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Two popular candy bars recalled over potential “life-threatening” ingredient days before Halloween.

I cannot confirm or deny the brand of candy bar they are talking about as I’m unwilling to press the button to “read for free with ads and cookies”, because actually my life does not depend on me knowing what type of candy bar it is. I haven’t bought any yet.

Assuming they are successful at withdrawing them from the shelves, why worry? Which,(ever the optimist) I think they will be. For those who have bought them; well I hope you are subscribers to the Independent or visit your supermarket regularly and read the “Danger Product Withdrawal Posters ” Anyway, I haven’t bought or am likely to buy any Halloween Candy . I might make some for fun.

For those of you, however, who have invested in Halloween Candy and are now concerned, well isn’t that just the spirit of Halloween eh? Those bright orange pumpkin shaped gobstoppers , with purple eyes , I mean where’s the fun without a bit of danger. The purple chocolate and the strands of white plastic like shards in the shape of a skeleton. The added excitement that your candy bar might be laced with arsenic (easily detected) or perhaps asbestos ( for a slow lingering, law suit ridden death).

Perhaps this Headline is just a ruse to add an extra layer of creepy fun to Halloween. Then maybe they are deadly serious. Beware!

PS If you are an existing subscriber to the Independent and find out what the Candy Bar is , please let me know in the comments. Just for creepy curiosity sake.

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