Thanks for your comments, and actually, I do agree we hand out too much sugar on the whole. Coincidently, I just posted an entry on small throw pillows suggesting that that might be adapted to sachets that could be used as treats instead. I think we were on the same wavelength at that moment.

I have a small stockpile of ideas for non-eatable treats that I have been saving to post for the month of October. I find as we get closer to Halloween itself, the searches for what to give out increase, so I save my good stuff (the non-sugary treats) for those days. Please do check back for more suggestions then.

Thanks again for your comments. It’s a fun time to decorate with the silly sugary things that are out there, but even I admit that I won’t eat the stuff, so you are indeed fighting a good fight.

Perhaps you could suggest that people create some healthy Halloween treats instead that don’t use sugar?

Or perhaps they could create little non-food gifts instead? …Just indulging in wishful thinking. Frankly, I think Halloween is a scary time of sugar overload and sugar shock.

Connie Bennett
Author, SUGAR SHOCK!