ENCORE Presentation: Ep 396 – A Tasting of Halloween Candy Pairings (and why candy and wine don’t mix)

ByElizabeth Schneider

From the archives, I am relaunching the funniest show I’ve ever done: Ep 396 -Halloween Candy Pairings with Patrons Kelsey and Colby Eliades. 

We scoured the internet to find commonly recommended pairings, so we could actually try them and tell you if any of these things actually work. The news isn’t great (candy and wine are HORRIBLE together), but we did find a few diamonds in the rough, including an extremely surprising combo that I thought could be lethal!

Here are the combos we tested…

  • Pop rocks with Prosecco

  • Candy corn with Prosecco and Moscato d’Asti

  • Gummy worms with Rosé

  • Sour Patch Kids with off-dry Riesling

  • Starburst and Moscato d’Asti

  • Twizzlers, and Swedish Fish with Beaujolais

  • Kit Kat with Pinot Noir

  • Peppermint Patties with Syrah

  • Reese’s Peanut Butter cups and Reese’s Pieces with Lambrusco  

  • Hershey’s bars and Whoppers with Zinfandel

  • Port-style Zinfandel with M&Ms, Snickers, Twix, Heath bar

And, so concludes my attempt at pairing wine with Halloween candy. We did the encore, I am so thankful for Kelsey and Colby for participating, and now I’m never doing this again 😂😂😂!

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