Healthy Halloween Hit

As a child I was CrAzY about candy.  I can say that I was CrAzY about it because I used to have nightmares that I got grounded on Halloween by my stepmother and didn’t get my annual stash.  I was as distraught as I would have been if a family member died (I see now this is a completely pathetic admission of a true addict).  Then I would wake up and be SO relieved it was all just a bad dream and see that there was still hope.  All that sugar must have taken its toll on me in my youth because since then my body can’t handle it anymore.  I have given it up completely and I always feel torn on Halloween with the thought of passing out what I know they are already getting WAY too much of.  I understand that kids don’t usually want to be given toothbrushes and pencils and I didn’t want to be known as the annoying house giving out lame treats but I saw this blog post and I decided that juice boxes were a better alternative candy. 

Well I think I might just stick with that idea from here on out because the last group of kids that came to my door were pretty happy.  The first kid (probably about Jr. High age) said, “Juice boxes! Are you kidding me!?!  Do you know how thirsty I am right now?"  They were grabbing them as fast as I could get them out of the packaging.  They may cost a little more than the candy but there were only about 20 kids at my door.  It certainly didn’t break the bank and I felt a whole lot better about it.