Ask around and see if anyone near you collects left over candy for the troops. Our dentists office does!
We live in a popular Trick or Treat neighborhood and parents bring kids in from other areas. We generally get between 200 and 300 kids. I bet we only have 50 kids that actually live here!
Lots of adults on our street sit at the end of the driveway and many dress up to hand out candy. It’s fun in nice weather!
@abasket, yes. I leave because I don’t feel right ignoring it and it bothers me to just hear the bell for several hours.
We have a lot of trick or treaters and we hand out candy. I’m not a big fan, but I suck it up and act excited to see everyone. It’s usually 5-8 but trails off after 7. Rain tonight might limit it some.
For those of you who just give out the fun sized candies, do you give out one or two? I don’t like spending a lot of money on this, so have only just given out one. But sometimes the kids look at me funny,
Iike that’s it? Haha. I’m thinking about giving out 2 pieces, and then when it’s gone, it’s gone.
I am heading to my son’s house and pass out candy. I haven’t done it in a few years so looking forward to it this year.
We get fifty or fewer kids. There aren’t many kids living here any more. I love Halloween but won’t be home this year. There will be a bowl of candy on the porch, though.
S20 and friends are holding a haunted house in our garage along with a coat drive. They have worked like crazy the last few weeks getting ready for this. We had around 300 last year go through - husband and I sit around the fire pit and hand out candy to those who are too afraid. It’s a 16-yr old’s vision of a haunted house - very gory! But so so so much fun.
I always tell the kids since I have fun-sized candy (and some other non candy item) “take the two that you like”.
Re: leftover candy. I saw here recently that the Ronald McDonald House accepts leftover candy to have out and use with families who stay there while having children hospitalized nearby.
I always let the kids take two fun size candies. Some take a whole handful, though, and I don’t say anything. Not my problem.
This is the first year that I’m including a non-candy alternative (fun size packages of pretzels) in the bowl. It will be interesting to see if anyone takes the pretzels.
I’m actually going to skip my weekly Weight Watchers meeting to hand out the candy because my husband hates doing it. But there’s no temptation for me. I deliberately bought only types of candy that I don’t like – squishy, icky things like Almond Joy and Mounds. No Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups or Hershey bars (which I can’t resist).
Our town changed the day to yesterday because of rain forecasted today. We had over 1,000 children. Some were on horses, golf carts, utility vehicles, tractors with trailers, hay wagons, segways, on foot and in cars and trucks of course.
A 1,000! That’s incredible! I lived in a neighborhood that got 500 and I thought that was overwhelming
I LOVE Halloween! It’s the best of the fall holidays - no big meals to prepare and no unreasonable expectations about gifts/traditions (looking at you, Thanksgiving and Christmas.)
So yes, plenty of candy and spooky decorations at my house.
“For those of you who just give out the fun sized candies”
There’s nothing fun about fun-sized candy. What marketing genius came up with that misnomer? 
^^^ Ah - but there is! The opportunity to make a serving size 5 minis so you can have 5 different candy bar tastes!!!
Full-size candy people: which candy?
Halloween is the only holiday that you celebrate with your neighbors as opposed to with your relatives. People should take advantage of that and join in the fun. Help bond the neighborhood.
I don’t begrudge the older kids who still trick or treat. Their long years of being on the other side of the front door on Halloween will be here soon enough. I’m happy to let them hold on to their childhood a little longer.
@deb922
And what is funny is that we only have 4,000 people in our town. 30,000 in the entire county but that would be a 20 minute drive away – or more.
I live on a low Candy to Effort ratio street as well. The kids don’t want to do the uphill walk.
We don’t have many trick or treaters. We dress up ( including our very friendly dog) and treat them all generously. We buy the candy we like, heap a ton in their bags and eat the rest. We welcome kids of all ages. Including the college kids in our neighborhood should they show up with a costume! Happy Halloween to you all! 8-X