good for you. i have always been curious about afrezza, but it cannot be taken with one of my medications, so i have had no opportunity to try it. it does sound like a wonder drug, though, sometimes.
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Sometimes me too!
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For quick correction Hi-C juice box is awesome and then I throw in a cookie or something sweet for the tastebuds.The juice box is the best for quick recovery.
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Someoneās husband didnāt believe her that we had enough candy for the trick or treaters.
My lows are covered for a while.
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Chocolate covered raisins would at least taste better! 
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I use Smarties, the little dextrose candies in a cellophane roll. There are 15 tablets in a roll that is 6 g carbs. To me they taste like SweetTarts. I like them because you can customize it to any amount you want, 7-8 tablets=3 g carbs, 2 rolls=12 g carbs, etc. I put them in empty test strip containers.
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very clever of you!!! I am always looking for little ingenious homemade gadgets like that. 
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I no longer binge. If I am really low, which happens too often, I drink a 7-up or Sprite. I have those small bottles and about 1/2 of one shoots my numbers back up pretty fast. Then I can eat something normal to last me till whenever the net big meal is.
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I think I am gonna get some fresh chocolate covered raisons for myself. that sounds delicious. its like killing 2 birds with 1 stone 
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you donāt like to binge? even a mini binge??? LOL
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wellā¦ i do, i just canāt handle the highs so I try very hard not to.
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One roll of Smarties are pretty good to snack on. Only 6gs but that pure sugar makes my brain scream for moreā¦
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Holiday favorite for lows: Puppy Chow. 17g carb/quarter cup
Crispix, pb, butter, semisweet chocolate, powdered sugar.
Best invention in the world. When I was a kid (before my T1D days), I could eat half a batch (half a box of cereal) in one sitting with no regrets. Stomach of iron.
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And what else?
Head of stone. Like my black lab.
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Heart of gold.
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If I ate a donut or pastry, my BG would be around 250! I would need to take insulin. Do Donuts and pastries cause a slow ris? If Iām treating a low in the 60ās, I feel hesitant to take insulin and simultaneously eat a donut for fear that the donut sugar rise wonāt kick in fast enough. I may wind up clutching a bag of sugar!
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Donuts generally cause a fairly rapid rise with me, thatās really persistent if not treated.
Even at 60, Iāll take a bolus if I eat a donut. YDMV
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For me, donuts can cause problems bc they tend to initially spike, but then they linger bc of the fat. so they might seem to bring my BG up from a low, but then they hang in there with an undeniable force that then ends up requiring more insulin to bring down the high BG. Ugh. thank goodness I donāt like donuts. problem solved.
I find that if I am at 60, a nice chocolate truffle will bring me up between 20 to 30 points and land me just where Iād like to be. but I must be patient with chocolate. I need to give it a good 45 minutes for its full effect (unlike apple juice which works immediately, but which I save for when I am in my 30s)
PS: being in my 60s does not freak me out, though, so being patient with a yummy piece of chocolate doesnāt phase me at all
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@daisymae - chocolate truffle sounds delicious. Is it mostly chocolate, sugar, cocoa butter, fat? I think there is no wheat. Wheat containing products tend to give me BG trouble: chocolate cakes, brownies, donuts, pies. Chocolate mousses made with simple ingredients, for some reasons are not so difficult to bolus for. Profiteroles are difficult to dose.
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