Spirit of Portland 2015

This Head to Head pits caramel and nougat against Bart Simpson's favorite. For your consideration, I present Butterfinger VS Milky Way! Nougat remains a mystery food to me. I never got the Three Musketeers bar, because to me, nougat is just filler...

In my search for Halloween stuff made by Mainers, I hit the jackpot on Etsy, Maine Oddity Shop! A shop that makes ears and tails!  This is exciting to me because I have always wanted a tail. It's strange, but true. And the tail that I have envisioned having is fluffy like this one...

Growing up in the Seventies meant we could get in the Halloween spirit every Saturday morning watching a new episode of Scooby-Doo. And who among us doesn't love the theme song? "Scooby, dooby, doo...where are  you? We got some work to do now."

There are two big costume trends this year, group costumes and throwback pop culture costumes. Orah, from Freedom, Maine nails it by offering patterns that combine both! The name of her Etsy shop is injoytreasures, check it out! I was a huge fan of The Jetsons, but The Flintstones would be a lot of fun too...

We've had a nice run of tasty Halloween treats to choose from in the past few Head to Head challenges. Now it's time to visit the dark side. The sad findings in Halloween bags that make us question the humanity of neighbors. How are these candy...

Our's is a house divided in this match up. Who do you choose? The deeply satisfying mash-up of chocolate and peanut butter in a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup?, or the rush of minty freshness and chocolate from a York Peppermint Patty? I personally love the snap through the chocolate as my teeth break through to the inner peppermint filling of a peppermint patty...