What's The Worst Thing To Hand Out To A Kid During Halloween?

[THUNDER HANDS]

Poll question: What's The Worst Thing To Hand Out To A Kid During Halloween?

I remember when I was a kid and I used to go out trick-or-treating I used to come home and empty all the candy and stuff out and make two piles.

One with the good candy, and one with the other stuff.

Tell me what's the worst of the other stuff....

[Mistress Quickly]

1. Candy Corn or Peppermints n/t

[NewYorkerfromMass]

25. ???? Candy corn RULES!!!

man, what the hell is Halloween for if there's no Candy corn? :shrug:

[The Backlash Cometh]

32. So true. How else do you make vampire teeth?

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[boxster]

34. Yes, oh yes. It's like mainlining sugar.

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[DCDemo]

31. Candy Corn bad? I'm snacking on some right now...lol n/t

[mac56]

43. Lewis Black on candy corn

"Candy corn is the only candy in the history of America that's never been advertised, and there's a reason for that. All the candy corn that was ever made was made in 1911. And every year the candy corn company goes around to all the dumpsters in America - because nobody eats the stuff - and collects up the candy corn.

I remember when I was a kid my mother said to me, 'Here, Lewis, this is candy corn. It's corn that tastes like candy.' (nibbles) It tastes like crap! And every year I, like an Alzheimers' patient, find myself in a room, and in that room is a table. And on that table is a bowl of candy corn. And I think to myself, 'Candy corn. Corn that tastes like candy..(nibbles)..SON OF A BITCH!'"

[Fovea]

2. One Bastard I knew

used to hand out rolls of toilet paper, until a couple of neighbors finally convinced him to stop.

[The Backlash Cometh]

33. Maybe he was hoping they would get into the spirit of Halloween

and t.p. the neighborhood?

[mac56]

3. Tums.

Yuck.

[Maddy McCall]

4. Stale walmart popcorn balls...

C'mon, peeps, splurge and buy candy bars--big ones.

Hardly anyone trick-or-treats anymore, so go the extra mile for the kiddos whose parents still take their kids out on Halloween and give them a good goodie.

(And make sure you buy Butterfingers, because I will help my son consume his haul ;-) )

[LynneSin]

6. ewwwwwww - I hated those

And we didn't even have Walmart when I was growing up, but we did have the stale popcorn balls.

Bleck!!!

[THUNDER HANDS]

7. what's a popcorn ball?

I've never seen one of those?

[jmanjman]

8. An unholy creation...

that consists of flavored popcorn held together in a ball and it tastes like some form of glue is what is holding the popcorn together in a ball. If I'm not mistaken, they come in all sorts of terrible flavors even cherry and lime.

[Maddy McCall]

19. Exactly...and some people flavor them with jello or kool-aid

They are horrible...what's really bad is when people don't remove the unpopped kernels and you chip a tooth on one.

[Maddy McCall]

22. Here's what they look like:

[thom1102]

18. WHAT?!?! Hardly anyone trick or treats anymore?

I don't know where you live, but they are up and down my street by the vanload! Last year I bought 10, that's 10, bags of candy... the good stuff, the candy bars (not the big ones but still), and on my way home from school at 7pm, my partner called and told me to pick up some more, because he was on his last bag. I bought another 5 bags, and they were gone by 9pm. We had to turn off the lights and turn off all the cool stuff on the lawn. Tradition still alive here in New England!

[CBHagman]

38. I wish I lived in your neighborhood.

It's literally been years since a trick-or-treater has knocked on my door. I used to buy the goodies and then get virtually no visitors, which of course gave me an excuse to eat the stuff myself. :evilgrin:

[thom1102]

49. I live near the border of Hartford (a poor crumbling city) and

West Hartford (an affluent thriving suburb), and so wary parents over the line in Hartford bring their kids over the line to trick-or-treat in W Hartford because they perceive it as safer. Additionally, I go a little nuts with the decorating, so people who see the house before Halloween often anticipate good loot at our house on Halloween.

[bif]

5. #2 Pencils

One of our neighbors actually handed them out when I was a kid.

[peacefreak]

9. toothbrushes!

We had a dentist in our neighborhood.

[hlthe2b]

12. Ditto on the toothbrishes....

Sheesh, give it a rest for one night, can't ya?

[Wickerman]

76. I was gonna add those

we used to live down the street from a retired dentist. It wasn't even so much that he gave the toothbrushes, he was so condescending when he did it.

[nannygoat]

10. There was this really sweet elderly lady in our neighborhood

who must have been living on a fixed income. The "treat" she gave out was saltine crackers with a marshmallow squashed in between. She also didn't wrap them in plastic wrap so by the time you got home there were numerous other candies all sticking to this marshmallow sandwich! Yuck!

[Castilleja]

11. Circus peanut candy, and religious tracts

those peanut butter-like candies wrapped in black and orange paper. Bleah! My mom is the only one I know who likes those.

[scarlet_owl]

39. My mom likes those nasty things, too.

Peanut butter kisses, not religious tracts. I like circus peanuts. If you put them in the microwave, they expand.

[Rabrrrrrr]

73. Circus peanuts are the shits

I could eat pretty much anything - even the darn popcorn balls - but circus peanuts, forget it. Big, orange, tasteless cardboardy shitty pure sugar pieces of filth incarnate. YUCK!

I get sick even thinking of that taste.

Ewwwwww. By far, easily, objectively, always the worst possible thing I could get for halloween. Even worse than those things that weren't candy, like pencils and pennies and stuff.

[Scurrilous]

82. Those black and orange paper wrapped candy thingies..

..are the fruitcake of Halloween treats. Noone eats those things!

[Rabrrrrrr]

88. The peanut butter kisses I LOVE!

Always have, always will. Though I'm afraid to eat them any more, after having a couple caps put in. Too chewy. :-)

But I think they taste wonderful. But then, I also have an absolute love of peanut butter.

[SiobhanClancy]

13. Religious tracts

Nothing worse than that..and I know of some people who actually did that:(

[Madrone]

29. That was my reply - Chick Tracts

or whatever they call them!

I saw one that a kid got once that talked about drugs - then going to jail, then getting aids in jail. Told kids that's what happens to you when you choose drugs over JAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYyyZUS!

Absolutely appalling.

[MisterP]

72. Chick's "Trust Me"

I'm a connoisseur in stupid.

[KCDem]

37. our neighbor did that.

:puke:

Luckily, my kids were too young to notice.

[TXlib]

64. You should've taken the kids out to TP her house later!

[OldSoldier]

47. Not even the priest in my town gave out religious tracts!

He did, however, put up the best Halloween carnival in the Benedictine Hall. Everyone went for at least a little while.

[eyesroll]

14. My parents used to give out stickers and pencil toppers

until my sister and I were old enough to complain, anyway.
Then, they switched to candy.

Now, I still can't stomach watermelon Jolly Ranchers. They gave those out one year, and we had tons left over. Lost my taste for them completely.

[arwalden]

15. Root Beer Barrels, Necco Wafers, Circus Peanuts

[hippiechick]

26. i LOVE Necco wafers !!!

But Candycorn and those orange and black wrapped peanut butter taffy things are disgusting !!!!


:hippie: <--- Wants Pete Yorn in her Trick or Treat bag :loveya:

[Logansquare]

77. Megaditto on all of those!

Also candy for elderly ladies, like butterscotch..blech

[Kamika]

16. fruit hands down

You go out to get CANDY, once a year we want unhealthy candy, nothing else

[On the Road]

17. When I Forgot to Buy Candy

I would end up handing out those little packets of hot mustard and duck sauce lying around the refrigerator. The kids never seemed to notice.

[OldSoldier]

46. What my dad does

He "gives out" Sugar Daddys. Those caramel suckers that about three people under the age of 32 have even heard of.

Actually, he doesn't give them out. My folks live in a really inaccessible location, and maybe four kids come to their house to trick or treat. Maybe. One year they didn't get any.

So he figures, if he's going to be stuck with all of this candy, at least he should get something he likes.

[maxanne]

20. fried eggs

and six packs of beer.

Coneheads.

[arwalden]

21. Scoops Of Ice Cream? Milk? Spinach? Broccoli?

[WillParkinson]

23. Don't give the little bastards anything!

Why when I was a kid we had to walk 11 miles just to get candy from the neighbors.

Actually, I work 3rd shift so I'm sleeping during the hours of T O T. I hang a sign on the door saying '3rd shifter sleeping, please do not ring bell'. People have always been very decent about it.

[trof]

24. condoms

Inappropriate and just...wrong.
;-)

[trof]

63. NOBODY THINKS "CONDOMS" IS FUNNY?

jeez
:shrug:

[Rabrrrrrr]

74. No, not not funny. it's just that WE all thought they were great gifts.

:evilgrin:

[Supply Side Jesus]

84. used condoms would have been funnier...

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[ret5hd]

27. CANDY CIGARRETTES and BUBBLEGUM CIGARS.

remember those?

[arwalden]

30. Real Cigarettes?

[Logansquare]

79. My absolute faves!

And I did not grow up to be a smoker, just a compulsive gum-chewer.

[Nevernose]

28. This year I'm handing out AOL disks!

That's what the kids in my neighborhood are getting from me, by God -- AOL Free Offer Disks. :evilgrin:

[KittyWampus]

61. I Actually USE Those AOL Discs For My Artwork!

Cut them into pieces, embellish with ink and collage them and turn them into jewelry etc. :)

[phillybri]

35. APPLES SUCK!!!!

:grr:

[slackmaster]

36. Cans of beer, and fried eggs

Conehead Halloween!

[Rabrrrrrr]

75. Liquid consumables and chicken embryos

[scarlet_owl]

40. Stickers, raisins, Milk Duds

My great-grandmother used to hand out baggies of pennies. Milk Duds are just wrong. >shudder<

[northernsoul]

41. other: a pencil

You know what the sugar content of a #2 pencil is?!

Jacky diddly squat, that's what!

How the hell were we supposed to eat those?

[BurtWorm]

42. Chick comix telling them that Halloween is the devil's holiday!

[U2Fanatic]

68. yeah, religious tracts

telling you that halloween is evil are the worst. Stop trying to brainwash the kids, brainwash your own kids, leave everyone else's alone.:mad:

[LSdemocrat]

44. Miniature Bibles

Believe it or not, one of my neighbors used to give these out every Halloween.

[OldSoldier]

45. You mean you never got an onion for Halloween?

Guy in my neighborhood grew ten acres of onions every year. Gave 'em out as Halloween treats. Everyone went to his house because he also gave out full-size Snickers bars.

The dentist gave out toothbrushes--I think they have to if they want to keep their American Dental Association membership. Worse, the dentist liked to hole up in other people's houses on Halloween, so you never knew where he'd be.

[populistmom]

48. Beer

There's a family in our neighborhood that hands out beer. Not to the kiddies though, but to the moms and dads out with the kids.
Seriously though, there's still people who give out apples sometimes and usually they end up discarded. I've heard of a dentist in the neighborhood near mine who gives out toothbrushes. Good in theory, but not fun for the kids.

[bif]

56. We do "Beer or Treat" in our neighborhood, too.

Makes for an enjoyable holiday. Unless it's 20 degrees and snowing.

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

50. I saw it at the store - Halloween Peeps - blah!

Those disgusting pastel things they make at Easter are now being made for other holidays. Yuch!

[thom1102]

51. BLASPHEMER!!!

Don't dis the peep! It is a miracle of modern confection! I love the holidays specifically for their peeps!

[radwriter0555]

58. OOOO I SAW THEM! They're KEWTIE little GHOSTIES!!!

and purple bats! I just LOVED them!

[KittyWampus]

62. Halloween Peeps- Can You Hear Your Teeth Screaming?

[catzies]

87. I can't find the bats! Had ghosts, pumpkin and kitties!!

I LOVE PEEPS. All Peeps. Peeps for every season has enriched my life. :evilgrin:

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

66. Well I don't think you should eat them because

I don't like them. And don't try to argue with me because you know you are WRONG!

[kmla]

52. Hmmmm. Let's see...

Stop-smoking nicotine patches.
8 track tapes.
Oil filters.
Acne medication.
Alka-seltzer.
Mint flavored toothpicks.

Just kiddin'.

I always hated getting pennies.

And Necco wafers. And circus peanuts. Yeccch.

[soleft]

53. Maryjane candy - yuck!!!!!

[mindfulNJ]

54. besides razor blades...

those awful Mary Jane things...you know...those rectangular candies in a red and yellow wrappers? The were hard as rocks x( . Anyone remember those?

on edit...dammit soleft!you beat me to it!

[bif]

55. Sauerkraut.

n/t

[mulsh]

57. barry goldwater bumper stickers

Oakland,Ca 1960's our neighbor handed out republican and john birch society propaganda. for some reason their house always got egged and tp'd.

[alfredo]

59. blasting caps

[Fight_n_back]

60. Handguns

because they don't work without the bullets.

[Throckmorton]

65. Frozen Liver and Onions on a stick,

N/T

[Whitacre D_WI]

67. Soup. (nt)

[styersc]

69. At my house its that old liberal staple...

...condoms and clean syringes. Both a trick and a treat.

[KittyWampus]

70. Rocks

Poor Charlie Brown. He always got a rock. :(

[Padraig18]

71. Religious tracts! n/t

[jmm]

78. Crackers

When I was about five I remember trick or treating at one house where a man who didn't speak English answered the door. He looked at us and started to talk to his wife in another language. Then he motioned us to stay, walked away for a second, and came back with a pack of saltines. He opened it and threw a few in each of our bags.

I assume Halloween was new for him. Guess it's the thought that counts.

[mitchum]

80. porn...

(everybody knows that you're supposed to leave it in the woods for kids to find)

[baldguy]

85. Jack Daniels

something to go with the porn

[Dookus]

81. soy sauce packets and envelopes of crushed red peppers....

[bratcatinok]

83. hard candy

I don't like hard candy and never have. I don't care if it was peppermints or suckers or those cinamon thingy's...I don't like hard candy.

I loved getting popcorn balls and the circus peanuts though. Chocolate was best!

[Yavin4]

86. Oxy Contin

Keep the kids away from Rush's house.

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

89. Don't worry

Republicans never share their drugs.

[FlaGranny]

90. I'm not sure what the worst is, BUT

you'll never get it at my house. I give out Snickers, Almond Joys, Hershey's bars, etc. NO, I won't tell you where I live!