Where to buy Kerr’s orange and black wrapper ‘Halloween’ candies?

November 10, 2015 8:27 AM

I’m looking for those terrible candies that you resented in your Halloween loot bag as a kid. I need to buy some, ideally online. Must ship to Canada. My Google-fu is failing me, only turning up out-of-stocks from Halloween. There has got to be somewhere that stocks them year round. What store/site is this?
posted by walkinginsunshine to Shopping (9 answers total)

I could usually get them from the Fleet Farm bulk candy bins. Do you have a bulk candy bin type of store (sometimes grocery stores, farm and fleet stores, etc)?
posted by jillithd at 8:28 AM on November 10, 2015

Candyality in Chicago might have them. Last time I was there they seemed to have every candy ever made.
posted by _Mona_ at 8:48 AM on November 10, 2015

Can you contact Canadian Sweets and see if they still have some in the back room somewhere? They're in Etobicoke, and Kerr's itself is in Toronto, so who knows.
posted by St. Hubbins at 8:57 AM on November 10, 2015

They're called "peanut butter kisses" or peanut butter taffy, and Amazon has them.
posted by cuddles.mcsnuggy at 9:35 AM on November 10, 2015 [1 favorite]

Shoppers Drugmart ( Canadian pharmacy chain ) had them this year, I bought a bag a month ago.
posted by seawallrunner at 10:26 AM on November 10, 2015

These vile things? "Molasses kiss"?

Amazon.com doesn't ship a lot of stuff to Canada, especially food, and I don't think those are the brand we got in Canadian treat bags. There's an peanut butter kiss eBay listing that ships to Canada, also the wrong brand, though.
posted by kmennie at 10:40 AM on November 10, 2015

In Quebec these are known as Tire Ste-Catherine and Oscar sells them. They don't carry Kerr's though.
posted by zadcat at 11:27 AM on November 10, 2015

If it's the Kerr's Molasses kiss you're referring to, I've seen them at Bulk Barn this year, and according to their website, they do (or did) stock them for Halloween. Is there one near you that might be blowing out leftover Halloween stock?
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 11:35 AM on November 10, 2015

This may not help you until next year, but Dollarama carries the "Originals" brand (from Quebec I think) which is also the version carried by Shoppers Drug Mart. Same molasses-y taffy, similar mostly-orange wrapper. I learned my lesson the last two years and stocked up this year. But as of Monday, the Shoppers near my house still had some small bags, so check them and Dollarama.
posted by sarahkeebs at 8:06 PM on November 11, 2015