bounty bars but with almonds on top of the coconut. There's a few vegan companies that make Almond Joy equivalents, so they're one of the only chocolate bars from my childhood that I can still kind of experience now. IDK why British people hate coconut and chocolate so much lol.

I love bounty chocolates, whenever I've had celebrations it's always the mars bars chocolates that nobody wants and are left in the celebrations box. That's disappointing to find out that they have removed bounty bars from celebration boxes. Jenna xx 😀

Smarties actually started out as having different flavors for the candy coating. I don't know when or why they stopped doing that.

Everything you mentioned that I have tried I absolutely love! And everything that you mentioned that I haven't tried sounds rather good to me!

Have never had a Bounty bar, but have always liked Almond Joy, which is chocolate-covered sweetened moist coconut with an almond on top. Oskri has a really good dark chocolate-covered moist sweetened coconut bar also. I usually don't like dark chocolate much, but when it enrobes coconut, it actually tastes good. I tried Ocho dark chocolate coconut bar once and liked it. Maybe the problem with Bounty bars is that their coconut filling is too dry and maybe not sweet enough. Moist and sweet is the way to go for coconut filling.

Man, I remember having Bounty as favorite candy in my childhood. It was kinda surprising hear about them being hated. I didn't taste it in a long time, so I don't know if my relationship with it now would've been the same