We even use different words for different peppers - poblano, bell, banana, etc. Banana can also be plural - bananas - to imply multiple peppers of that variety or also a type of fruit, and your current state of mind.
As to how we are giving out candy... for years we have tied a bucket of candy to a rope and dropped it off the balcony while the kids walk up the front step. Shares the crap out of the kids and the parents love it.
Will be doing that again this year obvi.
The odds of Unforgiven being another account from one of the loons who migrated to that site are about as even as they get.
Ditto Reality Check, but does anyone not have him ignored at this point?