Halloween is right around the corner and for many, preparation is key: you have your costumes, decorations, and yes, candy to pass out on Halloween.

Trick-Or-Treating in Idaho

We've said it before and we'll say it again: nobody does holidays quite like Idaho. In Idaho, all you have to do is visit Harrison Boulevard in Boise and all of the other amazing attractions - like the largest haunted house in Idaho in Haunted World.

With some of us being parents, we've even seen the hefty hauls of candy our kids get when hitting the Boise area for trick-or-treating.

Speaking of trick-or-treating, there are some things you should never pass out.

A personal trick-or-treating story

Now, I'm not saying this is a good idea but when I was a kid, there was a house on a specific corner in our neighborhood. There was a rumor among the kids on the school bus that this guy was rich... like "has more money than Moses" rich.

Every year for Halloween, us kids would visit this house and I remember initially thinking: "Man, we're gonna get us some king-sized candies, movie theater-sized boxes of sweets, etc."

As it turns out, this man would give out the most random of items: one year we each got a random gardening tool, and another year, I remember most of us getting candy but another kid in our group got a smoke detector.

No packaging, no batteries... just a round cream-colored smoke detector with a red and black wire sticking out of it.

We laughed then and moved on, but how awesome of a relic would that have been to have today? Hindsight is 20/20 as they say.

What are some things you should never hand out?

We don't think there's a chance any kids in the Treasure Valley will get a smoke detector in their trick-or-treat bag but anything is possible.

That being said - here are seven things you should skip out on passing out for Halloween.

Oh yeah, they're illegal too.

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