OT: (Halloween) Candy.

[makoti]

I got maybe 20 kids. Neighbor around the corner (TH development, so just follow the sidewalk around) got about 100. I have no idea why, but next year, I'll be buy a lot less candy

[Mark McM]

Candy - it's not just a guilty pleasure, it's also sports nutrition:

https://velo.outsideonline.com/news/...lloween-candy/

[mcteague]

Love this comic.

Tim

[Xrslug]

Halloween is quite a thing around here. We passed out 2,000(!) pieces of candy last night. Mostly one per kid until I needed to shut it down for the night, then upped it to 3 per. The OP’s choice is solid — based on my research, the larger, flatter Reese’s cups have the preferred ratio of chocolate to PB as compared to the smaller, taller cups.

[cgolvin]

We haven't gotten a trick or treater for a number of years, and most of those we used to get were families who would drive to our neighborhood — a form of wealth redistribution.

I still buy candy just in case -- Butterfingers, always (my Mom used to half-joke that they were fresher at Halloween).

Put me in the "candy corn is disgusting" camp.

[paredown]

I snagged a bite sized Snicker today at the diner--my total intake for Halloween. (We used to get a few kids, but now we are surrounded by Orthodox neighbours who I gather do not celebrate/partake in Halloween, so no reason to buy any...)

[Veloo]

Two blocks of our area gets closed to vehicular traffic from 6pm to 0pm.
The kids from neighbouring streets come over for the event. One resident used to hire a fire eater/juggler before she moved away a couple years ago.
Last year a local business owner gave out hot chocolate on his lawn. I heard this year he was giving out ice cream which he sells at his business.
It's a fun event and it was (almost) record warm last night.

As for the candy, I aim for 100 pieces for about $10. Boxes were going for $20 for a while but I finally got some for $10.88. My wife started digging into them first and was shocked how small things have gotten. She prob ate about 20 and I ate about 6 before the 31st.
I took a closer look today and realized they don't even put a weight on the packaging but as a reference, the box of 100 chocolates was labelled 1 kg (IIRC).
The Reese peanut butter cup is about the size of a chocolate from a box of chocolates. Maybe even smaller.

I probably had about 400+ pcs of candy and chocolate to give out. I got tired after about two hours and a dozen pcs left so I shut things down.