Woman Offered Trick-or-Treaters Potatoes and Their Reactions Were Hilarious

A woman documented the hilarious reactions she received after handing out candy and raw potatoes to trick-or-treaters this Halloween.

Jana Pruden, who resides in Edmonton, Canada, shared her experience on Twitter where she racked up thousands of likes and retweets, with many users commenting on the trick-or-treaters' hilarious reactions.

"Offering kids the choice of candy or a potato this year because I saw a meme about it," Pruden tweeted on Monday. "And honestly it's super funny to see their reactions."

Pruden told Newsweek that she came across the idea on Facebook a while back and decided it would be something funny to do for Halloween.

'Fast and Furious'

So, to prepare, Pruden sent her husband off to the grocery store to grab potatoes. But when he came back empty-handed, she took it upon herself to use a five-pound bag she already had.

"It was a little fast and furious at some points," Pruden said. "It was so funny because I told my husband I was going to do it and he didn't think anyone would take a potato."

But to their surprise, the potatoes were a hot commodity early in the night. Pruden recalled holding up the candy bowl for each group of kids and telling them they had a choice between candy or raw potato.

"A lot of kids took a potato," she told Newsweek. "Sometimes there would be a big group of kids and someone would pick the potato first and then one of the other kids would ask for a potato too and then I'd have to go back into the kitchen and get another potato."

'An Upraised Jewel'

Pruden shared the night's journey with thousands of users on Twitter, starting with a little girl picking the first potato at about 8:20 p.m.

"Update: A little girl just chose the potato 'for my dad,'" the tweet read. "(I let her take a candy, too, for being so cool.)"

A few minutes later, Pruden updated curious users that several more potatoes were chosen from the bowl.

"Two more potatoes gone! At this point I'm more worried about running out of potatoes than candy," Pruden tweeted.

"One girl picked it, held it above her head like an upraised jewel, and yelled, 'POTATO!'" another tweet read.

"A little girl, given the choice between candy and a potato, thought for a moment, and then chose a candy," the thread continued. "When I told her she could take a second candy, she immediately chose the potato."

"A bunch of girls came to the door after a long lull. One grabbed the potato fast," Pruden tweeted. "The others screamed. 'I want a potato!' one said. 'Can I have a potato?' And then they took their candy and went running down the driveway screaming 'Potato! Potato!'"

Pruden said she appreciated the toddlers due to their strange reactions and pure excitement.

"A lot of them went straight for the potato and the parents would be laughing and trying to see if their kid really did want a potato," Pruden said while laughing. "Everyone was just delightful. Everyone who took a potato and even those who didn't take a potato, I loved equally."

'Trick-or-Treat'

Another woman recently went viral on TikTok after sharing the surprising trick-or-treaters she received a month early this year.

In the video, the woman showed a nursery of raccoons sitting in front of her door as she jokingly called them trick-or-treaters and handed out marshmallows.

Earlier this year, a picture of two cats "trick-or-treating" at a new neighbor's house circulated online.

In the post, the user explained that the cats knocked on their door while they were playing a video game.

"New city, new apartment, I'm trying to play Elden Ring and they've been staring at me for 20 minutes," the post read.