One year when my husband was a kid and out trick-or-treating with his friends and siblings, my father-in-law was left at home to hand out candy. At that time they lived in a subdivision that was filled with kids, and it didn’t take too long for the candy to run out.
After it did, FIL started going through the kitchen cabinets and pulling out cans of Beanie Weenies. When those were gone, he started throwing money into the kids’ bags. Finally he just said, “The hell with this” and turned off the porch light.
Yup....you hate to turn the little ones away:)