# Trick-or-Treat Candy: Give out what you like, or what you don't like? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 25, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-or-treat-candy-give-out-what-you-like-or-what-you-dont-like/638786 "2012-10-25T01:34:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-or-treat-candy-give-out-what-you-like-or-what-you-dont-like/638786/1 "2012-10-25T01:34:21Z")
When you go to buy those ginormous bags of candy…do you buy what you like, so you can have all the leftovers? Or do you buy something you don’t like, so you won’t be tempted? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-or-treat-candy-give-out-what-you-like-or-what-you-dont-like/638786/2 "2012-10-25T01:35:59Z")
Both. ETA: And leave the peanut butter O’Henrys for me dammit! ---
**Author:** ![OleOneEye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f14d63/32.png) [@OleOneEye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OleOneEye)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-or-treat-candy-give-out-what-you-like-or-what-you-dont-like/638786/3 "2012-10-25T01:39:02Z")
What we like - it’s _all_ leftovers. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-or-treat-candy-give-out-what-you-like-or-what-you-dont-like/638786/4 "2012-10-25T01:45:52Z")
I am actually planning on not giving out treats this year, because we are broke. Waaay, way broke. But I give the good stuff when I can afford it. Not because I want to eat the leftovers, but because it’s one of the few times…only time?..in the year you can make a lot of little kids very happy, and I know that Reeses makes them happier than SweetTarts. 'cause, you know, I was a kid once. 😉 I still remember one particular Halloween: There was this older, widowed lady who lived in a house by this creek that all us kids used to walk on to get to school, during the winter when it was iced over. Our mothers didn’t want us doing this, of course, and she didn’t either. So we got yelled at a lot by her, and we referred to her as The Witch. I remember we were trick or treating and we went to her house, hoping she wouldn’t recognize us in our costumes, lol. She was dressed…as a witch! And…She was either the first, or the only, one to give us FULL SIZE CANDY BARS!! She had tons of them! She told us to come by again on the way home for more!! :eek::eek::eek::eek: that was AWESOME. Even more so because it was from so unexpected a source 🙂 And the fact that I still remember that 40 years later makes me want to make some little kid’s jaw drop the same way if I can, hehe. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-or-treat-candy-give-out-what-you-like-or-what-you-dont-like/638786/5 "2012-10-25T01:46:32Z")
Full-size Heath bars. Hundreds of them. ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-or-treat-candy-give-out-what-you-like-or-what-you-dont-like/638786/6 "2012-10-25T01:49:16Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > I know that Reeses makes them happier than SweetTarts. 'cause, you know, I was a kid once. 😉 … but… \*\*\*I \*\*\*like SweetTarts… ☹ I get the good stuff. Never know if there’s going to be extra, and I’d end up eating it anyway. Nothing worse than eating candy that isn’t your favorite. Mmm, candy corns and SweetTarts and jolly ranchers and oh so very much chocolate. Hershey bars and Reeses Pieces and ReeseCups and Heath… yummy yummy stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-or-treat-candy-give-out-what-you-like-or-what-you-dont-like/638786/7 "2012-10-25T01:50:31Z")
I give out what I like, when I can afford it. Thinking about giving out grab bags this year with a full sized hershey bar, a regular tootsie roll pop, fruit flavored tootsie rolls, and sweet tarts. ---
**Author:** ![kaiwik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaiwik/32/3978_2.png) [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-or-treat-candy-give-out-what-you-like-or-what-you-dont-like/638786/8 "2012-10-25T01:56:35Z")
I buy the “good” candy, but I also toss it by the handfuls when the hour grows late so I won’t have all that chocolate calling my name. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-or-treat-candy-give-out-what-you-like-or-what-you-dont-like/638786/9 "2012-10-25T02:03:23Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > I still remember one particular Halloween: > > There was this older, widowed lady who lived in a house by this creek that all us kids used to walk on to get to school, during the winter when it was iced over. Our mothers didn’t want us doing this, of course, and she didn’t either. So we got yelled at a lot by her, and we referred to her as The Witch. > > I remember we were trick or treating and we went to her house, hoping she wouldn’t recognize us in our costumes, lol. > > She was dressed…as a witch! And…She was either the first, or the only, one to give us FULL SIZE CANDY BARS!! She had tons of them! She told us to come by again on the way home for more!! :eek::eek::eek::eek: > that was AWESOME. Even more so because it was from so unexpected a source 🙂 And the fact that I still remember that 40 years later makes me want to make some little kid’s jaw drop the same way if I can, hehe. You should dress as Willy Wonka. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-or-treat-candy-give-out-what-you-like-or-what-you-dont-like/638786/10 "2012-10-25T02:11:52Z")
I invariably buy either Almond Joys, Mounds, or Heath bars because they’re my favorites. The best news is that I get zero trick-or-treaters, so I get them all to myself! ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-or-treat-candy-give-out-what-you-like-or-what-you-dont-like/638786/11 "2012-10-25T02:59:18Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > When you go to buy those ginormous bags of candy…do you buy what you like, so you can have all the leftovers? Or do you buy something you don’t like, so you won’t be tempted? I buy what one or both of us like, so leftovers won’t be wasted. Of course, this year I probably also have the option of donating leftovers to the building manager’s desk candy dish. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-or-treat-candy-give-out-what-you-like-or-what-you-dont-like/638786/12 "2012-10-25T03:13:26Z")
I’m not tempted by candy, so I buy what I like. I also tend to give out in heaps and run out before the night is finished, otherwise it’s just going to sit around the house. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-or-treat-candy-give-out-what-you-like-or-what-you-dont-like/638786/13 "2012-10-25T03:23:15Z")
I don’t give out anything, because if trick-or-treaters try to buzz up to my apartment I’m going to tell the doorman to tell 'em to piss off. But if I did, it’d be all about the Tootsie Roll Pops. I don’t think any kids actually like those, but I do. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-or-treat-candy-give-out-what-you-like-or-what-you-dont-like/638786/14 "2012-10-25T03:28:41Z")
I buy a bunch of different stuff. Some of what I like and some of what I don’t like. I am doing so fantastic on my diet this year (-42 lbs), I think I’m going to only buy stuff I don’t love to avoid falling off the wagon. ---
**Author:** ![Silvorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-or-treat-candy-give-out-what-you-like-or-what-you-dont-like/638786/15 "2012-10-25T03:44:45Z")
I buy the good stuff in snack sizes. Mostly chocolate, and a nut-free option like Skittles. I also give out small toys. Last year it was rubber mice. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-or-treat-candy-give-out-what-you-like-or-what-you-dont-like/638786/16 "2012-10-25T03:47:22Z")
Nobody really has to worry overmuch about extra candy. Anyone who works: bring it to work and put it in a big bowl saying “Don’t touch!” and it’ll be gone in a heartbeat. Everyone else: dump it all on the last kids, lol. I mean, save a little in case stragglers come by, but yeah. Shouldn’t be too hard to get rid of 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-or-treat-candy-give-out-what-you-like-or-what-you-dont-like/638786/17 "2012-10-25T03:48:33Z")
When we give out candy, we only give out the good stuff. Chocolate, lots of it. Next year, we’re doing full size candy bars. We have a rep to establish in our neighborhood. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-or-treat-candy-give-out-what-you-like-or-what-you-dont-like/638786/18 "2012-10-25T04:09:04Z")
I buy only the candy that I don’t like, otherwise there will be none when the trick-or-treaters get here. People \*LIKE \*Jolly Ranchers? I always thought that was the bottom of the barrel! ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-or-treat-candy-give-out-what-you-like-or-what-you-dont-like/638786/19 "2012-10-25T04:54:04Z")
Jolly Rancher _used_ to make a…wait for it…caramel stick. They used to make the hard candy sticks, too; not really sticks, more like…rectangles. Anyway, they also made them in caramel that had almonds in it. 40 years later and I can still taste those. I sooooo miss them. And if they made those still, I’d definitely give those out 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-or-treat-candy-give-out-what-you-like-or-what-you-dont-like/638786/20 "2012-10-25T07:48:31Z")
It’s the annual lock the door, switch out the lights and turn off the doorbell, at my house here in Scotland. We used to do guising when I was a kid in the 80s, which involved going door to door and doing a “party piece” like telling a joke, or singing a song, and then being rewarded with sweets, monkey nuts, or fruit. Nowadays, thanks to cultural invasion, it’s not the same, and more “give us the sweets or else”. Oh, and pumpkin lanterns rather than our old traditional carved turnips ☹ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-or-treat-candy-give-out-what-you-like-or-what-you-dont-like/638786.md?page=2)