# What does your family give out on Halloween? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 13, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-family-give-out-on-halloween/207218 "2003-10-13T17:38:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-family-give-out-on-halloween/207218/21 "2003-10-15T02:14:23Z")
Usually Tootsie Pops, Milk Duds, and Sourballs. Sometimes Mini Heath, Mini Snickers, Mini Baby Ruth or Kit Kat or Reese’s. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-family-give-out-on-halloween/207218/22 "2003-10-15T02:22:52Z")
I buy half good candy (chocolate Hersheys, Snickers, etc.) and half cheap stuff (Tootsie rolls, Smarties). I usually give two of each to the trick-or-treaters. I’ll never forget telling my husband he had door duty years ago - he held the bowl out and said “take whatever you want.” Whaaa?? I had to tell him this wasn’t a very good strategy after he came in with half the candy gone after one set of goblins! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-family-give-out-on-halloween/207218/23 "2003-10-15T02:58:31Z")
Live fish. spoonsful of molasses broken keys ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Doubt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Peter\_Doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Doubt)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-family-give-out-on-halloween/207218/24 "2003-10-15T04:08:51Z")
We’re finally in a place that might have trick '0 treat traffic. Going with those [url=http://www.chemlite.com/products/item.asp?ITEM\_ID=1253]chemlite bracelets/url] . My cousin buys in bulk, so we can get them for $0.10/each. ---
**Author:** ![Sm\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sm\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sm_e)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-family-give-out-on-halloween/207218/25 "2003-10-15T05:12:00Z")
Herpes. And Skittles. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-family-give-out-on-halloween/207218/26 "2003-10-15T05:35:38Z")
I’m with you, **Blonde**. I give out equal amounts of the cheap stuff and the good stuff. I do, however, always buy one small bag of those tiny little lollipops especially for the inevitable surly teens who couldn’t be bothered to dress in costume before begging door-to-door. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-family-give-out-on-halloween/207218/27 "2003-10-15T12:28:15Z")
I got a big bag of mixed stuff - most I don’t like at all, and some I can just tolerate. That way, I won’t be snacking on it. I don’t know how many kids we got last year - maybe 30 or 40? Each kid will get several pieces and when I run out, the lights will go out. I can go watch TV in my bedroom and it’ll look as if no one is home. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-family-give-out-on-halloween/207218/28 "2003-10-15T14:30:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sender \* > \*\*We’re finally in a place that might have trick '0 treat traffic. Going with those [url=http://www.chemlite.com/products/item.asp?ITEM\_ID=1253]chemlite bracelets/url] . My cousin buys in bulk, so we can get them for $0.10/each. \*\* Hey those seem neat. Being that they’re outdated closeouts, do you know about the quality? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-family-give-out-on-halloween/207218.md?page=1)