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 đ
If you donât want it then donât eat it. Very simple. To be upset over what someone gives your kids for free for trick or treat is ridiculous. And if you donât 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 youâd not notice. They could inject stuff into candy or what not. If you trust them you trust them, if you donât you donât and if thatâs the case then do go trick or treating there. And donât 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, thatâs expensive and they donât 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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
Iâd say so! If itâs 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 Iâve seen it plenty of times as a kid.
Or if itâs not too expensive, handing out Halloween themed treats from a local bakery sound good too!
I donât think itâs 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 wouldnât want your kids eating them. My parents wouldnât 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.
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.
Itâs not a good idea. Not only could the treats be dangerous, but what if that personâs house isnât clean or they never wash their hands?
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 Iâd only give or accept store bought candy still sealed in the wrapping so it is less chance it is tampered with. Even then Iâd 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 â neighborsâ 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 wouldnât have had an issue with the neighbors I knew giving my kids baked goods because I knew and trusted my neighbors⌠from strangers, that would be different. But to compare someone baking Halloween treats to trashy behavior is a bit much isnât it🤷ââď¸
@Apple1996 Iâm 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 donât want little children to be subjected to something that could be laced with fentanyl or any other harmful substanceâŚ
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 wouldnât do it and I donât think other people would like receiving them either. You canât trust a complete stranger to be hygienic or not put something in them, because thatâs 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. 🐾🐕🇨🇦
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