An App Tells Your Neighbors If You’ll Pass Out Halloween Candy

Boise is in the top 10 in the country when it comes to passing out the most candy on Halloween.

We know this from an app that's basically a private social network, and alerts neighbors that the light will be on this Halloween.  We are generous with the M&Ms here! But what about those full-sized Snickers bars?

Boise ranks #10 for having the most houses participating in the Halloween candy tradition, according to Money Magazine.

Baton Rouge ranks #9, and other cities in the top 10 include Columbus, Ohio and Omaha, Nebraska .  The #1 city in the country for having the most neighbors pass out candy on Halloween is Cary, North Carolina.  Or to put it another way, Cary has the most users of this fancy app who say they'll pass out candy this year.  We'll see.

What the app doesn't tell us, is which houses will be offering the full-sized candy bars. Dang it!  At least we know which ones will actually have candy, and not those tragically disappointing stickers or pencils.

The Nextdoor App has been featured on Dr. Phil, CNN, 20/20, and USA Today, and it's useful for things other than snooping in your neighbor's Reese's Peanut Butter Cup stash.  You have to enter your address to join, and it creates a private space for you and your neighbors to swap info and stay in touch.  Because who wants to go outside and actually talk to those neighbors anyway?

There are many haunted houses, haunted trails, festivals, parades, and pumpkin patches to check out this Halloween season and some of them are listed HERE.  Farmstead in Meridian is a great patch, and that's where Kate McGwire conquered the greased pig last week.  That little Oinkerbell was a good sport.

And then..... with the help of apps, you kids can rake in the candy on the 31st. Translation:  the person with the app gets first dibs on what the kiddos haul in.  I'm gettin' it!  Happy Halloween.