Kerr?s Candy social media team is defending the company?s Molasses Kisses treats on Twitter after a newspaper derided it as ?the worst Halloween candy.?
Kerr?s, which was founded in 1895, promotes the kisses on its website as ?traditional Halloween taffy? and says the candies contain 10 per cent real molasses. The company?s used the same recipe to make them for more than 70 years.
?They get stuck to the wrapper, they get stuck to your teeth and it?s got this weird earthy taste that?s disgusting to almost everyone under the age of 65,? said Tristin Hopper, a National Post reporter, in a video originally published two years ago.
The Post republished the video Thursday with an article by Hopper reasserting his claim and lamenting that the kisses have yet to meet their demise.
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Twitter users took to Kerr?s Candy social media feed with their take on the article, and whoever is running the account is responding brazenly.
?This Halloween don?t scare kids with that wretched Kerr?s molasses candy that you hated as a kid,? wrote one user who goes by Terry, linking to the article.
Instead of ignoring the insult, Kerr?s responded with its own dose of sass.
?You?re right, Terry, you should kee...