What was the worst thing you've received while trick-or-treating?

Quicken Kristina
Quicken Kristina Quicken Windows Subscription Moderator mod
edited December 2024 in The Water Cooler

When I was a kid, the worst things I'd receive were home-made treats. They weren't the worst because they were bad, but because, unless they came from the neighbors that my parents knew and trusted, they'd be discarded as potentially dangerous. What was the worst thing you've received when trick-or-treating?

I hope everyone has a wonderful October and a happy Halloween!

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  • Quicken Anja
    Quicken Anja Moderator mod

    I moved to the U.S. at age 15 so trick-or-treating wasn’t a part of my childhood since it wasn’t a thing in my home country, Belgium. So, I’ll just use an example from my kids instead.

    One thing they despised getting (and I personally am not a fan of either) is a small box of raisins. I recall the first time it was discovered in one of their buckets. My oldest opened it, took a bite, and you could tell he didn’t like what he tasted. Instead of saying something, he put his raisin box in his twin brother’s bucket and waited for him to eat them. His twin ended up having the same reaction and tried to put it back in the first twin’s bucket but he quickly covered the top of the bucket to block it from being dropped in there. 😅


    After watching the entertaining back and forth between them, I stuck my hand out and told them to give it to me.

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  • Jon
    Jon Quicken Mac Subscription SuperUser, Mac Beta Beta
    edited October 2024

    Oh yeah, raisins were pretty undesirable. I wasn't really a fan of candy corn either, or those big circus peanuts.

    And then there were the years where I had braces and wasn't allowed to keep anything with caramel in it, so when I saw that going into the bag I knew I wouldn't be able to eat it.

  • jacobs
    jacobs Quicken Mac Subscription SuperUser, Mac Beta Beta

    Another vote for the box of raisins! We wanted candy, in most forms, and especially chocolate (and caramel), so the houses which were trying to promote something healthier by giving out raisins were a complete disappointement. (For that matter, I didn't like Raisinettes, the chocolate coated raisins, either.)

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  • Palace
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    I can't remember anything dropped in my trick-or-treat bag that I didn't like. Seems we lived in a candy neighborhood, everybody I know got candy 😃 Course, that was back in 1950's when I last trick-or-treated, things bit different back then. I remember buddy and me knocked on door of elderly man one Halloween and he said, "I'm sorry, I forgot this was Halloween, so didn't buy any candy. You aren't going to trick me are you?" I replied, "No sir, we wouldn't do that." At that time, I didn't even know what 'trick' meant 😂 Every so often what happened to that ole fella 😢

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  • skeleton567
    skeleton567 Quicken Windows Other Member ✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2024

    This will probably be deleted but here goes. I was raised in a conservative family and we didn't expect to get handouts and freebies from friends and neighbors. Maybe that is why I have no tolerance for those who always expect to be given things. This 'tradition' may be partially responsible for all the protesters throwing their hissy-fits and being destructive simply because they don't get things handed out to them.

    So, my upbringing was the BEST that I received. Friends and I did hot, dirty hay baling on farms for $.75 an hour and cut weeds in fields for $1.00 per acre. My first off-the-farm job was working after school until 9:00pm at a local grocery store for $.95 an hour before I went home to do homework.

    On the brighter side, my favorite Halloween treat is a bottle of seasonal Witches Brew spiced red wine from Leelanau Winery in northern Michigan. My wife and I, both in our eighties, are blessed to be able to sit on our patio or deck by a wood fire and enjoy what we call 'merlot time'. Another special treat is when younger neighbors join us after their workday is over.

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  • Quicken Jasmine
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    Hello Everyone!

    Honestly, I am not too sure. Maybe apples or pretzels? My favorite thing to get were little trinkets, I have always had a sensitive stomach, especially when it comes to chocolate!

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  • mljacobs
    mljacobs Quicken Mac Subscription Member ✭✭

    Toothbrush !

  • jaken
    jaken Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭

    A box of raisins is great! I didn't even mind a toothbrush. I wouldn't necessarily say this was the "worst" thing I ever got, but I thought it was funny one time I got a bag of ramen noodles.

  • NotACPA
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    edited November 2024

    When my niece, who's now a Veterinarian and the mother of teenage twins, was in prep school her family lived in the far distant suburbs of our town. But her school, and her friends, were much closer to where I live.

    SO, she and a friend would spend Wednesday night at my house and carve the pumpkins … and they were exquisite.

    Then, more friends would come over on Halloween night and go "Trick or Treating" for UNICEF. While they weren't specifically looking for candy, they got some of that also. Then they'd come back to the house and "horse trade" so that everyone got their preferred candy.

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  • Quicken Anja
    Quicken Anja Moderator mod
    edited November 2024

    Well, after yesterday, there was a new "undesirable" placed in my twins' trick or treat bags (more like pillow cases really)— they received potatoes 🥔… from 2 separated homes. We were all very confused about it, but it gave us a good chuckle. I guess that's what we get for living in Idaho, and looks like dinner tonight will have something to do with potatoes. 😅

    And just for fun; here's a photo of all 3 of my kids' costumes this year as well:

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    Hope everyone had an enjoyable Halloween! 🎃

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