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I think the kids will love it! It's fun to get something like that.

As a parent, that crap drives me crazy because once candy is gone, it's gone, but little toys are just everywhere forever! We have so many little toys from party goodie bags and happy meals or whatever. I never know what to do with them. Like, I don't think Goodwill really wants that stuff, but I feel bad throwing it away. And the kids generally only want to play with it for maybe a day. I don't know. I just throw them in the toy box and they live down there in the bottom.

Sorry, I think it'll be a flop with the kids. You'll be the lame house that all the kids want to avoid. As a parent I think awesome!

I hated when people gave money and non candy items..
As a kid all I wanted was chocolate and candy!

I think kids egg/tp your house if you don't give out candy.

I must be in the minority, I thought it was cool when there were things other than candy (as long as they weren't like cheap-o spider rings). I remember always looking forward to one house because they gave packets of hot cocoa. Another house that was super popular did a a ton of decorating and kind of a haunted house...and at the end you got a religious tract and a pencil and kids still flocked there.

Maybe do a mix of toys and candy to see what the kids in your neighborhood are into?

as a kid, i would have probably not liked it as much, but if they get to choose, then that's fun. as a parent, i would like it more than candy!

as a kid, candy was king and would barter with my brother and neighborhood kids; money was ok, toys i'd play with for a few minutes and not really care about again, was disappointed to see pencils and raisins.

I think the younger kids will like it but a candy stash for older ones is a good idea. I was thinking about doing gift certs to McDonalds/local pizza place but then need a back-up plan since many of those are limited in what age can redeem them and I know many of the kiddos who come by would be over the limit.

I must've been a super dork because I LOVED getting pencils and erasers! Shaped like Pumpkins! Are you kidding me?! haha. I would do a mix of both though. We don't get too many trick-or-treaters unfortunately.. but I've noticed a little "small child" boom in our neighborhood, so hopefully that changes.

@lawbee11: My LO is only 14 months old so I don't really have enough knowledge about what older kids like. She doesn't eat candy yet so she would like the toys better! I know my niece doesn't love sweets so she would like the toys, but she's weird. I mean really, she complained when there was powered sugar on her french toast. Who does that?

Crossing my fingers that the kids love your toys