And what are we giving trick or treaters?

[Kitsa]

I have no more boxes of Frankenberry to hand out and get weird looks from parents about. :halloween2 I have assembled little treat bags...half of them are Frankenstein's monsters and half are mummies. Each contains:

- A coupon for a free Big Boy kids' meal
- One or two "gummy body parts"
- A few foil wrapped halloween chocolates (mainly eyeballs and some big medallion things with dracula on them)
- A piece of bubble gum
- A spider or bat ring
- One or two of the Hershey's Candy Corn Kisses, but I nearly gagged from the smell of them.

I've handed out great stuff like full-size candy bars before, but I notice they jack the prices way up around halloween and I had to buy the trick or treat supply several times to replace disappearing stock. :\

[Zhukov]

Probably a confused look.

[Mockery]

I'm never home for Halloween really, but before I head out for the night, a few kids always stop by to trick-or-treat. One of my favorite memories was a kid knocking on our door some years ago, and I didn't have any candy, so I ran into the kitchen and grabbed a box of spaghetti and gave it to him. His face lit up with so much excitement, he turned out and exclaimed, "Mommy! Look what I got!" as he held the spaghetti above his head with glee.

I guess what I'm saying here is: stock up on spaghetti. :halloween

[Wiffles]

bite size candy bars most likely, the ones you get in 10lbs bags at costco. kids love em and are cheap

[BatmanJohnson]

We're doing king-sized candy bars so that the neighborhood kids won't mess with our house.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Bulk candy. Can you write off halloween for your taxes?

[MarioRPG]

I never get trick or treaters. Ever.

[Shadowdancer21b]

Zero kids come to my apartment. Good on 'em. I wouldn't give anything to the Unparented anyway.

[Pentegarn]

Something I like, that way when inevitably less kids than I anticipated come a-callin' I can eat the leftover candy

[executioneer]

shot of vodka

[The Nun Eater]

Definitely not candy with rat poison in it.

[Kitsa]

I tried not to make a snap judgment here, but The Nun Eater reminds me of the tool I once saw hanging outside a Hot Topic that called out, "I eat babies, heh heh heh" as we walked past.

[dextire]

We have a bunch of friends over and watch horror movies all night long. Each person brings a bag of candy so we have tons to give away to the kids. I also stock up over the season on some of the bigger candy like full-sized candy bars and some of the novelty stuff like stickers, pencils, light-sticks, and little toys to give away as well.

This year I got full-sized Ring Pops and Fun Dips. I saw the Ring Pops' cover and had to buy it. :halloween2
http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv150/dextire/Halloween%20Goodies/RingPops.jpg

And we also give away a prize for best costume. This year we have two; a Marshmallow Brain Burger for best costume under five years old, and an horribly awesome Transformer for five or over.

http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv150/dextire/Halloween%20Goodies/Transformer.jpg

It's called Ejector and it transforms into a toaster! :)

[darkvare]

my mom buys halloween theme candy we dress up the house put on music of various great horror movies i get dressed i go to a bar and end up swearing "i won't get this drunk again" which is just liying to my self in other words mom gives out the candy

[Sacks]

I'm going to get something that is cheap and not delicious enough for kids to take all of because I have to leave a bowl out. I don't want one kid taking all of it so it has to be mediocre but not suck totally. I was surprised last year how brazen they were about just taking handful after handful while my brother and I were sitting right next to it (we're also really tall and I was dressed in a pretty creepy costume. He was just smoking and drinking gin.). It seems like they get more greedy when they're in packs, but when it's just a kid and his buddy they're really modest and polite. Does anyone have any suggestions for candy that doesn't totally suck but isn't worth taking a whole bowl of?

[elx]

tootsie rolls and dum dums! everyone loves them but there's like 102938102938103 of em

[Zhukov]

I think you're trying to have your cake and eat it there Sacks.

[Sacks]

It's true, children are awful bastards.

[MLE]

Get something good and scare the fuck out of the ones that take handfuls. Then scream after them "THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR BEING GREEDY PIGS"

[Kitsa]

I actually had a neighbor who used to do that. She would spend tons of money buying whole boxes of those giant fundraiser candy bars from kids, then she would leave her intercom on and leave them out on the front porch with a sign saying TAKE ONLY ONE. She'd watch and when a kid grabbed more than one she'd let out this bloodcurdling screech and scare them to death.

[MLE]

I love that. Scare some morals into these heathen children.

[Wiffles]

Thats pretty cool, in an almost parody-like kinda way ^.^;

[shekk]

people who give out blow pops are always the most popular

[Sacks]

Was I the only kid who liked those weird toffee caramel things that come in plain orange and black wrappers? The joke was that they were everywhere and they were awful but I would only get 2 or 3 and they were probably the most halloweeny of all the candy I got.

[The Doctor]

Was I the only kid who liked those weird toffee caramel things that come in plain orange and black wrappers? The joke was that they were everywhere and they were awful but I would only get 2 or 3 and they were probably the most halloweeny of all the candy I got.

Did they sometimes have like bats on them or a black cat, if so then yea they weren't shabby.

[Kitsa]

I thought they were peanut butter. They were wrapped like salt water taffy, only in orange or black papers?

I used to make wreaths out of them.

[Sacks]

Make me a wreath, Kitsa. A delicious festive wreath.

[Kitsa]

right...those things weigh like 20 lbs and take hours to make.

[Sacks]

I believe in you.

[Danny 4 Eyes]

Normally I give them a swift blow to the head with some blunt object, but failing that some fun-sized chocolate bars. The kids in England never seem to really get into Halloween, especially around my area so we always end up with loads of chocolate left. Depending on if I get home from work before any Halloweeners get to my house, I normally answe the door in costume.

[Mockery]

I actually have more candies leftover this year than normal, so I'll be leaving out a heaping bowl of candies for trick-or-treaters to feast upon. Wish I had a hidden camera so I could capture their reactions to it... :halloween

[Popcornmonster]

Syringes and expired balogna. Same as every year.

[ChrisGlass]

I'd love to give out this:
http://www.vat19.com/dvds/worlds-largest-gummy-worm.cfm
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb225/M3wThr33/giantgummy-thumb-300x170-45379.jpg
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb225/M3wThr33/worlds-largest-gummy-worm-blue-red.jpg

A 3lb. gummy worm. All sold out, though.

[Carnivore]

Herpes.

[mytee firefly]

Sour punch strws- these kids like stuff so sour it puckers your whole face

[Colonel Flagg]

Probably nothing, as we haven't had even one trick-or-treater in the past 3 years.

I have sugar, just in case. Just not too much. :\

[Kitsa]

I had to tweak my selection because I remembered a couple of things.

1) there are a lot of 0-6 month olds on the block and their parents will probably be taking them around to show them off. Fortunately, I have some individually wrapped teething biscuits my daughter won't touch, so I'll have those out to give the babies.

2) I completely forgot about trick or treating for unicef until I saw boxes out at the mall trick or treat the other day. Now I'll have to have a bowl of change out. Nickels and pennies, because if it's how it used to be and kids are the same as they were in the 80s, very little of that money actually gets turned in.

Otherwise, still going with the treat bags. My mom and I are taking my daughter around tonight as Stay-Puft, since it's been so popular. Mr. Kitsa will be handing out the candy. I've got the Zombie garden all lit up and fake political signs out:

http://i799.photobucket.com/albums/yy271/kitsa_for_imockery2/draculasignlittle.png

http://i799.photobucket.com/albums/yy271/kitsa_for_imockery2/frankensteinsmall.jpg

I have the big versions of those if anyone wants 'em.

[stonewar]

I get 6-8 kids well after 8:30 so i know I'm their last stop so I give them little half-size cans of soda. I gave them a choice of normal and Jones halloween flavors. They all took the normal soda so i was stuck drinking candy corn, and pom flavored stuff. nasty nasty stuff. kids don't care if its got a werewolf on it they will stick with root beer and orage soda.

[executioneer]

i love those signs

[Kitsa]

3 people. Dammit >:(

[Mockery]

For those of you planning on giving out treats on Halloween, my buddy Andre and I have just finished a new music video that should serve as a warning from trick-or-treaters worldwide. We put a lot o' work into this, so please check it out :halloween :halloween2

Halloween Justice Squad (http://www.i-mockery.com/blabber/2010/10/28/new-video-halloween-justice-squad/)
http://www.i-mockery.com/blabber/pics/halloween-justice-squad.jpg (http://www.i-mockery.com/blabber/2010/10/28/new-video-halloween-justice-squad/)
http://www.i-mockery.com/blabber/2010/10/28/new-video-halloween-justice-squad/

[Kat]

I'll be the one trick or treating, so I will not be giving out any candy.

[Esuohlim]

They all took the normal soda so i was stuck drinking candy corn, and pom flavored stuff.

porn flavor sounds gross man

[Sacks]

Would it be salty? I can only imagine it being salty.

[LordSappington]

We like to give kids two choices: candy, or some random, unrelated thing. Last year it was a potato; this year, they're mystery bags. Some will have candy, so they break even, some will have a dollar in them, some have some cool stuff, like a book, and a gameboy game I put in, and others have just random junk, like a tortilla, dog biscuits, half a peso, and my favorite, a bag FILLED with acorns. They have to choose a number, and they get that bag. Should be a hit this year.

[Sacks]

I went ahead and grabbed an 8 dollar mixed bag of pretty good stuff. Mostly fruity sour things. I'm going to go see Danzig tonight so I was like "I'll just set this bowl on the stoop" like I had planned. ONE kid came before I had left and I opened the door and the bowl was empty.

At least they left the bowl this year.

[MLE]

I feel like Danzig.

[replicant]

Got my house 2 years ago. Nary a mutant in attendance at the door on Halloween until this year. Of course, I have no candy on hand. *Shrugs* They will get their sugar elsewhere.

[Colonel Flagg]

As predicted, zero trick-or-treaters. :(

[MLE]

We had 7 in total. Two groups, both within a minute of each other.

[Kitsa]

You know, for this spike in Halloween commercialism there sure is a disappointing lack of return in the trick or treaters department :(

[BatmanJohnson]

OMG, we have sooo much leftover candy. Anyone want a care package?

[MLE]

Oh well. We get more candy.

[Kitsa]

I took all my extra candy to that party yesterday and the host told me to stick it outside in a cauldron thing and I never saw it again

sok

[LordSappington]

Every trick or treater took a mystery bag, so we have a ridiculous amount of candy left. I wish I saw the look on the face of whoever got the bag full of acorns.

[Sacks]

That is absurd. I would have thought for sure there would have been kids wanting the sure bet. Was there a bag filled with candy?

[MLE]

Some will have candy, so they break even

here you go

[Sacks]

I meant filled with an absurd amount of candy.

[stonewar]

porn flavor sounds gross man
that's POM as in pomagranite(which I can't spell)

[MarioRPG]

My house ended up having a single trick or treating, who received a gracious handful of mini caramilk bars.

[Esuohlim]

What's going with Halloween lately? My parents live in a huge neighborhood full of kids and they only got about a dozen trick-or-treaters

[replicant]

It's those darn terrorists *cough* and charleston chew giving agnostics

[Sacks]

Put your charleston chew in the freezer for a different kind of treat!

[Kitsa]

rip those mawfucking fillings right out at the ROOTS, man

[elx]

we decorated the entire house and made pretty cool goodie bags, but we didn't get a single trick-o-treater. i've since spoken to a bunch of friends/family around the country and almost none of them got any either. :(

[BatmanJohnson]

Sounds like some kind of epidemic.

[Mockery]

Here's what I gave to trick-or-treaters this year and what happened to all my treats:
http://www.i-mockery.com/blabber/2010/11/02/halloween-is-over-now-what/

[Pentegarn]

We had to give away the candy at work the next day. Bought 4 bags of candy, and we had 4 kids. Had I known that beforehand they would have gotten a bag each

[Aaarg]

i made a trip to the store on saturday (the 30th) and a stretch of town was full of trick or treaters. there was a cop car with lights flashing on either end of this street.

seriously? is this what halloween has been reduced to? cop-monitored visits to ~20 houses on halloween EVE? fuuuuuck.

anyway i live in the middle of nowhere, so halloween isn't an issue for me personally.

[executioneer]

i think being on a sunday fucked it up

[Kitsa]

How come parents looked at me like I was a psychopath for handing out whole boxes of Frankenberry and you were Man of the Year for handing out Boo Berry?

Unfair :tear

[Aaarg]

frankenberry is clearly inferior!

[Kitsa]

That may be the case, but it doesn't stain my tooth-colored fillings purple.

[Ex Leper]

Our house is surrounded by woods and a winding driveway, nobody Trick-Or-Treats in New Paltz :halloween