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).
Candy for the trick or treaters
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Same here - I only buy it at the last minute - I can't stay out of it. I buy stuff that I like which consists mostly of little mini candy bars. Heath Bars are #1 plus I get Almond Joys, Mounds, Snickers, Baby Ruth, white chocolate Hersey Bars and M&Ms.
Sometimes you feel like a nut.
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.
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.
Dreaded MaryJanes and Peanut Chews, if I do. The rest are mine.
I miss the days when we would all go early, 'cause the word got out that someone was giving out apple taffys. The red ones.
Don't know if I should buy this year. New place, don't know what to expect.
This place is hosting some 'trunk or treat'? Decorate your car and pass out candy at the office? Win prizes. How does one decorate a car trunk?
I miss the days when we would all go early, 'cause the word got out that someone was giving out apple taffys. The red ones.
Don't know if I should buy this year. New place, don't know what to expect.
This place is hosting some 'trunk or treat'? Decorate your car and pass out candy at the office? Win prizes. How does one decorate a car trunk?
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I always get candy, usually Kit-Kat Bars and 100 Grand Candy Bars, but haven't had a trick or treater in 14 years. Then the candy is mine, mine! It would take them an hour to visit the 8 houses on my road. All the kids go into a town to do their trick or treating.
I aways buy candy. It's not fair otherwise. I usually buy whatever is going cheap. They aren't fussy around here,
I can honestly say that I never do.
All mine is always peanut free, that way if there is anything left over I get to eat it. This year we happened to be in a store that had peanut free Halloween candy on sale (regular $20, on for $15). If you bought two boxes you got a store coupon for $10. Got to the car and realized the $10 coupon was only good for a few days, so I went back in and bought another box of chocolate bars.
I have enough now, but I'll also pick up some food free stuff; fancy pencils or erasers. I originally started getting them for kids with allergies, but a lot of the kids chose the non-food stuff. I always run out.
I also have some Baby Mum-mums. They are a "baby's first food" type of biscuit. Melt in your mouth. We sometimes get parents bringing babys. I had the biscuits for my granddaughter. If I didn't have any I would give nothing to those parents. One father tried to guilt me. I told him I buy for about 200 kids and I run out every year. (This is true) If I give HIM and his WIFE candy it means I run out sooner, and it's a child that would do without. He kind of looked down and said he hadn't thought of that.
Dogs here get treats at a lot of doors. Not at mine.
i loved getting candy cigarettes when I was a kid. I had to hide them from mom because she wasn't amused. 
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.
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.
I used to give out Snickers, Kit-Kat, and your basic range of chocolate candy.
One bitter cold day someone was giving out coffee to the adults.
Same here. Our whole neighborhood, which consists mostly of older, retired people has seen a pretty significant drop off of kids trick or treating over the last few years. We used to have vehicles lined up and down the street and we usually ran out of candy by 9pm no matter how much we stocked up. Last year, I didn't even go thru a whole party bowl of candy, much to the delight of my son. Can't blame parents nowadays, lots of weirdos out and about and this year you can add idiotic people who want to dress up as clowns and wreak havoc to the list of safety concerns for this Halloween. My son and I have decided we're going to pull the outdoor fire pit around to the front yard, build a fire, sit in our lawn chairs and see if anyone shows up this year.
When I was living in my house, Parents would drive the children up to each driveway. A whole line of cars.
I worked for my candy. Trudging along. Always fun to go the the rectory.
Nuns and candy. Seeing them after school and nice!
I worked for my candy. Trudging along. Always fun to go the the rectory.
Nuns and candy. Seeing them after school and nice!
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.
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.
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.
We spend around $200-250 each year on candy and rarely have any left.
WOWS!
Have you ever recorded any of this?
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!
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.
We spend around $200-250 each year on candy and rarely have any left.
You're not that far away ya know....
Well, living out in the boonies, I don't get any kiddies brave enough to wander down my lonesome country road and up my long, rising drive. It'd be a strenuous, possibly creepy trek for today's lazy youth. Kind of a bummer, because, back when I lived in town, I rather enjoyed creepin-up the porch and doling out the goodies. Usually went all out with the Snickers, Reese's Cups and Pieces, Mars Bars, etc.
Oh, and one year, as an added bonus to a few of the more exceptionally monster-costumed kiddies, I handed out some good old horror comics! I'd found a dozen or so copies of the Gemstone line of E.C. Reprints in my local comic shop's dollar box (ones I already owned, of course), and thought they'd make awesome treats for the older 'trickers'. Imagine, along with yer candy bars and M-n-Ms, you got an issue of The Vault of Horror? I sure hope the punks appreciated it, because these days even those reprints are worth some decent bucks.
And, of course, I handed the junk out dressed as The Crypt-Keeper. Heh heh heh.
Oh, and one year, as an added bonus to a few of the more exceptionally monster-costumed kiddies, I handed out some good old horror comics! I'd found a dozen or so copies of the Gemstone line of E.C. Reprints in my local comic shop's dollar box (ones I already owned, of course), and thought they'd make awesome treats for the older 'trickers'. Imagine, along with yer candy bars and M-n-Ms, you got an issue of The Vault of Horror? I sure hope the punks appreciated it, because these days even those reprints are worth some decent bucks.
And, of course, I handed the junk out dressed as The Crypt-Keeper. Heh heh heh.