Halloween candy is expensive!

[grinningghost]

Today I went and bought Halloween candy for DD's youth group project. Every kid was supposed to bring 4 bags of different candies. No gum allowed (figures, cause that's cheap).

It was $15.00 - and I bought it all on sale. And that's not even for US! I will buy bulk candy to give out on Halloween - at least it's a bit cheaper.

Anyone else finding Halloween to be an increasingly expensive holiday?

 

[Pooh Girl 71]

Does every child have to bring 4 bags? That is a lot of candy!

I saw the little miniature candy bars at Wal-Mart yesterday for $2 a bag.

 

[FroggyinArk]

I'll trade GG.. we've spent over 50 on batteries so far..lol. and we have four more nights of haunted h ouser to go

 

[Lachesis00]

I swear costcos bumps the price @ holiday time...

 

[Beanie]

We bought ours at Sam's Club this year, which was a great thing for us to do! We have over 400 kids who come to our house each year (we live right in the middle of town on a street with many other houses, so our street gets hit the most and we are the first house! )

Each year, we do something neat for the kids who come. This year, DH's nephew is going to be sitting inside a candy crane machine with a scary mask, just pretending to be fake, so when the child uses the machine and gets a candy (which will be incredibly simple as each kid will have no problem winning), when they reach in, DH's nephew will grab them! It should be fun! For that, we are giving out full size candy bars!

For the little kids who are too scared to try the crane, we will give them 2 of the fun size candies!

Halloween is so much fun and the kids in the neighborhood really love our house. DH is a DJ, so he plays all kinds of scary music all night long, which can be heard for streets over! He also plays the usual Monster Mash, Ghostbusters, ect music. It is a lot of fun! I can't wait until Sunday!

Anyway, back to what I was saying (sidetracked there! )...we bought all our candy at Sam's Club and saved a lot of money, since we needed so much!

 

[Alice28]

Gosh, I was just at Target and I thought their candy was very reasonable. Several varieties at around $1.50 a bag, and several for about $2 a bag (and not cheapie yucky kind).

Walgreens also had almost all varieties for $1.50 a bag, incl Snickers, M and M's, etc.

 

[katerkat]

Honestly, I was never surprised by the price of candy until I bought it with my employee discount. (We get it at cost + 5%.) Holy cow are we making a huge profit off candy!!

 

[skiwee1]

Tell me about it. I get the stuff we like too like butterfingers, milky ways, and snickers. I paid 2 for $5 today. I had to get 8 bags and I hope that is enough! I could get the cheaper stuff but I know my kids hate the cheap candy themselves and end up tossing it. I figure this will at least get eaten. Even if it is us doing the eating!

 

[travelbug]

Guess I'm feeling extra lucky now. I hit a sale and had a coupon today, so I got 4 bags of Halloween candy for a total of $5.00. It's good kinds too. Snickers, Nestles' Crunch, M&Ms.

 

[CourtasanSatine]

the day after is the best day to buy candy for some reason