The Candy Bowl
In 2023's Holiday Spooktacular, Benito Cereno joined your hosts to rank candy in the classic bracket format of October Oddities. He was once again called on to recommend movies for the hosts to enjoy.
Recommendations for Matt
- When Evil Lurks
- Something in the Dirt
- Infinity Pool
- Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
- Huesera: The Bone Woman
- Resurrection
Recommendations for Chris
Seeds
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- Snickers
- Kit Kat
- Hershey Bar
- M&M’s (Peanut)
- M&M’s (Plain)
- Twix
- Twizzlers
- Skittles
- Gummy Bears
- Reese’s Pieces
- Three Musketeers
- Sour Patch Kids
- Jolly Ranchers
- Milky Way
- Almond Joy
- Butterfinger
- Mounds
- Hershey’s Kisses
- Mr. Goodbar
- Crunch Bar
- Tootsie Rolls
- Smarties
- Candy Corn
Qualifying Round
Because there were 24 competitors, the bottom 16 seeds had to battle it out in a qualifying round:
| Match | Entrants | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16. Almond Joy | 17. Butterfinger | Almond Joy |
| 2 | 9. Skittles | 24. Candy Corn | Skittles |
| 3 | 13. Sour Patch Kids | 20. Mr. Goodbar | Mr. Goodbar |
| 4 | 12. Three Musketeers | 21. Crunch Bar | Crunch Bar |
| 5 | 15. Milky Way | 18. Mounds | Milky Way |
| 6 | 10. Gummy Bears | 23. Smarties | Gummy Bears |
| 7 | 14. Jolly Ranchers | 19. Hershey’s Kisses | Hershey’s Kisses |
| 8 | 11. Reese’s Pieces | 22. Tootsie Rolls | Reese’s Pieces |
Main Bracket
| Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Final 4 | Championship | ||||||||||||
| Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups | |||||||||||||||
| Almond Joy | |||||||||||||||
| Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups | |||||||||||||||
| Skittles | |||||||||||||||
| Twizzlers | |||||||||||||||
| Skittles | |||||||||||||||
| Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups | |||||||||||||||
| M&M’s (Peanut) | |||||||||||||||
| Hershey Bar | |||||||||||||||
| Mr. Goodbar | |||||||||||||||
| Mr. Goodbar | |||||||||||||||
| M&M’s (Peanut) | |||||||||||||||
| M&M’s (Peanut) | |||||||||||||||
| Crunch Bar | |||||||||||||||
| Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups | |||||||||||||||
| Reese’s Pieces | |||||||||||||||
| Snickers | |||||||||||||||
| Milky Way | |||||||||||||||
| Milky Way | |||||||||||||||
| Twix | |||||||||||||||
| Twix | |||||||||||||||
| Gummy Bears | |||||||||||||||
| Milky Way | |||||||||||||||
| Reese’s Pieces | |||||||||||||||
| Kit Kat | |||||||||||||||
| Hershey’s Kisses | |||||||||||||||
| Kit Kat | |||||||||||||||
| Reese’s Pieces | |||||||||||||||
| M&M’s (Plain) | |||||||||||||||
| Reese’s Pieces | |||||||||||||||