I am going over to my daughter's house to help give out candy. I will be dressed as David S. Pumpkins. Any questions?
At our current location (27 years) we have given out the full size bars from the beginning because we only ever get 60-100 trick or treaters on a busy night. We have also decorated fairly extensively (Cheesily "scary"). The kids have always noticed the bigger bars (and usually comment appreciatively). It certainly keeps them coming back. And what has been extremely gratifying the past couple of years is that we're starting to see some of those kids from the earlier days coming through with little trick or treaters of their own now. And almost everyone says it's because we made our house a stop to look forward to as a kid on Halloween. Considering how much I have whined over the years about what a pain in the ass the decorations were to set up and take down, those compliments....and seeing a second generation come through.....has made every moment of it worthwhile......
I've literally never had a trick-or-treater, my entire life. I guess somehow the kids just know to avoid the actually scary houses. barfo
What candy did you like? I remember liking Three Musketeers and Milky Way, not sure difference between them. Preferred Almond Joy to Mounds. My taste for dark chocolate developed later, as a kitten I liked milk chocolate. Didn't like Butterfingers. Also didn't like Chunky because I don't like raisins. Hershey with or without almonds were fine. Not crazy about rice krispie candy. Tootsie rolls were fine. Red lollipops best. I had/have sweet tooth, although taste a bit more sophisticated now. Neighbor lady whose name I can't recall made cupcakes. My mother said don't eat anything not sealed in original wrappers but this was OK because we knew her.
I love ya Cranders’ but the first 3 candies you named are among my least favorites. To each their own I suppose.
My wife being a retired elementary school teacher decorates big time, every season & holiday. We hand out a mix of smaller bars and lawn fudge.
When I worked at Genentech, we were the only 13th floor in the entire company. So our floor hosted Halloween party. Each department decorated a section of wall, more gruesome the better. Conference rooms set up DVDs of horror movies. Loads of food and yes booze. I liked it but some people got irritated about the entire company arriving on our floor while we were trying to finish our day's work. One year someone had not very bright idea of bringing over the children from daycare center, pre-schoolers. These were not friendly ghosts and cute animals. Decorations showed beheading, hanging, all kinds of monsters. The poor children started crying. They were hastily returned to their own age appropriate party. But teenagers, high school age kids of employees, absolutely loved it.
I always preferred the fruity and or sour candy like Skittles, Mike and Ikes, Sweedish Fish, Sour Patch Kids, and Cry Babies. I liked chocolate candy too like Three Musketeers, Milky Way, Butterfinger, and Mounds. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups were my favorite.
Going to bring the kid trick or treating (he's going as Wolverine), going to hand out candy (usually a good mix of big bars and smaller candies), and I will watch a couple horror movies from my collection. I always used to love as a kid when the Blazers were playing on Halloween night. It didn't happen all the time, but when it did it was fun to go trick or treating (I'd bring a pillow case and fill that thing up) then go home and eat candy and watch the game. What a blast.
