Halloween Treats - Best & Worst & Weirdest

[jen0610]

I'm pretty accepting of all forms of candy, but beware...if you hand out any of the following, you got egged by the neighborhood kids (and a few nutty adults):

Mary Janes (mom paid good money for my dental work.)
Popcorn balls
Pennies
Coupons
Fruit (not just egged...but maybe punched by a 4 year old too)
Raisins (yeah. great. Old dried up fruit.)
Whoppers (mm...malted. Blarf)
Black Licorice
Good and Plenty (No they are not good, but there always seemed to be plenty or them.)
Necco Wafers (mmm...candy chalk!)
Werthers (seriously, we are kids...not living in a retirement home!)
Burnt Peanuts
Circus Peanuts
Regular Peanuts (get the gist folks? No nuts!)
Off season candy (easter bunnies, jelly beans, andes christmas candy)
Anything that isn't candy

Good n Plenty = UMMMM!!!

All of you licorice haters would have loved me. I traded chocolate for the licorice. Now the exchange rate was in my favor, but I still traded. To this day, if my one friend can find black or grape licorice rope, she buys me some.

I also love the licorice bit in JuJyfruits.

 

[kimblebee]

I didn't really get that! I was making a joke about the BF thread. Sorry for the confusion LOL

 

[lilybrooke14]

I'm pretty accepting of all forms of candy, but beware...if you hand out any of the following, you got egged by the neighborhood kids (and a few nutty adults):

Mary Janes (mom paid good money for my dental work.)
Popcorn balls
Pennies
Coupons
Fruit (not just egged...but maybe punched by a 4 year old too)
Raisins (yeah. great. Old dried up fruit.)
Whoppers (mm...malted. Blarf)
Black Licorice
Good and Plenty (No they are not good, but there always seemed to be plenty or them.)
Necco Wafers (mmm...candy chalk!)
Werthers (seriously, we are kids...not living in a retirement home!)
Burnt Peanuts
Circus Peanuts
Regular Peanuts (get the gist folks? No nuts!)
Off season candy (easter bunnies, jelly beans, andes christmas candy)
Anything that isn't candy

What's wrong with popcorn balls?

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Best.....Police would hand out cheese popcorn. We would seek them out just to get the popcorn. (Looking back what a terrific ploy to keep tabs on the kids.)

Worst...Has to be the black licorice. Still cannot stand it. Ick

Strangest or best (Take your pick)....Beer or pot (Nothing like partiers handing out beers and weed to teens. (Ahhhh....that what it meant to be growing up in my neighborhood in the 70's).

 

[DisneyBeagle]

What's wrong with popcorn balls?

I wasn't a fan of popcorn balls either. I like soft popcorn balls, but the ones they sell for Halloween are usually hard.

 

[Mermaid02]

I wasn't a fan of popcorn balls either. I like soft popcorn balls, but the ones they sell for Halloween are usually hard.

Store bought popcorn balls??? YUCK! My Aunt Margaret made the best popcorn balls for Halloween!

My son's faves:

Favorite: Whatever Mrs. Price is handing out- she loves my son so much she has literally gotten into her cupboard and given him "special" treats. They own a convenience store so they're pretty good.

Least Favorite: Anything with peanuts- he used to be allergic so he's still leery (leaves all the snickers for me though!)

Weirdest: I don't think he's ever gotten anything weird... The guy who works for Coke usually gives out sodas though!

 

[RitaZ.]

I didn't really get that! I was making a joke about the BF thread. Sorry for the confusion LOL

I had to ask. I stay away from those threads.

 

[jaminmd]

Best candy: Twix bars or anything with Caramel
Worst treat: apples and hard candy
Strangest: Coupons (just everyday coupons, not for like a free fries) 50cents off laundry soap, every kids dream!!

Does anyone remember the movie Grumpy Old Men? Didn't Walter Matthau give the ToT'ers a stapler & laundry detergent?

 

[Jennasis]

What's wrong with popcorn balls?

Uh oh....you give out popcorn balls, don't you.

Seriously, they're essentially rice cakes, often homemade (and mom never let's you eat homemade food from a stranger does she?) and they never taste good. They're either so hard your teeth would break trying to bite it, or it crumbles apart.

Really, it boils down to "they're stupid".

 

[scottishduffy]

Best Treats: Snickers, Reeses PB cups, Full size Nestle Candy Bars

Worst: Milky Ways (Hated them! gave them all to my mom), Those nasty generic paper wrapped candy,Licorice, Prayer cards, nickels, A Kazoo, Erasers, Stickers from the Dentist office


I also would take my dog trick or treating every year dressed as a skeleton. That dog made out like a bandit since anyone with Doggie treats would offer him one. That dog was so excited to see his Halloween costume every year since he knew what it meant!

 

[AustinTink]

No love for popcorn balls? My mom used to make them and all the neighbor kids would come back for more. So much so, we would run out and start handing out brown bags of fresh, hot popcorn. Now that was a big hit!

 

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Best: Any full size chocolate bar and white hot chocolate mix (this one house always gave it out and being from Ottawa it gets cold sometimes around Halloween so having that was a nice treat after trick or treating)
Worst: Potato chips, peanuts or unwrapped goodies (they got confiscated by my mom)
Weirdest: Packages of crackers you get with soup at restaurants and a dog toy (someone had put the dog toy in the bowl I guess but my dog liked it)

 

[Feralpeg]

The strangest Halloween treat my DD ever got was a handful of fresh green beans. We went to the home of one of my DD's little school friends. They lived about a block from our home. Very nice people. Unfortunately, the mom had left with their kids and forgot to tell the dad where she had put the Halloween candy. He couldn't find anything else, so he was giving each child three or four green beans. Very funny!

 

[RitaZ.]

The strangest Halloween treat my DD ever got was a handful of fresh green beans. We went to the home of one of my DD's little school friends. They lived about a block from our home. Very nice people. Unfortunately, the mom had left with their kids and forgot to tell the dad where she had put the Halloween candy. He couldn't find anything else, so he was giving each child three or four green beans. Very funny!

 

[Mad4Mickey]

The best was always Reeses PB cups

The worst was those little black and orange wrapped PB kisses

The strangest I ever remember was a pair of socks , not Halloween socks mind you but just used , washed , socks . She was a weird old cat lady LOL

 

[mousebymarriage]

When I was a kid:

Best- any full size candy bar (we knew some of the houses where the "rich" people lived gave full size candy bars every year)

2nd best- jaw breakers

worst- black licorice or sweet tarts

weirdest- tea bags (yes, I said tea bags) crazy old lady gave each kid a tea bag!

 

[*JoGo*]

the weirdest - the funeral home always gave out a baggie of pennies. i think there were 5 pennies in each bag, tied with a twistie. every year. and every year, we'd make sure we got our pennies.


for my kids, their fave is the dentist that gives out a full size candy bar AND a toothbrush. we go ToT'ing @ the in-law's, every house gives out full sized candy bars, a bag of chips or juice boxes. they're spoiled. BUT they haven't yet realized they can ToT on other streets - we only do the in-law's street, about a dozen houses. i'm mean like that.

 

[GothTink]

I got a tooth brush one year. Same house gave out small sample size toothpaste the next year. I skipped that house after that.

 

[hulagirl87]

best: milky way and butterfinger!
worst: almond joy (though my mom liked when we got them, they were her favorites )
weirdest: pennies - the neighbor that lived across the street used to wrap 20 pennies in saran wrap and that was our "treat" not so much fun when you are wanting candy!

 

[hulagirl87]

the weirdest - the funeral home always gave out a baggie of pennies. i think there were 5 pennies in each bag, tied with a twistie. every year. and every year, we'd make sure we got our pennies.

i didn't even see your post until after I posted!!! that was my weirdest too!!!! pennies