I'm okay with a lot of trashy behavior but this is not something that I put up with. Happens every year. Always someone handing out baked goods like how do I know that these don't have drugs in them? I just cannot trust my neighbors to not do something bad. These type of people don't understand Halloween etiquette š
If you donāt want it then donāt eat it. Very simple. To be upset over what someone gives your kids for free for trick or treat is ridiculous. And if you donāt trust your neighbours to not put drugs in your kids cookies then why on earth would allow them to go trick and treating there? They can put stuff in anything, even wrapped candy bars. They could carefully open them and reseal them with heat and youād not notice. They could inject stuff into candy or what not. If you trust them you trust them, if you donāt you donāt and if thatās the case then do go trick or treating there. And donāt eat anything not directly from the factory or made from scratch by yourself. Maybe a grocery store worker or restaurant chef put something in the food. Maybe the ice cream man spiced up your scoop who knows. Why the f would someone hand out free drugs to their whole neighbourhood, thatās expensive and they donāt get to be around to watch you when you eat it either, and all while knowing full well everyone knows who the baked goods came from.
There are a lot of sick puppies out there who would try to hurt children by putting all sorts of dangerous things in homemade goods.. People have found strange things in their food at restaurants fast food and medicine, so it is not unheard of. I would err on the side of caution and not eat any of it to be on the safe side.
@DARKCLOUD1945X by your logic the entire restaurant industry should be closed. Come on man š
@Juxtapose actually I am aware of mass contamination
not anymore you just can't trust anyone sadly. back in the day my neighbors used to make cupcakes and you could go in a decorate them, they had the house done up so cool, put a lot of time into it yearly. but that was a different time it seems. you even still have to be careful that some idiot doesn't lace candy even, one guy a few Halloween ago was injecting sealed Halloween candy then handing it out.
up in my state over a year ago a store employee at a market stuck sewing needles into prepackaged bread, luckily was caught.
depends on where you live, how close you are with your neighbors. i'll say if you know the people handing out the cookies well then yes it's acceptable, if you don't then no.
damn people can be F*'d up. wtf it's insane with the sewing needles. I've heard of people tossing flesh-eating acid on party-goers or at a club, rave, &c.
These are sociopathic behaviors, those people need to be separated from the general population and given mental health treatment (s). so sad and messed up.
I think it's sweet and more sentimental to give a hand-crafted item. But I do see the fear people have, also. It's just a shame bc I believe that it must be something less than 1% who would want to harm children, but for that small number, no one is trusting anyone :(
@zeitgeist057 it was actually an employee of the market as well.
absolutely agree but you just don't know anymore.š¤·āāļø
There was a house on my street growing up who always handed out something homemade. Cookies, brownies, cupcakes, popcorn balls. It was awesome, but my parents were like you and thought it would have razors or drugs in it. After the first year I learned, and I always ate that treat as soon as I got it and didn't tell my parents.
If you would trust your neighbors food at a super bowl party, or a church potluck, then you can also trust them trick or treating. Especially homemade goods that are memorable and easily tracable back to their house. If they invited you over for dinner, would you eat their food? Then let your kid eat their dessert.
It is for people you know. Just to random strangers? No, they'll just throw it away.
But this is an irrelevant topic. The more pressing issue and getting rid of people who give out PRETZELS or PENCILS or PLASTIC RINGS. Just turn off your light and don't even participate.
If anyone sticks that useless NON CANDY crap in my kids bag I just remove it, take it back to their porch and just drop it on their porch and leave it.
If you don't want to give out candy then just don't participate.
I always give out non candy items š usually pretzels, juice, popcorn, chips, fruit snacks, fruit roll ups/gushers
My neighborhood is full of babies so most of them can't even eat candy
If I lived in your neighborhood I would keep the fruit chews or fruit roll up. After seeing what you passed out (when my son walks back from the porch/door) I would bring the pretzels/popcorn chips back and just leave them on your porch. Stupid choice. Putting your moral spin on Halloween... not giving candy.
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u Many parents will refuse to allow their children to eat anything that is not prepackaged because of fear of possible hidden hazards (e. g., razor blades in s a cookie or muffin.)
It would probably be ok in one of those controlled safe trick or treat venues like at a school. But if I had kids they would not be eating anything homemade. You never know what could be in them, such as Fentanyl.
Exactly about the Fentanyl. That stuff is everywhere now a days
Sure, don't be such a prude.
You are at THEIR door asking for free shit. Fucking check yourself, you ignorant bastard. You are the reason Halloween gets shitter for kids each year.
Take what they offer, and swap what you don't want with others. THAT is Halloween fucking etiquette, you grotesque imp.
How do THEY know you are not some snowflake gimp ready to sue them for "allergies". All because you were too fucking insular to have any friends to swap home bakes and candies with?
They are taking a bigger risk than you.
But to be fair, you seem like the sort who will not go trick or treating unless your mom is waiting in the car with engine running, anyway. So even if you did get something bad, she could happily dump you out in the woods to be rid of you, anyway.
I agree, more for allergens and food safety more than some idiot putting drugs into it. No-one is going to waste good drugs on some kid. But an unlabeled product may have anything in it. Peanuts, shellfish, milk, etc these kill people, and some kitchens aren't as clean as others.
I don't know there was a guy in my neighborhood that specifically gave drugs to kids. Not just on Halloween but litterally all yesr. Thats how I smoked weed for the first time. I'd be worried to see what he would hand out
People are crazy everywhere so I don't trust it even in good neighborhoods
@Anpu23 > www.cbc.ca/.../...oween-winnipeg-arrests-1.6637873
Just one of many occurances of people giving out potentially dangerous "goodies" out on Halloween. Cannabis gummies doesn't necessarily do much negatively to an adult but can cause quite severe problems for young or small children.
@BlackBeauty90 wow, people are Fd up. It seems I was mistaken. Okay so allergens AND drugs are a cause for concern.
Iād say so! If itās your neighbors trick or treating and you know them well or other way round. Although, many people have commented on handing out home made treats as a safety hazard. You still can do it if you want? You know safely of course
There is another option, instead of home made treats you can also do a Halloween baggie? Or a Halloween themed toy? As Iāve seen it plenty of times as a kid.
Or if itās not too expensive, handing out Halloween themed treats from a local bakery sound good too!
I donāt think itās trashy, just naive. They did go through a lot of trouble and probably some expense to make them. But yeah I totally get why you wouldnāt want your kids eating them. My parents wouldnāt have let me eat them either. I bet your neighbors who do that are older people who still live in a time when Halloween was a safe holiday.
no, years back some idiot put a razor blade in an apple. ever since, no apples on Halloween. it was the best food passed out.
It have to be a controlled event to do that.
I won't pass out garbage expensive candy to unsuspecting kids.
It's not persay a problem but you don't know whose allergic to what. And even if you don't add in let's say any gluten or nuts; kids really look forward to candy and not baked goods. So just save your money and gas or electric bill and just hop to the store for that good ol Halloween candy.
So unless you ask around your neighborhood is it OK to drop off some pre Halloween goodies as a means of starting or continuing being om good terms with your neighbors than on so.
Also another reason to avoid this would be due to food poisoning issues. As soon as someone links your home-baked Halloween goods to your house and so on they can sue you for medical expenses in court.
@SquishyBuns2628 its spelt per se squishywishy dingleberry googoo gaagaa
In these days when the psychologically unbalanced are so much in the public mind, some municipalities offer to x-ray ANY unsealed handouts.
SADLY, your heart-felt homey good intentions are cross-purposes to those who would harm in the name of their pet prejudices. :'(
Between items that cause allergies including life threatening (such as nuts), unhygenic cooking areas, unhygenic personal care, "accidentual" use of questionable products (years ago a neighbor put weed in brownies & handed them out), negligence (there's been cases of illegal drugs getting into cooked goods), etc.
No it's not acceptable. Maybe 50-60 years ago. Nowadays it's dangerous.
I remember when I was a kid. Someone handed out homemade goods that killed 2 children & sickened 18 others.
Don't ever accept homemade baked goods during Halloween. The easiest means to hurt someone purposefully or by accident is homemade cooking.
Itās not a good idea. Not only could the treats be dangerous, but what if that personās house isnāt clean or they never wash their hands?
Exactly they could be dirty people or sick
Tough call, while anything can be tampered with, I think the days of unwrapped goodies has gone away.
Maybe put them on a plate wrapped up for the little paste eaters to enjoy.
Many parents are pretty fussy about what their kids get.
When our kids were little, we'd have a pre-trick or treating get together with all the kids - and like any neighborhood thing like that, everyone would bring different dishes or goodies - but once you go door to door, baked goodies are a no-no. I'd go through their bags when they got back and throw out anything like that - or anything that looked sketchy :)
No, only exception is if they are family members or close friends you trust. Anyone else Iād only give or accept store bought candy still sealed in the wrapping so it is less chance it is tampered with. Even then Iād get everything x rayed or checked.
In reality though if I had kids, would probably just get family members with kids together and just have a costume party and we could buy all the candy or make treats so only trusted people are involved.
When you say ā neighborsā Do you mean neighbors next door, or on your block? Or do you mean blocks away? Or a different neighborhood from where you live? I wouldnāt have had an issue with the neighbors I knew giving my kids baked goods because I knew and trusted my neighborsā¦ from strangers, that would be different. But to compare someone baking Halloween treats to trashy behavior is a bit much isnāt it🤷āāļø
@Apple1996 Iām sure lots of great people want to share their homemade cookies with the children on Halloween, however we live in a different world these days and unfortunately we donāt want little children to be subjected to something that could be laced with fentanyl or any other harmful substanceā¦
I think it depends on the type of neighbourhood you live in. If it's the type of place people would spike cookies should you even be allowing kids to trick or treat anyway?
I personally wouldnāt do it and I donāt think other people would like receiving them either. You canāt trust a complete stranger to be hygienic or not put something in them, because thatās unfortunately something that has to be worried about.
Unfortunately our society has taught us that " homemade " isn't always a good choice. I would stay away from it. Donate your time and energy at an animal shelter. They will be forever grateful. 🐾🐕🇨🇦
U can but I wouldn't let my kids eat anyone's baked goods unless I knee the person myself or knew a neighbor handing them out to the children. I have heard stories about goods with razors in them or apples and it cut people's mouth in Halloween just people being plain weird lol
In the past acceptable it would be however with everything going on nowadays I wouldnāt trust it. On the flip side if you want to handout those baked goods to people you know Iām sure they would take them.
I don't think it is trashy... but since you don't know the person you kind of have to throw it away.. LOL
Luckily I don't trick or treat with my kids I just have a scary movie night with popcorn and many candies and snacks..
It is not safe to eat. Everything must be bought at a store and packaged by the company they were made. Even then you have to psyphen through it to make sure nothing bad got in the mix.
Can't go wrong with Snickers, Reece's, M&Ms, etc
Eh, I'd be more worried about the allergens and that most won't think about making labels to detail the ingredients.
It's also a cheaper alternative for some to actually be able to partake, so if anything, judging those who choose to do so can be seen as more trashy.
- also like purplepoppy says, if your neighbourhood is that fucking bad, why you trick or treating there?
I think it's mostly an old person thing to do. Short on cash long on time and you end up with good intentions that don't fit the modern world. I'd throw them out as well.
Yes definitely a older person thing
When I was a kid, a neighbor woman had chocolate chip cookies and cider that she handed out to all the kids trick-or-treating. It was one of the highlights.
Such a positive question. I'm glad I don't live in the USA. It seems full of unfriendly, hateful people.
Not all places are like that. It's depends on state and town
If my kids came home with them I'd throw them out. God only knows what's in them
Exactly
Sure it is. No one's forcing you take it, let alone eat it. If someone offered me some, I would take it just to not be rude, then just not eat it. There's this creepy couple that always brings homemade goods to my workplace, I just put them in the fridge for the weekened shift
Yeah I always take them but throw them out later. Definitely not gonna be rude to them. And good idea just leaving it in the fridge for others
@KostasKouvalis not gonna lie when I was a kid I used to take the food and throw it away š
. One time my teacher caught me and thrashed me for throwing away the food I didn't like. Ahh good times.
Nowadays my tenants make food for me on the farm. And unlike the prude people here it turns out that food is way better than the city food š¤£. I have not gotten any more sick from eating village food than the City food. Things are way better than in the cities and restaurants
Most parents are going to throw them away. The only way I would suggest you make them is if youāre inviting friends/family over for a little Halloween party.
But giving them out to strangerās kids. Theyāre gonna throw them away
Iāve always questioned it. Thereās already a lot of alertness around wrapped candy on Halloween so to hand out baked goods seems a little absentminded. I think itās more acceptable at a party of some sort but not to trick or treaters.
You sound like all the moms in my neighborhood when I was a kid. 😂😂
I'm not sure if it's trashy, but as someone with severe food allergies, it's definitely dangerous. I wouldn't recommend it.
Sure, But parents May Toss Them away Because They may Not Trust What is in Them. I Have Handed Out Before Devil Dogs. xxoo
I would avoid it. Only to friends. Besides the more nefarious things, you could also inadvertently trigger someone's allergies or give something like gluten to someone with Celiac's
Nah, I'm surprised I haven't seen this while out with the kids before.
Happens all the time at the places I've lived. Military bases bring together a lot of different people so some think this is acceptable if they were from a small town
I don't think it would be a good idea to hand out homemade treats unless you know the kids personally. They would probably toss them in the garbage because they don't know what you could have put in them.
In the south, itās a rule to never eat unpackaged candy, itās right up there with ādonāt run with scissorsā
"how do I know that these don't have drugs in them"
WTF? What kind of shithole you live at? at least where i live my neighbours have kids themselves and they play along with other kids in the same street. And we talk to our neighbours and be friends with them.
It's actually the better neighborhood that have a lot of drug use
In this country, sure. In America, not a chance.
People are known to tamper with the treats. Razor blades inside candy bars etc. Nobody is going to eat them, take them to work for your co workers to eat.
No, unfortunately. Only to known friends and family, but not appropriate for regular trick or treaters. With all the weirdos out there, parents have to be vigilant.
If that is what a person wants to do, of course, it is okay. The person receiving the free gift is not required to eat them. No one giving out baked goods would put anything harmful in them because obviously the would be caught.. Instead, they would hand out very common candy after using a thin hypodermic needle to penetrate the paper and inject LSD or worse.
It's not that it is "trashy" it's that it is a safety risk. No one should accept anything that isn't commercially made in a sealed wrapper. Even then of course it isn't 100% safe. But homemade foods from unknown people are dangerous. I would never allow my kids to eat them.
Umm, don't do Halloween but I am seriously appalled at the distrust of the neighbors here. We send and receive food on special occasions but the thought of cleanliness of fresh cooked food being questionable over a restaurant or packed food being cleaner is just dumb at least where I live. Even Nestle plant reeks with fungus and algae
Given that in the UK an entire street of dozens of Pakistan, Arabic, etc. resturants were closed by food services for unhygenic practices such is unsurprising.
@BlackBeauty90 I don't trust the restaurants in my own country but I trust my neighbor to not do something to the food
@AmeerX - I wasn't pointing out your country in particular but how the standards between countries can be entirely different for resturants, etc. since you commented on Nestle. I've been to a lot of different countries.
Usually I trust my neighbors myself but in the USA there are a LOT of fucked up individuals in the country who think nothing of hurting others. Not to mention a sense of unity pretty much doesn't exist. Neighbors even if neighbors for decades are more strangers than friends.
In countries like Pakistan the neighborhood mentality is entirely different.
@BlackBeauty90 oh yeah, it's not just Nestle though. Local food industry is much in mess. Only smaller growers do actually care enough since they will be out of business
@TomMarks stop trolling. I read the question I know what she said. I was just amazed at how distrustful people are at this. For your kind knowledge I voted second option already. This comment is just how I feel everyone is thinking it's wrong to get cooked food and how poisonous and unhealthy it can be
It's looked down on because of the health hazards and the paranoia scares from throughout the years, all because of a few assholes trying to harm kids and the entertainment news blowing it out of proportion.
I think it's fine I would just get a good look at it maybe smell it to make sure it doesn't smell or look weird
Waste of time and money. Parents will throw it out.
When there is a will there is a way. Wrapped goods like chocolate bars and chips/crisps can easily be sabatoged just like homemade items. So, if you're that paranoid, stay home out of it. Big city folk are hilarious.
I personally think it not acceptable because many people like to put something in and poison the kids.. or if there was something a kid is allergic to
As long as you know your neighbor or its prepackaged commercial made itās ok. It would be funny to give hash browies and people get hi
When I was young the homemade stuff was the best. Today there is so much bad stuff going on most parents make the kids toss homemade goodies.
They may get thrown out tbh. Iād rather not waste money on baking. Just buy candy and little toys.
Because of the safety/sanitation issue, not advisable. I only remember a couple instances of people doing that when I was a kid.
Nope I'd want something that's Individually rap by the manufacturer not something you baked at home that would go straight to the garbage. I don't know what's in that
Best to just hand out packaged candy. Unfortunately there are a lot of evil people out there and I donāt think parents will be very trusting. People have even put some very bad things even in package candy and then tried to reseal it. You also would have to be carful with allergies as well, since even if what your making doesnāt contain nuts but still came into contact with them it could get someone hurt.
Not to children. Unless they are very good friends or family.
Too many sick people out there today.
Its a great idea for baked goods but what if they're allergic to certain ingredients?
Allergies are the same with candies tho
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