Thread: Leaving candy for TOTers if you're out Halloween night

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Wanted to see what people thought since I might be going to a Halloween parade on Halloween night rather than staying home giving out candy to the TOTers this year. Two years ago, I went to a party on Halloween night and left a big cauldron of at least 50 small bags of candy and toys. Now normally, we usually get around 25 kids a year and I'm stuck with a lot of candy. But that year, I came home to an empty cauldron with some small trash (candy wrappers) inside. My thought is that kids probably took more than one bag each (although I had included a sign - 1 per ghoul - on the cauldron). My concern was that this could've happened earlier in the night and kids who came later didn't get anything.

If you were planning on being out on Halloween night, would you leave candy outside for TOTers? Is it worse to not leave anything out and just hand out candy to the kids on your block/neighborhood ahead of time?

Bad idea. There will always be a jack arse group of thug kids that take it all.

Nice thought, but expect to get ripped off. It'd be like wearing a Tee Shirt in Tijuana with the phrase "I AM A RICH GRINGO, FEEL FREE TO ROB ME" printed on it.

I wouldn't trust the kids in this neighborhood as far as I could throw a Snickers. I say enjoy the Halloween Parade and don't feel guilty for taking a year off from the younguns.

I would never leave it out... that ended many many years ago. Kids can be unbelievably rude and take all of it. I would say if you are going to be out , either don't give candy this year or give to a neighbor to hand out for you , put a sign on your door directing them to the house to go to? Just a thought...

This isn't the Leave It to Beaver era anymore. Whoever gets there first will take as much as they can or all of it.

@ Glockink - You don't think a normal trick or treater would rip them off as well?

I made the mistake of leaving the bowl out, I was taking my youngest to my neighbors and a bunch of tweens came and I can hear them laughing as they dumped the entire ball of candy into the pillowcase, then they took off. Needless to say, I would never do that again.

Yeah, I wouldn't trust most of the kids in my city, either - sure there are a few good ones out there, but the majority, not so much.

Besides, I've been invited to 2 Halloween Parties [ My friend Kim is a DJ, and I help set her equipment up ], Plus the Party I'm throwing ;and taking my GF and her daughter ToT-ing on the 31st, so I've got my plate full for the latter part of October

Lol we only did it one year and I think it was gone by the first trick or treater.

I remember someone did that in my neighborhood when I was taking a friend's kids TOTing... There was still candy in the bowl when we got there, unfortunately it was raining and their front porch was not covered-- soggy candy, yuck!