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Revanchist

(1,375 posts)
Sun Oct 26, 2014, 07:46 PM Oct 2014

What did you buy to hand out for Halloween?

I'm going to pick up the goodies tomorrow and trying to decide what to get. I probably won't get my favorites, Reese's peanut butter cups because of the possibility of nut allergies. Thinking about hitting BJ's and getting full size bars of either Milky Way or Three Musketeers, but I've also gotten the fruit snack things also in the past. Any advice?

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What did you buy to hand out for Halloween? (Original Post) Revanchist Oct 2014 OP
Screw the cheap crap candy, I buy the candy that I like pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #1
i think mini candy bars and fruit snacks would be a good idea fizzgig Oct 2014 #2
We usually go with the miniature candy bars. Jenoch Oct 2014 #3
by the deer? that's so cute. do they sit around a campfire & sing songs too? n/t orleans Oct 2014 #5
It is sometimes quite boring sitting in a deer stand. Jenoch Oct 2014 #8
sitting in a "deer stand"!!!??? NO NO NO orleans Oct 2014 #14
Thank you, Jenoch Oct 2014 #15
the 70s were a pretty wild & crazy time. n/t orleans Oct 2014 #23
Cigarette lighters and firecrackers, same as last year. NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #4
When my brothers kids were little and Jenoch Oct 2014 #9
I'm not getting anything NightWatcher Oct 2014 #6
I got Airheads. Chan790 Oct 2014 #7
Sams Club has a plastic barrel of little bags of Utz pretzels Algernon Moncrieff Oct 2014 #10
I bought a case of Milky Way. (regular size) BlueJazz Oct 2014 #11
You are awesome. (nt) Inkfreak Oct 2014 #27
Thank you...but if the kids don't come, I'll be fat. BlueJazz Oct 2014 #28
Reese's peanut butter cups, which is my favorite candy. RebelOne Oct 2014 #12
kit kats, Reese's pb cups and ???? redwitch Oct 2014 #13
I'm going out on Halloween this year. Initech Oct 2014 #16
I went candy shopping at BJ's. In_The_Wind Oct 2014 #17
I got a geat deal on full size bars 30 @ $17; Reeses, Kit Kat, Hershey (plain and almond) MerryBlooms Oct 2014 #18
We get around 300 kids cyberswede Oct 2014 #19
I did not think about nut allergies. hermetic Oct 2014 #20
I saw a clip on the local news that "teal" is the color for non-allergenic treats. femmocrat Oct 2014 #21
thanks NJCher Oct 2014 #31
I have to wait until the day of Halloween Le Taz Hot Oct 2014 #22
I usually make an effort to buy the full sized candy bars NewJeffCT Oct 2014 #24
Packets of microwave popcorn. Jokerman Oct 2014 #25
Nothing. Halloween is not observed here DFW Oct 2014 #26
Kit Kats! MrMickeysMom Oct 2014 #29
Nothing yet. elleng Oct 2014 #30

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)
2. i think mini candy bars and fruit snacks would be a good idea
Sun Oct 26, 2014, 07:52 PM
Oct 2014

stick them all in a bowl and let the kids pick out what they like. i've had one trick or treater nine years and i felt really bad for that kid because we couldn't very well give them a beer or a bud.

 

Jenoch

(7,720 posts)
8. It is sometimes quite boring sitting in a deer stand.
Sun Oct 26, 2014, 09:41 PM
Oct 2014

While it't not good for the waistline or teeth, candy helps to pass the time.

We always seem to have a fire going, so far we have not broken out in song, except for the time at the neighbkring deer camp when a guy broke out his concertina. My dad sung along with him, but nobody else knew the lyrics.

orleans

(33,986 posts)
14. sitting in a "deer stand"!!!??? NO NO NO
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 01:13 AM
Oct 2014

that is NOT what i had in mind when i commented about "deer camp"

scooch this video up to 1:14 and you'll see the type of deer camp i was referring to:

 

Jenoch

(7,720 posts)
15. Thank you,
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 01:46 AM
Oct 2014

I enjoyed that video.. I know of a guy who back in the 70s had a deer on the trunk of his car at the end of deer season. He went out of his way to drive to his brother's house. His brother had three pre-schoolers. The guy with the deer had painted the deer's nose red.

 

Jenoch

(7,720 posts)
9. When my brothers kids were little and
Sun Oct 26, 2014, 09:44 PM
Oct 2014

I was still childless I gave them Snickers with a 6" nail pierced through them. The kids were baffled and my brother thought I was an idiot.

(Edit to add: it might be helpful to the kids to give them some punks in addition to the lighter.)

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
6. I'm not getting anything
Sun Oct 26, 2014, 08:36 PM
Oct 2014

We'll be taking our daughter trick or treating in her bff's neighborhood on the 31st.

The dads will be drinking beers and pulling the kids in little red wagons while the moms walk ahead and give disapproving looks. Jacksonville Beach does it up right. Last year there were three haunted houses on the route and a dozen parties or so. There is no vehicle traffic and a ton of Halloweeners running around like little ghouls. Kids make the holidays so fun.

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
7. I got Airheads.
Sun Oct 26, 2014, 08:46 PM
Oct 2014

Mostly because I hate them and thus they are friendly to my desire to obtain and maintain a healthy weight. Oddly, they seem popular...I get them most years and they're always a hit. I have no idea why...they're godawful.

Algernon Moncrieff

(5,780 posts)
10. Sams Club has a plastic barrel of little bags of Utz pretzels
Sun Oct 26, 2014, 09:47 PM
Oct 2014

We combine those with bags of Goldfish. It's gone over pretty well for the past couple of years. Here's the theory: we used to buy candy; then after 10/31, we'd eat the leftover candy. It got the holiday weight gain off to a flying start.

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
12. Reese's peanut butter cups, which is my favorite candy.
Sun Oct 26, 2014, 10:34 PM
Oct 2014

Since I only get very few trick or treaters at my door, I usually buy a candy I like, so that whatever is left is all mine.

redwitch

(14,932 posts)
13. kit kats, Reese's pb cups and ????
Sun Oct 26, 2014, 10:44 PM
Oct 2014

Some years we get lots of kids. I haven't actually bought any yet- I would just eat them and have to buy more. I have zero willpower.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
17. I went candy shopping at BJ's.
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 04:21 AM
Oct 2014

We have three combo bags of Milky Way, Twix, 3 Musketeers. Two bags of Reese's Footballs which will never make it out the front door. Two bags of Sweet Tarts and Nerds combo bag that will be given out first.

Folks around here bring their kids by the car full to trick or treat at the homes of over 200 senior citizens. We'll turn the purple and orange lights off by 9PM.

MerryBlooms

(11,728 posts)
18. I got a geat deal on full size bars 30 @ $17; Reeses, Kit Kat, Hershey (plain and almond)
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 06:37 AM
Oct 2014

and then my husband picked up a box of; Butter Finger, Baby Ruth, $10,000 Grand, Nestle Crunch, and then a bag of mini Almond Joy (my fave). The leftovers will go to the office and into the freezer for baking.

cyberswede

(26,117 posts)
19. We get around 300 kids
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 09:46 AM
Oct 2014

so I give out the little laffy taffy/airheads/nerds that come in huge bags.

This year I have some chocolate eyeballs that I thought were funny.

hermetic

(8,258 posts)
20. I did not think about nut allergies.
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 09:53 AM
Oct 2014

Shoot, now I'm gonna have to eat all those peanut butter chocolates myself. I'll hand out Nerds and taffy, just to be on the safe side.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
21. I saw a clip on the local news that "teal" is the color for non-allergenic treats.
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 10:04 AM
Oct 2014

They showed a family painting their pumpkins teal. It designates that house as offering non-allergenic treats.

Here is more information: http://www.foodallergy.org/teal-pumpkin-project#.VFDzd75-8fE

NJCher

(35,421 posts)
31. thanks
Thu Oct 30, 2014, 12:10 AM
Oct 2014

I was really in a quandary there, reading about all the sugar. I've cut it out of my diet and I shudder when I think of what it does to glycemic levels, so I don't really want to give it out. There are plenty of good ideas in that graphic. I'll prob'ly go with stickers and notepads.

I know, I'm a killjoy.


Cher

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)
22. I have to wait until the day of Halloween
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 10:15 AM
Oct 2014

otherwise I will eat said Halloween candy. It's just too much of a temptation otherwise.

NewJeffCT

(56,827 posts)
24. I usually make an effort to buy the full sized candy bars
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 10:57 AM
Oct 2014

and also to buy ones that I don't like so I won't eat them if they're left over. I like peanut butter & I like chocolate, but I absolutely hate Reese's Peanut Butter cups and Snickers, so I tend to buy a bunch of both. If I have leftovers, I either donate them or bring them to the office to give away.

Jokerman

(3,517 posts)
25. Packets of microwave popcorn.
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 03:58 PM
Oct 2014

We've done this your several years and had nothing but positive responses from both kids and parents.

DFW

(54,047 posts)
26. Nothing. Halloween is not observed here
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 04:25 PM
Oct 2014

Here in Germany, kids go around with lanterns on St. Martin's day. Same kind of thing, without the goblins and ghosts, which I kinda miss, though I prefer the Great Pumpkin.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
29. Kit Kats!
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 11:18 PM
Oct 2014

Plus, Reese PB cups and Snickers… IOW, the ones that we'll eat, too.

I hope we get lots of kids

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