Think about it. Once a year a bunch of impressionable young children come to your door and give you their undivided attention. This presents the PERFECT opportunity to proselytise. It’s like a reverse Jehovah’s Witness-type situation. While many of the world’s other religions are clever enough to take advantage of this amazing opportunity, Hindus are left behind (mostly due to a lack of creativity it seems). Beliefnet has a great feature that gives us a tasty sampler of some of the divine candy out there, and also provides us insight into why Hinduism faces an uphill battle when it comes to creating converts of the young:

First up is the Christian “Scripture Candy:”

Once you pop, you can’t stop! These scripture-wrapped mints are downright addictive. Not too minty, yet soft enough to melt in your mouth. According to the maker, these mints were created to turn “a pagan holiday into something to glorify God…” [Link]

Why can’t someone make candy with Gita passages?

Next we have Star of David pops:

I’d eat a chocolate Hanuman pop if it existed. I’m just sayin’.

Even Buddhists get in on the action with some cool candy:

Does it mean I’m Evil if I think biting that head off would be fun?

Christians have multiple options just so you know:

Available in traditional mint flavors and fruit flavors, these candies are covered with bilingual biblical sound bites. [Link]

Mintyness is next to Godliness

Even Muslims get a crispy treat in some provocative packaging:

Some panelists found this treat to be “Islamalicious”; a few felt there was “something slightly off” in the flavoring and cited a faint aftertaste. “As a fan of kosher marshmallows, I’m happy to see that Muslims are embracing marshmallows as well,” a Jewish taster noted. [Link]

Does that look like an explosion on the package?

And what do Hindu’s get? A chocolate Om. Its just not very inspiring in comparison if you ask me:

Doesn’t quite inspire me to convert.

Luckily we DO have one cool option. It’s not cheap though and isn’t small enough for mass distribution. Devout Hindus will just have to stand by and watch as rival religions attract new members through their candy this Halloween.

By the way, if you’ll remember back to April Fool’s Day a couple of years ago, I did enter the Hindu candy market myself at one point. It was just a brilliant idea way ahead of its time: