Why do some people give out full-sized candy bars for Halloween?

[Anonymous]

… and this is why we have an obesity epidemic in this country. I consider buying the large candy bars every year because I too, like to spread joy.

My conscience always leads me back to the fun size and instead I spread the joy with an enthusiastic response to the awesome costumes.

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Anonymous wrote:Related: why do full size bar people sometimes spread them all over the driveway. I’ve seen this two years in a row at different houses. People are giving out full size, but you have to pick them up off the driveway or stoop. Why the ground candy?

Huh. I’ve never seen that one.

Update: OP would have had a stroke. We went TOT-ing on the slightly later side (still early, but after most of the toddlers and kindergartners were home) and a new full bars house in our neighborhood told the kids they could each take FIVE full bars. I know people are going to say that didn’t happen, but yeah, it really did. I guess they overbought and were really committed to not having leftovers in the house. My kids’ minds were suitably blown, but they took 2 and 3, respectively. DH ate one last night. Madness!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just pawed through all the wrappers in my kids bag and found a couple of snickers. OMG, they are minuscule. It was bad enough when they called those tiny things "Fun Size" but now they don't even have enough room to print "fun size" on the wrapper. They only print "S" on one side -- not even Snickers. They suck.

When I was ToT as a kid, there was no such thing as "fun size." It was all huge, full sized candy. And oddly enough people weren't fat either. Or diabetic. Imagine that -- an entire pillow case filled with full sized candy. Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end.

You’re describing a “mini” not a fun size. A fun size bar is about 1/3 the size of a full size bar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I sent my 1st grader to school with one for lunch. If he’s going to have a big sugar rush and crash may as well do it at school rather than have a meltdown at home afterwords.

Once again, the “sugar rush” myth has been long debunked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:… and this is why we have an obesity epidemic in this country. I consider buying the large candy bars every year because I too, like to spread joy.

My conscience always leads me back to the fun size and instead I spread the joy with an enthusiastic response to the awesome costumes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I sent my 1st grader to school with one for lunch. If he’s going to have a big sugar rush and crash may as well do it at school rather than have a meltdown at home afterwords.

Once again, the “sugar rush” myth has been long debunked.

Data from a respected study, not one done by the Mars Corporation please….

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Related: why do full size bar people sometimes spread them all over the driveway. I’ve seen this two years in a row at different houses. People are giving out full size, but you have to pick them up off the driveway or stoop. Why the ground candy?

What? I've never seen this before. Are you sure the home isn't owned by a witch who wants to eat your children?

HA! I literally laughed out loud. —np

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Anonymous wrote:NP, and haven't read the replies, but I can tell you, it's people who wait too long to buy Halloween candy and there is nothing left at the store.

I just grabbed the last three bags of candy (Milky Ways) at our store (actually there were five and I left two for someone else to buy)

There was nothing left to buy at my store today because some time in the last two days they took down Halloween and put up Christmas. WTH, Harris Teeter?

I support Full Bars 2022, but Halloween is the same date every year. Get your candy with your regular grocery order.

I actually had already gotten plenty of full size bars to hand out, but DC texted me in the morning that they had play rehearsal after school. Pick up was during prime ToT hours. I didn’t want to leave the full size bars out on the porch in case someone came and took them all. So I figured I’d grab a bag of fun size to leave in a bowl while the house was empty. Best laid plans. I suppose no one was going to steal the stupid gingerbread house.

[Anonymous]

How old are all of you saying you only got full-sized as a kid? I’m 45 and don’t remember anything of the sort. It was all small candy for me in the 80s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How old are all of you saying you only got full-sized as a kid? I’m 45 and don’t remember anything of the sort. It was all small candy for me in the 80s.

48yo here. No full size bars in New Jersey when I grew up either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I sent my 1st grader to school with one for lunch. If he’s going to have a big sugar rush and crash may as well do it at school rather than have a meltdown at home afterwords.

Once again, the “sugar rush” myth has been long debunked.

Data from a respected study, not one done by the Mars Corporation please….

Here you go:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/391812

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hey OP - one of my neighbors had a huge roll of dollar bills and handed singles out to each kid. The kids were BESIDE THEMSELVES. Just letting you know in case you had calmed down about the full size bars.

As an immigrant, it never ceases to amaze me what brings Americans joy- but clearly full-size candy bars bring lots of you joy. I guess it makes sense because everywhere you go all the food is supersized. I will remember that for next Halloween so I can be a fun neighbor.

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Anonymous wrote:I sent my 1st grader to school with one for lunch. If he’s going to have a big sugar rush and crash may as well do it at school rather than have a meltdown at home afterwords.

Teacher here. Make his/her meltdown our problem right? Gee. Thanks.

Not PP but I've given up policing when or how much candy they eat in the weeks post-Halloween. Not a battle I have the energy to pick- people want to give this stuff out, my kid is going to eat it. We do try to take a few pieces out every day to try to whittle it down faster but my oldest catches on so have to be careful!

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Anonymous wrote:Why are some people myopic misers who hate fun and everyone in the neighborhood dislikes?

I know you can answer that one from personal experience, OP.

This thread is yet another reminder to NEVER underestimate the insignificant things painfully insecure, status-obsessed strivers are internally clocking in their heads. Such a miserable and insufferable lot. And then they wonder why other parents ghost them and won't let their kids play date with their kids.

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Anonymous wrote:How old are all of you saying you only got full-sized as a kid? I’m 45 and don’t remember anything of the sort. It was all small candy for me in the 80s.

48yo here. No full size bars in New Jersey when I grew up either.

Yeah I grew up in upstate NY and it was not common at all- IIRC sometimes the fire trucks would drive around handing them out? Which seems weird to me now so maybe I am misremembering, lol. But it was just a lot of smaller stuff like smarties, starburst, etc. Probably similar quantity but smaller volume compared to what my kids brought home the other night.