trick or treat game

One has never had a way to quantify the total haul of a trick or treat run into an easy-to-read point total...until now! Simply go through your stash at the end of the night and tally the point value for every item. Winner gets a cavity.

10 points

• Cash over $5
• Six-packs of pop
• Non-edutainment computer software
• Grocery store sized bags of any candy

5 points

• King size candy bars
• 20oz pop bottles
• Theater-sized bags of M&M's or Skittles

3 points

• Full size candy bars
• Full size Lifesavers or Starburst rolls
• 12oz pop cans
• Caramel apples

2 points

• Boxes of Junior Mints/Dots
• Half sized pop cans
• Pack of one Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
• Suckers with things in the middle
• Packs of gum

1 point

• Fun size candy bars, M&Ms or Skittles
• Smarties
• Flat suckers
• Peppermints
• Gum sticks
• Popcorn balls
• Cough drops

-1 point

• Sixlets
• Canned goods
• A toothbrush or dental floss
• A non-caramel apple
• Chick tracts
• Orange and black candies that had their entire production run in 1974
• Mary Janes
• Necco wafers

Write down the tally every year and compare years past to the present!

PM me to add to the list.