Take her to wallyworld and show her the aisles of h candy.

Just tell her "If you hand that stuff out, you well be cleaning egg of the house for a week" Maybe that well work! lol Cheers!

Tell her to get with the program or you'll remove her chocolate stash until Valentines Day.

Your wife is brilliant in her thoughts...SunSweet Prunes are healthy and delicious! Unfortunately, most children are "programed" to expect candy in their sacks. In addition, parents have real fears about perverted individuals slipping things into actual FOOD items. Drugs, razer blades and other harmful things cause parents to feel it needful to throw such healthy treats into the trash can. I love to bake, and nothing would be more fun to me than to bake cookies to hand out. But, parents who do not know me personally would be most suspicious of such home-made goodies, and perhaps in other cases, with just cause.... If you explain this to your wife, and praise her good intent, do not speak to her as if you think she is stupid for not knowing this, perhaps she will listen with a more open mind... This is one of several posts you've put out, that, unfortunately, make it sound as if you are very fearful that she is an ignorant, backward thinking bumpkin....or will be seen as one by others, even more than you value her being happy and feeling as if she is "home" here. I assume your wife is an adult, capable of rational thoughts. We are all different, and unless she is traipsing out the door in a flour sack and thinking because it is new, it is the hight of fashion, I'd say STOP WORRYING SO MUCH, about what other people THINK OF HER! She obviously has a good heart, a sense of fun, and adventure, or she would not be here in the first place. Have a little faith that while you find some of her ideas less than conventional, she is intelligent, creative and fully able to function and make friends, based upon her good character and kind personality. Growing up one of the houses I usually visited ALWAYS gave out apples. My mom insisted on cutting them up before I could eat it, just in case...(some years she tossed it out, until, I stopped and chatted with the homeowners, and told her what a nice elderly couple they were). Yes, it was a thrill, to visit the house that gave out full sized Hershey bars, and the one that handed out a dollar bill one year...but those apples were crunchy, sweet and also delicious! If all you do is "correct" and criticize her for what you see as "different" then it is small wonder that she may be trying to ignore you. If she listens too much, she may have to decide that she doesn't like you as much as she thought she did.... Lighten up and focus on the wonderful qualities she has that you grew to love and admire...so that she can begin to refocus on YOUR wonderful qualities too!