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Traces earlier influences such as Britain and Ireland’s souling custom and the way immigrant practices shaped later food exchanges at doors. Describes post–World War II suburban growth, marketing by candy makers, and the impact of fears about tampering. 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No factory-sealed chocolate bars, no rustling plastic wrappers, just something a grown-up made in their own kitchen that afternoon. For most of Halloween's history in America, that is exactly what a treat looked like. The candy aisle we picture today, glowing with bags of individually wrapped sweets, is actually a fairly recent invention. To understand how we got there, you have to follow a quiet argument historians still have about when and why the homemade treat disappeared.  \nThat kitchen-made treat was rooted in a much older idea about food and the dead. Long before trick-ortreating, some communities in Britain and Ireland practiced a custom called \"souling,\" in which people went door to door on All Souls' Day offering prayers in exchange for small spiced cakes. All Souls' Day is its own Christian observance, with its own meaning, and it should not be mistaken for Halloween itself. Still, historians point to souling as one thread that helped shape the later idea of exchanging food at the door. When these customs crossed the Atlantic with immigrants, the treats stayed handmade because that was simply how food worked before supermarkets.  \nBecause food was homemade, early American Halloween \"treats\" were whatever a household could spare. Neighbors handed out apples, roasted nuts, small cakes, cookies, and those famous popcorn balls held together with molasses or syrup. Some families gave toys, coins, or fruit instead of anything sweet at all. Notice the distinction here: a treat was not yet a product you bought but a gift you assembled, which meant every doorstep offered something different. That variety is part of why trick-or-treating felt like an adventure long before candy companies got involved.  \nThe move from that unpredictable doorstep to the predictable candy bag happened faster than you might guess. After World War II, as suburbs filled with families and trick-or-treating spread across the country in the 1950s, candy makers spotted an opportunity. They began marketing small, individually wrapped candies asthe convenient, modern thing to hand out, and by the 1960s and 1970s these had largely replaced the homemade apple and popcorn ball. Wrapped candy was cheap, it did not need to be baked, and it could be bought in bulk weeks ahead. In roughly two decades, a holiday treat went from something you made to something you  \npurchased.  \nThat shift toward sealed wrappers was pushed along by more than just convenience. Beginning in the 1970s, worried rumors spread that strangers were tampering with homemade treats, and although investigations found almost no real cases, the fear stuck. Here is where historians disagree: some argue the wrapped candy takeover was mostly driven by clever marketing and cheaper prices, while others say public anxiety sealed the deal by making anything homemade seem suspicious. The evidence suggests both forces worked together, one economic and one emotional. Whatever the exact cause, the result was the same: by the 1980s, an unwrapped treat from a neighbor had become the exception rather than the rule.  \nToday that convenient candy has grown into a genuinely enormous business. Americans spend billions of dollars on Halloween candy each year, and a National Retail Federation survey has repeatedly found that chocolate and candy top people's shopping lists for the holiday. Think about that shift for a moment: a celebration once built on homemade cakes and prayers for the dead now moves mountains of factorywrapped sugar every October. The popcorn ball, once the star of the doorstep, has become the rare vintage treat that surprises anyone who receives one. In just a few generations, the most ordinary Halloween gift of all quietly became the most unusual.  \nThe History of Halloween Candy  \nName:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) According to the arti","cbCaiiKB22nPdzfG","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiKB22nPdzfG","pdf",131249,"English","# Background: Homemade treats and souling\n# Shift after World War II\n# Marketing, prices, and tampering fears\n# Today’s candy business","[{\"question\":\"What did most Halloween treats look like during the majority of Halloween’s history in America?\",\"answer\":\"They were homemade items that households could spare, such as popcorn balls, apples, nuts, small cakes, and cookies, with treats varying from doorstep to doorstep.\"},{\"question\":\"How is souling connected to later trick-or-treating?\",\"answer\":\"The article presents souling as one thread that helped shape the later idea of exchanging food at the door, and notes that immigrant customs carried these practices across the Atlantic.\"},{\"question\":\"Why did Halloween treats move from homemade gifts to individually wrapped candy?\",\"answer\":\"Candy makers pushed wrapped sweets because they were convenient and inexpensive, while public anxiety about tampering made homemade treats seem suspicious. 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