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Having eliminated all desserts (except low-sugar ones that I make myself) from my diet nine years ago, I have nonetheless been a frightening, horrible hypocrite on Halloween. A lot of children live in our neighbourhood, and the door is usually busy on 31 October!
In previous years, my husband and I gave terrible frosted, mass-produced, cellophane-wrapped brownies (how I used to love them, and how he still does!) to the first two dozen children who come to our door. After we ran out of brownies, we distributed miniature candy bars made by a local candy company to most other children; since these contained peanuts, we also stocked a smaller supply of caramel creams, the centers of which were almost pure sugar, for children with nut allergies.
Last year, my concerns about Halloween candy were primarily related to childhood obesity. This year, having spent approximately $4,500 on my teeth, I want to spare the neighbourhood children my dental fate. The last time I spoke with a neighbour child up close, I saw stainless-steel crowns. . .
I am contemplating going to a dollar store and buying massive quantities of single-serving snack-cracker packages to pass out on Halloween this year. This wouldn't be quite as pathetic as boxed raisins (which, due to stickiness, can cause tooth decay to rival candy!) or sugarless gum (which contains potentially harmful artificial sweeteners like aspartame). When I was a very young child some people still gave fresh fruit, but this is now sadly taboo.
As a child, I used to love Halloween costumes and candy, especially bubble gum and chewy peanut-butter kisses. I don't want to spoil the fun, but I also don't want to contribute to dental decay: as we all know, few "everyday" things are spookier than rotting teeth!
How have others dealt with Halloween?
In previous years, my husband and I gave terrible frosted, mass-produced, cellophane-wrapped brownies (how I used to love them, and how he still does!) to the first two dozen children who come to our door. After we ran out of brownies, we distributed miniature candy bars made by a local candy company to most other children; since these contained peanuts, we also stocked a smaller supply of caramel creams, the centers of which were almost pure sugar, for children with nut allergies.
Last year, my concerns about Halloween candy were primarily related to childhood obesity. This year, having spent approximately $4,500 on my teeth, I want to spare the neighbourhood children my dental fate. The last time I spoke with a neighbour child up close, I saw stainless-steel crowns. . .
I am contemplating going to a dollar store and buying massive quantities of single-serving snack-cracker packages to pass out on Halloween this year. This wouldn't be quite as pathetic as boxed raisins (which, due to stickiness, can cause tooth decay to rival candy!) or sugarless gum (which contains potentially harmful artificial sweeteners like aspartame). When I was a very young child some people still gave fresh fruit, but this is now sadly taboo.
As a child, I used to love Halloween costumes and candy, especially bubble gum and chewy peanut-butter kisses. I don't want to spoil the fun, but I also don't want to contribute to dental decay: as we all know, few "everyday" things are spookier than rotting teeth!
How have others dealt with Halloween?