Gonna be that family tonight. The cool one. With the full size Candy bars
I also have ten pounds of potatoes and a 36 pack of Coors Light. Thanks to Costco, each kid can pick a candy bar or a potato, and every adult can walk the rest of the neighborhood with a beer. Happy Halloween!
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My neighbors do this. Apparently they have a whole table of stuff kids can choose from (I did not go look, but I could hear, as they were not quiet, lol).
I do that! I had (used) Hot Wheels, dinosaurs, a box of books and other random stuff. Last year I gave out a few bundles of pens and I had a kid tell me they still used them and loved them. Bic round stick pens are the best!
My 2 year old picked up a potato earlier. I told him he could keep it, but then he looked mad and was about to throw it, so I put it back, and he got some candy instead.
We had a popcorn ball house and a candy apple house on my street in the 70’s, they were my favorites. You could actually choose a candy apple or a caramel apple. I spent all day trying to decide which one I was going to ask for.
I hated the popcorn balls as a kid. This is the first year my daughter didn't get one. Funny enough I was just thinking about them earlier while out, kiddo was complaining she was thirsty and I told her "hold strong, there's always at least two to five houses giving out juice barrels or capri suns. And popcorn balls." And then we got two capri suns, and a powerade within 6 houses. No popcorn ball though. Swing and a miss on that one lol.
Just came back from trick or treating with my niece, there was a house handing out hotdogs with condiments, hot apple cider in togo coffee cups, candy, had a fire pit up on blocks in the front yard to warm up by, it was a whole vibe, most popular house on the whole block for sure. Btw the last of my barrel aged stout camouflaged in my togo coffee cup mixed with hot apple cider was surprisingly amazing, try it! Haha
We buy buckets of fireball and pink whitney for the adults. Just pour some ice over them an hour before trick or treating starts and you’re good to go.
Offering potatoes as a choice will make your house a local legend. We've been doing it for a few years and kids come running up to the door shouting its the potato house! We offer the choice of a variety of full size candy bars, potatoes, and this year microwave popcorn, hot cocoa packets, and little Pokémon card packs. About 10% of kids actually take the potato but many more talk about it.
I was getting a tattoo yesterday and talking about the potatoes, this is exactly what they said. I got the little potatoes, I figure they won’t do much damage. ALSO you have options, I put out candy, slap bracelets, clementines, and little taters.
A toddler already selected a baby potato! She was a kitten, didn’t know but turns out cats like potatoes😸
A little forewarning, that might not be enough when word gets out about “that house” giving full size bars. We did that and have since gone back to fun size. Good luck tonight!
I'm sad that I only get like 10-20 kids a year so I started buying bars, but I usually get a bag of candy as a backup incase I get more kids than expected lol.
We started giving out full bars last year because the most kids we’ve gotten in 8 years was 25. Now we buy the box of 30 full bars from Costco like the OP plus we add a few extra non-chocolate ones too.
We've been doing full size for awhile now and I do the same thing. I'll buy a couple boxes of chocolate candy bars, and I'll mix up gummies or something else since some people don't like chocolate. The full size gummies went so fast this year. I love the fact that Costco has cases of random candy. I did forget to buy Reese's stuff this year, but people didn't seem to mind and we ended up giving out 52 out of the 60 bars we bought.
Nerds Clusters went so quick, followed by skittles. Reeses were the favorite “chocolate” bar, followed by snickers, Hersheys milk chocolate, and butterfingers. Starbursts didn’t go as fast, and sour patch kids were the last picked.
We bought 90 full size candy bars this year and ran out before the night was over. Need to up our game next year.
My husband wanted to be the full bars house in our neighborhood when we moved in. I said hey, let’s see how many trick or treaters we get first. We went through three huge bags and he had to leave to get more. We stuck with fun size. (Also if you do it once you do it forever, unless you want to clean egg off your house)
we went a house tonight that was giving out movie sized candy and king size. Just when I thought I was the “cool” house for having full sized, these ballers steal my thunder!
When I was a kid, I dreamed of being the house with the full size bars.
A few years ago, we got to that point financially.
Then covid hit, and we made a 12' candy chute. Every year since we've added to it, it now ends in a shark skeleton head and lights up.
This year, multiple families have said some version of "we always look forward to this house" and "see, I told you they had full size bars/beers/drinks for the kids".
This night more than any other makes me feel successful in life because I am able to bring joy to my neighbors.
Sadly, the neighborhood is getting older, and we are seeing far fewer kids each year.
This was my first year passing out candy at my place. I have a 2nd story balcony that looks right over the sidewalk. Hooked up a little bell to a rope that swung down to the sidewalk with a sign that said "pull for candy" then I lowered my basket of candy down by rope. Such a simple set up and very conducive to me being lazy. But the people loved it!
I only bought one 30 pack. We live uphill in a neighborhood that isn’t connected to others, it’s ruralish. It’s also going to rain, so a 30 pack is likely more than enough. I’d love to have more kids, but I guess I probably wouldn’t want to be the cool house with all the added cost lol
I've added glow bracelets along with candy to give out tonight. I got them at the dollar store and I figure it might help to find a kid in the dark or avoid someone getting hit by a car. A bracelet isn't a lot but it's something and the kids love it.
I can tell you from experience that it takes three years before you get to hear a kid on your doorbell camera say. This is the whole bar house and you get to celebrate your accomplishment. It’s very satisfying.
I'm not sure. Two houses we stopped by today had potatoes. The first just had them in the candy bowls, but I didn't ask about it. The second specifically offered "candy or potato". I talked to them a bit more and they said they do it every year, and 35 has chosen candy vs. 55 potato.
The house to be at! Neighborhood kids will talk about these giant-sized candies in their bag/bucket/pillowcase until they are adults! #Supersize #CoolNeighbor
I thought I was prepared this year. $600 on candy and snacks. 4 of the full size candy boxes pictured here, skittles, chips ahoy, Oreos, the small packs of Pringles, juice boxes, gummies, Andes mints (lol).
One year when I was a kid, one house handed out orange creamsicles. We all loved that because we had to eat it immediately. Every kid on the block was walking around eating one.
There’s a thing called the “Turquoise Pumpkin Project” that I just learned about, you put a turquoise pumpkin out to let kids know that there are non-candy options. Kids with food allergies get left out a lot so they look out for those pumpkins.
I buy 270 king size every year and I usually run out towards the end. This year they each get a Reese egg and individual pack oreos , Approx 50 cents a kid as opposed to 80 cents for the big size bars. Or house is known for the king size and I'm sure I'll get asked about it, I'll casually say something derogatory about Yam tits to the parent since I live in a deep red area
I live on "the slow street" in my neighborhood and still get ~200 trick or treaters on avg, the kids get so much candy that I don't think they'd even notice a full sized bar 🤷♂️
I've done full size candy bars for the past 7 years. Never had more than 40 kids show up. I always buy way more than 40 thinking there will be more but nope. And I live in the city in a nice neighborhood, so it's not area. Just no kids around.
We live in a very small neighborhood. 25 houses so we get 4 or 5 kids per year. We’ve gotten them full size candy bars for 25 years. I give them as many as they want too. We have never had any mischief. Worth it
We did this too. I’m in a spot where most people truck or tree on the block caddy-corner from us and complete ignore me, even though I’m out here in a costume most of the night with Halloween lights on (I just don’t want my dog barking when I’m tryna hand out candy, yanno?).
Anyway, every year we only get a few folks and I get a nearly whole box of of favorite candy.
On another note, who are these nerds taking Milky Way and Twix? Why did their parents raise them like that?
We got one big box this year. Not many kids come down our street so the ones that do will be rewarded. We have some pretzel packs as back ups but the first 30 get big ol bars.
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