Watch: Nutritionist’s 'evil' Halloween prank for kids is trending

Halloween is just around the corner. On the night of October 31, kids dress up as ghosts or characters from comics and cartoons. They then go door to door in hopes of filling their candy baskets with an array of treats. This ritual is fondly known as ‘trick-or-treating’.

Now, a nutritionist’s plan to trick kids as they come to her home for ‘trick-or-treating’ is raking in likes.

Kristen Stavridis has shared a video that showed her taking out the chocolates from Ferrero Rocher wrappers and replacing them with Brussels sprouts. In the hilariously edited clip, she wrote: “Preparing the golden balls of disappointment for Halloween” as the soundtrack of evil laughter played in the background.

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Sharing this clip, Stavridis wrote: “More for me. These kids know not to come ringing on a nutritionist's doorbell on Halloween night.”.

This clip has gathered over 600,000 likes since it was posted, four days ago, on October 23.

A person described the prank as “evil”. People also jokingly opined that such deeds might give children “trust issues”.

Making his point, a user wrote: “Do you want kids to have trust issues? Cause that's how you get kids with trust issues.”

Another added: “As a kid, I would have cried real tears, as an adult you should sleep with one eye open”.

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