What To Do With All That Halloween Candy?

This has nothing to do with homeschooling, but everything with being resourceful.

I let my kids have their candy for about a week.  They can eat some after lunch and dinner for dessert.  I'm sure they sneak some for "snacks".  Whatever, it's Halloween, and we don't have issues with diabetes or allergies or anything, so I figure it is the one week they get free reign on the candy.

Then, I take all the candy.  My husband will often offer money for it, but he's much more generous than I am, I just take it!  It goes into the Family Candy Bank.

First, I take all the Hershey's and M&Ms and put them in a bag for cookie baking.

Then, I take all the yummy chocolate bars (like Snicker's, Milky Ways, Kit Kats, Twix, etc) and put them in the freezer.  They are perfect to chop up and put on ice cream for special treats or making your own Blizzards at home!

Then, all the sugary stuff (Laffy Taffys, licorice, Nerds, suckers, etc.) goes into the Family Candy Jar.

Also take a moment to think of special people in your life who LOVE a certain kind of candy.  We had a piano teacher who loved Butterfingers, and it was fun to bring her one each week - for months!  Stash a bag in the fridge with his/her name on it, and take one every time you see that person.  You can get rid of a lot of candy this way!

Finally, some other random items (bags of chips, cookies, Raisins, sometimes the Reese's, etc.) go into the snack cupboard for exciting surprises in the lunch box.

Hey guys, that about covers all the candy.   Some can go to Dad's office, some goes straight to Mom's hips, and I suppose some of it does get thrown away - but Very Little gets wasted!

Don't Throw Out The Halloween Candy!!