# Did YOU check your kid's halloween candy?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-check-your-kids-halloween-candy/90907>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 1, 2001, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-check-your-kids-halloween-candy/90907 "2001-11-01T14:53:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-check-your-kids-halloween-candy/90907/41 "2001-11-04T17:37:37Z")

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> No offense, but back in my day, anyone who gave out pennies or nickles was the lamest of the lame.

After the toothpicks, we didn’t care. Still don’t.

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**Author:** ![Lateralus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@Lateralus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lateralus)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-check-your-kids-halloween-candy/90907/42 "2001-11-04T23:44:02Z")

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> \*Originally posted by bluecrayola \*  
> \*\*I checked for Mary Janes and butterscotch candies. Both are poisonous tasting. \*\*

Pardon my ignorance, but, what the hell is Mary Jane?

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**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-check-your-kids-halloween-candy/90907/43 "2001-11-05T13:06:58Z")

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When I was a kid, we didn’t know anybody in the neighborhood (still don’t, as a matter of fact), so if I hadn’t accepted candy from strangers I’d have had no fun at all on Halloween. 🙂

I did get a popcorn ball once, but could only eat one bite as it was neither salted nor buttered.

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**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-check-your-kids-halloween-candy/90907/44 "2001-11-05T18:05:18Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Jophiel \*  
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> > But the point is moot, I don’t/won’t have kids, and if I did, they wouldn’t trick-or-treat. I hated it when I was a kid, I’m not going to subject them to it
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> Really? Go back to Russia, you communist! 😃 Actually, I didn’t know any kids hated the holiday, but to each their own. Hopefully, you’d let them do it if they wanted to, though.\*\*

Well, I won’t be having any, but if I did and they really wanted to, I suppose I would let them.

But really, is there anything worse than being forced to dress like an idiot so you can wander the neighborhood begging for handouts like a homeless person? All so you can end up with more candy than you will ever eat and 40% of which are some disgusting thing (candy corn, cherry or watermelon flavors, etc.) you wouldn’t want to eat even if you could possibly consume everything in the bag.

As soon as I could, I convinced my mom to let me go to my grandparents house where I would “help” hand out candy. “Help” meaning I sat in the basement reading a book or watching TV.

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