DHSS Officials: Halloween Candy To Supplement SNAP Losses

By Drew  |  EIC, Contributor, Scary Apparition

DOVER. DE — As the federal shutdown continues into its third week, officials have unveiled a temporary measure aimed at “keeping spirits high and blood sugar stable” across Delaware: encouraging households to be more generous with Halloween candy.

A Department of Health and Social Services spokesperson said the Meyer administration is “confident that if everyone gives each trick-or-treater two or three extra fun-size Snickers, we can bridge the nutrition gap until Congress remembers how to govern.”

"I mean almost every kid with a bag will be able to collect enough food to last for a few weeks," said Christen Linke Young of the DHSS.

The plan has received bipartisan support so far,  as state GOP leaders argue that it provides “both short-term caloric relief and long-term energy crashes that may discourage further protests.”

Economists project the plan could save millions in short-term spending while boosting sales for Big Candy, which immediately pledged support for the measure and dispatched lobbyists to Annapolis, Harrisburg, and Richmond to whip up support for similar measures in neighboring states.

A source inside the Democrat caucus added that the administration is “monitoring the situation closely and may extend the initiative into Thanksgiving if turkeys prove too expensive this year.”

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