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Trick or Treat - an unoffical holiday for kids
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BuckyB93 Offline
#1 Posted: Sun, Oct 30 2022, 8:10 PM EST
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Our little town has it "officially" set the trick or treat time from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. I'm sure there will be early birds and late comers but it's about the kids.

1) Are you handing out candy?
2) How many kids do you expect?
3) Are you taking your kids trick or treating?
4) What kind of treats are you handing out?

For me:

1) Yes
2) Not known (past couple of years with the COVID thing dampened trick and treating I have no baseline to measure against this year). Bought a few bags totaling about 300 pieces.
3) My kids are teens so they are not going door to door.
4) Variety of stuff. Reese's, Hershey bars, Twix, Butterfingers, Snickers, Almond Joy, Dum Dums, Blow Pops, etc. The kids pick what they want with a limit of 3 each.

No candy corn. That $hit ranks up there with Easter marshmallow Peeps as the suckiest candies ever invented.
Gene363 Online
#2 Posted: Sun, Oct 30 2022, 8:20 PM EST
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BuckyB93 wrote:
Our little town has it "officially" set the trick or treat time from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. I'm sure there will be early birds and late comers but it's about the kids.

1) Are you handing out candy?
2) How many kids do you expect?
3) Are you taking your kids trick or treating?
4) What kind of treats are you handing out?

For me:

1) Yes
2) Not known (past couple of years with the COVID thing dampened trick and treating I have no baseline to measure against this year). Bought a few bags totaling about 300 pieces.
3) My kids are teens so they are not going door to door.
4) Variety of stuff. Reese's, Hershey bars, Twix, Butterfingers, Snickers, Almond Joy, Dum Dums, Blow Pops, etc. The kids pick what they want with a limit of 3 each.

No candy corn. That $hit ranks up there with Easter marshmallow Peeps as the suckiest candies ever invented.




I used to be bugged by teens trick or treating, but someone pointed out that's better than partying.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#3 Posted: Sun, Oct 30 2022, 9:05 PM EST
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I used to hit up free candy until I had a car and found something better to do. Lot's of dirty looks, but at least I'd wear a costume

Handing out candy
I'd be surprised if we even got a dozen
The boy is old and out of the house
Got a couple of those variety pack bags
BuckyB93 Offline
#4 Posted: Sun, Oct 30 2022, 9:34 PM EST
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Agreed, but it's only candy. Having a sweet tooth and always looking for deals, I'm looking forward to the Halloween left over candy. 50% off at Walmart after tomorrow.

Back to T&T... 98.2% of the kids that came by my place last year were kids - elementary school age. Not many teens. If there were teems, they were big brothers and sisters taking their younger siblings out while Mom and Dad were home handing out treats back home.

The town I live in did a pre trick or treat last Friday downtown for preschool and toddlers during the day. They blocked off the center of town for a couple hours and local businesses handed out candy to the little ones. We have a candy shop a block away from me that has been here for like 85 yrs and sponsors a handful of events such as this (in coordination with other local businesses and the town officials).

Rather expensive candy but their chocolate is to die for.

https://priscillacandy.com
MACS Offline
#5 Posted: Mon, Oct 31 2022, 8:55 AM EST
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Yes, we're handing out candy
Not sure how many kiddos... first time in this 'hood.
My kid is 33... sooooo... no.
We've got kitkat, reese's pb cups, and almond joy.

Mostly because I like those and if there's any left... I'll be eating them. :)
Gene363 Online
#6 Posted: Mon, Oct 31 2022, 9:04 AM EST
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I uploaded this idea to the alternate location.

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BuckyB93 Offline
#7 Posted: Mon, Oct 31 2022, 9:46 AM EST
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MACS wrote:
Yes, we're handing out candy
Not sure how many kiddos... first time in this 'hood.
My kid is 33... sooooo... no.
We've got kitkat, reese's pb cups, and almond joy.

Mostly because I like those and if there's any left... I'll be eating them. :)


I'm on board with your selections. Although I like Almond Joy, if given the choice I'd pick a Mounds (dark chocolate vs milk chocolate)

Sometimes you feel like a nut... sometimes you don't

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTcV-7Ubzpg
madspackler Offline
#8 Posted: Mon, Oct 31 2022, 10:06 AM EST
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Yes we are handing out candy
Last year had about 15 kids - hope for more this year
My kids are both married and on their own - no grands yet
We have a mix of Almond Joy, Milk Duds, Reeses, Skittles, kitKat and Hershey bars
deadeyedick Offline
#9 Posted: Mon, Oct 31 2022, 10:09 AM EST
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Reminds me.

One year when my two daughters were trick or treat age I was standing out in the neighbor's driveway with him and another neighbor waiting for our kids to go up and down the block. We were drinking of course. We got the idea to ring his wife's door and drop our drawers to moon her.

She said something about ugliest costumes and slammed the door. Never got any candy.
MACS Offline
#10 Posted: Mon, Oct 31 2022, 10:23 AM EST
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Couple Halloweens ago I was set up in the garage handing out candy and had the fridge full of "dad beers" for the dads walking their kids around.

That was very well received. lol
DrMaddVibe Offline
#11 Posted: Mon, Oct 31 2022, 11:07 AM EST
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1) Are you handing out candy?
2) How many kids do you expect?
3) Are you taking your kids trick or treating?
4) What kind of treats are you handing out?

For me:

1) No
2) None
3) My children are adults.
4) Nothing

I live in a very rural area. Kids would hike a country mile on my street. We used to do Trunk or Treat and set up at the driveway but we only had 2 kids show up.

I miss living in a subdivision for this holiday alone. I used to go all out...lights, fog machines, speakers the whole shebang...dress up and pass out REAL size candy bars not that funsized cheap $hit. I'd buy a ton of it and whatever didn't get got I used for desserts for the holidays...Snickers Cheesecakes, Twix Cake, M&M rice crispie bars.

Used to take the grandkids out but 5 out of the 7 have moved away now. Oh well.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#12 Posted: Mon, Oct 31 2022, 11:58 AM EST
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I do live in a subdivision, and remember one year a kid (8ish-9ish) griping at his mom, "Do we have to walk to every single house?!?"
Cheno Offline
#13 Posted: Mon, Oct 31 2022, 12:18 PM EST
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Trick or treating is from 3-7 by us. Wife will take the kids treating while I sit on the driveway dressed as Micheal Myers passing out candy. Might have a fire pit going not sure yet. We get a bunch of kids where we are at. We have like 4/5 bags of mixed candy that I toss on a table and let the kids kinda choose.
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#14 Posted: Mon, Oct 31 2022, 3:12 PM EST
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