# What kind of candy are you giving out for Halloween? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 31, 2000, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-candy-are-you-giving-out-for-halloween/39044 "2000-10-31T04:38:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-candy-are-you-giving-out-for-halloween/39044/1 "2000-10-31T04:38:59Z")
We are giving bags of pretzels mixed with tootsie rolls. We decided [my son and I] that we wanted a mixture that said “We care about your teeth…and yet, not so much.” What are you going to give?? ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-candy-are-you-giving-out-for-halloween/39044/2 "2000-10-31T04:50:57Z")
I don’t believe I’m giving out anything. I mean, I’m going trick-or-treating myself. Not in the usual sense parse, but within the confines of my dorm. If I was to give out candy, I would give out…poisoned apples with razor blades infected with the bubonic plague in them. Or Snikers. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@That\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-candy-are-you-giving-out-for-halloween/39044/3 "2000-10-31T04:57:51Z")
I’ve got these great new premium suckers. They are called **Candy Apple suckers** , and have half caramel stuck to half Frmer John’s Green Apple flavor. They last forever, and are so good I ate them and had to get more! ---
**Author:** ![That\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@That\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-candy-are-you-giving-out-for-halloween/39044/4 "2000-10-31T05:01:44Z")
Make that **Caramel Apple suckers** ---
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-candy-are-you-giving-out-for-halloween/39044/5 "2000-10-31T05:20:01Z")
Well, Trick or Treat here was on the 25th (yes, I think it’s a horrendous idea, but I don’t get to make the rules. At least not yet . . . ). We gave out 3 musketeers, nerds, Amazin’ Fruit, and Peppermint Patties. ---
**Author:** ![Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fairy_Princess_Kitty)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-candy-are-you-giving-out-for-halloween/39044/6 "2000-10-31T05:34:21Z")
We’re giving out Snickers, Three Musketeers, and M&Ms. I was going to give out York Peppermint Patties but I love those and they’re gone now… oops. Kitty ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-candy-are-you-giving-out-for-halloween/39044/7 "2000-10-31T05:37:12Z")
Well, I have… Hershey bars Reese Sticks Baby GooGoo Clusters Snickers Milky Way Tootsie Pops Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups I’m positive I’m going to run out of candy. I did last year; only made it through by raiding my sister’s candy stash. And this year, she doesn’t have one. ---
**Author:** ![enilorac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@enilorac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enilorac)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-candy-are-you-giving-out-for-halloween/39044/8 "2000-10-31T05:47:34Z")
last i saw my mom had come home with a 5lb bag of tootsie rolls… ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-candy-are-you-giving-out-for-halloween/39044/9 "2000-10-31T06:43:35Z")
Three Muskateers! [sub]if i don’t eat them first[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-candy-are-you-giving-out-for-halloween/39044/10 "2000-10-31T07:20:15Z")
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. This way, if there are extra, I get a treat for a change… 🙂 * * * Yer pal, [Satan](http://www.members.tripod.com/jmspoofe/sdmb/satan.jpg) \*TIME ELAPSED SINCE I QUIT SMOKING: Six months, three weeks, one day, 5 hours, 21 minutes and 6 seconds. 8208 cigarettes not smoked, saving $1,026.11. Extra time with Drain Bead: 4 weeks, 12 hours, 0 minutes. **David B used me as a cite!** \* ---
**Author:** ![AzRaek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/azraek/32/16739_2.png) [@AzRaek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AzRaek)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-candy-are-you-giving-out-for-halloween/39044/11 "2000-10-31T07:23:08Z")
I give out regular-sized Snickers bars, but only for the first dozen or so kids. Then I shut off the lights and go to bed. ---
**Author:** ![zenith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zenith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zenith)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-candy-are-you-giving-out-for-halloween/39044/12 "2000-10-31T08:11:12Z")
I have son=me rubbery finger puppet thingies that are shaped like ghosts, bats and jack-o-lanterns. Also Dem Bones (sweet tart type candy shaped like bones), Butterfingers and Hersheys minitures. The Milky Way Midnights are mine! ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-candy-are-you-giving-out-for-halloween/39044/13 "2000-10-31T08:17:37Z")
Lets see… Twix, Snickers, Starburst, M&M minis, and a couple of bags with a mixture of stuff. And Reeses Cups. But those never seem to make it out of the kitchen with the rest of the candy! ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-candy-are-you-giving-out-for-halloween/39044/14 "2000-10-31T12:56:45Z")
This year, we are giving out Reese’s peanut butter cups, Tootsie Pops (how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?), Sweet Tarts, and Hershey Kisses. I also bought a bag of blue Gummi Sharks, but I don’t think they are going to last until tonight (I love Gummi candy). When I was a kid, one of my neighbors used to always give out quarters to the little ones and half dollars to the older kids. Needless to say, she was the favorite house to visit. ---
**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 31, 2000, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-candy-are-you-giving-out-for-halloween/39044/15 "2000-10-31T13:39:22Z")
I got a couple of big bags of mixed stuff - Sweetarts, tootsie rolls, smarties, now-n-later, suckers, bubble gum… the kinda crap kids like. I hope we get rid of it all - I do NOT need to be eating htat stuff… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-candy-are-you-giving-out-for-halloween/39044/16 "2000-10-31T13:41:44Z")
To be a Halloween scrooge: Yeah, right. Little kids putting on costumes and going out after dark to go door to door begging for sugar on the major Wicca holiday. I can’t figure out how many of my principals this violates. Last month at Broadway on Broadway to promote the musical “Suessical,” they past out Cat-in-the-Hat hats. I’ve made a costume around it and will go out myself. How many chances do you get to wear a hat like that? ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-candy-are-you-giving-out-for-halloween/39044/17 "2000-10-31T14:40:05Z")
I did my candy shopping yesterday during lunch and forgot to bring it all home, so sitting next to me at my desk (how I’m going to get through the day without eating it all, I don’t know!) are: Snickers Milky Ways KitKats Reeses Sugar Babies (my personal favorite) Twix York Peppermint Patties Crunch Hershey’s Milk Chocolate (we get a million trick or treaters in our neighborhood) ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-candy-are-you-giving-out-for-halloween/39044/18 "2000-10-31T15:28:36Z")
Butterfingers Reeses peanut butter cups Reeses pieces twizzlers Jolly Ranchers Three Musketeers Snickers Twix bars Kitt Katts Nestle Crunch bars Baby Ruth bars 100 Grand bars ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-candy-are-you-giving-out-for-halloween/39044/19 "2000-10-31T15:30:37Z")
This is our first Halloween in this apartment in a triple-decker neighborhood, so my SO bought: mini Snickers, Milky Ways, and Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups. All stuff HE likes, in case there are no trick or treaters! Sneak. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-candy-are-you-giving-out-for-halloween/39044/20 "2000-10-31T15:33:52Z")
Shoot, I’m comin’ to YOUR neighborhoods! I’m cheap so I give out whatever is the cheapest when I go shopping at Meijers. So far I’ve got bubble gum, some banana type chewy thing and Reese’s something-or-other (they were on sale!). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-candy-are-you-giving-out-for-halloween/39044.md?page=2)