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My nephew lives with us so he will be allowed to pick out his favorites, then EVERYTHING goes to the office with my BF and nephew. Period. End of story. End of temptation!!

I hate having so many leftovers, so since I knew that we never get a lot of trick-or-treaters at our home, I only bought one bag of Kit Kats, which I don't even really care for (OD'd of them as a kid), so I took the leftovers and turned them into some really nice chocolate cookies, made with *loads* of cocoa powder and sugar and crunched up (coarse chunks) Kit Kat bars. They turned otu pretty well, so I am happy, and my coworkers are now on a sugar high.

Operation Gratitude.

Actually, I don't give out candy. I like to give out toys or some other treat, which has worked very well when the child is diabetic or otherwise can't have candy. This year, it was glowsticks.

But I bought a bag of candy corn at 50% off to make the Candy Corn Nainamo Bars to take to an event next weekend.

I've been fighting flu since Wednesday, so BF handled door duty. I bought about three pounds of assorted candy and we got maybe nine kids (at least half of whom were teenagers that somehow felt costumes and saying "trick or treat" was beyond them - aren't you just begging for candy at that point?). So we have a lot left. I told BF that when I'm healthy, I'll chop the Hershey's mini darks up and put them in pancakes. The rest we'll freeze or eat.

Was anyone surprised by what candies were popular and which ones were not? At first I gave out my little treat bags, which had one of each (3 in total), then I allowed kids to pick 3 from the leftovers in the bowl.White chocolate Halloween Kit-Kats (dyed orange) went first, even before the peanut butter pumpkins!

@lemons-
Thanks for your comment about the Oreo pie crust. I've never actually made one. I usually use graham cracker crumbs or crushed animal crackers mixed with one tablespoon of sugar for my coconut custard or key lime pie crusts.
I was concerned that the crushed Oreos would be too sweet unless I remove the icing. What do you think?

While we were leaving the house to walk our dog yesterday, a lady drove up to us in her van with her kids and screamed at us asking us why we and the neighborhood were not giving out Halloween candy. We ignored her and walked away.

A lot of the businesses were actually giving out stuff to kids. We saw kids walking in to bars and restaurants, coming out with chocolate covered pretzel sticks, cupcakes, and other treats.

Y'know you don't have to scrape the insides of oreos off to make the crust unless you just want to.... Smaller here than usual, numerous groups of middle-school kids, more than average. We hadn't planned on being here at all, so I had to grab some stuff very quickly. Ended up with some 100-calorie bags of microwave popcorn at the end of giving it out, which puzzled some of the little ones but mostly pleased.

And how on earth did that bowl get stolen? Mine never leaves my hand when I open the door.

We have a whole bowl of assorted candy (didn't have as many trick or treaters as expected) and 2 unopened bags of Reese's Lovers (which I'll freeze). The bowl is on my kitchen island so we're kinda just picking through it.

Will hide some in my bra drawer (it is the best stash place I have found yet!!) so that I can savor some over the next few weeks. I will also put some out for boys in the dorm.

It's been over 10 years since I've had a doughboy, but I used to have the recipe nailed. The filling is chicken breast, cream cheese, cheddar, colby, and scallions. I can't remember exactly what I used to season the chicken, but a little onion powder, garlic powder, oregano, and s&p would probably get you in the ballpark. I might have to stop in Esperanto tomorrow.

After a long day of doing dishes, putzing around the house, and finally doing a little shopping in the afternoon while my bf recovered from a wicked but thankfully RARE hangover, I turned to what has become the most recycled meal in my kitchen: baked pasta. I did a mashup of the SE one-pot baked ziti recipe with a few notes from a "the kitchn" fast weeknight recipe contender, adding sausage to the dish and a little cinnamon to the sauce (so good!), and using whole grain rotini. It never turns out the same twice, but last night's go was especially good.