Have you seen the prices for candy lately? Especially chocolatey stuff?

Me too but it's giving me ideas for next year.

I'm sure you're right, but I could see something like this happening by accident in my childhood home. Bouillon cubes get left on the counter/in an unorganized cupboard. Dad (or mom) who doesn't immediately recognize them is doing cleaning/organizing and tosses them in the candy drawer/cupboard. Halloween comes and candy runs out, grabs some extra leftover candy from the drawer without closely analyzing what it all is.

Pocket crosspost lol. I think I had the original post open and put my phone in my pocket unlocked. When I checked again I had somehow crossposted it. Also opened the emergency call screen and texted a bunch of random numbers to my mom.

I assumed it was commentary on how expensive even things like candy are - so expensive that someone just tossed in whatever they had, and since they're broke chicken boulion is a valid meal.

Maybe the art is all about how you interpret it.