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- Curtiss Baby Ruth Halloween Treats Candy Box, 1958 - Halloween trick-or-treating as we know it today became common throughout America by 1950. Costumed children back then could receive a variety of goodies -- coins, toys, fruits, nuts, or even baked goods. Over the years pre-packaged candy became the treat of choice. In the late 1950s, the Curtiss Candy Company made small, two-cent-sized Baby Ruth candy bars to hand out to bell-ringing goblins.

- 1958
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Curtiss Baby Ruth Halloween Treats Candy Box, 1958
Halloween trick-or-treating as we know it today became common throughout America by 1950. Costumed children back then could receive a variety of goodies -- coins, toys, fruits, nuts, or even baked goods. Over the years pre-packaged candy became the treat of choice. In the late 1950s, the Curtiss Candy Company made small, two-cent-sized Baby Ruth candy bars to hand out to bell-ringing goblins.