Top Five Halloween Treats That Make Dentists Rich

The original Gummy Bear was a follow up to the old "Ju-Ju-Bees" or "Dots". In a stroke of genius the Bears were made to be a little softer to chew, but just as hard to scrub off. You can actually feel the sugar coating your teeth. Score - Dentists: 1, Parents: 0.

This delicious candy bar combines the chocolate and rice crispy sizzle of the Nestles Crunch bar (and it's copy-cat American sister, Hershey's Krackle). But then the diabolical wizards added a thick block of gooey caramel to it's base. The combination makes it lethal. Pure chocolate-chewy evil.

It's the candy that can almost bamboozle me to believe that it's healthy, thanks to its "fruit" flavor. If the "original" five fruit flavors aren't enough temptation, the sinister candy-makers expand to include "tropical" and "berries". And with each square neatly sealed in paper, the guilt compounds with every candy I unwrap.

Sure, it's softer than the stale, rock-hard salt water taffy that's been sitting on the bottom shelf of the seaside souvenir shop all summer long. But like the wickedly gooey Gummy Bear, this is simply a ploy to lure you into unwrapping a fist-full of these tasty flavors ranging from banana to lime. Beware! Laffy Taffy has enough pull to change the minds of rational men and extract fillings and rearrange crowns with one small tug.

Unsuspecting kids are especially susceptible to this old-fashioned candy treat. It's technically a taffy, but like another old chewy favorite, (the Slow-Poke) it is the product of a very clever name-change. Think your molars are safe when you bite down into this bar? Think again. You could use this stuff to seal the Space Shuttle on a trip to the moon. The Charleston Chew is the Number One reason why your dentist is rich.