The five candies you hope to see in your Halloween bag

You ring the bell. You step back from the screen door. And you prepare to say those three little words. This is the world’s best moment of anticipation. The door will open, and a candy basket will appear. And in that basket lies the possibility of candy nirvana.

What follows are the top five candy choices, bar none. No substitutes will be accepted. No candy can supplant these chocolate titans. If you disagree, then you are simply a sucker that I will be glad to trade my Dum-Dum Pops to at the end of the evening.