I forgot about tricky treaters a few years ago and didn’t do my usual “turn off the lights and pretended nobody’s home” bit. The first batch of kiddies got cans of soup, and corn. Only thing I had in the house at the time.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@Hiz I didn’t know what a “Chick tract” was, but when I Googled it, I recognized it immediately. I remember receiving those occasionally as a child, but I can’t say I recall my kids ever getting one of them.
@Hiz@moonhat Yeah, those are indeed comics, and are of an evangelical nature.
While the topics ran a gamut (often odd) of Christian theology (e.g. some were emphatically anti-Catholic), one special note of weirdness is that some of them specifically contained anti-Halloween messages. So the yet the person giving them out was participating in the Halloween ritual of trick-or-treating to disseminate information espousing the evils of Halloween.
But yeah, Chick tracts are a special kind of crazy. For example Islam was created by Catholics, and DnD is a literal handbook for Satanism. Or the infamous one about a child molester.
Maybe it’s just the small midwestern town I’m in, but some folks give them out instead of candy, or tuck them in Halloween coloring books at the grocery store. Fun!
ANYTHING AT ALL!!! YOU DON’T WANT TO TEACH KIDS THAT THEY CAN SIMPLY PUT OUT THEIR HAND AND DEMAND THINGS!!! UNLESS THEY ARE WILLING TO DOUBLE-DOWN ON THE “TRICK” THREAT!!! NOW IF TRICK-OR-TREATING ACCOMPANIED THE PURGE, I WOULD BE FULL ON-BOARD!!! !!!
@AlexJones Umm… isn’t there some sort of survival gear/food supplements that could be purchased to give out to deserving children? Where might we find such items?
One year A RELATIVE (name withheld to protect the guilty) handed out LAST year’s leftover candy. Which was bad enough, but it had been stored in a closet containing mothballs.
Luckily I sampled it before much went out. Luckily for the trick-or-treaters, I mean!
For >10 years we lived in a neighborhood where if we gave out 2 full bags, that was a big year (we love Halloween so was sad). We moved last year so I got 6 bags for overkill since we didn’t know the neighborhood. They were gone by 6:30 so my husband handed out granola bars while I ran to the store for more bags. We had a Sam’s Club box of 96 granola bars and he ran out before I got home so told kids to circle back (he REALLY loves Halloween and didn’t want anyone to miss that 64th piece of candy).
I almost chose loose soup until I read the Spirit Airlines points. I have one of those long stories about how terrible Spirit Airlines is which no one will read. After weeks of fighting with them the best they can offer me was a $300 voucher which I wouldn’t accept.
A wet dill pickle. Someone put one in my PAPER Halloween bag. I left a trail of candy. Luckily the pervert did not follow the trail of candy to my house. Even at the tender age of 9 or 10 I would have killed.
I would argue that (almost) no candy was bad, because essentially any candy had some trade value.
I see a whole lot of hate for the Necco peanut butter kisses, but I would happily swap any of the following for a peanut butter kiss:
Wax lips
Wax soda bottle
Circus Peanuts
Black licorice
Necco Wafers
Dots
A woman in our neighborhood handed out small bags of pretzels. Nothing too wrong with that. But, she put them in a bag that also included her business card and a pencil with her realtor info.
That just really bugged me. Now maybe if she had given really good, full-sized candy bars to the kids, I might have overlooked her shameful hucksterism, but come on, it was just pretzels!
@pitamuffin Years ago I remember someone handing out full-size Snickers with their realtor card and I thought “If I wasn’t 8 years old I would definitely buy a house from this person!”
I’ve lived here for 13+ years, and have never had even a single trick-or-treater, to the point where I don’t ever even bother buying candy anymore.
If I did get one, I imagine that I’d probably have to resort to giving out some random meh crap like neoprene covers, butterfly temporary tattoos, or an old air fryer with the cable cut. And if I get really desperate, there’s always the speaker docks.
Warm batteries.
Cat turds
Change. Great. Maybe I can use this to… buy some candy.
Teethbreesh.
@OldCatLady I admit; I didn’t recognize the plural at first.
5 pennies taped together.
@carl669 I’ll take 'em!
@carl669 That’s a nickel! Actually worth picking up!
better not be fidget spinners because…i ordered a butt ton.
@goldnectar Have you gotten them yet? FedEx says tomorrow…
I forgot about tricky treaters a few years ago and didn’t do my usual “turn off the lights and pretended nobody’s home” bit. The first batch of kiddies got cans of soup, and corn. Only thing I had in the house at the time.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
A solid block of colored sugar formerly known as Candy Corn sold by Meh.
@hchavers Present them with that and an ice pick and instruct them, “Take what you want!”
@PocketBrain Never hand someone a weapon unless you’re sure which way they’re going to point it.
It’s a toss up between those orange and black peanut butter taffy chew things and Chick tracts.
The taffy is more festive, but the Chick tracts taste better.
@Hiz I didn’t know what a “Chick tract” was, but when I Googled it, I recognized it immediately. I remember receiving those occasionally as a child, but I can’t say I recall my kids ever getting one of them.
@DrWorm @Hiz is that a candy? I googled it and just got some comic strip. that would not be fun to receive in one’s loot.
@Hiz @moonhat Yeah, those are indeed comics, and are of an evangelical nature.
While the topics ran a gamut (often odd) of Christian theology (e.g. some were emphatically anti-Catholic), one special note of weirdness is that some of them specifically contained anti-Halloween messages. So the yet the person giving them out was participating in the Halloween ritual of trick-or-treating to disseminate information espousing the evils of Halloween.
@DrWorm @Hiz @moonhat so in other words, a paper comic tastes better than a black peanut butter taffy candy?
@DrWorm @moonhat @RiotDemon I think cat turds taste better than that awful taffy.
But yeah, Chick tracts are a special kind of crazy. For example Islam was created by Catholics, and DnD is a literal handbook for Satanism. Or the infamous one about a child molester.
Maybe it’s just the small midwestern town I’m in, but some folks give them out instead of candy, or tuck them in Halloween coloring books at the grocery store. Fun!
Jehovah’s Witness literature.
LED fidget spinners with bullshit dead batteries, fresh from meh.
Candy corn. I’d rather get cat turds from medz.
@Darrell2
https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/5b088fdc-fa94-44b7-b6c3-711e64aff30b
Razor blades?
@ThatsHeadly Was going to say razor blades, you beat me to it
But…I like Triscuit crackers.
@DVDBZN Triscut always seemed too much like shredded wheat to me.
@blaineg @DVDBZN But… I like shredded wheat.
Gospel tracts.
Fruit cake
Fun size freeze dried chunks of last year’s trick-or-treaters.
pencils
Seriously… nobody has said “toothbrushes” yet?
@PocketBrain You’ve seen the light, though. Also mini dental flossers.
ANYTHING AT ALL!!! YOU DON’T WANT TO TEACH KIDS THAT THEY CAN SIMPLY PUT OUT THEIR HAND AND DEMAND THINGS!!! UNLESS THEY ARE WILLING TO DOUBLE-DOWN ON THE “TRICK” THREAT!!! NOW IF TRICK-OR-TREATING ACCOMPANIED THE PURGE, I WOULD BE FULL ON-BOARD!!! !!!
@AlexJones Umm… isn’t there some sort of survival gear/food supplements that could be purchased to give out to deserving children? Where might we find such items?
@compunaut THAT’S RIGHT, I HAVE BUCKETS OF SURVIVAL RATS FOR THE LITTLE BEGGARS!!! VISIT MY STORE AND BUY MY STUFF!!!
One year A RELATIVE (name withheld to protect the guilty) handed out LAST year’s leftover candy. Which was bad enough, but it had been stored in a closet containing mothballs.
Luckily I sampled it before much went out. Luckily for the trick-or-treaters, I mean!
Bouillon cubes
or those nasty peanut butter taffy in the black and orange wrappers
@allahandro I’d take all you got of both! #NoBadTreats
also candy corn and circus peanuts
SALAD
For >10 years we lived in a neighborhood where if we gave out 2 full bags, that was a big year (we love Halloween so was sad). We moved last year so I got 6 bags for overkill since we didn’t know the neighborhood. They were gone by 6:30 so my husband handed out granola bars while I ran to the store for more bags. We had a Sam’s Club box of 96 granola bars and he ran out before I got home so told kids to circle back (he REALLY loves Halloween and didn’t want anyone to miss that 64th piece of candy).
I almost chose loose soup until I read the Spirit Airlines points. I have one of those long stories about how terrible Spirit Airlines is which no one will read. After weeks of fighting with them the best they can offer me was a $300 voucher which I wouldn’t accept.
@Ray21104 Oh that is something the users of this website would definitely read. But I suggest you save it for the right thread.
A wet dill pickle. Someone put one in my PAPER Halloween bag. I left a trail of candy. Luckily the pervert did not follow the trail of candy to my house. Even at the tender age of 9 or 10 I would have killed.
@cattylaq What??? That’s pure evil.
Bit o honey or Neco Peanut Butter Candy
I would argue that (almost) no candy was bad, because essentially any candy had some trade value.
I see a whole lot of hate for the Necco peanut butter kisses, but I would happily swap any of the following for a peanut butter kiss:
Wax lips
Wax soda bottle
Circus Peanuts
Black licorice
Necco Wafers
Dots
@DrWorm I should find some of those wax goodies for this year.
@blaineg @DrWorm I forgot about those wax lips! those were so fun, and tasty.
@DrWorm I would trade my peanut butter kisses to you for any of those except the licorice! I especially like Dots!
Necco wafers.
Chunks of squirrel.
Pamphlets.
Day-old sushi.
Raw eggs
@Rokkr without the shells?
Rocks and/or toilet paper.
They will probably be used against you…
Directions to your mom’s house. They’ll be in line so long they’ll miss out on the rest of the trick-or-treating.
Raisins.
A woman in our neighborhood handed out small bags of pretzels. Nothing too wrong with that. But, she put them in a bag that also included her business card and a pencil with her realtor info.
That just really bugged me. Now maybe if she had given really good, full-sized candy bars to the kids, I might have overlooked her shameful hucksterism, but come on, it was just pretzels!
@pitamuffin She could have made her business card out of pretzel.
@pitamuffin Years ago I remember someone handing out full-size Snickers with their realtor card and I thought “If I wasn’t 8 years old I would definitely buy a house from this person!”
Yeah, loose soup seems disappointing, gross, and even hazardous.
Used coleslaw
tickets to a Barry Manilow concert.
Dead shellfish and/or clams
Snack-size packs of vegemite,
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.
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and, yes, you can buy them from Amazon if any of you are reading this thread looking for ideas.
@rockblossom Just how cool is that!
one word - Haggis!
Apples
I’ve lived here for 13+ years, and have never had even a single trick-or-treater, to the point where I don’t ever even bother buying candy anymore.
If I did get one, I imagine that I’d probably have to resort to giving out some random meh crap like neoprene covers, butterfly temporary tattoos, or an old air fryer with the cable cut. And if I get really desperate, there’s always the speaker docks.
Creamed spinach.
Oh wait - I thought you meant best thing.
Hmmm.