What kind of candy will be passing out this year to the trick or treaters? I will not purchase mine until the night before. (too much temptation for me).
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Sometimes you feel like a nut.
I get stuff I like, and then turn the lights off early.
I also carry peanut free stuff and baby cookies in individual packages. THese parents that go around with an infant just to get free candy, I make sure there is something for a baby.
Dog biscuits would be a nice touch too.
Some neighborhoods give out shots to parents. heh. Wish I'd thought of that.
My old boss used to do it. (I was shocked!) Then they had their party after. She was the last one I would think of to do that.
Participation in trick-or-treating has dropped off considerably in my neck of the woods. We may see a trickle here and there but most of the kids do fall festivals, trunk-or-treat, or church festivals. I'm not sure why this is but perhaps it is a question of safety.
I used to give out Snickers, Kit-Kat, and your basic range of chocolate candy.
They still sell them around here. Candy cigarettes and Cigar bubblegum.i loved getting candy cigarettes when I was a kid. I had to hide them from mom because she wasn't amused.
Oh Halloween in Florida is a thing folks. I think it's the weather, but whatever it is, we get LOTS of Trick or Treaters. Now as some of you may know, I do a huge Scare House every year and it is somewhat of a local thing. Our biggest year was around 2000 ToTers. We moved to new house and the first year we didn't do it. Last year we did and the crowd was back again. We had around 700. This year we are anticipating 1200 or so.
It's pretty advanced stuff. This year we have a 12 person zombie horde roaming the area, plus the 15 or so performers in the main areas. My weekends are currently set building, prop building, lighting and ambience testing to get it all coordinated. We have folks (plus 2 of my kids) that perform at Busch Garden's Howl-o-Scream attraction every year. I am also very experienced in set building, props, lighting and special effects and makeup. The point is it's not atypical scary house. It's a big production with professional performers. The makeup and effects are INTENSE.
So candy, we have 3 candy stations. The first is for the small kids that are too scared to come up to the house at all. It is usually Smarties and Dum Dums. I love the duality of that. The second candy station is better hard candies and chewies like Starburst, Airheads, Sour Patch, etc. That is just outside the graveyard (which is where I perform at the Wraith). The final stop is inside my garage, which is a demented scientist's lab currently. It has caged and tortured victims, a live person being gruesomely dissected with very realistic effects, plenty of sparking wires and confusing lights and smoke. Plus lots of things chasing you, loud and scary music... the whole nine yards. That station has the good stuff. The chocolate. We usually hand out Reese's, Snickers, M&Ms, etc.
We spend around $200-250 each year on candy and rarely have any left.
Yeah, but it never captures it very well. I put some pics on here a few years back. I'll try to get some better this year and put some up once I recover. It's a LOT of work.WOWS! Have you ever recorded any of this?
Oh Halloween in Florida is a thing folks. I think it's the weather, but whatever it is, we get LOTS of Trick or Treaters. Now as some of you may know, I do a huge Scare House every year and it is somewhat of a local thing. Our biggest year was around 2000 ToTers. We moved to new house and the first year we didn't do it. Last year we did and the crowd was back again. We had around 700. This year we are anticipating 1200 or so.
It's pretty advanced stuff. This year we have a 12 person zombie horde roaming the area, plus the 15 or so performers in the main areas. My weekends are currently set building, prop building, lighting and ambience testing to get it all coordinated. We have folks (plus 2 of my kids) that perform at Busch Garden's Howl-o-Scream attraction every year. I am also very experienced in set building, props, lighting and special effects and makeup. The point is it's not atypical scary house. It's a big production with professional performers. The makeup and effects are INTENSE.
So candy, we have 3 candy stations. The first is for the small kids that are too scared to come up to the house at all. It is usually Smarties and Dum Dums. I love the duality of that. The second candy station is better hard candies and chewies like Starburst, Airheads, Sour Patch, etc. That is just outside the graveyard (which is where I perform at the Wraith). The final stop is inside my garage, which is a demented scientist's lab currently. It has caged and tortured victims, a live person being gruesomely dissected with very realistic effects, plenty of sparking wires and confusing lights and smoke. Plus lots of things chasing you, loud and scary music... the whole nine yards. That station has the good stuff. The chocolate. We usually hand out Reese's, Snickers, M&Ms, etc.
We spend around $200-250 each year on candy and rarely have any left.
You're not that far away ya know....