From the article: 12 Ways to Use Up Halloween Candy
How do you handle that inevitable influx of troublesome treats? Share your strategies for using up leftover Halloween candy (or Easter candy, or Valentine candy, or goody-bag treats) without putting your child at risk of food allergies, weight gain, diabetic complications, dental misfortune, or plain old sugar overload. Treat Us With Your Tricks
Leftover Halloween Candy
- Our church collects leftover Halloween candy and fills pinatas for area agencies that serve families in needs. Seek wholesale pinatas or ask for donations.
- —Guest momofmany
Leftover Halloween Candy Ideas
- My son's elementary school collects Candy for Soldiers the week after Halloween, and one of the teachers ships it the women and men serving our country. The kids totally get into donating the candy they don't like, and are even willing to part with extra pieces that they enjoy.
- —Guest Christine
Give it to charity
- Mine goes to my church, which puts it in Thanksgiving baskets for needy families. (We had lots this year, because I bought it a week ahead, and then we had to leave town for a funeral.)
- —Guest Bonnie
Regift It -- Is That Bad?
- Okay, so be glad you're not on my holiday gift list ... I keep the tons of candy my kids accumulate (and most of which can't eat) and then use it for gifts -- fill a coffee mug with some to give to a teacher, get some mini sleds or stockings and fill them up to give to the therapist, delivery man, lady who watches my cat, etc. (sometimes with a gift certificate or $).
- —Guest Molly
