Halloween - Cool Candy Treats

There is nothing like the sight of opening up your door and seeing those darling little children standing there, waiting for you to put something into their little goodie bag that they'll enjoy eating once they get back to their safe warm home. So the last thing you want to do is disappoint these kids. The question is, how do you do that? Well, hopefully what follows will give you a decent idea of how to handle your Halloween treat dilemma.

Of course the easiest way to solve your candy problem is to go out and get the most popular candies that were ever made. There is a reason why they're so popular. Kids love 'em. We're of course talking about things like Hershey Bars, 3 Musketeers, Milky Way, Almond Joy, Nestles Crunch Bar and the like. You absolutely can't go wrong when you put these top sellers in somebody's goodie bag. And if you want to really bring some smiles to their faces, put a few different ones in. Yeah, it's expensive, but it's once a year. So get yourself three of four giant bags of candy. A great mix is a Milky Way, Nestles Crunch Bar and a Payday because they are all very different candies. This way if a kid doesn't like one kind he may like the other two. If you give him all chocolate and he doesn't like chocolate at all, well, he's out of luck. This way you're basically hedging your bets that he's going to at least find something he likes.

Another way you can go with your Halloween treats is to make your own treats. Yes, this is lot of work and has to be done days in advance, but can you just imagine the looks on the faces of these kids when you're giving them something home made? The only problem with this idea is that you're going to have to make sure you live in a neighborhood where everybody knows you. Why? Well, unfortunately because of the world we live in, it has become very dangerous to accept treats from strangers unless they are wrapped. Sad, but true. So if you live in a place where everybody knows your name, you'll be able to do this without having to worry about kids just throwing your treats in the trash.

Finally, you can go in a completely different direction with your Halloween treats. You can give the kind that kids don't eat. Believe me, they'll have plenty of sugar to get high on. One less candy bar isn't going to kill them. But, if you give them something different, they may just remember your treat above all the others. Some suggestions include money, like pennies or even nickels and dimes; small race cars that you get from a McDonalds or Burger King (you'll have to save up for a while to have enough); even pencils will do the trick for when they have to return back to school.

By using just a little imagination, you're sure to come up with some ideas that will make those little boys and girls very happy.

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Easy But Delicious Halloween Treats

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Treats belong to Halloween as turkey belongs to Thanksgiving. it does not matter if you are throwing a party, have created a haunted house or if you are expecting a lot of trick or treaters at your door step, you need Halloween treats. In this article we will show you how to make some of the most tasty but easy treats you can imagine.

Healthy Treats for Halloween?

In this time where a lot of our youngsters are already struggling with weight problems we also need to think about healthy snacking. Halloween is a holiday in particular where treats, snacks and food is important but there really are ways to reduce the amount of sugar and fats we give our children as a treat.

A few yummy ideas for reasonably healthy Halloween treats are:

#1 Caramel Apples

Although caramel apples contain a lot of sugar we can also create a 'light' variation. And because it is one of those Halloween treats most children love you are still giving something they want. Caramel apples are easy to make, just place a Popsicle stick in the center of the apple and melt some squares of caramel in a sauce pan and dip the apple half in the caramels and let the caramel drip around the other half. You can roll the apple in nuts or raisins to create a bit of a chunky feeling. because you only dip half of the apple you use less sugar and create a scary looking apple in the same time.

#2 Halloween Goo

Most people like Jell-O and when you add some small pieces of fruit in the shape of body parts you have created a mystery Halloween Goo that the kids will love. Just cut some fruits in to shape and make the Jell-O according the package. Refrigerate the Jell-O with the fruit for at least two hours. Children will love to pick the body parts out of the Jell-O.

#3 Cut off fingers

Something simple and very spooky are cut off finger treats, you can use some cans of small hot-dogs and create, with ketchup, a nail on the end of the finger. You also need to tear the end of the hot-dog as if the finger was torn off. You can place it in a small box or on top of a bowl of spaghetti to make it more scary to pick out the finger.

As you can see there are many different Halloween ideas for treats, that are easy, fun, tasty and healthy. And you probably will think of many more if you stop and think about it. Look at vegetables, fruits, cheese and other foods and think about what kind of scary stuff you can create with it. Halloween is not about collecting as much junk food as you can, it is about the fun and the scare. Ask your children and they will think the same as they see and taste what kind of scary Halloween treats you have created.

The author of this article, Kristin King, is a real Halloween lover, at here website Ahead Of Halloween.com she likes to write about Halloween recipe ideas but also about, Slipknot Halloween masks and much more.