Want to know what\u2019s scary? For me, it’s the thought of having the doorbell ring over and over again all night on Halloween and having to get up and done and up and down to answer it over and over to give out candy to kids that often seem way too old to still be out trick-or-treating. Just the thought of having to do that is terrifying…<\/p>\n
That was the biggest reason why, for the past several years as a way to get out of doing the doorbell thing, I\u2019ve hired a DJ and thrown a big dance party in our driveway for all the trick-or-treaters in the neighborhood to come be a part of. It\u2019s a tradition I have loved doing because it kept me from ever having to stand and answer the front door all night. But now that our kids are grown up and out of the house, I am afraid my husband and I are back to giving out candy the old fashioned way at the door\u2026either that or turning off all the lights and pretending no one is home\u2026hmmm\u2026I\u2019m kind of liking the sound of that last idea\u2026mmmwwwwaaaahhh hahhhh hahhhh<\/p>\n
600 million pounds of candy…That\u2019s how much candy gets eaten on Halloween. Just the thought of 600 pounds of candy (for comparison the Titanic weighed 100 million pounds) being eaten is pretty dang scary to think about. And you know what else? You could literally die from eating too much Halloween candy. According to USA Today<\/a>, a deadly dose of candy for an average person (which they cite as weighing 180 pounds) would be to eat 262 fun-sized bars or 1,627 pieces of candy corn.<\/p>\n I personally love candy corn, although I can assure you I won\u2019t be eating 1,627 pieces of it. Do you have a favorite?\u00a0 If you are curious which candy ranked as the best and worst Halloween candy – it turns out that the #1 worst candy is Circus Peanuts and the #1 best candy is Reese\u2019s Peanut Butter Cups. No surprises there frankly.<\/p>\n