Well, if we only had that many kids, we might do the full-size bars, too. But we laid in candy for 500 kids this year, and ran out by 6:30.
Hats off to you. If we stayed home even I could afford to give out full sized bars because we’d get fewer than half a dozen kids.
But I think I have a new answer for how to spend a ridiculous amount of money if I won or inherited it. Full sized Snickers for everyone!
Why, I remember when getting ANY candy bar in your Halloween bag was a Big Deal! Back in MY day, we got the lollipops, the gum, the taffy, candy corn, and apples, yes, apples! Sometimes a Hershey kiss. Then the miniature candy bar was invented…Well, props to you, Malienation, that was generous and nice. (I gave out the usual mini-Snickers bars, lollipops for the little ones, and an emergency bag of tootsie rolls - and it was so busy I was mulling over whether to hand out old VCR tapes if I ran out of candy :p).
According to this, Mister Rogers and his wife used to give out the full-sized candy bars.
A word of advice – please don’t give out those “Little Huggie” drinks. One year I had a lolly-pop stick pierce the top and it soaked through my bag all over my costume. (Fortunately it was all the bottom of the bag and didn’t ruin any of my candy, at least)
Very cool.
Now, if they had been Milky Ways, that would have been truly awesome. (I LOVE me some Milky Ways. I remember getting a few big’uns as a kid.)
I figure it’s okay to give out “fun-sized” candy bars as long as you give them out in quantity. Three fun-sized bars equals one regular-sized bar.
Full size bars are awesome! You get a gold star from me 
We got zero trick or treaters this year, which is good since we didn’t buy any candy. We live on a street with no sidewalk, no lighting, and the houses are spaced pretty far apart. And the other side of the street is a wildlife preserve. My son spent the night at a friend’s house Saturday night and the other kid’s mom called on Halloween to ask if he could stay and trick or treat with them (my son is 15 but looks 12, but the friend is 14 and has younger siblings down to what I’d guess is maybe 4 years old, so it wasn’t quite as bad as it sounded). He came home with a bag of loot and gave me all the Reese’s cups. Good kid, my boy.
Sorry, that was last year (1 box 3 Musketeers, 1 box Milky Ways). This year, I decided to commit to a single point of view, if you will, and go all 3 Musketeery on the neighborhood.
Depending on exactly what was on the old VCR tapes, they may have actually made a VERY popular “treat”…
Pshaww. My parents (well, my dad really) give out king size - not full size, KING SIZE bars, usually a selection of Snickers, Butterfinger, Reese’s PB cups (4 in a package), and whatever else my dad can find in that size. My guess is they spend ~$75-100. When he was a little kid my father was very impressed with this one house that gave out king size bars, and resolved that when he was a grown-up, his house would be the BEST one to go to on trick-or-treat night. He got his dream, I guess…
That’s the coolest and sweetest thing ever!!
Mr Boozilu calls them ‘mildly annoying size’ instead of ‘fun size’.
My wife and I had our first Halloween in the house we are in now, and were mega disappointed by the turn out. I had gone to the store and bought 80 reese’s cups (those 8 packs were on sale for a dollar each!) only to come home and be told that wasn’t enough. Apparently there are too many kids in our neighborhood. I went back to the store and bought 100 more pieces of candy. Halloween night comes, we get out the pumpkin, bring the chairs to the porch and wait. Okay, 7 o’clock, here comes the kids, right? 8 o’clock, “This is the 31st right?” By 9 o’clock, we had a total of about 20 trick or treaters for the night. We had planned on giving one piece per kid, but just ended up giving out handfuls instead.
I remember the one time that a neighbor passed out full-size Ghirardelli bars. I think we hit his house up at least twice. That’s my fear of being on the giving-out end.
My husband & I, childless by choice, usually play “not at home” on Halloween. I’m still prepared because one time I “got caught” by a troupe of trick-or-treaters while sneaking out of or back into the house.
I always wondered what was so “fun” about a smaller-than-usual candy bar. But any Snickers is a good Snickers. Not complaining.
I don’t give out full size but I buy at least 5 kinds of fun sized plus milk duds and individual PB cups. I tell kids to take 3 and let them choose the ones they want. We spent about $50 on candy and ran out exactly at 7:00, which is convenient since that’s when trick or treating ends in my town. I was proud of our timing because it was our first Halloween in this town and our first ever with more than 10 kids.
Funny thing is that all the kids seemed more excited about my house than the candy. They really liked the fact that I live in a log cabin and they could see my fireplace (with fire), fish tank (with goldfish), and cute puppies when I opened the door. A couple kids were so busy admiring the house that they almost forgot to take candy.
There was one year when I was a kid that my mom brought us to her friend’s house for Halloween. We went around her really rich neighborhood (we lived about 1 step up from the slums). Most of the houses gave full size candy bars. I remember thinking that I really didn’t like 3 Musketeers or Milky Way and no one had Snickers. All I wanted was a Snickers and some Milk Duds. Other than that, I liked fruity candy. I was probably the only freak kid who would have preferred fun sized Snickers over full size 3 Musketeers.
I also give out full-size candy bars. I have some karma to make up for, from back when I didn’t have much money and wasn’t generous and didn’t share.
One of my neighbours gave out $20 bills.
For the last few years, at least, Costco has sold boxes of full size barscheaper if you buy earlier in October. Of course, you have to restrain yourself for that much longer. 
For some reason, this year there were a lot of “You’re my new best friend!” I wonder if it’s been on some TV show recently. Had one kid come back for seconds, all sneaky-like: he pulled his jacket up so it hooded his head. Riiight. I didn’t say anything, though.
I really miss living in a neighborhood with trick-or-treaters. Here the only thing out roaming in the dark is coyotes and deer, with the occasional wolf to liven things up. Small children wearing vision-impairing masks are far down the food chain.
Anyway, I was too exhausted from working a friend’s Halloween party the night before. He sets up an elaborate ‘haunted house’ out in his woods, and I was telling ghost stories in the middle of nowhere for six hours.
2011 Update: did it again this year, three, count 'em, three boxes of full-size 3 Musketeers bars. Gave away roughly 75 (so I had to open all three boxes) from 6:30 to 8:30. 'Course, I tested some first before distribution commenced so as to confirm an acceptable level of chocolaty freshness. Still have 24 left, which once again I will disposing of in my own manner.
But thank you for asking.
On a more serious note (as candy related issues inevitably are): switch to Milky Ways next year? Don’t suggest Snickers bars, which I have considered (good for the diet since I’m allergic to peanuts). Problem is, I don’t wanna disappoint any fellow peanut allergy sufferers. Thoughts?