halloween treats

iammumtoone

For those that take part what do you give out? I give out around 120 - 150 treats every year :eek:

This year I am thinking of making my own bags of sweets up, does anyone do this and does it work out cheaper?

Any suggestions of where to buy the bags and sweets to put in them? I know Lidl do a big bag of midget gems for around 40p.

This is not a debate about the rights or wrongs of trick or treat there will be plenty of those threads to comment on if you wish. My son loves it more than christmas, we are respectful when we go out and do not knock on anyones door whose house is not decorated.

Silvertabby

I give out around 120 - 150 treats every year :eek:

Gosh, that's a lot!

We buy the bags of mini chocolate treats, but we don't get anywhere near that many callers.

That said, whilst we don't mind the little ones (who are always accompanied by an adult) we do object to teenagers who seem to expect money rather than a mini bag of maltesers.

Perhaps we're lucky, but a sign on the door saying 'No trick or treat after 7pm thank you' has always worked for us.

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LilElvis

I just get the big tubs of mixed sweets - lollies, love hearts, chews etc - and put a small handful in the buckets and bags the mids will be carrying. I don't count the sweets, just go by the weight - probably get through 5kg+.

Round here the trick or treater's just go to the houses with lights on and Halloween decorations.

Spendless

I've never counted how many qty I give out. I buy in the multi bags/tubs aimed at Halloween and prefer to give wrapped confectionery.

I always told mine they could only knock at houses decorated for Halloween as they were the people who participated.

Never had any teenagers round wanting money.

rach_k

How is trick or treating done where you are? Where I grew up, you went to every house on your street because you knew them all. Where I live now, you only go to houses that are decorated/lit up on the three or four streets near you, so you end up visiting people you don't know.

If everybody knows you, I would do the unwrapped sweets with no reservations, but if somebody gave my kids unwrapped sweets here I'd probably throw them away as you don't know the state of the kitchen/hands used to pack them!

If you think unwrapped sweets would be appropriate in your area, you could just use small sandwich bags (the cheap thin ones on a roll, designed for single use) and tie them with some orange or black ribbon.

If wrapped sweets would be better, I'd just get some wrapped sweets or chocolates from Lidl or another cheap shop - kids really don't need a bag, just one sweet is more than enough. You can offer extra to kids you know/like!

peachyprice

I just buy a couple of the large bags of the mixed sweets throw them in a bucket and let the children take a couple each, once they're gone, they're gone. The children here are pretty good and only take one or two sweets each. That's more than enough

Deep_In_Debt

I buy a multi pack of Haribos and hand those out. However, not had any trick or treater's for a couple of years now. I don't decorate my house but some used to call any way which I didn't mind as most were little ones accompanied by an adult.

I'll probably buy a multi pack of Haribos again this year and if the little ones don't call, I'll take them to work and share them.

jimbo747

Moved house last year, only round the corner really. In years gone by might get 2 or 3. Last year we must have had well over 50 before we ran out of sweets, and we were out for a good 30 mins trick or treating ourselves. Thinks it's because the area we are in is 'known' for going all out at Xmas and Halloween, we get people from different towns coming over. Plus it was decent weather, was quite a mild night

Kynthia

Never had many trick or treaters before moving to a new house a few years ago. The road I live on and a couple of the surrounding roads seem quite into Halloween as there's lots of young families. I barely got to sit down between 4pm and 6pm last year with the doorbell going so much. Thankfully most only knock if you have a pumpkin or lantern lit in porch or by your door so when we didn't we had no callers.

I figure it means every child is collecting quite a lot of sweets due to the number of houses they visit, so each house doesn't need to give them much. Plus I think wrapped is better. So I'd suggest looking at Poundland for big bags of foil covered chocolate eyeballs, mini lollipops, chewits, and mini Haribo. I keep a few bags of chocolate buttons for any really little ones that come.

iammumtoone

rach_k wrote: »

if somebody gave my kids unwrapped sweets here I'd probably throw them away as you don't know the state of the kitchen/hands used to pack them!

I didn't think of that. My sweets would be safe (I was even planning on wearing gloves when distributing) but of course the parents wouldn't know that.

I will stick with wrapped, thanks.

iammumtoone

Deep_In_Debt wrote: »

I buy a multi pack of Haribos and hand those out. However, not had any trick or treater's for a couple of years now. I don't decorate my house but some used to call any way which I didn't mind as most were little ones accompanied by an adult.

I'll probably buy a multi pack of Haribos again this year and if the little ones don't call, I'll take them to work and share them.

Can I kindly suggest that you either take part and put out a pumpkin (plastic one from poundland will do the job) or not give anything out.

Those that give sweets without a pumpkin outside are inadvertently encouraging people to knock at houses without a pumpkin, potentially disturbing those who don't want to be.

A few years back a colleague at work eagerly got in loads of sweets for the kids but complained next day as nobody knocked, it turns out they didn't have a pumpkin so were left alone.