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A comment on Where Did the Fear of Poisoned Halloween Candy Come From? (2013).

Re:Where Did the Fear of Poisoned Halloween Candy Come From?... by II2II on Sunday October 29, 2017 @04:28PM (#15581237)
Fears aside, I suspect that the larger tragedy is that Halloween treats are now mostly sugary candy and chocolate. I remember a time when there was much more variety. I also remember how quickly things changed after the first (likely unsubstantiated) scare in my community.
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Re:Where Did the Fear of Poisoned Halloween Candy Come From?... by analog31 on Sunday October 29, 2017 @05:34PM (#15581546)
The only variety that I can remember as a kid, was the house on the next street where they gave out Chick Tracts instead of candy.
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Re:Where Did the Fear of Poisoned Halloween Candy Come From?... by hexane360 on Sunday October 29, 2017 @06:54PM (#15581994)
It seems a little counterintuitive to hand out anti-halloween material to trick-or-treaters. I mean, it's still observing Halloween even if it's not candy you're giving out.
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Re:Where Did the Fear of Poisoned Halloween Candy Come From?... by rhizome on Sunday October 29, 2017 @09:48PM (#15582616)
Proselytizers gonna proselytize.
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Re:Where Did the Fear of Poisoned Halloween Candy Come From?... by InclinedPlane on Monday October 30, 2017 @07:03AM (#15584172)
Today they are almost exclusively pre-packaged candy of well known brands. They used to include a lot more home made products, like cookies, cupcakes, caramel apples, popcorn balls, rice krispy treats, etc.
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Re:Where Did the Fear of Poisoned Halloween Candy Come From?... by smokey_the_bear on Sunday October 29, 2017 @06:30PM (#15581868)
There were a few houses near me that gave out something special in the late 80s. One house gave out baggies of home made popcorn, brownies at another, candy apples at one house, and one house took a polaroid of you in your costume. These were all beloved houses.

I'd love to do that for the younger kids in my neighborhood. But a lot of the slightly older kids that come to my door are awfully surly. They are trying to grab handfuls of candy from the bowl as you are trying to give them one, and they also steal anything else that happens to be on your front porch that night. I don't really want to deal with trying to give them something special.

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