Originally Posted by
SATTSO
I have found the best time to give children candy at the checkpoint is BEFORE screening starts. Sure it makes the kids happy, but the parents LOVE it. A kid with a starburst (I love those) or whatever becomes a kid on a mission.
You give Starbursts, and I have had mine confiscated (DY...T, if so surrender them) as a gel at two different USA airports.