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Surely you don't let your kids eat all that junk?
Here is what we do,.
When they get home from trick or treating, we let each kid pick out their 5 favorite candy and they can have 1 piece of candy a day next week
What they don't pick out goes into our own give away bucket for any late trick or treaters
The awful candy we put in a special bucket for teenage trick or treaters- I can't stand teens who do this as they are way too old
anything left we use to add to the christmas stockings i make for DFCS kids along with socks, toothbrushes, combs, etc
The rest goes into next years Halloween stash. or it goes into the TRASH With the amount of preservative it will all be good for years or decades!!!!
What they don't pick out goes into our own give away bucket for any late trick or treaters
The awful candy we put in a special bucket for teenage trick or treaters- I can't stand teens who do this as they are way too old
anything left we use to add to the christmas stockings i make for DFCS kids along with socks, toothbrushes, combs, etc
The rest goes into next years Halloween stash. or it goes into the TRASH With the amount of preservative it will all be good for years or decades!!!!
Wow! I can't believe you give out recycled Halloween candy a year later!
Furthermore, I think it's terrible that you purposely punish the teenagers with the aweful stuff. Just wait until your kids are teenagers. They won't go every year, but one year they're going to be nostalgic and want to have some innocent fun with their friends. It sure beats a million terrible things teenagers can get themselves into.
As for what we do with the candy, nobody in our house eats a ton of sweets so there's no reason to restrict anyone's access to the candy. Since Halloween candy lasts a lifetime here, I'll take some in to the office to share with coworkers.
Wow! I can't believe you give out recycled Halloween candy a year later!
Furthermore, I think it's terrible that you purposely punish the teenagers with the aweful stuff. Just wait until your kids are teenagers. They won't go every year, but one year they're going to be nostalgic and want to have some innocent fun with their friends. It sure beats a million terrible things teenagers can get themselves into.
ITA, I was startled as well.
My dh loves to eat the leftover candy, and my college son had a few pieces. (and no, he didn't go trick-or-treating ) We only go trick-or-treating for a half hour or so, so we don't end up with a massive amount of candy. I have always just let the kids gorge on what they do get, and between them and my hubby it's gone in a week.
Candy if it is packaged will last for years, chocolate not so much. I think it is a great plan although I don't restrict it quite is much. We jsut keep the stash and periodically I let my son have some. I certainly don't let him eat candy every day but somehow it gets eaten or given away without having to throw it away or use it for the following year.
We let the kids pick out a few things as well, mostly chocolate items as I think that those chewy things such as now&later's ,dots,etc... are terrible....
I do put a little in the freezer to take out once in awhile but the rest goes to donations...
Last year, a dentist office in our town was taking all the leftover candy and donating it to the troops overseas. They gave each child who brought in their Halloween candy a "prize" for each pound....
This year, my husband's company is also sending the candy to the troops,so we are sending in all the unopened bags that we have to them....
My kids weren't/aren't big candy eaters (the 24 y/o does binge on M&Ms occasionally) so the candy languished until Christmas (after an appropriate dad tax was levied on all gatherings) then was tossed. The same with Christmas and Easter candy. The oldest and youngest both have peanut allergies (youngest is also allergic to chocolate) so that eliminated a lot, anyway. Of course there were older sister/brother taxes levied on the youngest two.
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) We only go trick-or-treating for a half hour or so, so we don't end up with a massive amount of candy. I have always just let the kids gorge on what they do get, and between them and my hubby it's gone in a week.
