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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The gigantic box of them were on sale at Costco.

OP here. That’s the only reply so far that makes sense. Thank you.

I am feeling very sorry for you

[Anonymous]

OP here. This thread is hilarious. I do love candy corn, for the record, but I don’t give it out. I buy good candy—no pretzels, no raisins—but fun sized. Yes, it’s a terrible value, ounce for ounce. But when I see the haul that my kids come home with—like an absolutely insane volume of candy—it just makes me wonder why she people feel the need to get the exact same product everyone else is giving out, just bigger. It still doesn’t make sense to me, even after reading all your replies. It would seem generous if no one else was giving out candy, or chocolate, but it’s just bigger and more expensive. On top of a mountain of the exact same stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. This thread is hilarious. I do love candy corn, for the record, but I don’t give it out. I buy good candy—no pretzels, no raisins—but fun sized. Yes, it’s a terrible value, ounce for ounce. But when I see the haul that my kids come home with—like an absolutely insane volume of candy—it just makes me wonder why she people feel the need to get the exact same product everyone else is giving out, just bigger. It still doesn’t make sense to me, even after reading all your replies. It would seem generous if no one else was giving out candy, or chocolate, but it’s just bigger and more expensive. On top of a mountain of the exact same stuff.

Your poor kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. This thread is hilarious. I do love candy corn, for the record, but I don’t give it out. I buy good candy—no pretzels, no raisins—but fun sized. Yes, it’s a terrible value, ounce for ounce. But when I see the haul that my kids come home with—like an absolutely insane volume of candy—it just makes me wonder why she people feel the need to get the exact same product everyone else is giving out, just bigger. It still doesn’t make sense to me, even after reading all your replies. It would seem generous if no one else was giving out candy, or chocolate, but it’s just bigger and more expensive. On top of a mountain of the exact same stuff.

Ask your kids if they think it's generous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. This thread is hilarious. I do love candy corn, for the record, but I don’t give it out. I buy good candy—no pretzels, no raisins—but fun sized. Yes, it’s a terrible value, ounce for ounce. But when I see the haul that my kids come home with—like an absolutely insane volume of candy—it just makes me wonder why she people feel the need to get the exact same product everyone else is giving out, just bigger. It still doesn’t make sense to me, even after reading all your replies. It would seem generous if no one else was giving out candy, or chocolate, but it’s just bigger and more expensive. On top of a mountain of the exact same stuff.

Your poor kids.

Explain.

[Anonymous]

Because they can?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Full sized candy bars are the Holy Grail of trick-or-treating. Why not make a kid's evening, if you have the means?

Exactly this! My kids still talk about the 1 house in our old neighborhood that gave out full sized candy bars.

+2

[Anonymous]

because husband wants to be "that house."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We give away two liter bottles of soda. OP would have an aneurysm.

Our street has a cooler for adults we know. OP would narc out our cul de sac

No, I’d be in to that, but go on with your assumptions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. This thread is hilarious. I do love candy corn, for the record, but I don’t give it out. I buy good candy—no pretzels, no raisins—but fun sized. Yes, it’s a terrible value, ounce for ounce. But when I see the haul that my kids come home with—like an absolutely insane volume of candy—it just makes me wonder why she people feel the need to get the exact same product everyone else is giving out, just bigger. It still doesn’t make sense to me, even after reading all your replies. It would seem generous if no one else was giving out candy, or chocolate, but it’s just bigger and more expensive. On top of a mountain of the exact same stuff.

We do it to piss you off specifically, OP.

[Anonymous]

I swear that my neighbor gives them out so other peoples’ kids will get fat. She won’t allow her own kids to eat them. Messed up but true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We give away two liter bottles of soda. OP would have an aneurysm.

Our street has a cooler for adults we know. OP would narc out our cul de sac

No, I’d be in to that, but go on with your assumptions.

Going above and beyond for adult joy 👍
Going above and beyond for child joy 🙅‍♀️

[Anonymous]

I always thought it was because those people buy candy late and full size bars are the only ones left.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We give away two liter bottles of soda. OP would have an aneurysm.

Our street has a cooler for adults we know. OP would narc out our cul de sac

No, I’d be in to that, but go on with your assumptions.

Going above and beyond for adult joy 👍
Going above and beyond for child joy 🙅‍♀️

OP here. I think it’s great when neighbors have adult beverages to share. I would find it incredibly odd if they were handing out an entire bottle of wine to every adult. Sometimes more of the same thing is just odd. That’s all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I always thought it was because those people buy candy late and full size bars are the only ones left.

Impossible. They may have already swapped the Halloween candy for the version with the Christmas wrappers, but mountains of fun size candy assortments are still piled high in every grocery store corner.