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Trick or Treat

The top worst things to give trick or treaters

Raisins, monkey nuts, pennies, fudge, tooth picks – don’t ruin Halloween for kids this year by handing these crappy treats out.
9.45am, 28 Oct 2012
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HERE ARE THE crappiest, most terrible, most tasteless things given to trick or treaters on Halloween.

To all trick or treaters near and wide, if you get any of these, a trick should definitely be on the cards.

The top worst things to give trick or treaters
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    Raisins. Enough said. Image: JD Hancock. Flickr

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    Toothbrushes? Some people are clearly soulless. Image: Hermin/Shutterstock.

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    Yes know apples are healthy. We know. But nobody wants them at Halloween, well, unless, they covered in toffee. The by all means... Image: Nata-lia/Shutterstock

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    We are all counting the coppers but not at Halloween. Keep them. No really, keep them.

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    Keep for the elderly. Dawn Huczek/ Flickr
  • Raisins. Enough said. Image: JD Hancock. Flickr
  • Toothbrushes? Some people are clearly soulless. Image: Hermin/Shutterstock.
  • Yes know apples are healthy. We know. But nobody wants them at Halloween, well, unless, they covered in toffee. The by all means... Image: Nata-lia/Shutterstock
  • We are all counting the coppers but not at Halloween. Keep them. No really, keep them.
  • Keep for the elderly. Dawn Huczek/ Flickr

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