Favorite candy or other treats for Halloween?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nah, I'm not feeding your little chubsters more candy. I think we all know most kids don't need any more than they are already getting. Can't kids have fun without food?

Don't you know, the candy is actually for mom and dad. Every parent I know, my husband and I included, let the kids have some for a week or two, "sort" out all the good stuff, and throw away the junk. It is a win/win for everyone

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nah, I'm not feeding your little chubsters more candy. I think we all know most kids don't need any more than they are already getting. Can't kids have fun without food?

yeah right fat ass, you don't have the self-control to have any candy in the house, ain't that the truth?

[Anonymous]

One word: CHOCOLATE. And don't try to slip us any of the cheap stuff either. Hershey's products are much better than Nestle or Mars. But Snickers, Reese's peanut butter cups, and m&ms are all appreciated too. Plain Hershey bars (mini size) are fine for those with peanut allergies, per a friend whose 2 kids both have allergies. Personally, I don't bother eating anything that's not chocolate, nor do my kids (take after me I guess). Caramels are an exception, or an occasional candy corn for old times sake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:are you asking for kid favorite or parent favorite? a lot of these response sound like what parents like, kids not so much. coconut? yuckie

Really? My 3 yo DD loves Mounds. He won't turn down any candy - coconut or not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We try to give out some non-candy items. We've had luck with going to party stores or getting bulk items for dirt cheam on orientaltrading.com

We like the mini playdoughs, silly bands, pencils, halloween character rulers/bookmarks, glow in teh dark bracelets, bubbles, etc.

please don't-all goes in the trash

I agree.

I'd rather my son eat a hershey kiss than play with the trinkets from OT! Or a pencil? Seriously??

The motion is duly passed... No trinkets. PLEASE!

If you want to stay away from candy, do pretzels or goldfish packets.

I agree. I'd prefer candy, but if you want to do something else, stick with bags of chips or Goldfish.

The trinkets don't last long anyway and just end up in the trash.

[Anonymous]

Twizzlers, Almond Joy and Dots

[Anonymous]

I buy the cheapest junk
based on what my kids bring home, so do most of the neighbors
Of all things in the world, I am not going to buy more candy than I give out.
and after a few days, I throw all of it in the trash. Do not want that junk in my house

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I buy the cheapest junk
based on what my kids bring home, so do most of the neighbors
Of all things in the world, I am not going to buy more candy than I give out.
and after a few days, I throw all of it in the trash. Do not want that junk in my house

wow you sound awesome.

[Anonymous]

Smarties!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Twizzlers, Almond Joy and Dots

my husband would hurl-his LEAST favorite but the kids love these.

[Anonymous]

For the person who was asking about gluten in playdoh, the flour from the playdoh gets on the table and their hands, plus whatever rollers and knives he uses to cut it and roll it. This is stuff that can make them sick for days if he gets even an 1/8 of a teaspoon of it in his mouth. I don't want to risk my child's health for a stupid 1/4 cup of playdoh that I can easily make gluten free on the stove. So yes, it goes in the trash. Just like I wouldn't pour a bag of nuts on a nut-allergic child's head and say, oh, but he shouldn't eat them. Same thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One word: CHOCOLATE. And don't try to slip us any of the cheap stuff either. Hershey's products are much better than Nestle or Mars. But Snickers, Reese's peanut butter cups, and m&ms are all appreciated too. Plain Hershey bars (mini size) are fine for those with peanut allergies, per a friend whose 2 kids both have allergies. Personally, I don't bother eating anything that's not chocolate, nor do my kids (take after me I guess). Caramels are an exception, or an occasional candy corn for old times sake.

LOL! To the bolded part: Hershey SUCKS big time compared to some real quality chocolate in this world. Hershey IS the cheap stuff - quality wise!!! Unfortunately people are not going to give out Swiss or Belgian or German chocolate on Halloween, but it would be nice to give out real chocolate instead of high fructose corn syrup.

Q: What are the ingredients of a Hershey's bar?
A: Actually, the answer should be "Chocolate: Hardly any." An actual Hershey's chocolate bar only contains between 4% and 10 % chocolate. The rest of it is sugars, emulsifiers, milk solids, and other fillers.

From Hershey's website (!!) :
"Dark chocolate has no official “standard,” or definition in the U.S.
Milk chocolate must contain at least 10 percent chocolate liquor to meet the U.S. standard of identity."
AKA: Standards are incredibly low!

In contrast, a serious dark chocolate bar will contain anywhere from 65 percent to 85 percent cacao.
Most kids don't like dark chocolate, but good quality bars of milk chocolate should still contain 30-35% cacao! Good luck trying to find that in any of our great brands here.

Since high quality chocolate is ridiculously overpriced just for the US consumer - at least buy chocolate that does not have CORN listed as its first and main ingredient!

Happy Halloween!

[Anonymous]

LOL 19:45 - do you give out 80 percent cacao to your trick or treaters, then? Actually, I'm with you - I hate HFCS, etc, but I don't know any kids who eat (real) dark chocolate without crying about the injustice they've been subjected to. Real dark chocolate can be many things but it's actually not often sweet. So, you're maybe just as mean as the folks who give out toothbrushes!

As for halloween, I give out the crowd pleasers. I used to do nestle stuff, but now I'm anti nestle because of their sketchy behavior in third world countries. And I love peanut butter cups, but my best friend's son has a major major peanut allergy and now I'm converted to no peanuts for kids I don't know, since I'd like for all kids (not just the non-allergic) to get some fun at halloween time.

Bring on the candy!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
As for halloween, I give out the crowd pleasers. I used to do nestle stuff, but now I'm anti nestle because of their sketchy behavior in third world countries.

Had no idea. Off to google.

[Anonymous]

Almond Joy are my fav! Followed by Kit Kats, Twix, Snickers (in that order).

I hope you live on Capitol Hill. we're coming!