The Starz series Outlander continues a trend of romance-heavy historical dramas that have become ever more popular in the last decade. With the elaborate costuming and wide range of characters, the show has spawned its own little world of dress-up outside of Halloween

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If you don't frequent conventions or Renaissance Faires, you don't have much of a place to wear your Scottish best- unless you take full advantage of the Halloween season rolling around. While you try to decide between some simple tartan or something more elaborate, take some time to have a look at the various characters that appear in the series- and see how they match up with the delicious candies that are such a part of this time of year.

Reese’s Cups - Jamie

Sam Heughan

In some ways, the Reeses is the Platonic ideal of the candy. It’s chocolate and peanut butter and, in whatever form it takes, it’s always blended together in perfect proportions. Likewise, Jamie is sort of the Platonic ideal of the romantic hero: strong yet tender, ferocious yet intelligent, beautiful yet tough. From the moment that he meets Claire, it’s clear that the two of them are going to be in it for the long haul, and their romance is one for the ages. 

Kit Kat - Ian

Ian trying to exchange the necklace for Roger in Outlander

Ian is a bit of an adorable fellow, even if he does manage to get himself into more than a bit of trouble and again. Despite the nonstop difficulties that he causes his uncle and Claire, there’s no denying that he’s a good character, even if rather unremarkable in other ways. That’s a pretty accurate description of the Kit Kat as well. While it’s perfectly tasty and satisfactory (and sometimes one does want a break of it), in most ways it’s a very plain sort of chocolate. 

Twizzlers - Geillis

Geillis looking at someone in outlander

Geillis is one of the more fascinating secondary characters that appear in the series. While at first she seems to be an ally for Claire, someone who understands her (since they’re both from the future), she ultimately reveals that she’s more of a monster than anything else. Like the Twizzler, which also pretends to be something that it’s not--in this case, licorice masquerading as a fruit-flavored candy--Geillis shows one face to the world while keeping her cunning mind carefully under wraps. 

Candy Corn - Jack Randall

Black jack randall outlander

Candy Corn is sort of the black sheep of the Halloween season. While it’s sweet enough, there’s just not a lot about it that makes it any way a palatable choice to eat on this festive holiday. There’s likewise very little that’s redeeming about Jack Randall, to have ever appeared on television.

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He doesn’t seem to really have any pleasures in life other than being cruel to others, and this makes him very easy to hate (and makes it difficult to find anything redeeming about him).

Snickers - Dougal

Dougal Mackenzie looking seriously at the camera in Outlander

The Snickers is a layered and textured sort of Halloween candy, with all sorts of flavors contending with one another. Biting into it, one is always vaguely surprised that such a commonplace candy could be so rich and complex. Dougal is one of the more nuanced characters to have appeared on the show, particularly since he seems to genuinely love Jamie, even as he ultimately turns against him. Even though he becomes something of a villain, it’s still impossible to really hate him.

Hershey’s Bar - Murtagh

murtagh outlander

The thing about a Hershey’s bar is that one can always count on it to be delicious. It doesn’t try to be something it’s not; it doesn’t try to put on airs to attract the consumer. Even the addition of almonds isn’t really that flashy. In the series, that’s the sort of thing that sets Murtagh apart. He’s rather plain to look at, but he has a devotion to Jamie and Claire that is second to none. Time and again, he shows them that he is one of the few people that they can always count on, just as one can always count on a Hershey’s. 

Sweet Tarts - Jenny

Jenny Outlander

Jenny is, of course, Jamie’s sharp-tongued sister. She proves pretty consistently that she doesn’t have time for nonsense, and she is initially quite suspicious of Claire. However, it’s repeatedly stressed that, beneath the sour exterior, there’s a heart of gold. One can’t help but see a lot of similarities between her and the Sweet Tart, a candy that also hits the tongue with a bit of tartness before revealing the sweetness lurking just under the surface.

Sour Patch Kids - Frank

Frank Randall scowling in Outlander

Poor Frank. Claire’s husband in the present really does seem to love her, even after she returns to him carrying another man’s child. Ultimately, of course, he can’t quite reconcile himself to the truth of their irreparably damaged relationship. Like the Sour Patch Kids, which have a blend of the sweet and the sour, he shows time and again that, though he is resentful of Claire for her infidelity, a part of him will always love her, no matter what happens between them. 

M&Ms - Claire

Claire is, of course, the major protagonist of the series, and in written form she narrates the entire first novel in first person. Anyone who has seen an M&M knows that it can be a remarkably flexible candy, repeatedly expanding to take account of changing tastes, as can be seen with the addition of such things as almonds, peanut butter, and pretzels.

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Claire, likewise, finds herself able to survive in whatever world she finds herself, whether that’s in a Scotland about to be torn apart by war or in the changing world of 1950s America.

Starburst - Lord John

Lord John Grey looking seriously at someone off camera in Outlander

There’s a lot to be said about Starburst, which are tremendously tasty pieces of candy. It’s almost as if a bit of the sun were packed into little fruit-flavored squares. In all of the series that has aired so far, there’s only one character that seems to be unequivocally good, and that is Lord John. He’s just such a delight to watch, and he seems to genuinely care about Jamie’s well-being in a way that is very rare among the male characters that appear. 

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