Do you have too much Halloween Candy at your house? Are you and your kids can’t resist eating too many Halloween candies? Here are the strategies that will allow you to gain control of the Halloween candies:
Make A Rule Of One Candy Per Day
This will work if your kids are small and you normally don’t have “all you can eat” candy rules at your house. Just put all the candy in a container on the top shelf, and designate a particular time of the day when everyone is allowed to take one candy. In my house, the candy time is in the morning – the kids get their gummy vitamin and they also get to pick 1 candy each out of the plastic pumpkin. Nobody argues because it’s a routine – only 1 candy, and only in the morning. If you can create and follow this rule, the abundance of candies is not even a problem.
Donate Halloween Candy
Do a Google search for Halloween candy donation in your city. Many cities have programs to donate unopened Halloween candies. You will support a good cause and get rid of your unwanted candies!
Sell Halloween Candy
If you can’t convince your kids to give away their Halloween candy, they might get enticed with getting money for their candy :) Many local dentists run “buy Halloween candies” programs. Again, search Google for “buy Halloween candy” or “sell Halloween candy” in your city. Save your waistline and your teeth and get paid for it!
Bake With Halloween Candy
You can use up a lot of Halloween candy at once by baking with it. Just melt the chocolate candies and use them instead of chocolate in chocolate cake and brownies recipes. Of chop the chocolate candies in the food processor and use in place of chocolate chips. You can also grate the candies in the food processor and use them as a sprinkle on top of cakes and cookies. Another idea is to melt the chocolate candies and use it as a fondue!
Here’s a great recipe for using up your chocolate Halloween candy: Best Chocolate Truffle Cake Recipe. This cake uses a LOT of chocolate, and it is very, very, very good!
Here’s the picture of that Chocolate Truffle Cake:
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I’ve hidden my three-year-old’s bucket. He had a meltdown then threw up because he ate too much candy in one day… I haven’t let him eat any more candy the last two days. He seems to be doing a little better…. ha ha A great post, by the way!
Does the rule applies to adult as well? ;) That truffle cake is so drool-worthy!
The chocolate cake looks so tempting!
I wish I could eat that cake through the screen!
Sounds like some great tips!
I’ve seen some crazy recipes that use leftover candy, but I never figured out what to do with those hard pieces of toffee!
*pouts* I wish I had this problem! Stupid Australia.
I really like the candy donation idea. Thanks for the tip!
great ideas melanie! I love them all- wish I would have thought of some of them:) The candy donation is very special
That cake does look delicious-thanks for the link. This post does have some helpful info, especially the dentist thing-I will need to look into that. Thanks for sharing.
good sensible tips
We just donated the candies this morning at school (school force). I’m so thankful for that…otherwise it’ll be way too much (and I don’t bake…). Kids got some of their favorite and we keep 1 per day. I should also tell them they can eat in the “morning” (maybe after lunch at home). =) Thanks for the great tips!
Oh, that truffle cake looks amazing! I’m so bummed we ran out of Halloween candy this year! Maybe it was a good thing?
I ate too much Halloween candy so there are no more leftovers haha but if there were, I would certainly try and make that delicious looking cake!
I tend not to have this problem since no one trick or treats in my building, but these are some great tips!