...to give this year's trick or treaters last year's sweets?

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Just that really! I'm not able to get out to get sweets for Halloween and last year we didn't have many trick or treaters so have lots of little bags of sweets, best before last month.

Basically my choice is that or ignore the door, which I don't really want to do as it's usually only a few younger, local children so I don't mind them. Also, I might, possibly, have other sweets/lollies with no dates on which may or may not be even older...
Basically, is it reasonable to risk poisoning the local children with dodgy sugar bombs?? 

Who has sweets left over for a full year??

I know what you mean. I think OP is a stealth boast.

Give em the sweets. They will be absolutely fine.

I wouldn’t even have looked at the date on sweets. I would definitely give them out.

Only posting as you have to go with majority. Definitely give them out.
MIL buys advent calendars in Jan for all the kids. Usually OOD around sept. No squits!

Ooh, I do have some (OOD, obvs) sprouts in the fridge and some chocolate...🤔

Dungeondragon15 😁I do wish that was the case! Unfortunately I can't be trusted to have bags of savoury snacks in the house or else I'll gobble them up whole. What's a 'sharing' pack anyway...? 🙄

Beginning to accept that I'm just lazy and really should stop hoarding food.

If they are Haribo I don't think they will be edible, we have some left over from last year that are BB end Nov 2018 but on checking them they are hard and taste old.

I wouldn't think twice about doing this, sweets will be fine!

They will be absolutely safe to eat.

My only worry would be parents seeing the bbe date and judging you.

Shh, hibbledibble, they might hear you, the date isn't on the small packs, I might get away with it 😉

Think I'll probably have to give in and taste one. Unless I have any volunteers here? Payment will be in mysteriously dated Chupa Pops.

*Chupa Chups even!

Haribo and the like - no problem. Probably wouldn’t if it was chocolate. It’s a best before date not use by.

They’ll be fine. Blimey, just do it. The kids all have so many sweets anyway a disappointing packet of Haribo won’t make much difference!

Its fine! Its bbf, not use by!

Yeah, chocolate I wouldn't. That's vile when it's even remotely stale!

...slopes off quietly to put the little individual daim chocolates in the bin 🙄

I'd give best before...and if They are a bit gooey or hard well that's a trick!!

Gummies that are only a month past the BB date are fine-- especially if you taste-test one beforehand to be sure they're still pleasantly soft and chewy.

Chocolate probably shows its age sooner, but if they taste alright, I'm sure they're fine, too.

...Am I the only one who thinks it's suspiciously convenient that these Halloween candies are BB a date just shy of the season they'd be useful again (assuming they are marked for Halloween, and maybe they aren't)? "Oops, guess you'll have to buy more from us for this year!" Fortunately, most of us foil that evil plan by eating the leftover candy ourselves in the week or two after Halloween!

Are you sure it's "best before"? If it is, it'll be fine.

Yanbu they are best before not use by. Might be a bit sticky but wont be harmful at all!