1. Posted by Kathy Mary on Tue, Oct 16, 2007, 10:23 am PDT
All good advice and I am planning to buy any candy we hate. My husband and I are in the process of getting thiner and healthier - there is no way I am letting Halloween wreck this plan. He will take what ever is left to work for his buddies. I no longer have 'Well, just one !" in my vocabulary! I'll get healthy if it kills me!
4. Posted by truth n on Wed, Oct 17, 2007, 1:04 pm PDT
i like to give out mc'donalds hamburger on halloween, this year i was going to give out fries as well, but now...ill just eat that stuff and hand an apple to the kids
6. Posted by Julie G on Wed, Oct 17, 2007, 1:23 pm PDT
Why not forgo edibles entirely and give out stickers, temporary tattoos, pencils, mini-notepads, etc? Kids love them -- at least mine do. Party favors are easy to find around, especially at paper-warehouse type stores and catalogs such as Oriental Trading Company. Even packs of gum are kid favorites.
9. Posted by Debra on Wed, Oct 17, 2007, 4:13 pm PDT
I do not give out candy for halloween.
For the past 6 years or so I have been giveing out party favores such as things from Target that cost only a dollar,pincles,bubbles,tops,erasers,glow braclets.
Kids do not need all that candy.
It makes them hipper and hard to control inless there is a limit put on it. {Julie G} I agree with you.
12. Posted by Joyce P on Thu, Oct 25, 2007, 7:09 am PDT
have a halloween party every year--love it and love your suggestions--Mary Janes are their favorites--chocolate fondue also and now the chocolate fountain.
13. Posted by dmgw05@sbcglobal.net on Thu, Oct 25, 2007, 11:09 am PDT
Good advice! I will get some tootsie rolls and 3 musketeers. Guess I'd better forget the baby ruth bars! I love the nuts in them!
Oh well! I like the first two also....
15. Posted by Joyce Terhune on Fri, Oct 26, 2007, 9:05 am PDT
I buy (2 W.W.pts) popcorn balls that are individually wrapped at either Target, Wal-Mart or Super Wal-Mart. They also have little 1 pt bags of pretzels in the shapes of bats and pumpkins. The kids love them and they come back to my house every year.
16. Posted by mawmaw9118@sbcglobal.net on Fri, Oct 26, 2007, 12:00 pm PDT
I believe Halloween really is about kids. I've bought bubble gum and Smartees for years. I don't care for them but all the kids seem to love them and they're less expensive than the chocolate, fatty candy.
17. Posted by foodlover on Fri, Oct 26, 2007, 12:34 pm PDT
What a dope! I never thought of buying the candy I hate. This year, no chocolate, but bags of lollipops. No wonder I am in the process of trying to lose half my butt!
18. Posted by Sondra on Sat, Oct 27, 2007, 3:54 am PDT
I am thinking about passing out mini bags of microwave popcorn and pretzels this year. No reason to get the kids all hyped up on sugar either :-).
I love the ideas for getting in activity.
19. Posted by kegmom5 on Sat, Oct 27, 2007, 11:36 am PDT
The best idea I've ever heard, and the best received, I started doing last year. I give out mini water bottles to all of the kids. They are very thirsty from all of their walking as well as from the candy they've been eating . I didn't have one complaint but had lots of thank yous!
20. Posted by Raincloud on Sun, Oct 28, 2007, 10:38 pm PDT
Sondra, several years ago my husband and I decided to try that. It was such a HIT! The kids thought it was the coolest thing (even coming back to ask for another one) and the parents were grateful for a healthier treat. We bought our boxes of the mini Halloween microwave bags at Wal-Mart.
21. Posted by My Brain Hurts on Mon, Oct 29, 2007, 2:49 pm PDT
Oh good, when the next group of kids sees me doing jumping jacks behind the door they'll get scared and run away, and then I can eat the rest of the candy. :P
Love the idea of giving out water, my neighbors give put crayola craayons they buy right before school when they are like 5 cents each, 1oz tubs of play-doh, stamps, stickers and little things of candy like a tootsie roll lollypop or animal crackers/teddy grahams.....love it more than the candyy (well my mom does)
25. Posted by joytoy on Mon, Oct 29, 2007, 3:06 pm PDT
i like to give out suger free candy some of those taste like the real thing . I really didn't think i would like the suger free but i really do and thats comming from a person who loves candy so i know the kids would like them .Also the little toys tou can buy are cool too . like the bubbles or coloring book s too.
27. Posted by jerry r on Mon, Oct 29, 2007, 3:09 pm PDT
posted by cuddles rice the cat in the house.i love choclate all kinds except almond joys. and nothing with cocunut and peanuts i love suckers and lollipops and bubblegum i plan on trick or treating dressing up as a crazy clown. and my friend is dressing up as elvira. and my husband is driving us. so all you handing out candy have fun.hee hee haha.lol. you;ll miss out on all the fun.
30. Posted by puzzow on Mon, Oct 29, 2007, 3:13 pm PDT
" Wear something figure-flattering, and you'll be less likely to binge on seasonal goodies (who wants to be a bloated sexy witch?)." God help the angst and neurosis that is implict in these articles. But thanks for finally revealing to me why people give out crud that everyone hates, like candy corn and licorice. For my part-- I think I'll choose the less self-centered path and give out something that I think the kids will like.
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