But if there’s no sign, it’s hard to say how much candy trick-or-treaters are legally ... Since many kids who trick-or-treat are a decade or more away from being able to vote, it’s unlikely ...

Candy didn't get introduced to the trick-or-treating rotation until about the 1920s, but neighbors did hand out a different kind of sweet to 19th-century beggars — a round pastry called a 'soul ...