@mattsheffield “Though mostly a marketing term, fun-size is the right way to think about Halloween candy from a gastronomic perspective.
To understand why, it’s first necessary to understand what fun means. That’s easier said than done. It’s a word that people use without really knowing what they mean by it.”
Oh boy the whole article is like this.
The newer article is somehow worse: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/trick-or-treating-mixed-candy/689208/


