I’m partial to Nerds® or just about any of the Willy-Wonka® candies.
However, this year Mrs. Rastahomie and I have decided to give out twenty-dollar bills. Twenty-dollar bills :eek:, you say? Well, not a single trick-or-treater is going to come to our house. They’re saying you should only go to houses of people you know, and what with the anthrax scare and all, and since we’re on a first-name-basis with, uh, zero families small children, we figure we might as well hand out twenties. Because if we bought a bunch of candy we’d just wind up eating it ourselves. Of course, now that I think about it…
Geez, the Halloween haters will use any excuse to take all the fun out of trick or treating. I guess since I’m relatively new to the neighborhood, despite the fact that I bought a house here, I must be going to either put altered Tylenol capsules in apples, kidnap the little darlings, or sprinkle anthrax upon them. All part of being a good neighbor.
I bought tootsie pops and some extremely cheap trinkets to hand out. None of my neighbors came over to welcome me to the neighborhood, so we’ll see how many urchins come begging for candy.
Couldn’t buy chocolate bars 'cause I would have eaten them myself.
I’m giving out Dum-Dums, Tootsie Rolls, Charms Blow Pops and an assortment of candy bars. My MIL makes popcorn balls every year but I don’t think she’s going to make them this year… not because of the anthrax thing, but because she doesn’t have time to. The first couple of years she made them she found out that people were just throwing them away when they got home (as you’re supposed to do!) so she started putting labels on them with her name, address, and phone number. She’s lived in our little town for 48 years and knows everybody and the trick-or-treaters she gets are kids/families that she knows so now she’s famous for her popcorn balls. Everyone’s going to be disappointed when they go by her house this year and see that it’s dark and don’t get a popcorn ball!
We don’t get many trick-or-treaters, either (few kids in our neighborhood). I will have candy from my office trick-or-treating, which will be chocolate galore, but if we were expecting trick-or-treaters I would probably give little packs of crayons or toys or something. There’s enough candy out there.
We won’t be around to answer the door, anyway–we’re driving our little guy to trick-or-treat at some of the adults we know who don’t get to see enough of him during the year. My boss, some of my grad school friends, etc.
Ordinarily, I give out tons of candy (the good stuff: 3 Musketeers, Snickers, KitKats, Smarties, Almond Joy–none of that peanut butter kiss crap at my house). Last year, I went through 8 bags of candy, but that was when I lived in a townhouse with a lot of kids in the neighborhood. Now I live in an apartment building with locked front doors downstairs, so I very much doubt I’ll be getting any trick or treaters coming by. However, on the off-chance any little munchkins do show up, I bought a bag each of Smarties, Tootsie Rolls, KitKats, and Reese’s Cups. Any candy that isn’t given out, or eaten by my boyfriend and me, will go to the office Thursday morning.
What I oughta do is get some Chick tracts, since kids prefer them to candy, according to the Jack Chick Web site.
I’ve got a bag each of mini Snickers, Mars and Bounty. Not that we expect many kids, but we’re putting out jack-o-lanterns and orange balloons, so any trick-or-treaters in the neighborhood should get the message.
Candy canes. Yup, candy canes. They’re in stores already, so why not buy them and give them away?? A pseudo-protest against the early onslaught of Christmas stuff in the stores, but the kids still don’t mind. The only somewhat negative comment I’ve gotten (and I’ve done this three straight years) is “These aren’t leftovers from LAST year, are they??” Most kids are excited to see them.
Got a whole bag of Lindt Lindor Truffles. Gonna give each and every kid who comes by as many as they want. Last year that was one kid. He took three. His mother gave him crap about it, but I said it was OK. She was scared of me. Come to think of it, she’s still scared of me. I am not sure why that is. The kid thinks I am OK, though. In fact, the kid thinks I am Santa Claus. Of course his English is a lot better than hers. He looks to be about five, or so.
It’s a shame. I like kids, and would love to have a whole bunch of them come by. If it happened more often, I would have a regular fright show set up to make the whole trick or treat thing a big dramatic deal. But the lone kid’s mom would run screaming into the night if I so much as wore a costume.
Tris
“It was a woman drove me to drink and I didn’t even have the decency to thank her.” ~ W.C. Fields ~
As per DDG’s suggestion in another thread- the 16 year olds who make no effort to dress up will get a Dum Dum. Little kids who make an effort will get the good stuff. I have Almond Joys, Mounds, Snickers, Kit Kats, Gobstoppers, Dots and some other stuff I’m forgetting. Candy good!
(and yes, I’ve broken into it already - bad girl!)
Little Snickers, Milky Ways, 3 Musketeers, and peanut butter kisses - I LIKE peanut butter kisses!! My kid tossed in some gum balls she had left over from a party… Last year, we hardly had any kids, but the neighborhood was new. This year, there are tons of kids here - we shall see how many come around… There’s a threat of rain, I think.
Ummm… crispy M&M’s, Nutrageous, Almond Joys, some kind of Reese’s mini chocolate covered peanut butter balls and whoppers, I think. I sorta went hog wild at the grocery store the otherday. Yum.
I made one of those “dinner in a bag” things last night, but I don’t like veggies, and it was chock-full of 'em. They are all sitting on a plate in my sink right now…
I think I’ll be handing out spoonfuls of brown squash and carrots. :eek: