On 31 Oct 2010 18:33:52 GMT, Cheryl > wrote:

> On Sun 31 Oct 2010 12:03:01p, Nancy Young wrote in rec.food.cooking
> >:
>
> > How much candy I bought:
> >
> > http://tinypic.com/r/16h5ctg/7
> >
> > How much I'll probably give away:
> >
> > http://tinypic.com/r/34j6rl2/7
> >
> > Hey, I can hope, can't I? And nothing wrong with leftover
> > Snickers Bars, I say.
> >
>
> Same here. I hate buying halloween candy because I know most of it
> will not be eaten by trick or treaters. I just buy a little bit
> "just in case" but kids just don't seem to trick or treat like we did
> when I was a kid, and even when my son was a kid. I used to buy what
> I didn't like, but now I buy what I like and just freeze whatever's
> left, most of it, and have a candy bar every now and then.

My in-laws used to live in an area that had few trick-r-treaters.
They came to our house every year for a family & friends Halloween
party + trick-r-treat (I live in a "destination neighborhood"), so
they'd leave a basket of candy and let whoever arrived serve
themselves. Most years it wasn't even touched.

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Never trust a dog to watch your food.