What to give kids for Halloween?

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I recently moved into my first house after years of living in flats so this will be the first time I will be doing this and just wanted some advice and thoughts from others.

Do you just hand out wrapped sweets/bags?
Or shall I do those Halloween treat bags?

I am not sure how many kids will knock as this is a year old new build estate, there are quite a few kids though, I live in the UK.

I get a big box of the mini haribo bags from Tesco. Once they're gone, they're gone.

A box or two of Celebrations or mini-Haribo bags.

This year I have monster munch, cadbury mini rolls and chuppa chups lollies. Had Haribo mini packets last year and a couple of kids whispered “urgh more haribo” thinking they were quietly out of earshot like kids do. 😂So this year I have upped my game!

Previous years I’ve done tins of chocolates like heroes but they go fast as kids grab a handful!

P.s. round here kids only knock if you have a pumpkin or decorations out so you’ll need a lit pumpkin and to be prepared for an onslaught of cuteness when the little ones knock. 😍

When you’ve had enough you can remove the pumpkin and shut your curtains.

Thank you.
I went to B and M this afternoon and got a variety of sweets.

I will just put them all in a treat bowl.

Wrapped sweets. More hygienic.
Don't offer a huge bowl, little kids especially get a bit giddy and try to grab handfuls.
Small bowl or plate with some sweets on. Say loudly 'just one, leave some for others '
I'm done with Halloween this year 😂😂

I echo the above about sealed, wrapped sweets - a lot of parents won't let their kids have unwrapped (or even foil wrapped as it can be opened and redone). I put leftovers in the food bank donation trolley at the supermarket or give them to the church

Any wrapped sweets will do. I get 4 tubs of swizzels because I decorate quite heavily so we get a lot of trick or treaters and it’s embarrassing when we’ve run out in the past. Having said that, I have a wooden sign by the door that says trick or treat and when flipped says ‘out of treats’ so that’s useful.

Maybe some chews but just say one each as they will grab a handful even if they have a huge bucketful.

Big bowl of sweets in our house, mostly individually wrapped. We grab a small handful and put it in each kids bag. Don't let the kids grab a handful otherwise it's all gone in minutes!