What are the most disappointing Treats for Trick-or-Treators

Since Halloween is coming I thought it would be interesting to blog about Trick-or-Treating. I still remember going to certain homes each and every year because they would be handing out full size candy bars. I also, remember avoiding certain homes because they would give out a plastic trinket. I don't directly go Trick-or-Treating anymore, but I do try to talk my children out of some of their treats. I like the chocolate covered coconut candy bars and my kids usually don't. Also, I like the dark chocolate and they usually don't either.

What are top treats that kids would rather not see in their bags at the end of the night?! These are the treats you end up throwing out six months after Halloween.

Pencils

I know kids don't get home and say hey look at all these cool pencils I got. These pencils are usually the kind where the eraser doesn't work or they don't have an eraser at all. Keep the pencil because the kids want candy.

Toothbrushes

About the last thing any kid want to see on Hallows Eve is a toothbrush. Come on all you dentists handing out a toothbrush is what you get when you go for your six month checkup.

Plastic Toys























I couldn't find a good picture to represent all the junk plastic toys that get handed out at Halloween but here are some rings that are typically handed out. Usually the rings do not look this good, they are deformed in some way. These plastic toys go straight to the trash.

Black & Orange Peanut Butter Nougats












Okay sometime in the 70s some candy company made these things. They keep getting circulated out each and every year since then. Because no one could get rid of them, they get mixed in with other candies. These candies are as hard as a rock usually and are artificially peanut butter flavored. Even our dogs wouldn't eat these candies.

Stickers























The stickers are usually not this cool. They usually are not even Halloween themed. The stickers end up getting pasted in all the wrong places. Kids want candy not stickers!

Raisins
















I heard it through the grapevine that these are not a kid favorite. The kids get a box of sticky, shriveled globs of raisins or they get these rock hard, blocks of last years left overs. This a great quiet time treat for toddlers, not trick-or-treaters.

Crayons
















Okay these are not Crayola crayons. These are straight from China crayons. Who knows what toxins were put into these things. These are crayons that don't color well, and break easily.


Hard Candy

This is not the jolly ranchers I'm talking about. This is candy that you would find at your great-grandma's in the candy dish that has been sitting there for years. If you were doing trick-or-treat at a bingo night get together these would be a hit.

Hard Bubblegum Balls


















I'm not talking about the double bubble gumballs you see in this picture but no-name brand gum balls, that are more like jaw breakers. These probably are from China, not a good thing for your kids.

Apples

















Okay, these end up weighing down the bag or container the kids are carrying around. It might even break their bags?! Parents worry, because when we were kids, there were the urban legends of kids getting "poisoned apples". This still concerns us today. Kids will end up just throwing these.

Other things that should not be passed out are pennies, popcorn balls (remember the razor blade scare of our youth), jawbreakers (teethbreakers really), pamphlets, card with sayings and old fashion jelly beans that don't taste like fruit.

Things you should be going for Willy Wonka Fun bags, Dum Dums, Chocolate Bars (Milky Way, Twix, Kit Kat, 100 Grand, Snickers, Mounds, Almond Joy, etc.), Candy Corn packs, Smarties, Necco Wafers, Sweet Tarts, Jolly Ranchers, Sour Candies that make your hair curl, Starbursts, M&Ms in the tube, Skittles, Suckers with a bubble gum middle or a whistle as part of the stick.