Thread: Awesome Haunt =Awesome Candy

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So you work, slave, spend $$$ , use your creativity and talent over props, costumes, parties etc etc .. The day comes and you have TOTS galore.. You cant disapoint and have a lousy smartee. What candy do you give out???
And how many pieces? Do you do a count that way?

I always give chocolate (so if I have leftovers I can eat it LOL).. Usually snickers, Reese Cups and Nerds ( you are what you eat).

I am thinking of buying a small thing like Halloween rings or bracelets to give out so that I can do a count of the TOTS approximately.

What do you do as far as the TREAT????

Good question! I'm interested to hear what others say.


'05: Treat bags: Kids seem to not care 'cause they couldn't see into the bag to tell what's in it.

'06: Reese's cups: Again, the kids seemed to not care. That could have been because I amped up my haunt and they were too scared to care what they got. Bonus: I had leftover Reese's that lasted for three months...SCORE!

'07: Toys and trinkets from Oriental Trading: Kids seemed a bit more interested (older ones). The biggest reaction was from the tween girls when I gave them sparkley bracelets. The younger kids didn't care a wit because they were scared out of their minds. Could have been because I was dressed as the Terra Queen (terrifying) and I was the one handing out the candy.

'08: Cheap-o: Decided that since the treats don't really get a reaction from the ToTs I thought I'd get something cheap and easy to hand out - Pixie Sticks. They seemed happy with that and so was I.

'09: <rant mode on> IF I COULD FIND A CHEAP SOURCE FOR CHROMADEPTH 3D GLASSES!!!!!!!: UGH! <rant mode off> I will hand these out as their treat in the middle of the walk-through so they can experience my new 3D section and I won't have to bother with collecting them at the end.

Each year I pre-count the treats I'm giving out and then subtract what's left. Works pretty good

I use 22" glownecklaces. The kids and parents seem to like them

Do you get the necklaces at oriental trading?

And Terra I want to go to your haunt! and be scared lol

I give out thetraditional candy bars that i always loved, snickers,milky ways, baby ruths, butterfingers and such. We usually have boxes of potato chips or doritos also to mix it up a bit. We throw it all into a big witch's cauldron and mix it up before handing it out. I would like to give out little novelty gifts sometimes but we get way too many people and it would be too expensive for me.

we give out all the different funsize bars and I have a stash of tootsie rolls just in case we run out...

since we don't get a ton of ToTs, I usually reach into the cauldron and pull out a handful for each kid.

I saw 6-packs of full size Snickers for $1.50 at the commissary (military talk for grocery store) Sunday and am debating on going back and checking the expiration date. 20 packs for $30 would get me 120 treats...

Originally Posted by ELH(Erin Loves Halloween)

Do you get the necklaces at oriental trading?

No, their prices are ridiculous. If you google glow necklace, you should be able to find a lot of much cheaper places. I'll look around and see if I can find where I have bought them from

We also do the fun size candy bars. With our numbers (600+), it's the most economical. I spent over $60.00 on candy last year.

We give out an assortment of mini Butterfingers, Kit-Kats, Twix, Reese's Cups, 3 Musketeers, Nestle Crunch, and Baby Ruths.

Our front door's security screen (which the T-r-T'ers have to be brave enough to approach) is very heavy metal (dark, dark green), and virtually opaque. I usually throw a dark shroud on, paint the fingernails of my left hand black, wear a broken-chained manacle around my wrist, and slowly unlock the door (very loud latch), then thrust out a candy-laden wooden bowl at the "Guests", weaving it back and forth for a moment --

-- and then draw it back inside and abruptly close the door (heavy metallic clang). The look on our T-n-T'ers faces is always marvelous. They really don't expect that.

But before the gag gets cruel, I open the door again a quick moment later and let the Wee Monsters plunge their greedy little hands into the bowl and help themselves.

Of course a good deal of the Butterfingers go missing before the night is through...

Most Sanguine Cheers,
SOT