Thread: Candy? Or other stuff

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So, do you give out candy or do you go for other stuff to give out? Me, I always give out candy, loads of it. I would never give out plastic trinkets or *gasp* healthy snacks, that is not for me.
i love giving out old timey candy like mary janes and pixie stix and peanut butter kisses, stuff that most kids have never had before. I have to be careful though because I will eat it!

I kind of like doing both in goodie bags. I esp. like horror-themed candy and stuff like plastic bats.

I give out business cards. We all got to do our part to get the economy back on track.


j/k....candy, tons and tons of candy

Candy. But a few years ago we gave out these little Halloween themed string ball things. They were cute little Vampires, Ghosts, etc. We gave them to the little kids like 1-4 years old along with a little piece of candy. Then all the older kids just got handfulls of candy. If your going to give out something other than candy, make sure its something cool that the kids will like. Don't give each kid a penny or a toothbrush, unless you like eggs, toilet paper and smashed pumpkins all over your yard.

Should have had an option for both.

I do a large handful of candy and some sort of toy. Last year it was some really cool bat rings. Year before that, glow bracelets. No idea what the toy will be this year, depends on what cool little thing we can find.

I always give out handfuls of candy but last year we didn't get many trick or treaters. This year I'm in a different neighborhood and my house will be more decorated so hopefully we'll get more.

This year I am giving out full size candy bars. The only problem is if I hand one out and a kid says "no I want that one" I'm probably going to get a little annoyed lol. You get what I give you then you trade your siblings or the kids at school - DUH!

Can I be really terrible and say nothing?

To be completely honest, the children around here are complete troublemakers (even the very small ones) so I make it my business to pretend I'm not home that day. I might just give the old lady across the road some sweets to give to her grandkids, though. Those kids are okay.

We do a mix of everything goodie bags (with candy gummy body parts and plastic creatuers), full size candy bars, mini candy bars for when we run low, and last year added small bags of chips to the mix that were a hit.

we give out candy and like all good parent go through our kids candy. Good thing as one year i remember an older couple giving out a bunch of full size snickers bar. SCORE! until we got home and i took a closer look at the bar and it was a snickers charged! if you don't know a snickers charged is as follows:

The new "Snickers Charged" candy bar includes 60 milligrams of caffeine, taurine, and B vitamins, about the same as a cup of coffee.

Lovely.

Originally Posted by FirstSpartan

I give out business cards. We all got to do our part to get the economy back on track.


j/k....candy, tons and tons of candy

Wow....I was just going to ask if you guys thought it would be ok if we included hubby's business cards in the treat bags. I was going to put the usual stuff in there along with a business card. Do you guys think this would be ok or is it too tacky to do? I'm just worried about kids throwing them out and the parents not even getting to see them......to answer the poll I give out candy