What is this obsession witches have with Halloween candy?

While visiting The Huffington Post for research purposes, I happened to see an story making fun of Pat Robertson's CBN for publishing an extreme article on Halloween.

The ridicule appears to be deserved, unfortunately.

I should mention that I'm not a big fan of Robertson or of CBN--but I think Robertson is basically a very smart man and I hope for better than this from CBN.

So here is the pinnacle of inanity from the article:

During this period demons are assigned against those who participate in the rituals and festivities. These demons are automatically drawn to the fetishes that open doors for them to come into the lives of human beings. For example, most of the candy sold during this season has been dedicated and prayed over by witches.

I do not buy candy during the Halloween season. Curses are sent through the tricks and treats of the innocent whether they get it by going door to door or by purchasing it from the local grocery store. The demons cannot tell the difference.

(Charismamag.com)

The link goes to Charisma magazine's Web site because CBN has (wisely) taken the article down (still available via Google cache if you hurry).

I would love to know where author Kimberly Daniels (pastor of a Jacksonville, Fla. church) got her information. As Sallie Rushing put it in the "comments" section:

What nonsense! I would like to know how the writer knows that the witches pray over all the Halloween candy. Do they have the whole coven march from store to store en masse to gather around the candy aisle? If so, where do they get enough witches to deal with all the world's candy? How does she know what the Satanists do in their "meetings"? If she can give some more valid proof of research for all these things, she could be taken more seriously.

Apparently there are a whole lot more witches than we thought. Or at least they're better represented in candy factories than we ever expected.

Can we have a higher editorial standard at Charisma and CBN, please?