Over on the Slashfood there is an article about Hershey's kisses that starts with this:

The house that gave out Hershey's kisses on Halloween was inevitably considered to be the "cheap" house, the one that wouldn't spend the extra dollar to upgrade from the tiny chocolates to miniature candy bars.

[ Hershey's Kisses for Halloween - Slashfood ]

I don't know if it is age, or the neighborhood where I grew up, but Kisses are more than welcome. Cheap is the house with bags of stale popcorn...