I’m trying to decide what to do with all our candy. It doesn’t help that we spent the night trick-or-treating, and didn’t give away a single piece of candy at our house. Why did I buy my favorite candy for our bowl? Next year I'm buying only Payday and Baby Ruth candy bars.
I know some parents who buy their kids' Halloween candy from them. Who will buy ours from me? Here are some other ideas to win our kitchen back from Willy Wonka.
Option 1: Keep only the gross stuff, so I won’t be tempted to eat it.
Option 2: Keep only the good stuff, and try not to eat it all before Mark gets home.
Option 3: Eat all the candy before the end of today, so I won’t have to deal with it anymore.
Option 4: Dispose of the candy…but where?
Option 5: Pack it away, and call it our 72-hour kit (more like year's supply), and hope someone with a year's supply of wheat will want to split with us.
When Eliza groggily tottered into the kitchen this morning, she eyed her pumpkin candy bucket with suspicion. It was like she was thinking, “I remember you…but from what?” I must act quickly before she remembers the sugar haul from last night.
Check out this excellent party food from last night.
Here’s a difference between my girls. We went trick-or-treating last night, then went to an awesome party Krista hosted. Sage loved trick-or-treating, and eyed the contents of her bucket happily, but didn’t complain when Mark told her we weren’t eating any more candy tonight. Eliza also loved trick-or-treating, but she was not content to merely eye the candy. She insisted on clutching a fistful of assorted goods at all times. In the car, between stops, Eliza selected a tootsie roll and sucked her way right through the wrapper. Later at the party, Sage ate one rice-krispy treat, but Eliza spent the whole night begging for sugar in any form off different people’s plates. And the cute little pig was hard to resist. Maybe that’s why she was up at 7am(!!!) today in spite of her 10:15pm bedtime last night. Grrrr.
When I woke up this morning, I found a bike lock under my pillow. Thanks, kiddies. Clearly I'm no princess and the pea because I slept like a rock. (Could there be a connection between the sugar intake and deep sleeping? Interesting.) I don't think this was some malicious attempt to sabotage my sleep. In fact, I regularly find exciting things in my nightstand cupboard, including the bike lock, toothpaste, sippie cups, a Dora bag, a squirt bottle, books, etc. I better keep a close eye to make sure neither of the girls start stashing Halloween candy in the secret cupboard...sounds like something I would have done when I was younger...or older. Mark would probably find it within a month, but Eliza or Jacob would undoubtedly find it within a week.
Does the food bank accept Halloween candy?
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Option 6: leave the candy where it is, and it will be slowly depleted when Danielle comes over. Maybe not even slowly depleted. Or, for Option 1, you could also include Nut Rolls, Smarties, and root beer barrels. And I couldn't resist the cute little "pit" at the Halloween party either.
For the first time in history we didn't have one piece of candy left over after Halloween! In fact, we headed for the party at that very moment and turned out all the lights! We more than made up for it with the feast of treats we enjoyed at the party! --Moom
A friend of mine whose kids are grown told me what they used to to with all the Halloween candy: She said they would have the kids dump it all into one big family pile so that everyone would have equal ammounts, or whatever. But, then, when the kids went to bed they would go through the pile and pull out whatever they could find 4 of (they had 4 kids) that wasn't packaged "Halloween-y" and hide it away to save for stocking stuffer candy at Christmas. Becuase the candy pile was so big, the kids never knew it was missing and never assumed anything Christmas morning. Also, they still got the candy, just later, and the parents didn't have to buy more in 2 months. Interesting idea. . . Richard said no to it, though. Said they must just be cheap-skates. Whatever- I thought it was good. :) Although it doesn't really get the candy out of your house. . .
Well, good luck with that! We gave out all our candy and some of the kids candy. Overall, we didn't end up with all that much- I was a little bummed, and glad when I realized my baby is 9 months old and I still have a belly. ;)
Is it just me, or is everything in that picture covered with chocolate. Oh wait this is Janel's blog so it probably is.
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