Comments on: Halloween Treat Ideas (or Not)

By: sam

sam — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 22:45:57 +0000

Oh, and by the way, the list of alternative treats is majorly lame. If someone had given me an applesauce cup for haloween (assuming they had them in the mid-1960’s), they would have found the cup, upside down, on their car hood the next morning.

By: sam

sam — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 22:42:18 +0000

The whole “unwrapped treat” thing can work to your advantage. When my daughters were small, we would go through their bags when they got home. I would confiscate all the unwrapped cookies, candy, etc. and then eat it myself. My wife would appropriate all the candy corn for herself. My daughters are in their 20’s now and probably still think that candy corn is dangerous.

By: nickel

nickel — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 14:13:58 +0000

Matt: Yes, I’m well aware of that, but I’m still not going to let my kids eat unwrapped or open treats.

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 13:31:27 +0000

Matt, whether it were an urban myth or not, I would still examine my kids’ candy (if I had any), because it does not take very long and it is a basic safety measure. When I was a kid, I always checked my candy over before eating it. Of course, I am not a huge sweets person, and didn’t eat much of it anyway…

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 10:48:03 +0000

Um…you are aware, are you not, that the whole “Halloween candy tainted with poison and razor blades” thing is an urban myth, right?

By: savvysaver

savvysaver — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 15:05:13 +0000

I kind of like the pencil topper idea. I thought those were pretty cool when I was little, but I have no idea where to get ones that kids would think is cool (I don’t even know what kids like anymore).

I think I’ll stick with candy.

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:08:58 +0000

Living on the top floor of an apartment building with a broken buzzer, I do not get trick or treaters. Oh well, we’re still trying to find a house…