What sort of treats do you give out for Halloween?
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When we lived in the country, we had 3 surprise trick-or-treaters. They each got a dollar, and I figure I saved money...6
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We don't get kids in my building on Halloween. I do however send little loot bags to school for my daughters class. In each one the kids get 2 peanut free candies, a Halloween themed pencil and eraser and a couple stickers.0
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This year - pork rinds, bacon, avocados, and a pamphlet about the one true way of life.
Heck, I'll just do reverse trick or treating and start knocking on people's doors to spread the Halloween joy. I'll call myself a Ketova's Witness.15 -
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I get small toys in bulk instead of candy. We had a dentist when I was a kid who gave out toothbrushes on Halloween and we avoided that house like the plague. There was also an old lady who gave us pennies... shiny pennies to small children... and they would be thrown in with our candy.
I try to give things that the kids would actually like to play with and is safe to put in a bag with all there other goodies. 0 -
This year - pork rinds, bacon, avocados, and a pamphlet about the one true way of life.
Heck, I'll just do reverse trick or treating and start knocking on people's doors to spread the Halloween joy. I'll call myself a Ketova's Witness.
I just spat my drink out all over my phone through laughing out loud!
I am the saddo hiding at home with the lights off.
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Do you all impose your LCHF ways onto unsuspecting kiddies?
I do my best to not impose any of my ways (including LCHF) onto others. I didn't even request my household to adopt this WOE (don't want to anger those carb-monsters). More than likely, I'll stick with traditional candies for the kiddies. I may be like bunny and be a little more restrictive with how much I hand out to an individual kid.
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We love giving out the miniature halloween Play doh -- kids tend to love it as they get plenty of candy trick or treating
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I usually make gift bags with junk (pencils, cute erasers, note pads and a few candies)...however, this year I am out of town most of October so I don't anticipate having time to go shopping at the party store and put those together...not even sure when I'm going to get decorating done...maybe I'll just get full size candy bars from Costco and be THAT house this year...0
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tcunbeliever wrote: »...maybe I'll just get full size candy bars from Costco and be THAT house this year...
LOL. That was me a several years ago when we lived in a neighborhood that had many youngsters and we participated in offering goodies. There were 3 children that lived next door and before I would shop for Halloween candy I would ask them what they wanted because all the remainder was given to their Mom to ration as she chose after Halloween. All 3 are tall, thin adults now and 1 is a dentist.
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"Ketova's Witness"
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mandycat223 wrote: »I'll keep in mind the non-candy treats suggested above. If nothing else it will be a good joke to give pencils, erasers and glow bracelets to those trick or treaters who look old enough to have little kids of their own.
Or you could give them a pen and a job application for the local fast food place.
If I do candy, it is usually something "Tootsie" because their stuff is peanut, tree nut and gluten free. This year I have a bag of Tootsie pops. I live in a rental house in the "starter home" area of a neighborhood that goes from that up to "is that a house or a hotel" so I don't get many Trick or Treaters. It seems like they bus them in to the higher end sub-subdivisions of the neighborhood. Truthfully, the entry way leading up to my front door is a little spooky -- it scares me sometimes.
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We set a speaker on the porch, streaming Halloween music and sounds, hand out candy to the little ones, and older kids get string cheese. We do this for a couple of hours, til we are bored with it Then turn off the music and lights and it is on to the next holiday challenge. If the weather turns cold and snowy, no one is out so it is all off. 0
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I like the music idea. My scary entry makes me feel like I should decorate it!0
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Nothing. There aren't many kids of trick or treating age left in my neighborhood and the ones that are go elsewhere. I actually used to take my kids to a different section of my neighborhood to the houses of the elderly ladies who attended the same church as us. They didn't get as much candy as in other areas, but what they got was the bigger and better candy. I don't think candy here and there is inherently bad, though. I didn't over-regulate and now my two 16 year olds self-regulate. It all depends on the kid. If I lived in an area populated with little ones, or was participating in a Trunk or Treat this year, I would hand out the Hershey.0
There's an 'h' in Ketovah's Witness. 
