# Halloween candy: what have you got? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 24, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-candy-what-have-you-got/638759 "2012-10-24T21:10:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-candy-what-have-you-got/638759/41 "2012-10-25T16:26:33Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > If they were crispy and hot, I’d love trick or treated Tatertots. > > I’m not joking. Yup. I would have loved that on those cold nights when I’d be taking my kid around many moons ago. With Sour Cream. And Bourbon of course. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-candy-what-have-you-got/638759/42 "2012-10-25T17:43:47Z")
Reeses PB Cups Snickers - these two my wife likes Milky Ways 3 Musketeers - I like I refrain from eating anything before Halloween. My wife, not so much. Might need to get another bag of Reeses next week. Last year I ran out because we didn’t get many kids the year before, so I stocked up. I do the greeting, my wife hides out in her office with the dog. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-candy-what-have-you-got/638759/43 "2012-10-25T18:45:06Z")
My son got a couple of big boxes of glow sticks. Somewhere on the internet has a yearly sale on them. They went over big last year. If they’re the same as last year, they’ll have lanyards, so kids can wear them or twirl them. ---
**Author:** ![DivineComedienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@DivineComedienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DivineComedienne)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-candy-what-have-you-got/638759/44 "2012-10-25T19:04:37Z")
We had 350+ trick or treaters last year, that’s about average (400 the year before) so we have to shop for volume. We can’t spend too much per kid, if we bought $1.00 chocolate bars it would break the bank! So we go with Ring Pops - seem to be popular and only cost 25 cents each kid (still costs us $100 in candy). But Halloween is my favorite holiday, we do the whole spoooky house theme, so it’s well worth the expense. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-candy-what-have-you-got/638759/45 "2012-10-25T19:57:31Z")
Peanut M&M’s and KitKats, I have about 300 of them. With full size candy bars for my nieghbor kids. Newcastle for the adults. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-candy-what-have-you-got/638759/46 "2012-10-25T20:09:07Z")
In order of how I plan to distribute them: 1. Bag of Twizzlers 2. Bag of Kit Kat bars 3. Bag of Reese’s Pieces 4. Assortment of Almond Joy, Kit Kat, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, and regular Hershey bars I’ll start by giving out two items to each kid, and adjust the number upward or downward as warranted. For some reason, there are no set hours in our part of the county, so we figure we’ll put the porch light on when we start seeing/hearing kids skittering about, and declare “lights out” after a half-hour or so has passed with no new (or repeat) “customers”. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-candy-what-have-you-got/638759/47 "2012-10-26T03:24:01Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > I am thinking of making brownies. If I make a 9x13 pan I can cut it into 45 pieces, put them in individual baggies and hand them out. > [@Seanette](#): > > Problem there is that most parents probably won’t allow the kids to eat a homemade treat unless they know you. Best things when I was a kid were the homemade taffy apples and popcorn balls, and the hot cider a couple of people made. No more… 8( ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-candy-what-have-you-got/638759/48 "2012-10-26T14:20:47Z")
One lady in our neighborhood made giant delicious cookies with each child’s name on it spelled out in raisins! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-candy-what-have-you-got/638759.md?page=2)