Check your kid’s candy for Sacramento pet peeves

Putting the ‘trick’ in ‘trick-or-treat’

A meme about Sacramento pet peeves in Halloween candy

If you find any of these in your candy bar, contact the CDC and tell them you’re hella sick.

Photos via Pexels and Wikimedia Commons

Be safe out there, parents, and make sure to do a candy check this Halloween. 🍫

We did a taste test and came across quite a few things Sacramentans should be wary of finding in their candy bars, like driving in the rain, leaf blowers + peafowl. Very scary stuff. 😱

Obviously we’re joking about the candy — but we’re super serious about those green and blue birds roaming our streets. They’re terrifying and related to dinosaurs.

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